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Joachim Curtius 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 Joachim Curtius sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 232 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Joachim Curtius 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 Joachim Curtius sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joachim Curtius is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in atmospheric sciences. Their research focuses on the formation and growth of atmospheric particles, air quality, and related health impacts.

Curtius has contributed significantly to the following topics in atmospheric and environmental science:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Their work spans several subfields including:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Modeling and Simulation

Curtius has published in a variety of scientific venues, with recurrent contributions to:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's research include Andreas Kürten, Mario Simon, Markku Kulmala, J. Kirkby, and Neil M. Donahue.

Some of their notable recent publications are:

  • "Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation," 2020, Nature
  • "Role of iodine oxoacids in atmospheric aerosol nucleation," 2021, Science
  • "Testing mobile air purifiers in a school classroom: Reducing the airborne transmission risk for SARS-CoV-2," 2021, Aerosol Science and Technology
  • "Molecular understanding of new-particle formation from α-pinene between −50 and +25 °C," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Enhanced growth rate of atmospheric particles from sulfuric acid," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

With over a hundred publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, Joachim Curtius' research covers multiple aspects of atmospheric processes, particle formation, and factors influencing air quality and health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Role of sulphuric acid, ammonia and galactic cosmic rays in atmospheric aerosol nucleation

    Jasper Kirkby;Joachim Curtius;João Almeida;João Almeida;Eimear Dunne

  • Size Matters More Than Chemistry for Cloud-Nucleating Ability of Aerosol Particles

    Ulrike Dusek;Göran Frank;Lea Hildebrandt;Lea Hildebrandt;Joachim Curtius

  • Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid-amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere

    Joao Almeida;Joao Almeida;Siegfried Schobesberger;Andreas Kürten;Ismael K. Ortega

  • The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere

    Jasmin Tröstl;Wayne K. Chuang;Hamish Gordon;Martin Heinritzi

  • Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles

    Jasper Kirkby;Jasper Kirkby;Jonathan Duplissy;Jonathan Duplissy;Kamalika Sengupta;Carla Frege

  • Oxidation products of biogenic emissions contribute to nucleation of atmospheric particles.

    Francesco Riccobono;Siegfried Schobesberger;Catherine E. Scott;Josef Dommen

  • New particle formation in the free troposphere: A question of chemistry and timing.

    Federico Bianchi;Federico Bianchi;Federico Bianchi;Jasmin Tröstl;Heikki Junninen;Carla Frege

  • Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements

    Eimear M. Dunne;Hamish Gordon;Andreas Kürten;João Almeida;João Almeida

  • Molecular understanding of atmospheric particle formation from sulfuric acid and large oxidized organic molecules

    Siegfried Schobesberger;Heikki Junninen;Federico Bianchi;Gustaf Lönn

  • Causes and importance of new particle formation in the present-day and preindustrial atmospheres

    Hamish Gordon;Jasper Kirkby;Jasper Kirkby;Urs Baltensperger;Federico Bianchi

  • Atmospheric ion-induced nucleation of sulfuric acid and water

    E. R. Lovejoy;J. Curtius;K. D. Froyd;K. D. Froyd

  • Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation.

    Mingyi Wang;Weimeng Kong;Ruby Marten;Xu Cheng He

  • Neutral molecular cluster formation of sulfuric acid-dimethylamine observed in real time under atmospheric conditions.

    Andreas Kürten;Tuija Jokinen;Mario Simon;Mikko Sipilä

  • Measurement of fine particulate and gas-phase species during the New Year's fireworks 2005 in Mainz, Germany

    Frank Drewnick;Silke S. Hings;Joachim Curtius;Gunter Eerdekens

  • Multicomponent new particle formation from sulfuric acid, ammonia, and biogenic vapors

    Katrianne Lehtipalo;Katrianne Lehtipalo;Katrianne Lehtipalo;Chao Yan;Lubna Dada;Federico Bianchi

  • A comprehensive laboratory study on the immersion freezing behavior of illite NX particles: a comparison of 17 ice nucleation measurement techniques

    Naruki Hiranuma;Stefanie Augustin-Bauditz;Heinz Bingemer;Carsten Budke

  • Rapid growth of organic aerosol nanoparticles over a wide tropospheric temperature range

    Dominik Stolzenburg;Lukas Fischer;Alexander L. Vogel;Alexander L. Vogel;Alexander L. Vogel;Martin Heinritzi

  • Laboratory study on new particle formation from the reaction OH + SO 2 : influence of experimental conditions, H 2 O vapour, NH 3 and the amine tert-butylamine on the overall process

    Torsten Berndt;Frank Stratmann;Mikko Sipilä;Mikko Sipilä;Mikko Sipilä;Joonas Vanhanen

  • submitter : Calibration of a Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer for the Measurement of Gaseous Sulfuric Acid

    Andreas Kürten;Sebastian Ehrhart;Linda Rondo;Joachim Curtius

  • ML-CIRRUS : The airborne experiment on natural cirrus and contrail cirrus with the high-altitude long-range research aircraft HALO

    Christiane Voigt;Ulrich Schumann;Andreas Minikin;Ahmed Abdelmonem

  • Role of iodine oxoacids in atmospheric aerosol nucleation.

    Xu-Cheng He;Yee Jun Tham;Lubna Dada;Mingyi Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Kürten
Andreas Kürten Goethe University Frankfurt
Jonathan Duplissy
Jonathan Duplissy University of Helsinki
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Katrianne Lehtipalo
Katrianne Lehtipalo University of Helsinki
Siegfried Schobesberger
Siegfried Schobesberger University of Eastern Finland
Neil M. Donahue
Neil M. Donahue Carnegie Mellon University
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Armin Hansel
Armin Hansel University of Innsbruck
Douglas R. Worsnop
Douglas R. Worsnop University of Helsinki
Tuukka Petäjä
Tuukka Petäjä University of Helsinki

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