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Francesco Canonaco 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 Francesco Canonaco sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 151 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesco Canonaco 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 Francesco Canonaco sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francesco Canonaco is affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the environmental sciences and earth and planetary sciences, with a specialization in atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of their work include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, vehicle emissions and performance, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and advanced chemical sensor technologies.

Francesco Canonaco has authored multiple scientific papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe, 2020, Nature
  • Observations Confirm that Volatile Chemical Products Are a Major Source of Petrochemical Emissions in U.S. Cities, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • European aerosol phenomenology − 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets, 2022, Environment International
  • A new method for long-term source apportionment with time-dependent factor profiles and uncertainty assessment using SoFi Pro: application to 1 year of organic aerosol data, 2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Chemical characterization of PM2.5 and source apportionment of organic aerosol in New Delhi, India, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Francesco Canonaco frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most frequent coauthors are:

  • Andrê S. H. Prévôt
  • Jay G. Slowik
  • Urs Baltensperger
  • Imad El Haddad
  • Anna Tobler

Their work has been published in a range of scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric Environment X

Best Publications

  • High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

    Ru Jin Huang;Yanlin Zhang;Carlo Bozzetti;Kin Fai Ho

  • Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe.

    Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Gaëlle Uzu;Jianhui Jiang;Laure Estelle Cassagnes

  • SoFi, an IGOR-based interface for the efficient use of the generalized multilinear engine (ME-2) for the source apportionment: ME-2 application to aerosol mass spectrometer data

    F. Canonaco;M. Crippa;J. G. Slowik;U. Baltensperger

  • Organic aerosol components derived from 25 AMS data sets across Europe using a consistent ME-2 based source apportionment approach

    M. Crippa;F. Canonaco;V.A. Lanz;M. Äijälä

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • New insights into PM 2.5 chemical composition and sources in two major cities in China during extreme haze events using aerosol mass spectrometry

    Miriam Elser;Ru-Jin Huang;Ru-Jin Huang;Robert Wolf;Jay G. Slowik

  • A user-friendly tool for comprehensive evaluation of the geographical origins of atmospheric pollution

    J.-E. Petit;O. Favez;A. Albinet;F. Canonaco

  • Ubiquity of organic nitrates from nighttime chemistry in the European submicron aerosol

    A. Kiendler-Scharr;A. A. Mensah;A. A. Mensah;E. Friese;David Topping

  • Wintertime aerosol chemistry and haze evolution in an extremely polluted city of the North China Plain: significant contribution from coal and biomass combustion

    Haiyan Li;Haiyan Li;Qi Zhang;Qiang Zhang;Chunrong Chen

  • European aerosol phenomenology - 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets.

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  • Observations Confirm that Volatile Chemical Products Are a Major Source of Petrochemical Emissions in U.S. Cities.

    Georgios I Gkatzelis;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Matthew M Coggon;Matthew M Coggon;Brian C McDonald;Brian C McDonald;Jeff Peischl;Jeff Peischl

  • Fossil vs. non-fossil sources of fine carbonaceous aerosols in four Chinese cities during the extreme winter haze episode of 2013

    Y.-L. Zhang;R.-J. Huang;R.-J. Huang;I. El Haddad;K.-F. Ho;K.-F. Ho

  • Source characterization of highly oxidized multifunctional compounds in a boreal forest environment using positive matrix factorization

    Chao Yan;Wei Nie;Wei Nie;Mikko Äijälä;Matti P. Rissanen

  • Seasonal differences in oxygenated organic aerosol composition: implications for emissions sources and factor analysis

    F. Canonaco;J. G. Slowik;U. Baltensperger;A. S. H. Prévôt

  • Characterization and source apportionment of organic aerosol using offline aerosol mass spectrometry

    K. R. Daellenbach;C. Bozzetti;A. Křepelová;F. Canonaco

  • ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison - Part 1: Reproducibility of concentration and fragment results from 13 individual Quadrupole Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitors (Q-ACSM) and consistency with co-located instruments

    Vincent Crenn;Jean Sciare;Jean Sciare;Philip L. Croteau;Stéphanie Verlhac

  • Source apportionment of organic aerosol from 2-year highly time-resolved measurements by an aerosol chemical speciation monitor in Beijing, China

    Yele Sun;Weiqi Xu;Qi Zhang;Qi Jiang

  • ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison - Part 2: Intercomparison of ME-2 organic source apportionment results from 15 individual, co-located aerosol mass spectrometers

    R. Fröhlich;V. Crenn;A. Setyan;C. A. Belis

  • Insights into characteristics, sources, and evolution of submicron aerosols during harvest seasons in the Yangtze River delta region, China

    Y.J. Zhang;L.L. Tang;Z. Wang;H.X. Yu

  • Processing of biomass-burning aerosol in the eastern Mediterranean during summertime

    A. Bougiatioti;A. Bougiatioti;I. Stavroulas;E. Kostenidou;P. Zarmpas

  • A new method for long-term source apportionment with time-dependent factor profiles and uncertainty assessment using SoFi Pro: application to 1 year of organic aerosol data

    Francesco Canonaco;Anna Tobler;Gang Chen;Yulia Sosedova

  • Evidence of major secondary organic aerosol contribution to lensing effect black carbon absorption enhancement

    Yunjiang Zhang;Olivier Favez;Francesco Canonaco;Dantong Liu

  • Source characterization of highly oxidized multifunctional compounds in a boreal forest environment using positive matrix

    Chao Yan;Wei Nie;Mikko Äijälä;Matti P. Rissanen

Frequent Co-Authors

André S. H. Prévôt
André S. H. Prévôt Paul Scherrer Institute
Jay G. Slowik
Jay G. Slowik Paul Scherrer Institute
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Ru-Jin Huang
Ru-Jin Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kaspar R. Daellenbach
Kaspar R. Daellenbach Paul Scherrer Institute
Olivier Favez
Olivier Favez Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Laurent Poulain
Laurent Poulain Leibniz Association
Colin D. O'Dowd
Colin D. O'Dowd University of Galway
Imad El Haddad
Imad El Haddad Paul Scherrer Institute
Monica Crippa
Monica Crippa Directorate-General Joint Research Centre

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