World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Joseph M. Prospero

Joseph M. Prospero

Award Badge
Earth Science
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 111 66 53 30 24 258 53615

Joseph M. Prospero publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Joseph M. Prospero between 1959 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Joseph M. Prospero published across 67 years, from 1959 to 2025, averaging 4.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2015. 16 of the 308 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1959 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2015. 1959: 1 publication 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 1 publication 1963: 0 publications 1964: 1 publication 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 3 publications 1969: 1 publication 1970: 2 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 5 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 3 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 4 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 8 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 10 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 3 publications
1959 2025

308 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Joseph M. Prospero: publications per year, 1959 to 2025
Year Publications
1959 1
1960 0
1961 0
1962 1
1963 0
1964 1
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 3
1969 1
1970 2
1971 1
1972 5
1973 0
1974 1
1975 0
1976 0
1977 2
1978 1
1979 1
1980 3
1981 3
1982 1
1983 4
1984 0
1985 8
1986 7
1987 10
1988 3
1989 6
1990 2
1991 3
1992 6
1993 4
1994 4
1995 3
1996 11
1997 8
1998 5
1999 6
2000 4
2001 10
2002 5
2003 6
2004 3
2005 8
2006 2
2007 3
2008 6
2009 8
2010 8
2011 11
2012 11
2013 8
2014 11
2015 13
2016 4
2017 9
2018 4
2019 8
2020 11
2021 8
2022 12
2023 2
2024 13
2025 3
Total 308
Download as CSV

Joseph M. Prospero publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph M. Prospero sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 258–267 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 258 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

View publications distribution as a table
Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185 258
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
Download as CSV

Joseph M. Prospero D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph M. Prospero sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 106+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98 111
Download as CSV

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joseph M. Prospero is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric science and global and planetary change, with significant work in subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, earth-surface processes, and pollution.

Their research encompasses topics including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality and health impacts, aeolian processes and effects, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and indoor air quality and microbial exposure.

Joseph M. Prospero has published research in various scientific journals. Frequent venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmospheric Environment

Some of their recent publications are:

  • Characterizing and Quantifying African Dust Transport and Deposition to South America: Implications for the Phosphorus Budget in the Amazon Basin, 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • The Discovery of African Dust Transport to the Western Hemisphere and the Saharan Air Layer: A History, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Other notable papers in the related research community include:

  • Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond, 2023, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Retrieving the global distribution of the threshold of wind erosion from satellite data and implementing it into the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory land-atmosphere model (GFDL AM4.0/LM4.0), 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

The scholar has collaborated frequently with fellow researchers such as Cassandra J. Gaston, N. M. Mahowald, Anne E. Barkley, Kathy Panechou, and Sergio Rodrı́guez.

Joseph M. Prospero has been recognized by scientific communities and is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2004 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2003.

Best Publications

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GLOBAL SOURCES OF ATMOSPHERIC SOIL DUST IDENTIFIED WITH THE NIMBUS 7 TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER (TOMS) ABSORBING AEROSOL PRODUCT

    Joseph M. Prospero;Paul Ginoux;Omar Torres;Sharon E. Nicholson

  • Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate

    T. Jickells;Z An;K.K. Andersen;A.R. Baker

  • Sources and distributions of dust aerosols simulated with the GOCART model

    Paul Ginoux;Mian Chin;Ina Tegen;Joseph M. Prospero

  • The atmospheric input of trace species to the world ocean

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

  • Global Scale Attribution of Anthropogenic and Natural Dust Sources and their Emission Rates Based on MODIS Deep Blue Aerosol Products

    Paul Ginoux;Joseph M. Prospero;Thomas E. Gill;N. Christina Hsu

  • Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze

    V. Ramanathan;P. J. Crutzen;J. Lelieveld;A. P. Mitra

  • Atmospheric global dust cycle and iron inputs to the ocean

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Alex R. Baker;Gilles Bergametti;Nick Brooks

  • Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean.

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

  • African Droughts and Dust Transport to the Caribbean: Climate Change Implications

    Joseph M. Prospero;Peter J. Lamb

  • Long-Range Atmospheric Transport of Soil Dust from Asia to the Tropical North Pacific: Temporal Variability

    R. A. Duce;C. K. Unni;B. J. Ray;J. M. Prospero

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • Characterization of tropospheric aerosols over the oceans with the NOAA advanced very high resolution radiometer optical thickness operational product

    Rudolf B. Husar;Joseph M. Prospero;Larry L. Stowe

  • The Large-Scale Movement of Saharan Air Outbreaks over the Northern Equatorial Atlantic

    Toby N. Carlson;Joseph M. Prospero

  • Transport of mineral aerosol from Asia Over the North Pacific Ocean

    Mitsuo Uematsu;Robert A. Duce;Joseph M. Prospero;Liqi Chen

  • Vertical and areal distribution of Saharan dust over the western equatorial north Atlantic Ocean

    Joseph M. Prospero;Toby N. Carlson

  • Long‐term measurements of the transport of African mineral dust to the southeastern United States: Implications for regional air quality

    Joseph M. Prospero

  • Relationships among aerosol constituents from Asia and the North Pacific during PEM-West A

    R. Arimoto;R. A. Duce;D. L. Savoie;J. M. Prospero

  • Atmospheric Iron Deposition: Global Distribution, Variability, and Human Perturbations*

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Sebastian Engelstaedter;Chao Luo;Andrea Sealy

  • Long-range transport of mineral dust in the global atmosphere: impact of African dust on the environment of the southeastern United States.

    Joseph M. Prospero

  • Global connections between aeolian dust, climate and ocean biogeochemistry at the present day and at the last glacial maximum

    Barbara Maher;J. M. Prospero;D. Mackie;D. Gaiero

  • Atmospheric transport of soil dust from Africa to South America

    J. M. Prospero;R. A. Glaccum;R. T. Nees

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis L. Savoie
Dennis L. Savoie University of Miami
Robert A. Duce
Robert A. Duce Texas A&M University
Richard Arimoto
Richard Arimoto New Mexico State University Carlsbad
James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
Paul Ginoux
Paul Ginoux Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Hongbin Yu
Hongbin Yu Goddard Space Flight Center
Mitsuo Uematsu
Mitsuo Uematsu University of Tokyo
Eric S. Saltzman
Eric S. Saltzman University of California, Irvine
Natalie M. Mahowald
Natalie M. Mahowald Cornell University
Hal Maring
Hal Maring National Aeronautics and Space Administration

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Studying Earth Science in the USA opens doors to diverse career opportunities, often complemented by interdisciplinary skills. For example, fields like digital imaging are essential for geospatial analysis and environmental monitoring, making an online degree in photography a valuable addition to an Earth Science background.

Veterans looking to transition into earth-related fields can benefit from specialized programs, such as an online photography degree for military veterans. These programs are tailored to leverage military experience and offer flexible learning options, supporting career shifts into environmental technology and remote sensing.

Language skills also enhance Earth Science careers, especially for those working in international research or fieldwork. Pursuing an online Spanish degree helps professionals communicate effectively across borders and access crucial research data.

Military veterans can access some of the best military friendly online Spanish degrees, combining language acquisition with veteran support services. This approach broadens career pathways in government agencies, environmental organizations, and global enterprises.

Best Scientists Citing Joseph M. Prospero

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles