2026 Donald R. Blake: 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	149	29	26	16	14	1123	75013

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Donald R. Blake is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a specific focus on Atmospheric Science and associated subfields.

The scientist has contributed to numerous scholarly works, including papers published in well-known venues such as Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Atmospheric Environment, and Elementa Science of the Anthropocene.

Some recent publications include:

The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017, 2020, NOAA Institutional Repository
The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Revisiting the effectiveness of HCHO/NO2 ratios for inferring ozone sensitivity to its precursors using high resolution airborne remote sensing observations in a high ozone episode during the KORUS-AQ campaign, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds contribute substantially to air pollution mortality, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent coauthors working with Donald R. Blake include Simone Meinardi, Glenn S. Diskin, Eric C. Apel, Alan Fried, and Rebecca S. Hornbrook.

Among the primary venues where the scientist regularly publishes are:

Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Atmospheric Environment
Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
Environmental Science & Technology
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Their main research topics cover atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and vehicle emissions and performance.

Donald R. Blake's expertise also extends into specialized subfields such as global and planetary change, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and automotive engineering.

The scientist has been recognized by major scientific organizations, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2009 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

The global methane budget 2000–2017

Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

3060
Citations
Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

2407
Citations
The global methane budget 2000–2012

Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

1161
Citations
Continuing worldwide increase in tropospheric methane, 1978 to 1987.

Donald R. Blake;F. Sherwood Rowland

764
Citations
Transport of Asian air pollution to North America

Dan Jaffe;Theodore Anderson;Dave Covert;Robert Kotchenruther

752
Citations
ENERGY AND MATERIAL FLOW THROUGH THE URBAN ECOSYSTEM

Ethan H. Decker;Scott Elliott;Felisa A. Smith;Donald R. Blake

617
Citations
The Chemistry Mechanism in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

Louisa K. Emmons;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;Rebecca H. Schwantes;John J. Orlando;Geoff Tyndall

576
Citations
Volatile organic compounds in 43 Chinese cities

Barbara Barletta;Simone Meinardi;F. Sherwood Rowland;Chuen-Yu Chan

527
Citations
Physical, chemical, and optical properties of regional hazes dominated by smoke in Brazil

Jeffrey S. Reid;Peter V. Hobbs;Ronald J. Ferek;Donald R. Blake

498
Citations
Acetone in the atmosphere: Distribution, sources, and sinks

H. B. Singh;D. O'Hara;D. Herlth;W. Sachse

470
Citations
Origin of ozone and NOx in the tropical troposphere: A photochemical analysis of aircraft observations over the South Atlantic basin

Daniel James Jacob;E. G. Heikes;S.-M. Fan;S.-M. Fan;Jennifer A. Logan

460
Citations
Evidence from the Pacific troposphere for large global sources of oxygenated organic compounds

H. Singh;Y. Chen;A. Staudt;D. Jacob

448
Citations
Ground-level ozone in four Chinese cities: Precursors, regional transport and heterogeneous processes

L. K. Xue;L. K. Xue;Tao Wang;Tao Wang;J. Gao;A. J. Ding

437
Citations
Hydrocarbon and halocarbon measurements as photochemical and dynamical indicators of atmospheric hydroxyl, atomic chlorine, and vertical mixing obtained during Lagrangian flights

Oliver W. Wingenter;Michael K. Kubo;Nicola J. Blake;Tyrrel W. Smith

400
Citations
Urban Leakage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Its Impact on Mexico City Air Quality

Donald R. Blake;F. Sherwood Rowland

398
Citations
Air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympics: secondary pollutants and regional impact

Tao Wang;Tao Wang;W. Nie;W. Nie;J. Gao;L. K. Xue;L. K. Xue

396
Citations
Monoaromatic compounds in ambient air of various cities: a focus on correlations between the xylenes and ethylbenzene

Anne Monod;Barkley C Sive;Pasquale Avino;Tai Chen

394
Citations
Space‐based formaldehyde measurements as constraints on volatile organic compound emissions in east and south Asia and implications for ozone

Tzung-May Fu;Daniel James Jacob;Paul I. Palmer;Paul I. Palmer;Kelly V. Chance

383
Citations
Airborne measurement of OH reactivity during INTEX-B

J. Mao;J. Mao;X. Ren;X. Ren;W. H. Brune;J. R. Olson

361
Citations
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002

S. A. Montzka;P. J. Fraser;J. H. Butler;D. M. Cunnold

357
Citations
Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Simone Meinardi University of California, Irvine

G. W. Sachse Langley Research Center

Nicola J. Blake University of California, Irvine

Isobel J. Simpson University of California, Irvine

Robert W. Talbot University of Houston

Elliot L Atlas University of Miami

Brian G. Heikes University of Rhode Island

Alan Fried University of Colorado Boulder

James H. Crawford Langley Research Center

F. Sherwood Rowland University of California, Irvine

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