2026 David Fowler: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	106	253	235	11	8	498	38740

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
1998 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the development and application of concrete-polymer materials.

Overview

David Fowler is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their work addresses multiple subfields, with a focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist has contributed substantially to the study of atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, vehicle emissions and performance, plant responses to elevated CO2, lichen and fungal ecology, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and energy, environment, and transportation policies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
The Engineer
Nature Communications
The Lancet Planetary Health
Materials

Their recent papers highlight a range of topics within environmental science and air quality, including:

"A chronology of global air quality" (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
"Potential and limitation of air pollution mitigation by vegetation and uncertainties of deposition-based evaluations" (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
"The impact of air pollution on terrestrial managed and natural vegetation" (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
"Significant contributions of combustion-related sources to ammonia emissions" (2022), Nature Communications
"Air pollution and climate change" (2023), The Lancet Planetary Health

The scientist has collaborated extensively with colleagues including Eiko Nemitz, Mark A. Sutton, Xuejun Liu, Massimo Vieno, and Peter Brimblecombe. These collaborations indicate a network of research focusing on related environmental and atmospheric sciences.

Recognition of their contributions to engineering and science includes election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999, Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2002, and membership of the National Academy of Engineering since 1998, cited specifically for work on the development and application of concrete-polymer materials.

Best Publications

The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century

David Fowler;Mhairi Coyle;Ute Skiba;Mark A. Sutton

2230
Citations
Simultaneously Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change and Improving Human Health and Food Security

Drew Shindell;Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna;Elisabetta Vignati;Rita van Dingenen

1602
Citations
Tropospheric ozone and its precursors from the urban to the global scale from air quality to short-lived climate forcer

P. S. Monks;A. T. Archibald;Augustin Colette;O. Cooper

1491
Citations
Particulate matter, air quality and climate: Lessons learned and future needs

S. Fuzzi;U. Baltensperger;K. Carslaw;S. Decesari

1018
Citations
Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

977
Citations
Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

833
Citations
Oxidation of atmospheric methane in Northern European soils, comparison with other ecosystems, and uncertainties in the global terrestrial sink

K. A. Smith;K. E. Dobbie;B. C. Ball;L. R. Bakken

566
Citations
Quantifying the effect of urban tree planting on concentrations and depositions of PM10 in two UK conurbations

A.G. McDonald;W.J. Bealey;D. Fowler;U. Dragosits

559
Citations
Chemistry and the Linkages between Air Quality and Climate Change.

Erika von Schneidemesser;Paul S. Monks;James D. Allan;Lori Bruhwiler

515
Citations
Nitrogen deposition threatens species richness of grasslands across Europe

Carly J. Stevens;Cecilia Duprè;Edu Dorland;Cassandre Gaudnik

482
Citations
Atmospheric nitrogen compounds II: emissions, transport, transformation, deposition and assessment

Viney P. Aneja;Paul A. Roelle;George C. Murray;James Southerland

479
Citations
Towards a climate-dependent paradigm of ammonia emission and deposition

Mark A. Sutton;Stefan Reis;Stuart N. Riddick;Ulrike Dragosits

465
Citations
Deposition of atmospheric pollutants on forests.

David Fowler;J. N. Cape;M. H. Unsworth

444
Citations
Ammonia emissions from non-agricultural sources in the UK

Mark Sutton;Ulrike Dragosits;Yuk Tang;David Fowler

430
Citations
Ground-level ozone in the 21st century: future trends, impacts and policy implications

David Fowler;Markus Amann;Ross Anderson;Mike Ashmore

396
Citations
The global exposure of forests to air pollutants

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

394
Citations
Nitrification and denitrification as sources of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide in a sandy loam soil

U. Skiba;K.A. Smith;D. fowler

363
Citations
Linking land-atmosphere-stream carbon fluxes in a lowland peatland system

M. F. Billett;S. M. Palmer;S. M. Palmer;D. Hope;D. Hope;C. Deacon

341
Citations
Atmospheric Composition Change: Climate-Chemistry Interactions

I.S.A. Isaksen;C. Granier;C. Granier;G. Myhre;T. Berntsen

338
Citations
Deposition of fixed atmospheric nitrogen and foliar nitrogen content of bryophytes and Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

C.E.R. Pitcairn;D. Fowler;J. Grace

336
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council

Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

John N. Cape Stockholm University

Ute Skiba Natural Environment Research Council

Ian D. Leith UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Ron Smith Natural Environment Research Council

Lucy J. Sheppard UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

K.J. Hargreaves University of Manchester

Martin Gallagher University of Manchester

Thomas Choularton University of Manchester

External Links

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