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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 61 2838 2712 1125 1043 269 8736

Beat Schmid publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Beat Schmid between 1993 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Beat Schmid published across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025, averaging 8.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2003. 12 of the 294 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2003. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 6 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 23 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 31 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 18 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 5 publications
1993 2025

294 publications in total across all disciplines

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Beat Schmid: publications per year, 1993 to 2025
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 0
1995 1
1996 2
1997 1
1998 6
1999 3
2000 23
2001 14
2002 11
2003 31
2004 11
2005 18
2006 16
2007 10
2008 6
2009 5
2010 5
2011 4
2012 12
2013 11
2014 16
2015 10
2016 18
2017 2
2018 6
2019 10
2020 8
2021 6
2022 7
2023 8
2024 7
2025 5
Total 294
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Beat Schmid publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Beat Schmid sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 261–270 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 269 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181 269
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Beat Schmid D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Beat Schmid sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 61 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152 61
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Beat Schmid is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Geophysics and gravity measurements
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena

Beat Schmid has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed research articles, with recent publications addressing various aspects of atmospheric and aerosol science. Some of these include:

  • "An evaluation of global organic aerosol schemes using airborne observations" (2020), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA)" (2021), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Exploring dimethyl sulfide (DMS) oxidation and implications for global aerosol radiative forcing" (2022), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "High concentration of ultrafine particles in the Amazon free troposphere produced by organic new particle formation" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "New particle formation in the remote marine boundary layer" (2021), published in Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include Fan Mei, Jian Wang, R. A. Zaveri, Jerome D. Fast, and Maria A. Zawadowicz.

Beat Schmid's publications appear repeatedly in the following venues:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Best Publications

  • Comparison of methods for deriving aerosol asymmetry parameter

    Elisabeth Andrews;Patrick J. Sheridan;Markus Fiebig;Markus Fiebig;Allison McComiskey

  • Indirect and semi-direct aerosol campaign: The impact of Arctic aerosols on clouds

    Greg M. McFarquhar;Steven Ghan;Johannes Verlinde;Alexei Korolev

  • Comparison of Sun photometer calibration by use of the Langley technique and the standard lamp.

    Beat Schmid;Christoph Wehrli

  • Ground-Based Lidar Measurements of Aerosols During ACE-2 Instrument Description, Results, and Comparisons with Other Ground-Based and Airborne Measurements

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Howard R. Gordon;Hal Maring

  • The Reno Aerosol Optics Study: An Evaluation of Aerosol Absorption Measurement Methods

    Patrick J. Sheridan;W. Patrick Arnott;John A. Ogren;Elisabeth Andrews

  • Polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols over land

    F. Waquet;Brian Cairns;Kirk D. Knobelspiesse;J. Chowdhary

  • Direct aerosol forcing: Calculation from observables and sensitivities to inputs

    Allison McComiskey;Stephen E. Schwartz;Beat Schmid;Hong Guan

  • Comparison of columnar water-vapor measurements from solar transmittance methods.

    Beat Schmid;Joseph J. Michalsky;Donald W. Slater;James C. Barnard

  • Comparison of Aerosol Optical Depth from Four Solar Radiometers During the Fall 1997 ARM Intensive Observation Period

    B. Schmid;J. Michalsky;R. Halthore;M. Beauharnois

  • Amazon boundary layer aerosol concentration sustained by vertical transport during rainfall

    Jian Wang;Radovan Krejci;Scott Giangrande;Chongai Kuang

  • Relating aerosol absorption due to soot, organic carbon, and dust to emission sources determined from in-situ chemical measurements

    Alberto Cazorla;Alberto Cazorla;R. Bahadur;Kaitlyn Suski;John F. Cahill

  • Influence of humidity on the aerosol scattering coefficient and its effect on the upwelling radiance during ACE-2

    S. Gassó;D. A. Hegg;D. S. Covert;D. Collins

  • Solar Spectral Radiative Forcing During the Southern African Regional Science Initiative

    P. Pilewskie;J. Pommier;R. Bergstrom;W. Gore

  • The ARM program's water vapor intensive observation periods - Overview, initial accomplishments, and future challenges

    H. E. Revercomb;D. D. Turner;D. D. Turner;D. C. Tobin;R. O. Knuteson

  • Estimates of the spectral aerosol single scattering albedo and aerosol radiative effects during SAFARI 2000

    Robert W. Bergstrom;Peter Pilewskie;Beat Schmid;Philip B. Russell

  • Testing the MODIS Satellite Retrieval of Aerosol Fine-Mode Fraction

    Theodore L. Anderson;Yonghua Wu;D. Allen Chu;D. Allen Chu;Beat Schmid

  • Airborne Multiwavelength High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL-2) observations during TCAP 2012: vertical profiles of optical and microphysical properties of a smoke/urban haze plume over the northeastern coast of the US

    Detlef Muller;Detlef Muller;Chris A. Hostetler;R. A. Ferrare;S. P. Burton

  • Comparison of modeled and empirical approaches for retrieving columnar water vapor from solar transmittance measurements in the 0.94‐μm region

    B. Schmid;K. J. Thorne;P. Demoulin;R. Peter

  • Clear-sky closure studies of lower tropospheric aerosol and water vapor during ACE-2 using airborne sunphotometer, airborne in-situ, space-borne, and ground-based measurements

    Beat Schmid;John M. Livingston;Philip B. Russell;Philip A. Durkee

  • Coordinated airborne, spaceborne, and ground‐based measurements of massive thick aerosol layers during the dry season in southern Africa

    B. Schmid;J. Redemann;P. B. Russell;P. V. Hobbs

  • Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA)

    Jian Wang;Jian Wang;Rob Wood;Michael P. Jensen;J. Christine Chiu

  • Direct Aerosol Forcing: Calculation from Observables and Sensitivities to Inputs

    A. McComiskey;S. E. Schwartz;B. Schmid;P. Ricchiazzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Redemann
Jens Redemann University of Oklahoma
John M. Livingston
John M. Livingston SRI International
Jason M. Tomlinson
Jason M. Tomlinson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Philip B. Russell
Philip B. Russell Ames Research Center
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Jennifer M. Comstock
Jennifer M. Comstock Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yohei Shinozuka
Yohei Shinozuka Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
Ellsworth J. Welton
Ellsworth J. Welton Goddard Space Flight Center
Peter Pilewskie
Peter Pilewskie University of Colorado Boulder
Jian Wang
Jian Wang Washington University in St. Louis

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