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D-Index
62
Citations
11903
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2646
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1058

Brian M. Lerner 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 Brian M. Lerner sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 203 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian M. Lerner 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 Brian M. Lerner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian M. Lerner is affiliated with Aerodyne Research in the United States and focuses on research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research covers a broad array of topics with particular attention to Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include Megan S. Claflin, Manjula R. Canagaratna, John T. Jayne, Douglas R. Worsnop, and Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz.

Brian M. Lerner has published extensively in multiple scientific journals. The most common venues for their publications are Atmospheric measurement techniques, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Indoor Air, ACS ES&T Air, and Atmosphere.

Selected recent papers include:

  • An in situ gas chromatograph with automatic detector switching between PTR- and EI-TOF-MS: isomer-resolved measurements of indoor air, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Quantification and source characterization of volatile organic compounds from exercising and application of chlorine-based cleaning products in a university athletic center, 2020, Indoor Air
  • Identifying and correcting interferences to PTR-ToF-MS measurements of isoprene and other urban volatile organic compounds, 2024, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Observations of biogenic volatile organic compounds over a mixed temperate forest during the summer to autumn transition, 2023, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Quantification of isomer-resolved iodide chemical ionization mass spectrometry sensitivity and uncertainty using a voltage-scanning approach, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques

Best Publications

  • Radiative Absorption Enhancements Due to the Mixing State of Atmospheric Black Carbon

    Christopher D. Cappa;Timothy B. Onasch;Paola Massoli;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • High levels of nitryl chloride in the polluted subtropical marine boundary layer

    Hans D. Osthoff;Hans D. Osthoff;Hans D. Osthoff;James M. Roberts;A. R. Ravishankara;A. R. Ravishankara;Eric J. Williams;Eric J. Williams

  • Source signature of volatile organic compounds from oil and natural gas operations in northeastern Colorado.

    J. B. Gilman;B. M. Lerner;W. C. Kuster;J. A. de Gouw

  • High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin

    Peter M. Edwards;Steven S. Brown;James M. Roberts;Ravan Ahmadov

  • Non-methane organic gas emissions from biomass burning: identification, quantification, and emission factors from PTR-ToF during the FIREX 2016 laboratory experiment

    Abigail R. Koss;Kanako Sekimoto;Kanako Sekimoto;Kanako Sekimoto;Jessica B. Gilman;Vanessa Selimovic

  • Determination of urban volatile organic compound emission ratios and comparison with an emissions database

    Carsten Warneke;Carsten Warneke;S. A. McKeen;J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;P. D. Goldan

  • Biomass burning emissions and potential air quality impacts of volatile organic compounds and other trace gases from fuels common in the US

    J. B. Gilman;J. B. Gilman;B. M. Lerner;B. M. Lerner;W. C. Kuster;W. C. Kuster;P. D. Goldan;P. D. Goldan

  • Particulate emissions from commercial shipping: Chemical, physical, and optical properties

    Daniel A. Lack;Daniel A. Lack;James J. Corbett;Timothy Onasch;Brian Lerner;Brian Lerner

  • Quantifying atmospheric methane emissions from the Haynesville, Fayetteville, and northeastern Marcellus shale gas production regions

    J. Peischl;J. Peischl;T. B. Ryerson;K. C. Aikin;K. C. Aikin;J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw

  • Isocyanic acid in the atmosphere and its possible link to smoke-related health effects.

    James M. Roberts;Patrick R. Veres;Anthony K. Cochran;Carsten Warneke

  • Nitryl chloride and molecular chlorine in the coastal marine boundary layer.

    Theran P Riedel;Timothy H Bertram;Timia A Crisp;Eric J Williams;Eric J Williams

  • Formaldehyde Production from Isoprene Oxidation Across NOx Regimes

    G. M. Wolfe;G. M. Wolfe;J. Kaiser;T. F. Hanisco;F. N. Keutsch

  • Comparison of daytime and nighttime oxidation of biogenic and anthropogenic VOCs along the New England coast in summer during New England Air Quality Study 2002

    C. Warneke;C. Warneke;J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;P. D. Goldan;W. C. Kuster

  • Sources of particulate matter in the northeastern United States in summer: 1. Direct emissions and secondary formation of organic matter in urban plumes

    J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;C. A. Brock;E. L. Atlas;T. S. Bates

  • Nighttime removal of NOx in the summer marine boundary layer

    S. S. Brown;S. S. Brown;J. E. Dibb;H. Stark;H. Stark;M. Aldener;M. Aldener

  • High- and low-temperature pyrolysis profiles describe volatile organic compound emissions from western US wildfire fuels

    Kanako Sekimoto;Abigail R. Koss;Jessica B. Gilman;Vanessa Selimovic

  • Evaluation of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes for detection of atmospheric NO2 by photolysis - chemiluminescence

    Ilana B. Pollack;Brian M. Lerner;Thomas B. Ryerson

  • Atmospheric benzenoid emissions from plants rival those from fossil fuels

    P. K. Misztal;P. K. Misztal;C. N. Hewitt;J. Wildt;J. D. Blande

  • Understanding the role of the ground surface in HONO vertical structure: High resolution vertical profiles during NACHTT‐11

    Trevor C. VandenBoer;Trevor C. VandenBoer;Steven S. Brown;Jennifer G. Murphy;William C. Keene

  • Impacts of sources and aging on submicrometer aerosol properties in the marine boundary layer across the Gulf of Maine

    P. K. Quinn;T. S. Bates;D. Coffman;T. B. Onasch

  • Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil- and natural gas-producing region of the western US

    Ravan Ahmadov;Ravan Ahmadov;S. McKeen;S. McKeen;M. Trainer;R Banta

  • Particulate Emissions from Commercial Shipping. Chemical, Physical and Optical Properties.

    D. A. Lack;J. J. Corbett;T. Onasch;B. Lerner

  • summer: 1. Direct emissions and secondary formation of organic matter in urban plumes

    J. A. de Gouw;C. A. Brock;E. L. Atlas;T. S. Bates

Frequent Co-Authors

Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eric J. Williams
Eric J. Williams National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder
Patrick R. Veres
Patrick R. Veres National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Bin Yuan
Bin Yuan Jinan University
Peter Edwards
Peter Edwards University of York

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