2026 Dominick V. Spracklen: 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	90	596	562	42	40	274	27777

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Dominick V. Spracklen is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions across related subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, ecology, and pollution.

Their recent published works span high-impact journals and cover diverse topics related to forests, carbon dynamics, deforestation, and atmospheric interactions. Notable papers include:

"Tropical deforestation causes large reductions in observed precipitation" (2023, Nature)
"Doubling of annual forest carbon loss over the tropics during the early twenty-first century" (2022, Nature Sustainability)
"Contrasting impacts of forests on cloud cover based on satellite observations" (2022, Nature Communications)
"Upward expansion and acceleration of forest clearance in the mountains of Southeast Asia" (2021, Nature Sustainability)
"Agriculture is the main driver of deforestation in Tanzania" (2020, Environmental Research Letters)

Dominick V. Spracklen frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors. These include:

S. R. Arnold
Luke Conibear
Christoph Knote
Carly Reddington
Jessica C. A. Baker

Their work is regularly featured in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

Environmental Research Letters
GeoHealth
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Nature Communications

Dominick V. Spracklen's research encompasses numerous important topics across environmental science. These include:

Air quality and health impacts
Conservation, biodiversity, and resource management
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
Fire effects on ecosystems
Energy and environment impacts
Forest management and policy

This broad range indicates a multidisciplinary approach spanning ecosystem processes, atmospheric interactions, and implications for health and conservation policy.

Best Publications

Trees, forests and water : Cool insights for a hot world

David Ellison;Cindy E. Morris;Cindy E. Morris;Bruno Locatelli;Douglas Sheil

1181
Citations
Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing

K.S. Carslaw;Lindsay Lee;C.L. Reddington;K.J. Pringle

1171
Citations
Particulate matter, air quality and climate: Lessons learned and future needs

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

1018
Citations
Impact of nucleation on global CCN

J. Merikanto;D. V. Spracklen;G. W. Mann;S. J. Pickering

922
Citations
Observations of increased tropical rainfall preceded by air passage over forests

D.V. Spracklen;S.R. Arnold;Christopher M. Taylor

772
Citations
A review of natural aerosol interactions and feedbacks within the Earth system

K. S. Carslaw;O. Boucher;D. V. Spracklen;G. W. Mann

710
Citations
Oxidation products of biogenic emissions contribute to nucleation of atmospheric particles.

Francesco Riccobono;Siegfried Schobesberger;Catherine E. Scott;Josef Dommen

634
Citations
Global air quality and climate

Arlene M. Fiore;Vaishali Naik;Dominick V. Spracklen;Allison Steiner

567
Citations
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

562
Citations
Impacts of climate change from 2000 to 2050 on wildfire activity and carbonaceous aerosol concentrations in the western United States

D. V. Spracklen;D. V. Spracklen;L. J. Mickley;J. A. Logan;R. C. Hudman;R. C. Hudman

561
Citations
Carbon Mitigation by Biofuels or by Saving and Restoring Forests

Renton Righelato;Dominick V. Spracklen

523
Citations
Evidence for the role of organics in aerosol particle formation under atmospheric conditions.

Axel Metzger;Bart Verheggen;Josef Dommen;Jonathan Duplissy

489
Citations
Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget

D. V. Spracklen;J. L. Jimenez;K. S. Carslaw;D. R. Worsnop

484
Citations
The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

481
Citations
Contribution of particle formation to global cloud condensation nuclei concentrations

Dominick V. Spracklen;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Markku Kulmala;Veli-Matti Kerminen

474
Citations
Black-carbon absorption enhancement in the atmosphere determined by particle mixing state

Dantong Liu;James Whitehead;M. Rami Alfarra;Ernesto Reyes-Villegas

461
Citations
The contribution of boundary layer nucleation events to total particle concentrations on regional and global scales

D. V. Spracklen;D. V. Spracklen;K. S. Carslaw;M. Kulmala;V.-M. Kerminen

423
Citations
Sources and properties of Amazonian aerosol particles

Scot T. Martin;Meinrat O. Andreae;Paulo Artaxo;Darrel Baumgardner

369
Citations
The impact of Amazonian deforestation on Amazon basin rainfall

D. V. Spracklen;Luis Garcia-Carreras;Luis Garcia-Carreras

297
Citations
A global off-line model of size-resolved aerosol microphysics: I. Model development and prediction of aerosol properties

D. V. Spracklen;K. J. Pringle;K. S. Carslaw;M. P. Chipperfield

279
Citations
Boreal forests, aerosols and the impacts on clouds and climate.

Dominick V Spracklen;Boris Bonn;Kenneth S Carslaw

268
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth S. Carslaw University of Leeds

Carly L. Reddington University of Leeds

Graham W. Mann University of Leeds

Kirsty J. Pringle University of Leeds

Alexandru Rap University of Leeds

Steve R. Arnold University of Leeds

Piers M. Forster University of Leeds

Jeffrey R. Pierce Colorado State University

Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki

Hugh Coe University of Manchester

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