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D-Index
48
Citations
10213
World Ranking
5473
National Ranking
2004

Dale W. Griffin 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 Dale W. Griffin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dale W. Griffin 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 Dale W. Griffin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dale W. Griffin is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science with a focus on several specialized subfields including Ocean Engineering, Social Psychology, Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work encompasses diverse topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Drilling and Well Engineering, Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion, Fecal Contamination and Water Quality, and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure.

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Dale W. Griffin are:

  • Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond (2023), published in Reviews of Geophysics
  • Poultry litter as potential source of pathogens and other contaminants in groundwater and surface water proximal to large-scale confined poultry feeding operations (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • The social-safety system: Fortifying relationships in the face of the unforeseeable (2020), published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Marine Microbial Communities Proximal to a Florida Sewage Outfall System (2020), published in Antibiotics
  • Efficiency of bioaerosol samplers: a comparison study (2021), published in Aerobiologia

Frequent co-authors include Wolfgang Bach, Sandra L. Murray, Veronica M. Lamarche, Katrina J. Edwards, and Adam Klaus. Collaboration with these researchers spans multiple projects and publications.

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Aerobiologia, and Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Best Publications

  • A Hubris Theory of Entrepreneurship

    Mathew L. A. Hayward;Dean A. Shepherd;Dale Griffin

  • Atmospheric Movement of Microorganisms in Clouds of Desert Dust and Implications for Human Health

    Dale W. Griffin

  • Aerobiology and the global transport of desert dust.

    Christina A. Kellogg;Dale W. Griffin

  • DEVELOPMENT OF A PCR PROTOCOL FOR SENSITIVE DETECTION OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS IN WATER SAMPLES

    D W Johnson;N J Pieniazek;D W Griffin;L Misener

  • African desert dust in the Caribbean atmosphere: Microbiology and public health

    Dale W. Griffin;Virginia H. Garrison;Jay R. Herman;Eugene A. Shinn

  • Pathogenic Human Viruses in Coastal Waters

    Dale W. Griffin;Kim A. Donaldson;John H. Paul;Joan B. Rose

  • African and Asian Dust: From Desert Soils to Coral Reefs

    Virginia H. Garrison;Eugene A. Shinn;William T. Foreman;Dale W. Griffin

  • Dust Storms and Their Impact on Ocean and Human Health: Dust in Earth’s Atmosphere

    Dale W. Griffin;Christina A. Kellogg

  • Detection of Viral Pathogens by Reverse Transcriptase PCR and of Microbial Indicators by Standard Methods in the Canals of the Florida Keys

    Dale W. Griffin;Charles J. Gibson;Erin K. Lipp;Kelley Riley

  • Intercontinental Dispersal of Bacteria and Archaea by Transpacific Winds

    David J. Smith;Hilkka J. Timonen;Daniel A. Jaffe;Dale W. Griffin

  • Characterization of Aerosolized Bacteria and Fungi From Desert Dust Events in Mali, West Africa

    Christina A. Kellogg;Dale W. Griffin;Virginia H. Garrison;K. Kealy Peak

  • Dust in the Wind: Long Range Transport of Dust in the Atmosphere and Its Implications for Global Public and Ecosystem Health

    Dale W. Griffin;Christina A. Kellogg;Eugene A. Shinn

  • The global transport of dust

    Dale W. Griffin;Christina A. Kellogg;Virginia H. Garrison;Eugene A. Shinn

  • Atmospheric microbiology in the northern Caribbean during African dust events

    Dale W. Griffin;Christina A. Kellogg;Virginia H. Garrison;John T. Lisle

  • Molecular Assays for Targeting Human and Bovine Enteric Viruses in Coastal Waters and Their Application for Library-Independent Source Tracking

    Theng-Theng Fong;Dale W. Griffin;Erin K. Lipp

  • Marine Recreation and Public Health Microbiology: Quest for the Ideal Indicator

    Dale W. Griffin;Erin K. Lipp;Molly R. McLAUGHLIN;Joan B. Rose

  • Terrestrial Microorganisms at an Altitude of 20,000 m in Earth's Atmosphere

    Dale W. Griffin

  • Eukaryotic Viruses in Wastewater Samples from the United States

    Erin M. Symonds;Dale W. Griffin;Mya Breitbart

  • Airborne desert dust and aeromicrobiology over the Turkish Mediterranean coastline

    Dale W. Griffin;Nilgün Kubilay;Mustafa Koçak;Mike A. Gray

  • Free Tropospheric Transport of Microorganisms from Asia to North America

    David J. Smith;Daniel A. Jaffe;Michele N. Birmele;Dale W. Griffin

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene A. Shinn
Eugene A. Shinn University of South Florida St. Petersburg
John H. Paul
John H. Paul University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Joan B. Rose
Joan B. Rose Michigan State University
Daniel A. Jaffe
Daniel A. Jaffe University of Washington
William T. Foreman
William T. Foreman United States Geological Survey
Alireza Mesdaghinia
Alireza Mesdaghinia Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Dana W. Kolpin
Dana W. Kolpin United States Geological Survey
Richard D. McPeters
Richard D. McPeters Goddard Space Flight Center
Douglas L. Westphal
Douglas L. Westphal United States Naval Research Laboratory
Lisa Campbell
Lisa Campbell Texas A&M University

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