2026 James N. Galloway: 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	114	163	153	76	70	363	84984

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
2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James N. Galloway is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Pollution.

The researcher has contributed significantly to topics such as:

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Environmental Impact and Sustainability
Phosphorus and nutrient management
Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Nutritional Studies and Diet
Water Quality and Resources Studies
Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability

Selected recent publications include:

"Nitrogen emissions along global livestock supply chains", 2020, Nature Food
"The Human Creation and Use of Reactive Nitrogen: A Global and Regional Perspective", 2021, Annual Review of Environment and Resources
"The influence of crop and chemical fertilizer combinations on greenhouse gas emissions: A partial life-cycle assessment of fertilizer production and use in China", 2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling
"Reflections on 200 years of Nitrogen, 20 years later", 2021, AMBIO
""I'll try the veggie burger": Increasing purchases of sustainable foods with information about sustainability and taste", 2020, Appetite

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James N. Galloway include:

Allison M. Leach
Elizabeth Dukes
Jan Willem Erisman
Graham K. MacDonald
Elizabeth A. Castner

The researcher's work is published often in venues such as:

Environmental Research Letters
SSRN Electronic Journal
Nature Food
Sustainability and Climate Change
Annual Review of Environment and Resources

James N. Galloway has received several professional recognitions, including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2008)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2002)

Best Publications

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

James N. Galloway;Alan R. Townsend;Jan Willem Erisman;Mateete Bekunda

7796
Citations
Nitrogen cycles: past, present, and future

J. N. Galloway;F. J. Dentener;D. G. Capone;E. W. Boyer

6586
Citations
Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Matt Walpole;Ben Collen;Arco Van Strien

5915
Citations
How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

Jan Willem Erisman;Mark A. Sutton;James Galloway;Zbigniew Klimont

4825
Citations
An Earth-system perspective of the global nitrogen cycle.

Nicolas Gruber;James N. Galloway

3993
Citations
The Nitrogen Cascade

James N. Galloway;John D. Aber;Jan Willem Erisman;Sybil P. Seitzinger

3847
Citations
Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles

P. Ciais;C. Sabine;G. Bala;L. Bopp

3564
Citations
Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis.

R. Bobbink;K. Hicks;J. Galloway;T. Spranger

3036
Citations
The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century

David Fowler;Mhairi Coyle;Ute Skiba;Mark A. Sutton

2230
Citations
Reactive nitrogen and the world: 200 years of change.

James N. Galloway;Ellis B. Cowling

2052
Citations
The atmospheric input of trace species to the world ocean

R. A. Duce;P. S. Liss;J. T. Merrill;E. L. Atlas

2022
Citations
Nitrogen fixation: Anthropogenic enhancement‐environmental response

James N. Galloway;William H. Schlesinger;Hiram Levy;Anthony Michaels

1370
Citations
Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean.

R. A. Duce;J. LaRoche;K. Altieri;K. R. Arrigo

1250
Citations
Nitrogen and sulfur deposition on regional and global scales:a multimodel evaluation

F. Dentener;J. Drevet;Jean-François Lamarque;Isabelle Bey

1212
Citations
Consequences of human modification of the global nitrogen cycle

Jan Willem Erisman;James N. Galloway;Sybil Seitzinger;Albert Bleeker

1049
Citations
Modeling the Effects of Acid Deposition: Assessment of a Lumped Parameter Model of Soil Water and Streamwater Chemistry

B. J. Cosby;G. M. Hornberger;J. N. Galloway;R. F. Wright

1042
Citations
The composition of precipitation in remote areas of the world

James N. Galloway;Gene E. Likens;William C. Keene;John M. Miller

993
Citations
Sea‐salt corrections and interpretation of constituent ratios in marine precipitation

William C. Keene;Alexander A. P. Pszenny;James N. Galloway;Mark E. Hawley

958
Citations
The global nitrogen cycle: changes and consequences

James N. Galloway

716
Citations
Reduced nitrogen in ecology and the environment.

J.W. Erisman;A. Bleeker;J. Galloway;M.S. Sutton

608
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Keene University of Virginia

Jan Willem Erisman Leiden University

Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut

Albert Bleeker Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands

Alexander A. P. Pszenny University of New Hampshire

Frank Dentener European Commission Joint Research Centre

Bernard J. Cosby University of Virginia

Thomas M. Church University of Delaware

Anthony H. Knap Texas A&M University

Baojing Gu Zhejiang University

External Links

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