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D-Index
70
Citations
18333
World Ranking
972
National Ranking
95

Barbara A. Maher publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara A. Maher sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 174 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Barbara A. Maher D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara A. Maher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Barbara A. Maher is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their research engages with atmospheric science, molecular biology, automotive engineering, and speech and hearing subfields.

The scientist has extensively contributed to the study of air quality and health impacts, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism, geology and paleoclimatology, vehicle emissions and performance, noise effects and management, energy and environment impacts, as well as air quality monitoring and forecasting.

Recent publications highlight a concentration on nanoparticles and their environmental and health effects. Notable papers include:

  • Evidence for the presence of air pollution nanoparticles in placental tissue cells, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Iron-rich air pollution nanoparticles: An unrecognised environmental risk factor for myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiac oxidative stress, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Reduced repressive epigenetic marks, increased DNA damage and Alzheimer's disease hallmarks in the brain of humans and mice exposed to particulate urban air pollution, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Quadruple abnormal protein aggregates in brainstem pathology and exogenous metal-rich magnetic nanoparticles (and engineered Ti-rich nanorods). The substantia nigrae is a very early target in young urbanites and the gastrointestinal tract a key brainstem portal, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Source apportionment of magnetite particles in roadside airborne particulate matter, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Barbara A. Maher frequently collaborates with:

  • Tomasz Gonet
  • Vassil Karloukovski
  • Hassan Aftab Sheikh
  • R. J. Harrison
  • Angélica González-Maciel

Publications appear regularly in scientific venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Research, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Scientific Reports, and Environmental Pollution.

In recognition of their contributions, Barbara A. Maher was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Magnetite pollution nanoparticles in the human brain.

    Barbara A. Maher;Imad A. M. Ahmed;Vassil Karloukovski;Donald A. MacLaren

  • Magnetic properties of some synthetic sub-micron magnetites

    Barbara A. Maher

  • Frequency-dependent susceptibility measurements of environmental materials

    J. A. Dearing;R. J. L. Dann;K. Hay;J. A. Lees

  • Magnetic properties of modern soils and Quaternary loessic paleosols: paleoclimatic implications.

    Barbara A. Maher

  • Formation of ultrafine-grained magnetite in soils

    Barbara A. Maher;Reginald M. Taylor

  • Characterisation of soils by mineral magnetic measurements

    B.A. Maher

  • Global connections between aeolian dust, climate and ocean biogeochemistry at the present day and at the last glacial maximum

    Barbara Maher;J. M. Prospero;D. Mackie;D. Gaiero

  • Paleorainfall Reconstructions from Pedogenic Magnetic Susceptibility Variations in the Chinese Loess and Paleosols.

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Mineral magnetic record of the Chinese loess and paleosols

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Quaternary Climates, Environments and Magnetism

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe

    Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;Nick M. Ashton;Simon G. Lewis;Richard L. Abel

  • Spatial and temporal reconstructions of changes in the Asian palaeomonsoon: A new mineral magnetic approach.

    Barbara A. Maher;R. Thompson;L. P. Zhou

  • Paleoclimatic significance of the mineral magnetic record of the Chinese loess and paleosols.

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Magnetic biomonitoring of roadside tree leaves: identification of spatial and temporal variations in vehicle-derived particulates

    Juergen Matzka;Barbara A. Maher

  • Spatial variation in vehicle-derived metal pollution identified by magnetic and elemental analysis of roadside tree leaves.

    Barbara A Maher;Catherine Moore;Juergen Matzka

  • Palaeoclimatic records of the loess/palaeosol sequences of the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Barbara Ann Maher

  • Holocene variability of the East Asian summer monsoon from Chinese cave records: a re-assessment

    Barbara A. Maher

  • The magnetic properties of Quaternary aeolian dusts and sediments, and their palaeoclimatic significance

    Barbara Maher

  • Magnetic mineralogy of soils across the Russian Steppe: climatic dependence of pedogenic magnetite formation.

    Barbara A. Maher;A. Alekseev;T. Alekseeva

  • Particulate matter deposited on leaf of five evergreen species in Beijing, China: Source identification and size distribution

    Yingshi Song;Barbara Ann Maher;Feng Li;Xiaoke Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
Steven Grahame Moreton
Steven Grahame Moreton Natural Environment Research Council
Roy Thompson
Roy Thompson University of Pittsburgh
Qingsong Liu
Qingsong Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
Julian E. Andrews
Julian E. Andrews University of East Anglia
John N. Quinton
John N. Quinton Lancaster University
Frank Oldfield
Frank Oldfield University of Liverpool
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Subir K. Banerjee
Subir K. Banerjee University of Minnesota
Rixiang Zhu
Rixiang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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