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Cora J. Young

Cora J. Young

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
6335
World Ranking
7729
National Ranking
347

Cora J. Young 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 Cora J. Young sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 156 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Cora J. Young 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 Cora J. Young sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

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 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Cora J. Young is affiliated with York University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific concentration on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Cora J. Young has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • Ice Core Record of Persistent Short-Chain Fluorinated Alkyl Acids: Evidence of the Impact From Global Environmental Regulations (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Insufficient evidence for the existence of natural trifluoroacetic acid (2021, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts)
  • A portable, robust, stable, and tunable calibration source for gas-phase nitrous acid (HONO) (2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • Contrasting Reactive Organic Carbon Observations in the Southeast United States (SOAS) and Southern California (CalNex) (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Complexity in the Evolution, Composition, and Spectroscopy of Brown Carbon in Aircraft Measurements of Wildfire Plumes (2022, Geophysical Research Letters)

Their frequent co-authors include Trevor C. VandenBoer, R. A. Washenfelder, Patrick R. Veres, Teles C. Furlani, and Amila O. De Silva.

The principal publication venues for their research are Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, Atmospheric measurement techniques, and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Best Publications

  • Perfluorinated acids in Arctic snow: new evidence for atmospheric formation.

    Cora J Young;Vasile I Furdui;James Franklin;Roy M Koerner

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

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

  • Aquatic persistence of eight pharmaceuticals in a microcosm study

    Monica W. Lam;Cora J. Young;Richard A. Brain;David J. Johnson

  • Aqueous Photochemical Reaction Kinetics and Transformations of Fluoxetine

    Monica W. Lam;Cora J. Young;Scott A. Mabury

  • Microcosm evaluation of the effects of an eight pharmaceutical mixture to the aquatic macrophytes Lemna gibba and Myriophyllum sibiricum.

    Richard A. Brain;David J. Johnson;Sean M. Richards;Mark L. Hanson

  • Atmospheric Perfluorinated Acid Precursors: Chemistry, Occurrence, and Impacts

    Cora J. Young;Scott A. Mabury

  • 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

  • Vertically resolved measurements of nighttime radical reservoirs in Los Angeles and their contribution to the urban radical budget.

    Cora J. Young;Cora J. Young;Rebecca A. Washenfelder;Rebecca A. Washenfelder;James M. Roberts;Levi H. Mielke

  • Chlorine activation within urban or power plant plumes: Vertically resolved ClNO2 and Cl2 measurements from a tall tower in a polluted continental setting

    Theran P. Riedel;Nicholas L. Wagner;Nicholas L. Wagner;William P. Dubé;William P. Dubé;Ann M. Middlebrook

  • Chlorine as a primary radical: evaluation of methods to understand its role in initiation of oxidative cycles

    C. J. Young;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;D. D. Parrish

  • Nocturnal loss and daytime source of nitrous acid through reactive uptake and displacement

    Trevor C. VandenBoer;Trevor C. VandenBoer;Cora J. Young;Cora J. Young;Cora J. Young;Ranajit K. Talukdar;Ranajit K. Talukdar;Milos Z. Markovic;Milos Z. Markovic

  • Diode laser-based cavity ring-down instrument for NO 3 , N 2 O 5 , NO, NO 2 and O 3 from aircraft

    N. L. Wagner;N. L. Wagner;W. P. Dubé;W. P. Dubé;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;C. J. Young;C. J. Young

  • Measurements of Hydroxyl and Hydroperoxy Radicals during CalNex‐LA: Model Comparisons and Radical Budgets

    S. M. Griffith;S. M. Griffith;R. F. Hansen;R. F. Hansen;S. Dusanter;S. Dusanter;S. Dusanter;V. Michoud;V. Michoud;V. Michoud

  • The glyoxal budget and its contribution to organic aerosol for Los Angeles, California, during CalNex 2010

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;S. S. Brown;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine

  • N2O5 uptake coefficients and nocturnal NO2 removal rates determined from ambient wintertime measurements

    N. L. Wagner;N. L. Wagner;T. P. Riedel;C. J. Young;R. Bahreini

  • Molecular-Size-Separated Brown Carbon Absorption for Biomass-Burning Aerosol at Multiple Field Sites.

    Robert A. Di Lorenzo;Rebecca A. Washenfelder;Rebecca A. Washenfelder;Alexis R. Attwood;Alexis R. Attwood;Hongyu Guo

  • Ozone photochemistry in an oil and natural gas extraction region during winter: simulations of a snow-free season in the Uintah Basin, Utah

    P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;K. Aikin;K. Aikin;J. A. deGouw;J. A. deGouw

  • The primary and recycling sources of OH during the NACHTT-2011 campaign: HONO as an important OH primary source in the wintertime

    Saewung Kim;Saewung Kim;Trevor C. VandenBoer;Trevor C. VandenBoer;Cora J. Young;Cora J. Young;Cora J. Young;Theran P. Riedel

  • Kinetic and product yield study of the heterogeneous gas-surface reaction of anthracene and ozone.

    Nana-Owusua A. Kwamena;Michael E. Earp;Cora J. Young;Jonathan P. D. Abbatt

  • Heterogeneous formation of nitryl chloride and its role as a nocturnal NOx reservoir species during CalNex‐LA 2010

    L. H. Mielke;L. H. Mielke;J. Stutz;C. Tsai;S. C. Hurlock

  • Emerging investigator series: a 14-year depositional ice record of perfluoroalkyl substances in the High Arctic

    John J. MacInnis;Katherine French;Derek C. G. Muir;Christine Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rebecca A. Washenfelder
Rebecca A. Washenfelder National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Patrick R. Veres
Patrick R. Veres National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William P. Dubé
William P. Dubé Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Nicholas L. Wagner
Nicholas L. Wagner Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Barry Lefer
Barry Lefer National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Peter Edwards
Peter Edwards University of York
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck

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