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D-Index
45
Citations
7423
World Ranking
6427
National Ranking
282

John Liggio 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 John Liggio sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

John Liggio 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 John Liggio sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

John Liggio is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and Earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on atmospheric science, health, toxicology, and global and planetary change. The scientist's body of work encompasses 51 publications in environmental science and 24 in Earth and planetary sciences, reflecting a broad approach to understanding atmospheric processes and their effects.

Key subfields in their research include atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, mechanics of materials, and analytical chemistry. The main topics studied cover atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, toxic organic pollutants impact, petroleum processing and analysis, and atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

The publication record shows a concentration of articles in several venues:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (6 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (5 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters (2 publications)
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2 publications)

Frequent collaborators with John Liggio include Shao-Meng Li, Jeremy J. B. Wentzell, Katherine Hayden, Michael Wheeler, and Amy Leithead, indicating a network of co-authors contributing to their research outputs across various studies.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by John Liggio include:

  • "Uncovering global-scale risks from commercial chemicals in air," 2021, Nature
  • "Composition and transformation chemistry of tire-wear derived organic chemicals and implications for air pollution," 2022, Atmospheric Pollution Research
  • "Atmospheric OH Oxidation Chemistry of Particulate Liquid Crystal Monomers: An Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutant in Air," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Biomass burning nitrogen dioxide emissions derived from space with TROPOMI: methodology and validation," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Oxidation of commercial antioxidants is driving increasing atmospheric abundance of organophosphate esters: Implication for global regulation," 2023, One Earth

Best Publications

  • Reactive uptake of glyoxal by particulate matter

    John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li;Robert McLaren

  • Heterogeneous Reactions of Glyoxal on Particulate Matter: Identification of Acetals and Sulfate Esters

    John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li;Robert McLaren

  • The hygroscopicity parameter (κ) of ambient organic aerosol at a field site subject to biogenic and anthropogenic influences: relationship to degree of aerosol oxidation

    R. Y.-W. Chang;J. G. Slowik;N. C. Shantz;N. C. Shantz;A. Vlasenko;A. Vlasenko

  • Uncovering global-scale risks from commercial chemicals in air

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  • Formation of light absorbing organo-nitrogen species from evaporation of droplets containing glyoxal and ammonium sulfate.

    Alex K. Y. Lee;Ran Zhao;Richard Li;John Liggio

  • Overview paper: New insights into aerosol and climate in the Arctic

    Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;W. Richard Leaitch;Amir A. Aliabadi;Allan K. Bertram

  • Oil sands operations as a large source of secondary organic aerosols

    John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li;Katherine Hayden;Youssef M. Taha

  • Organosulfate formation during the uptake of pinonaldehyde on acidic sulfate aerosols

    John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li

  • Microlayer source of oxygenated volatile organic compounds in the summertime marine Arctic boundary layer

    Emma L. Mungall;Jonathan P. D. Abbatt;Jeremy J. B. Wentzell;Alex K. Y. Lee

  • Characterization of a large biogenic secondary organic aerosol event from eastern Canadian forests

    J. G. Slowik;C. Stroud;J. W. Bottenheim;P. C. Brickell

  • Heterogeneous OH Initiated Oxidation: A Possible Explanation for the Persistence of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Air

    Yongchun Liu;John Liggio;Tom Harner;Liisa Jantunen

  • Secondary formation of nitrated phenols: insights from observations during the Uintah Basin Winter Ozone Study (UBWOS) 2014

    Bin Yuan;Bin Yuan;John Liggio;Jeremy Wentzell;Shao-Meng Li

  • Evaluation of the particle infiltration efficiency of three passive samplers and the PS-1 active air sampler

    Milos Z. Markovic;Sebastian Prokop;Sebastian Prokop;Ralf M. Staebler;John Liggio

  • Filterable redox cycling activity: a comparison between diesel exhaust particles and secondary organic aerosol constituents.

    Robert D. McWhinney;Kaitlin Badali;John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li

  • Nucleation and condensational growth to CCN sizes during a sustained pristine biogenic SOA event in a forested mountain valley

    J. R. Pierce;W. R. Leaitch;J. Liggio;D. M. Westervelt

  • Direct polymerization of isoprene and α‐pinene on acidic aerosols

    John Liggio;Shao-Meng Li;Jeffrey R. Brook;Cristian Mihele

  • Reactive uptake of ammonia to secondary organic aerosols: kinetics of organonitrogen formation

    Y. Liu;Y. Liu;J. Liggio;R. Staebler;S.-M. Li

  • Elemental composition of organic aerosol: the gap between ambient and laboratory measurements

    Qi Chen;Qi Chen;Colette L. Heald;Jose L. Jimenez;Manjula R. Canagaratna

  • Differences between measured and reported volatile organic compound emissions from oil sands facilities in Alberta, Canada

    Shao-Meng Li;Amy Leithead;Samar G. Moussa;John Liggio

  • Characterization of aerosol and cloud water at a mountain site during WACS 2010: secondary organic aerosol formation through oxidative cloud processing

    A. K Y Lee;K. L. Hayden;Pierre Herckes;W. R. Leaitch

  • Size-resolved aerosol chemistry on Whistler Mountain, Canada with a high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometer during INTEX-B

    Y. Sun;Q. Zhang;A. M. Macdonald;K. Hayden

  • Nucleation and condensational growth to CCN sizes during a sustained pristine biogenic SOA event in a forested mountain valley

    J. Liggio;J. R. Pierce;R. Leaitch;A. Macdonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Shao-Meng Li
Shao-Meng Li Peking University
Ralf M. Staebler
Ralf M. Staebler Environment and Climate Change Canada
Katherine Hayden
Katherine Hayden Environment and Climate Change Canada
Paul A. Makar
Paul A. Makar Environment and Climate Change Canada
Jay G. Slowik
Jay G. Slowik Paul Scherrer Institute
Lynn M. Russell
Lynn M. Russell University of California, San Diego
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Jon Abbatt
Jon Abbatt University of Toronto
Alex K. Y. Lee
Alex K. Y. Lee Environment and Climate Change Canada
Greg J. Evans
Greg J. Evans University of Toronto

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