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Birgitta Svenningsson

Birgitta Svenningsson

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
6127
World Ranking
8603
National Ranking
167

Birgitta Svenningsson 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 Birgitta Svenningsson sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 118 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Birgitta Svenningsson 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 Birgitta Svenningsson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Birgitta Svenningsson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Automotive Engineering, and Pollution.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies

Svenningsson has published extensively in several key scientific journals. The most frequent venues include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Aerosol Science
  • Atmosphere
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent papers authored by Svenningsson cover various aspects of atmospheric emissions and aerosol properties. These include:

  • "Effects of renewable fuel and exhaust aftertreatment on primary and secondary emissions from a modern heavy-duty diesel engine," 2021, Journal of Aerosol Science
  • "Using Novel Molecular-Level Chemical Composition Observations of High Arctic Organic Aerosol for Predictions of Cloud Condensation Nuclei," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Ice-nucleating ability of particulate emissions from solid-biomass-fired cookstoves: an experimental study," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Immersion Freezing Ability of Freshly Emitted Soot with Various Physico-Chemical Characteristics," 2021, Atmosphere
  • "Properties and emission factors of cloud condensation nuclei from biomass cookstoves - observations of a strong dependency on potassium content in the fuel," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Svenningsson collaborates frequently with colleagues, with several coauthors appearing multiple times across the body of work. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Axel Eriksson
  • Vilhelm Malmborg
  • Joakim Pagels
  • John Falk
  • Thomas Bjerring Kristensen

Best Publications

  • Hygroscopic properties of submicrometer atmospheric aerosol particles measured with H-TDMA instruments in various environments—a review

    Erik Swietlicki;H-C Hansson;K Hameri;Birgitta Svenningsson

  • Hygroscopic growth and critical supersaturations for mixed aerosol particles of inorganic and organic compounds of atmospheric relevance

    B. Svenningsson;J. Rissler;E. Swietlicki;M. Mircea

  • Cloud condensation nuclei production associated with atmospheric nucleation: a synthesis based on existing literature and new results

    Veli-Matti Kerminen;Mikhail Paramonov;Tatu Anttila;Ilona Riipinen

  • EUCAARI ion spectrometer measurements at 12 European sites – analysis of new particle formation events

    H. E. Manninen;T. Nieminen;E. Asmi;S. Gagné

  • The role of surfactants in Köhler theory reconsidered.

    Riikka Sorjamaa;Birgitta Svenningsson;Tomi Raatikainen;Silivia Henning

  • CCN activation of slightly soluble organics: the importance of small amounts of inorganic salt and particle phase

    Merete Bilde;Birgitta Svenningsson

  • Even-Odd Alternation of Evaporation Rates and Vapor Pressures of C3-C9 Dicarboxylic Acid Aerosols

    Merete Bilde;Birgitta Svenningsson;Jacob Garbrecht Mønster;Thomas Rosenørn

  • Global analysis of continental boundary layer new particle formation based on long-term measurements

    Tuomo Nieminen;Tuomo Nieminen;Veli Matti Kerminen;Tuukka Petäjä;Pasi P. Aalto

  • Impacts of Combustion Conditions and Photochemical Processing on the Light Absorption of Biomass Combustion Aerosol

    J Martinsson;A C Eriksson;I Elbaek Nielsen;Berg Malmborg

  • Hygroscopic Growth of Aerosol Particles and its Influence on Nucleation Scavenging in Cloud: Experimental Results from Kleiner Feldberg

    Birgitta Svenningsson;Hans-Christen Hansson;Alfred Wiedensohler;Kevin Noone

  • Secondary organic aerosol formation from idling gasoline passenger vehicle emissions investigated in a smog chamber

    Erik Nordin;Axel Eriksson;Pontus Roldin;Patrik Nilsson

  • Effective Density and Mixing State of Aerosol Particles in a Near-Traffic Urban Environment

    Jenny Rissler;Erik Z Nordin;Axel C Eriksson;Patrik T Nilsson

  • Changes in aerosol size‐ and phase distributions due to physical and chemical processes in fog

    Kevin J. Noone;John A. Ogren;Anneli Hallberg;Jost Heintzenberg

  • Modelling non-equilibrium secondary organic aerosol formation and evaporation with the aerosol dynamics, gas- and particle-phase chemistry kinetic multilayer model ADCHAM

    P. Roldin;P. Roldin;A. C. Eriksson;E. Z. Nordin;E. Hermansson

  • Surfactant partitioning in cloud droplet activation: a study of C8, C10, C12 and C14 normal fatty acid sodium salts

    Nxønne L. Prisle;Tomi Raatikainen;Riikka Sorjamaa;Birgitta Svenningsson

  • Cloud droplet activation and surface tension of mixtures of slightly soluble organics and inorganic salt

    S. Henning;T. Rosenørn;B. D'Anna;A. A. Gola

  • Subarctic atmospheric aerosol composition: 3. Measured and modeled properties of cloud condensation nuclei

    Lukas Kammermann;Martin Gysel;Ernest Weingartner;Hanna Herich

  • Cloud droplet nucleation scavenging in relation to the size and hygroscopic behaviour of aerosol particles

    Birgitta Svenningsson;Hans Christen Hansson;Bengt Martinsson;Alfred Wiedensohler

  • Time-resolved characterization of primary particle emissions and secondary particle formation from a modern gasoline passenger car

    Panu Karjalainen;Hilkka Timonen;Erkka Saukko;Heino Kuuluvainen

  • The great dun fell cloud experiment 1993: An overview

    T. W. Choularton;R. N. Colvile;R. N. Colvile;K. N. Bower;M. W. Gallagher

  • Collocated observations of cloud condensation nuclei, particle size distributions, and chemical composition.

    Julia Schmale;Silvia Henning;Bas Henzing;Helmi Keskinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Swietlicki
Erik Swietlicki Lund University
Joakim Pagels
Joakim Pagels Lund University
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Merete Bilde
Merete Bilde Aarhus University
Alfred Wiedensohler
Alfred Wiedensohler Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Hans-Christen Hansson
Hans-Christen Hansson Stockholm University
Ari Laaksonen
Ari Laaksonen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Ilona Riipinen
Ilona Riipinen Stockholm University
Mattias Hallquist
Mattias Hallquist University of Gothenburg
William H. Brune
William H. Brune Pennsylvania State University

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