2026 James H. Butler: 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	49	5170	4952	1900	1756	123	11114

Overview

James H. Butler is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily spans the social sciences with a focus on sociology and political science, clinical psychology, oncology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and genetics.

The scientist's research frequently explores the following topics:

Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Migration, Health and Trauma
Cancer Risks and Factors
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
Gender Roles and Identity Studies

James H. Butler has contributed to several publications, including:

"The Association between State-Level Structural Racism and Alcohol and Tobacco Use Behaviors among a National Probability Sample of Black Americans" (2023) in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
"Healthy Lifestyle Index and Breast Cancer Risk among Postmenopausal Women: The Multiethnic Cohort Study" (2025) in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
"Intersectionality and the Association Between State-Level Structural Racism, Binge Alcohol Consumption, and Smoking Status Among Black Americans" (2024) in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
"Index" (2020) in Manchester University Press eBooks
"The Association between State-Level Structural Racism and Alcohol and Tobacco Use Behaviors among a National Probability Sample of Black Americans." (2025) in UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

Debarchana Ghosh
Kerry M. Green
Cheryl L. Knott
Nathaniel Woodard
Bethany T. Ogbenna

Research by James H. Butler has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Manchester University Press eBooks
UNC Libraries

Best Publications

Non-CO2 greenhouse gases and climate change.

S. A. Montzka;E. J. Dlugokencky;J. H. Butler

1553
Citations
Decline in the Tropospheric Abundance of Halogen from Halocarbons - Implications for Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Stephen A. Montzka;James H. Butler;Richard C. Myers;Thayne M. Thompson

477
Citations
Atmospheric gas concentrations over the past century measured in air from firn at the South Pole

M. Battle;M. Bender;T. Sowers;P. P. Tans

425
Citations
SciENTIFIC AssESSMENT OF OzoNE DEPLETION: 1998

Daniel L. Albritton;Pieter J. Aucamp;Gerard Megie;Robert T. Watson

391
Citations
Present and future trends in the atmospheric burden of ozone-depleting halogens

S. A. Montzka;J. H. Butler;J.W. Elkins;T. M. Thompson

374
Citations
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002

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

357
Citations
Global distribution of N2O and the ΔN2O‐AOU yield in the subsurface ocean

Cynthia Nevison;Cynthia Nevison;James H. Butler;J. W. Elkins

346
Citations
Decrease in the growth rates of atmospheric chlorofluorocarbons 11 and 12

J. W. Elkins;T. M. Thompson;T. H. Swanson;T. H. Swanson;J. H. Butler

333
Citations
A record of atmospheric halocarbons during the twentieth century from polar firn air

James H. Butler;Mark Battle;Michael L. Bender;Stephen A. Montzka

327
Citations
The role of carbon dioxide in climate forcing from 1979 to 2004: introduction of the Annual Greenhouse Gas Index

D. J. Hofmann;J. H. Butler;E. J. Dlugokencky;J. W. Elkins

272
Citations
Tropospheric SF6: Observed latitudinal distribution and trends, derived emissions and interhemispheric exchange time

L. S. Geller;J. W. Elkins;J. M. Lobert;A. D. Clarke

251
Citations
Tropospheric and dissolved N2O of the west Pacific and east Indian Oceans during the El Niño Southern Oscillation event of 1987

James H. Butler;James W. Elkins;Thayne M. Thompson;Keith B. Egan

244
Citations
Airborne gas chromatograph for in situ measurements of long‐lived species in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

James W. Elkins;David W. Fahey;Jonathan Mark Gilligan;G. S. Dutton

230
Citations
A new look at atmospheric carbon dioxide

David J. Hofmann;James H. Butler;Pieter P. Tans

219
Citations
Oceanic distributions and emissions of short‐lived halocarbons

James H. Butler;Daniel B. King;Daniel B. King;Jürgen M. Lobert;Jürgen M. Lobert;Stephen A. Montzka

211
Citations
Methyl iodide: Atmospheric budget and use as a tracer of marine convection in global models

N. Bell;N. Bell;L. Hsu;L. Hsu;D. J. Jacob;Martin Schultz

195
Citations
A decline in tropospheric organic bromine

S. A. Montzka;J. H. Butler;B. D. Hall;D. J. Mondeel

192
Citations
Distribution of halon-1211 in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere and the 1994 total bromine budget

P. R. Wamsley;J. W. Elkins;D. W. Fahey;G. S. Dutton

186
Citations
Atmospheric chemistry. Better budgets for methyl halides.

James H. Butler

186
Citations
A Net Sink for Atmospheric CH3Br in the East Pacific Ocean.

Jürgen M. Lobert;James H. Butler;Stephen A. Montzka;Laurie S. Geller

180
Citations
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010

S. A. Montzka;S. Reimann;A. Engel;K. Kruger

105
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Montzka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

James W. Elkins National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Geoff S. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego

Paul J. Fraser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Eric S. Saltzman University of California, Irvine

Ronald G. Prinn MIT

Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine

Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

External Links

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