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D-Index
41
Citations
8555
World Ranking
7608
National Ranking
2717

Bret A. Schichtel 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 Bret A. Schichtel sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 210 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bret A. Schichtel 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 Bret A. Schichtel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bret A. Schichtel is affiliated with the National Park Service in the United States and has a research focus centered on environmental and atmospheric sciences. Their work is situated mainly within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a detailed emphasis on subfields like Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

Their research addresses a range of topics including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

Schichtel has contributed to several notable scientific publications. Recent papers include:

  • Evaluating the PurpleAir monitor as an aerosol light scattering instrument, 2022, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Thirty years of the Clean Air Act Amendments: Impacts on haze in remote regions of the United States (1990-2018), 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • Ammonia Dry Deposition in an Alpine Ecosystem Traced to Agricultural Emission Hotpots, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Large global variations in measured airborne metal concentrations driven by anthropogenic sources, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Volatile organic compounds and ozone at four national parks in the southwestern United States, 2020, Atmospheric Environment

These publications reflect engagement with topics related to air quality, atmospheric monitoring techniques, and environmental impact assessments at both regional and global scales.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Schichtel include:

  • A. J. Prenni
  • William C. Malm
  • Jeffrey L. Collett
  • Amy P. Sullivan
  • Katherine Benedict

Schichtel's work has appeared regularly in several scientific journals, indicating specialized areas of contribution:

  • Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Asian Dust Events of April 1998

    Rudolf B. Husar;D. M. Tratt;B. A. Schichtel;S. R. Falke

  • Spatial and monthly trends in speciated fine particle concentration in the United States

    William C. Malm;Bret A. Schichtel;Marc L. Pitchford;Lowell L. Ashbaugh

  • Increasing importance of deposition of reduced nitrogen in the United States

    Yi Li;Bret A. Schichtel;John T. Walker;Donna B. Schwede

  • Revised Algorithm for Estimating Light Extinction from IMPROVE Particle Speciation Data

    Marc Pitchford;William Malm;Bret Schichtel;Naresh Kumar

  • Chemical and physical transformations of organic aerosol from the photo-oxidation of open biomass burning emissions in an environmental chamber

    C. J. Hennigan;M. A. Miracolo;G. J. Engelhart;A. A. May

  • Haze trends over the United States, 1980-1995

    Bret A Schichtel;Rudolf B Husar;Stefan R Falke;William E Wilson

  • Seasonal composition of remote and urban fine particulate matter in the United States

    J. L. Hand;B. A. Schichtel;M. Pitchford;W. C. Malm

  • Particulate sulfate ion concentration and SO 2 emission trends in the United States from the early 1990s through 2010

    J. L. Hand;B. A. Schichtel;W. C. Malm;M. L. Pitchford

  • Variation in global chemical composition of PM 2.5 : emerging results from SPARTAN

    Graydon Snider;Crystal L. Weagle;Kalaivani K. Murdymootoo;Amanda Ring

  • Uncertainties in PM2.5 gravimetric and speciation measurements and what we can learn from them.

    William C. Malm;Bret A. Schichtel;Marc L. Pitchford

  • Fossil and contemporary fine particulate carbon fractions at 12 rural and urban sites in the United States

    Bret A. Schichtel;William C. Malm;Graham Bench;Stewart Fallon

  • Aerosol decadal trends – Part 1: In-situ optical measurements at GAW and IMPROVE stations

    M. Collaud Coen;E. Andrews;E. Andrews;A. Asmi;U. Baltensperger

  • Spatial and seasonal variability in fine mineral dust and coarse aerosol mass at remote sites across the United States

    J. L. Hand;T. E. Gill;B. A. Schichtel

  • Present and future nitrogen deposition to national parks in the United States: critical load exceedances

    R. A. Ellis;Daniel James Jacob;Melissa Payer Sulprizio;L. Zhang;L. Zhang

  • A 10‐year spatial and temporal trend of sulfate across the United States

    William C. Malm;Bret A. Schichtel;Rodger B. Ames;Kristi A. Gebhart

  • How emissions, climate, and land use change will impact mid-century air quality over the United States: a focus on effects at national parks

    M. Val Martin;M. Val Martin;C. L. Heald;J.-F. Lamarque;S. Tilmes

  • Decreases in elemental carbon and fine particle mass in the United States

    D. M. Murphy;J. C. Chow;E. M. Leibensperger;W. C. Malm

  • Earlier onset of the spring fine dust season in the southwestern United States

    J. L. Hand;W. H. White;K. A. Gebhart;N. P. Hyslop

  • Observations of atmospheric reactive nitrogen species in Rocky Mountain National Park and across northern Colorado

    Katherine B Benedict;Derek E Day;Florian M Schwandner;Sonia M Kreidenweis

  • Deposition of reactive nitrogen during the Rocky Mountain Airborne Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) study.

    Katherine B Beem;Suresh Raja;Florian M Schwandner;Courtney Taylor

  • An aerosol climatology for a rapidly growing arid region (southern Arizona): Major aerosol species and remotely sensed aerosol properties

    Armin Sorooshian;Anna Wonaschütz;Elias G. Jarjour;Bryce I. Hashimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Malm
William C. Malm Colorado State University
Jeffrey L. Collett
Jeffrey L. Collett Colorado State University
Sonia M. Kreidenweis
Sonia M. Kreidenweis Colorado State University
Amy P. Sullivan
Amy P. Sullivan Colorado State University
Barkley C. Sive
Barkley C. Sive National Park Service
Christian M. Carrico
Christian M. Carrico New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Anthony J. Prenni
Anthony J. Prenni National Park Service
Taehyoung Lee
Taehyoung Lee Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Thomas E. Gill
Thomas E. Gill The University of Texas at El Paso
John T. Walker
John T. Walker Environmental Protection Agency

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