2026 James W. Elkins: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	81	3282	2967	1082	912	218	21654
Environmental Sciences	89	614	580	273	250	268	31385

Overview

James W. Elkins is a researcher affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their work spans several main fields of study, including Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their research subfields primarily focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional contributions to Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Main topics addressed in their work include:

Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Climate variability and models
Hydrology and Drought Analysis

James W. Elkins has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following scientific venues:

Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Nature
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Atmospheric measurement techniques

Recent published papers include:

A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks, 2020, Nature
The NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) Mission: Imaging the Chemistry of the Global Atmosphere, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
A decline in global CFC-11 emissions during 2018−2019, 2021, Nature
Global Climate, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Global-scale distribution of ozone in the remote troposphere from the ATom and HIPPO airborne field missions, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James W. Elkins are:

Eric J. Hintsa
F. L. Moore
S. A. Montzka
Bruce C. Daube
Thomas B. Ryerson

Best Publications

Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

6259
Citations
A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

1751
Citations
Law Dome CO2, CH4 and N2O ice core records extended to 2000 years BP

C. MacFarling Meure;D. Etheridge;C. Trudinger;P. Steele

891
Citations
Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data

Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Paul O. Wennberg;Steven C. Wofsy

518
Citations
Conversion of NOAA atmospheric dry air CH4 mole fractions to a gravimetrically prepared standard scale

E. J. Dlugokencky;R. C. Myers;P. M. Lang;K. A. Masarie

510
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
Molecular hydrogen in the troposphere: Global distribution and budget

Paul C. Novelli;Patricia M. Lang;Kenneth A. Masarie;Dale F. Hurst

476
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
An unexpected and persistent increase in global emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11

Stephen A. Montzka;Geoff S. Dutton;Geoff S. Dutton;Pengfei Yu;Pengfei Yu;Eric Ray;Eric Ray

420
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
The detection of large HNO3-containing particles in the winter Arctic stratosphere.

D. W. Fahey;R. S. Gao;K. S. Carslaw;J. Kettleborough

368
Citations
Reanalysis of tropospheric CO trends: Effects of the 1997–1998 wildfires

P. C. Novelli;K. A. Masarie;P. M. Lang;B. D. Hall

366
Citations
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002

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

357
Citations
Age of stratospheric air unchanged within uncertainties over the past 30 years

A. Engel;T. Möbius;H. Bönisch;U. Schmidt

349
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
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

344
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
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
Aquatic sources and sinks for nitrous oxide

James W. Elkins;Steven C. Wofsy;Michael B. McElroy;Charles E. Kolb

327
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
On the global distribution, seasonality, and budget of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide (COS) and some similarities to CO2

S. A. Montzka;P. Calvert;B. D. Hall;J. W. Elkins

312
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred L. Moore National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Stephen A. Montzka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Geoff S. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Eric J. Hintsa Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Eric A. Ray National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

James H. Butler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego

Ronald G. Prinn MIT

Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

External Links

Personal website of James W. Elkins

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