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James B. Burkholder

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
12950
World Ranking
10551
National Ranking
2915

James B. Burkholder publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James B. Burkholder sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 239 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

James B. Burkholder D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James B. Burkholder sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 42nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

James B. Burkholder is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science.

Burkholder's work covers a range of topics involving atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, and spectroscopy and laser applications. Additional areas of study include air quality and health impacts, odor and emission control technologies, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and advanced chemical physics studies.

Frequent publication venues for Burkholder include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (7 publications)
  • International Journal of Chemical Kinetics (7 publications)
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Chemical Physics Letters (3 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)

Burkholder has collaborated often with a core group of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Aparajeo Chattopadhyay
  • Vassileios C. Papadimitriou
  • Paul Marshall
  • J. M. Roberts
  • Dimitrios K. Papanastasiou

Selected recent papers in their body of work include:

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Measurement of the Intramolecular Hydrogen-Shift Rate Coefficient for the CH3SCH2OO Radical between 314 and 433 K, 2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Atmospheric Fate of Methyl Isocyanate, CH3NCO: OH and Cl Reaction Kinetics and Identification of Formyl Isocyanate, HC(O)NCO, 2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Emissions and Atmospheric Chemistry of Furanoids from Biomass Burning: Insights from Laboratory to Atmospheric Observations, 2024, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Reactive nitrogen and total organic carbon calibration techniques for the Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer, 2023, Aerosol Science and Technology

Best Publications

  • Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical Data for Use in Atmospheric Studies: Evaluation Number 18

    J. B. Burkholder;S. P. Sander;J. P. D. Abbatt;J. R. Barker

  • Absorption measurements of oxygen between 330 and 1140 nm

    Gary D. Greenblatt;John J. Orlando;James B. Burkholder;A. R. Ravishankara

  • High levels of nitryl chloride in the polluted subtropical marine boundary layer

    Hans D. Osthoff;Hans D. Osthoff;Hans D. Osthoff;James M. Roberts;A. R. Ravishankara;A. R. Ravishankara;Eric J. Williams;Eric J. Williams

  • Update on Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODSs) and Other Gases of Interest to the Montreal Protocol

    A. Engel;M. Rigby;James B. Burkholder;Rafael Pedro Fernandez

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere.

    Patrick R. Veres;J. Andrew Neuman;J. Andrew Neuman;Timothy H. Bertram;Emmanuel Assaf;Emmanuel Assaf

  • Measurement of hydroxyl and hydroperoxy radical uptake coefficients on water and sulfuric acid surfaces

    David R. Hanson;James B. Burkholder;Carleton J. Howard;A. R. Ravishankara

  • Bias in Filter-Based Aerosol Light Absorption Measurements Due to Organic Aerosol Loading: Evidence from Laboratory Measurements

    Christopher D. Cappa;Daniel A. Lack;James B. Burkholder;A. R. Ravishankara

  • The photochemistry of acetone in the upper troposphere: A source of odd-hydrogen radicals

    S. A. McKeen;T. Gierczak;J. B. Burkholder;P. O. Wennberg

  • Photochemistry of acetone under tropospheric conditions

    Tomasz Gierczak;Tomasz Gierczak;James B. Burkholder;James B. Burkholder;Stefan Bauerle;Stefan Bauerle;A.R. Ravishankara;A.R. Ravishankara

  • Atmospheric degradation of ozone depleting substances, their substitutes, and related species.

    James B. Burkholder;R. A. Cox;A. R. Ravishankara

  • Measurement of HONO, HNCO, and other inorganic acids by negative-ion proton-transfer chemical-ionization mass spectrometry (NI-PT-CIMS): application to biomass burning emissions

    J. M. Roberts;P. Veres;P. Veres;C. Warneke;C. Warneke;J. A. Neuman;J. A. Neuman

  • Ultraviolet absorption cross sections of chlorine oxide (Cl2O2) between 210 and 410 nm

    James B. Burkholder;John J. Orlando;Carleton J. Howard

  • Investigation of the loss processes for peroxyacetyl nitrate in the atmosphere: UV photolysis and reaction with OH

    Ranajit K. Talukdar;James B. Burkholder;Anne-Marie Schmoltner;James M. Roberts

  • Laboratory studies of the homogeneous nucleation of iodine oxides

    J. B. Burkholder;J. Curtius;A. R. Ravishankara;E. R. Lovejoy

  • Temperature dependence of UV absorption cross sections and atmospheric implications of several alkyl iodides

    Coleen M. Roehl;James B. Burkholder;Geert K. Moortgat;A. R. Ravishankara

  • CF3CFCH2 and (Z)-CF3CFCHF: temperature dependent OH rate coefficients and global warming potentials

    Vassileios C. Papadimitriou;Vassileios C. Papadimitriou;Ranajit K. Talukdar;Ranajit K. Talukdar;R. W. Portmann;A. R. Ravishankara

  • H+O3 Fourier‐transform infrared emission and laser absorption studies of OH (X 2Π) radical: An experimental dipole moment function and state‐to‐state Einstein A coefficients

    David D. Nelson;Aram Schiffman;David J. Nesbitt;John J. Orlando

  • Vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of sulfuric acid vapor

    Paul E. Hintze;Henrik G. Kjaergaard;Veronica Vaida;James B. Burkholder

  • Temperature Dependence of the NO3 Absorption Spectrum

    R. J. Yokelson;James B. Burkholder;R. W. Fox;Ranajit K. Talukdar

  • Gas-Phase UV/Visible Absorption Spectra of HOBr and Br2O

    John J. Orlando;James B. Burkholder

  • Temperature dependence of the ozone absorption spectrum over the wavelength range 410 to 760 nm

    James B. Burkholder;Ranajit K. Talukdar

  • The essential role for laboratory studies in atmospheric chemistry

    James B. Burkholder;Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;Ian Barnes;James M. Roberts

  • NASA Data Evaluation (2015): Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical Data for Use in Atmospheric Studies

    J. B. Burkholder;S. P. Sander;J. Abbatt;J. R. Barker

Frequent Co-Authors

Carleton J. Howard
Carleton J. Howard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A. R. Ravishankara
A. R. Ravishankara Colorado State University
Ranajit K. Talukdar
Ranajit K. Talukdar University of Colorado Boulder
Eric L. Fleming
Eric L. Fleming Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert W. Portmann
Robert W. Portmann National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Charles H. Jackman
Charles H. Jackman Goddard Space Flight Center
John J. Orlando
John J. Orlando National Center for Atmospheric Research
Abdelwahid Mellouki
Abdelwahid Mellouki Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mary K. Gilles
Mary K. Gilles Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert E. Huie
Robert E. Huie National Institute of Standards and Technology

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