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Environmental Sciences
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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
114
Citations
49464
World Ranking
166
National Ranking
78

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

Overview

James J. Schauer is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio includes 149 publications in Environmental Science and 57 in Earth and Planetary Sciences, reflecting a focus on the interactions between atmospheric components and environmental health.

Their work spans several subfields, most notably Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis with 82 publications, Atmospheric Science with 57 publications, Environmental Engineering with 39 publications, Automotive Engineering with 13 publications, and Global and Planetary Change with 12 publications. This breadth indicates an interdisciplinary approach to understanding atmospheric and environmental chemistry as it relates to public health and technological impacts.

Key research topics covered in Schauer's publications include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Schauer has published in a variety of academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric Pollution Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology

They often collaborate with several researchers, including:

  • B. de Foy
  • Michael Bergin
  • Marilyn Black
  • Yuanxun Zhang
  • Junfeng Zhang

Among recent notable publications are:

  • "Association Between Bedroom Particulate Matter Filtration and Changes in Airway Pathophysiology in Children With Asthma" (2020), JAMA Pediatrics
  • "Quantitative estimation of meteorological impacts and the COVID-19 lockdown reductions on NO2 and PM2.5 over the Beijing area using Generalized Additive Models (GAM)" (2021), Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Changes in ozone photochemical regime in Fresno, California from 1994 to 2018 deduced from changes in the weekend effect" (2020), Environmental Pollution
  • "Real-time measurements of PM 2.5 and ozone to assess the effectiveness of residential indoor air filtration in Shanghai homes" (2020), Indoor Air
  • "An improved understanding of NOx emissions in South Asian megacities using TROPOMI NO2 retrievals" (2022), Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Levoglucosan, a tracer for cellulose in biomass burning and atmospheric particles

    B.R.T. Simoneit;B.R.T. Simoneit;J.J. Schauer;C.G. Nolte;D.R. Oros

  • Source apportionment of airborne particulate matter using organic compounds as tracers

    James J. Schauer;Wolfgang F. Rogge;Wolfgang F. Rogge;Lynn M. Hildemann;Lynn M. Hildemann;Monica A. Mazurek

  • Measurement of emissions from air pollution sources. 3. C1-C29 organic compounds from fireplace combustion of wood.

    James J. Schauer;Michael J. Kleeman;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • MEASUREMENT OF EMISSIONS FROM AIR POLLUTION SOURCES. 2. C1 THROUGH C30 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM MEDIUM DUTY DIESEL TRUCKS

    James J. Schauer;Michael J. Kleeman;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Measurement of Emissions from Air Pollution Sources. 5. C1−C32 Organic Compounds from Gasoline-Powered Motor Vehicles

    James J. Schauer;Michael J. Kleeman;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Emissions of Metals Associated with Motor Vehicle Roadways

    Glynis C Lough;James J Schauer;June-Soo Park;Martin M Shafer

  • Source Apportionment of Wintertime Gas-Phase and Particle-Phase Air Pollutants Using Organic Compounds as Tracers

    James J. Schauer;Glen R. Cass

  • Measurement of Emissions from Air Pollution Sources. 1. C1 through C29 Organic Compounds from Meat Charbroiling

    James J. Schauer;Michael J. Kleeman;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Seasonal trends in PM2.5 source contributions in Beijing, China

    Mei Zheng;Lynn G. Salmon;James J. Schauer;Limin Zeng

  • 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

  • SIZE AND COMPOSITION DISTRIBUTION OF FINE PARTICULATE MATTER EMITTED FROM MOTOR VEHICLES

    Michael J. Kleeman;James J. Schauer;Glen R. Cass

  • Atmospheric brown clouds: Hemispherical and regional variations in long-range transport, absorption, and radiative forcing

    V. Ramanathan;F. Li;M. V. Ramana;P. S. Praveen

  • Characteristics of particulate carbon emissions from real-world Chinese coal combustion.

    Yuanxun Zhang;James Jay Schauer;Yuanhang Zhang;Limin Zeng

  • Highly polar organic compounds present in wood smoke and in the ambient atmosphere.

    Christopher G. Nolte;James J. Schauer;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • Mexico City aerosol analysis during MILAGRO using high resolution aerosol mass spectrometry at the urban supersite (T0) – Part 1: Fine particle composition and organic source apportionment

    Allison Aiken;Allison Aiken;D. Salcedo;Michael J. Cubison;J. Huffman

  • ACE-Asia intercomparison of a thermal-optical method for the determination of particle-phase organic and elemental carbon.

    J. J. Schauer;B. T. Mader;J. T. DeMinter;G. Heidemann

  • Speciation of gas-phase and fine particle emissions from burning of foliar fuels.

    Michael D Hays;Christopher D Geron;Kara J Linna;N Dean Smith

  • 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

  • Measurement of emissions from air pollution sources. 4. C1-C27 organic compounds from cooking with seed oils.

    James J. Schauer;Michael J. Kleeman;Glen R. Cass;Bernd R. T. Simoneit

  • An overview of the MILAGRO 2006 Campaign: Mexico City emissions and their transport and transformation

    L. T. Molina;S. Madronich;J. S. Gaffney;E. Apel

  • Size and Composition Distribution of Fine Particulate Matter Emitted from Wood Burning, Meat Charbroiling, and Cigarettes

    Michael J. Kleeman;James J. Schauer;Glen R. Cass

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin M. Shafer
Martin M. Shafer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Constantinos Sioutas
Constantinos Sioutas University of Southern California
Jill Baumgartner
Jill Baumgartner McGill University
Michael H. Bergin
Michael H. Bergin Duke University
Elizabeth A. Stone
Elizabeth A. Stone University of Iowa
Rebecca J. Sheesley
Rebecca J. Sheesley Baylor University
Ralph J. Delfino
Ralph J. Delfino University of California, Irvine
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Xudong Yang
Xudong Yang Tsinghua University
Glen R. Cass
Glen R. Cass California Institute of Technology

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