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Chemistry

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Environmental Sciences

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James W. Elkins publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James W. Elkins sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 268 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

James W. Elkins D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Molecular hydrogen in the troposphere: Global distribution and budget

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002

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

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

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

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

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

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

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

  • 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

  • State of the Climate in 2014

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

  • Aquatic sources and sinks for nitrous oxide

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

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

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred L. Moore
Fred L. Moore National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stephen A. Montzka
Stephen A. Montzka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Geoff S. Dutton
Geoff S. Dutton National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dale F. Hurst
Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Eric J. Hintsa
Eric J. Hintsa Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Eric A. Ray
Eric A. Ray National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James H. Butler
James H. Butler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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