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106
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David Fowler 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 David Fowler sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 498 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Fowler 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 David Fowler sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

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

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Chemistry and the Linkages between Air Quality and Climate Change.

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

  • Nitrogen deposition threatens species richness of grasslands across Europe

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

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

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

  • Towards a climate-dependent paradigm of ammonia emission and deposition

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

  • Deposition of atmospheric pollutants on forests.

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

  • Ammonia emissions from non-agricultural sources in the UK

    Mark Sutton;Ulrike Dragosits;Yuk Tang;David Fowler

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

    David Fowler;Markus Amann;Ross Anderson;Mike Ashmore

  • The global exposure of forests to air pollutants

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Atmospheric Composition Change: Climate-Chemistry Interactions

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Eiko Nemitz
Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
John N. Cape
John N. Cape Stockholm University
Ute Skiba
Ute Skiba Natural Environment Research Council
Ian D. Leith
Ian D. Leith UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Ron Smith
Ron Smith Natural Environment Research Council
Lucy J. Sheppard
Lucy J. Sheppard UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
K.J. Hargreaves
K.J. Hargreaves University of Manchester
Martin Gallagher
Martin Gallagher University of Manchester
Thomas Choularton
Thomas Choularton University of Manchester

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