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D-Index
39
Citations
8351
World Ranking
8262
National Ranking
2949

Benjamin M. Herman 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 Benjamin M. Herman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 125 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Benjamin M. Herman 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 Benjamin M. Herman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Benjamin M. Herman was affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research contributed to various fields intersecting medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and computer science.

Their scholarly publications primarily focused on topics related to digital radiography and breast imaging, breast cancer treatment studies, and the use of artificial intelligence in cancer detection. These topics reflect an interdisciplinary approach combining medical imaging with computational techniques.

One notable paper authored by Benjamin M. Herman is titled "Comparison of Acquisition Parameters and Breast Dose in Digital Mammography and Screen-Film Mammography in the American College of Radiology Imaging Network Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial", published in 2020 through UNC Libraries.

Throughout their career, Benjamin M. Herman collaborated with several researchers frequently. These included:

  • R. Edward Hendrick
  • Etta D. Pisano
  • Alice Averbukh
  • Catherine J. Moran
  • Eric A. Berns

Their work was published in venues such as UNC Libraries, which featured at least one of their papers.

Benjamin M. Herman contributed to subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, and artificial intelligence, indicating a broad research span covering clinical and computational domains.

Best Publications

  • Analysis and validation of GPS/MET data in the neutral atmosphere

    C. Rocken;R. Anthes;M. Exner;D. Hunt

  • GPS Sounding of the Atmosphere from Low Earth Orbit: Preliminary Results

    R. Ware;C. Rocken;F. Solheim;M. Exner

  • Passive remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol and atmospheric correction for the aerosol effect

    Y. J. Kaufman;D. Tanré;H. R. Gordon;T. Nakajima

  • Aerosol size distributions obtained by inversion of spectral optical depth measurements

    Michael D. King;Dale M. Byrne;Benjamin M. Herman;John A. Reagan

  • Determination of aerosol height distributions by lidar

    Frederick G. Fernald;Benjamin M.Herman;John A.Reagan

  • Investigations of Atmospheric Extinction Using Direct Solar Radiation Measurements Made with a Multiple Wavelength Radiometer.

    Glenn E. Shaw;John A. Reagan;Benjamin M. Herman

  • The GPS Radio Occultation Technique

    E. Robert Kursinski;George A. Hajj;Stephen S. Leroy;Benjamin Herman

  • Pinatubo and pre-Pinatubo optical-depth spectra: Mauna Loa measurements, comparisons, inferred particle size distributions, radiative effects, and relationship to lidar data

    P. B. Russell;J. M. Livingston;E. G. Dutton;R. F. Pueschel

  • A Numerical Solution to the Equation of Radiative Transfer

    Benjamin M. Herman;Samuel R. Browning

  • Vertical Distribution of Aerosol Extinction Cross Section and Inference of Aerosol Imaginary Index in the Troposphere by Lidar Technique

    J. D. Spinhirne;J. A. Reagan;B. M. Herman

  • O3 profiles retrieved from limb scatter measurements: Theory

    D. E. Flittner;P. K. Bhartia;B. M. Herman

  • An Extension to the Chahine Method of Inverting the Radiative Transfer Equation

    S. Twomey;B. Herman;R. Rabinoff

  • Determination of the Effective Imaginary Term of the Complex Refractive Index of Atmospheric Dust by Remote Sensing: The Diffuse-Direct Radiation Method

    B. M. Herman;R. S. Browning;J. J. De Luisi

  • The Effect of Aerosols on the Earth-Atmosphere Albedo

    Benjamin M. Herman;Samuel R. Browning

  • Determination of Precipitable Water from Solar Transmission

    K. J. Thome;B. M. Herman;J. A. Reagan

  • The Effect of Atmospheric Attenuators with Structured Vertical Distributions on Air Mass Determinations and Langley Plot Analyses

    L. W. Thomason;B. M. Herman;John A Reagan

  • Assessment of Atmospheric Limitations on the Determination of the Solar Spectral Constant from Ground-Based Spectroradiometer Measurements

    John A. Reagan;Larry W. Thomason;Benjamin M. Herman;James M. Palmer

  • An Approach for Retrieving Marine Boundary Layer Refractivity from GPS Occultation Data in the Presence of Superrefraction

    Feiqin Xie;Stig Syndergaard;E. Robert Kursinski;Benjamin M. Herman

  • Comparison of the Gauss–Seidel spherical polarized radiative transfer code with other radiative transfer codes

    B. M. Herman;T. R. Caudill;D. E. Flittner;K. J. Thome

  • The effect of atmospheric aerosols on scattered sunlight

    Benjamin M. Herman;Samuel R. Browning;Robert J. Curran

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurtis J. Thome
Kurtis J. Thome National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
Michael D. King
Michael D. King University of Colorado Boulder
Larry W. Thomason
Larry W. Thomason Langley Research Center
Xubin Zeng
Xubin Zeng University of Arizona
Peter Pilewskie
Peter Pilewskie University of Colorado Boulder
Richard A. Anthes
Richard A. Anthes University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
William Schreiner
William Schreiner University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Richard D. McPeters
Richard D. McPeters Goddard Space Flight Center
Dale A. Gillette
Dale A. Gillette Research Triangle Park Foundation

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