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76
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98

Eric S. Edgerton 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 Eric S. Edgerton sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 190 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eric S. Edgerton 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 Eric S. Edgerton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Eric S. Edgerton is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and focuses their research within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily spans Atmospheric Science, with additional contributions to Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Emergency Medicine.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Eric S. Edgerton's recent peer-reviewed publications include the following:

  • "Inverse modeling of NH3 sources using CrIS remote sensing measurements" (2020), Environmental Research Letters
  • "Natural and Anthropogenically Influenced Isoprene Oxidation in Southeastern United States and Central Amazon" (2020), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Long-term observational constraints of organic aerosol dependence on inorganic species in the southeast US" (2020), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Ambient PM2.5 organic and elemental carbon in New York City: Changing source contributions during a decade of large emission reductions" (2021), Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
  • "Quantifying organic matter and functional groups in particulate matter filter samples from the southeastern United States - Part 2: Spatiotemporal trends" (2021), Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric S. Edgerton include:

  • Stephanie L. Shaw
  • Jason D. Surratt
  • Karsten Baumann
  • Sri Hapsari Budisulistiorini
  • Avram Gold

Eric S. Edgerton has published multiple papers in several key venues related to their research areas. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
  • UNC Libraries
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

  • Source apportionment of PM2.5 in the Southeastern United States using solvent-extractable organic compounds as tracers

    Mei Zheng;Glen R. Cass;James J. Schauer;Eric S. Edgerton

  • A study of secondary organic aerosol formation in the anthropogenic-influenced southeastern United States

    Rodney J. Weber;Amy P. Sullivan;Amy P. Sullivan;Richard E. Peltier;Armistead Russell

  • Water-Soluble Organic Aerosol material and the light-absorption characteristics of aqueous extracts measured over the Southeastern United States

    A. Hecobian;X. Zhang;M. Zheng;N. Frank

  • Source identification of atlanta aerosol by positive matrix factorization.

    Eugene Kim;Philip K Hopke;Eric S Edgerton

  • Gas-particle partitioning of atmospheric Hg(II) and its effect on global mercury deposition

    Helen Marie Amos;Daniel J. Jacob;C. D. Holmes;Jenny Allison Fisher

  • Isoprene epoxydiols as precursors to secondary organic aerosol formation: acid-catalyzed reactive uptake studies with authentic compounds.

    Ying Hsuan Lin;Zhenfa Zhang;Kenneth S. Docherty;Haofei Zhang

  • The Southeastern Aerosol Research and Characterization Study: Part 1—Overview

    D. Alan Hansen;Eric S. Edgerton;Benjamin E. Hartsell;John J. Jansen

  • Highly functionalized organic nitrates in the southeast United States: Contribution to secondary organic aerosol and reactive nitrogen budgets

    Ben H. Lee;Claudia Mohr;Felipe D. Lopez-Hilfiker;Anna Lutz

  • Size-resolved measurements of brown carbon in water and methanol extracts and estimates of their contribution to ambient fine-particle light absorption

    J. Liu;M. Bergin;H. Guo;L. King

  • Monoterpenes are the largest source of summertime organic aerosol in the southeastern United States

    Haofei Zhang;Haofei Zhang;Lindsay D. Yee;Ben H. Lee;Michael P. Curtis

  • Reactive oxygen species associated with water-soluble PM 2.5 in the southeastern United States: spatiotemporal trends and source apportionment

    V. Verma;T. Fang;H. Guo;L. King

  • Improving source identification of Atlanta aerosol using temperature resolved carbon fractions in positive matrix factorization

    Eugene Kim;Philip K. Hopke;Eric S. Edgerton

  • A volatility basis set model for summertime secondary organic aerosols over the eastern United States in 2006

    R. Ahmadov;R. Ahmadov;S. A. McKeen;S. A. McKeen;A. L. Robinson;R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini

  • Biomass burning dominates brown carbon absorption in the rural southeastern United States

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;A. R. Attwood;A. R. Attwood;C. A. Brock;H. Guo

  • The composition and deposition of organic carbon in Precipitation

    Gene E. Likens;Eric S. Edgerton;James N. Galloway

  • Gaseous and particulate emissions from prescribed burning in Georgia.

    Sangil Lee;Karsten Baumann;James J. Schauer;Rebecca J. Sheesley

  • Acid Precipitation in the Northeastern United States: pH and Acidity.

    James N. Galloway;Gene E. Likens;Eric S. Edgerton

  • A criterion for new particle formation in the sulfur-rich Atlanta atmosphere

    P. H. McMurry;M. Fink;H. Sakurai;M. R. Stolzenburg

  • Source apportionment of PM2.5: Comparing PMF and CMB results for four ambient monitoring sites in the southeastern United States

    Sangil Lee;Wei Liu;Yuhang Wang;Armistead G. Russell

  • Lung Toxicity of Ambient Particulate Matter from Southeastern U.S. Sites with Different Contributing Sources: Relationships between Composition and Effects

    JeanClare Seagrave;Jacob D. McDonald;Edward Bedrick;Eric S. Edgerton

  • Modeling the Current and Future Roles of Particulate Organic Nitrates in the Southeastern United States

    Havala O. T. Pye;Deborah J. Luecken;Lu Xu;Christopher M. Boyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Baumann
Karsten Baumann University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rodney J. Weber
Rodney J. Weber Georgia Institute of Technology
Jason D. Surratt
Jason D. Surratt University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mei Zheng
Mei Zheng Peking University
Armistead G. Russell
Armistead G. Russell Georgia Institute of Technology
Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein University of California, Berkeley
Weiwei Hu
Weiwei Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Abigail R. Koss
Abigail R. Koss Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
William H. Brune
William H. Brune Pennsylvania State University

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