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Colin E. Johnson

Colin E. Johnson

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
14171
World Ranking
3593
National Ranking
278

Colin E. Johnson 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 Colin E. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 94 publications — 10th percentile

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Colin E. Johnson 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 Colin E. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Colin E. Johnson is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom and has focused their research within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work largely addresses topics related to atmospheric processes, climate variability, and environmental gas dynamics.

Their research contributions include the following papers:

  • Description and evaluation of the UKCA stratosphere-troposphere chemistry scheme (StratTrop vn 1.0) implemented in UKESM1, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Description and evaluation of aerosol in UKESM1 and HadGEM3-GC3.1 CMIP6 historical simulations, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Evaluating the simulated radiative forcings, aerosol properties, and stratospheric warmings from the 1963 Mt Agung, 1982 El Chichón, and 1991 Mt Pinatubo volcanic aerosol clouds, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Evaluation of SO 2, SO 42− and an updated SO 2 dry deposition parameterization in the United Kingdom Earth System Model, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Assessing Climatic Drivers of Spring Mean and Annual Maximum Flows in Western Canadian River Basins, 2021, Water

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Colin E. Johnson include:

  • Nathan Luke Abraham
  • Catherine Hardacre
  • Jane P. Mulcahy
  • Steven T. Rumbold
  • Steven T. Turnock

The scientist has published mainly in the following venues:

  • Geoscientific model development
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Water
  • Acta Ophthalmologica

Within their main fields of study, their subfields encompass a variety of atmospheric and environmental sciences, including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Genetics
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Surgery

The primary research topics addressed by Colin E. Johnson are:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases

Best Publications

  • UKESM1: Description and Evaluation of the U.K. Earth System Model

    Alistair A. Sellar;Colin G. Jones;Jane P. Mulcahy;Yongming Tang

  • The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 7.0/7.1 and JULES Global Land 7.0 configurations

    David Walters;Anthony J. Baran;Anthony J. Baran;Ian Boutle;Malcolm Brooks

  • The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations

    N. Bellouin;W. J. Collins;I. D. Culverwell

  • Anthropogenic climate change for 1860 to 2100 simulated with the HadCM3 model under updated emissions scenarios

    T.C. Johns;J.M. Gregory;W.J. Ingram;C.E. Johnson

  • Description and evaluation of GLOMAP-mode: a modal global aerosol microphysics model for the UKCA composition-climate model

    G. W. Mann;K. S. Carslaw;D. V. Spracklen;D. A. Ridley

  • Aerosol forcing in the Climate Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) simulations by HadGEM2‐ES and the role of ammonium nitrate

    Nicolas Bellouin;Jamie Rae;Andy Jones;Colin Johnson

  • Estimation of natural and anthropogenic contributions to twentieth century temperature change

    Simon F. B. Tett;Gareth S. Jones;Peter A. Stott;David C. Hill;David C. Hill

  • The global exposure of forests to air pollutants

    David Fowler;J. Neil Cape;Mhairi Coyle;Chris Flechard

  • Indirect sulphate aerosol forcing in a climate model with an interactive sulphur cycle

    Andy Jones;David L. Roberts;Margaret J. Woodage;Colin E. Johnson

  • Tropospheric Ozone in a Global-Scale Three-Dimensional Lagrangian Model and Its Response to NOX Emission Controls

    W. J. Collins;David Stevenson;C. E. Johnson;R. G. Derwent

  • Evaluation of the new UKCA climate-composition model – Part 2: The Troposphere

    F. M. O'Connor;C. E. Johnson;O. Morgenstern;O. Morgenstern;N. L. Abraham

  • Possible role of wetlands, permafrost, and methane hydrates in the methane cycle under future climate change: A review

    Fiona M. O'Connor;O. Boucher;N. Gedney;C. D. Jones

  • Effect of Climate Change on Isoprene Emissions and Surface Ozone Levels

    M. G. Sanderson;C. D. Jones;W. J. Collins;C. E. Johnson

  • Strong constraints on aerosol–cloud interactions from volcanic eruptions

    Florent F. Malavelle;Jim M. Haywood;Jim M. Haywood;Andy Jones;Andrew Gettelman

  • Effect of stratosphere-troposphere exchange on the future tropospheric ozone trend

    W. J. Collins;R. G. Derwent;B. Garnier;C. E. Johnson

  • Description and evaluation of the UKCA stratosphere–troposphere chemistry scheme (StratTrop vn 1.0) implemented in UKESM1

    Alexander T. Archibald;Fiona M. O'Connor;Nathan Luke Abraham;Scott Archer-Nicholls

  • Improved aerosol processes and effective radiative forcing in HadGEM3 and UKESM1

    J. P. Mulcahy;C. Jones;A. Sellar;B. Johnson

  • The Oxidation of Organic Compounds in the Troposphere and their Global Warming Potentials

    W. J. Collins;R. G. Derwent;C. E. Johnson;David Stevenson

  • TRANSIENT BEHAVIOUR OF TROPOSPHERIC OZONE PRECURSORS IN A GLOBAL 3-D CTM AND THEIR INDIRECT GREENHOUSE EFFECTS

    R. G. Derwent;W. J. Collins;C. E. Johnson;David Stevenson

  • Intercontinental transport and the origins of the ozone observed at surface sites in Europe

    R. G. Derwent;David Stevenson;W. J. Collins;C. E. Johnson

  • Relative roles of climate and emissions changes on future tropospheric oxidant concentrations

    C. E. Johnson;W. J. Collins;David Stevenson;R. G. Derwent

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Collins
William J. Collins University of Reading
David Stevenson
David Stevenson University of Edinburgh
Graham W. Mann
Graham W. Mann University of Leeds
Nicolas Bellouin
Nicolas Bellouin University of Reading
Kenneth S. Carslaw
Kenneth S. Carslaw University of Leeds
Olaf Morgenstern
Olaf Morgenstern National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Sandip Dhomse
Sandip Dhomse University of Leeds
Philip Stier
Philip Stier University of Oxford

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