2026 Kenneth S. Carslaw: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	108	226	211	15	15	416	44911

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Kenneth S. Carslaw is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Environmental Science. Within these disciplines, their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Earth-Surface Processes, and Oceanography.

The main topics of Kenneth S. Carslaw's research cover a range of atmospheric and environmental phenomena. These include:

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Climate variability and models
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

The researcher has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with key recent papers including:

"Opinion: Cloud-phase climate feedback and the importance of ice-nucleating particles" (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
"Description and evaluation of aerosol in UKESM1 and HadGEM3-GC3.1 CMIP6 historical simulations" (2020), published in Geoscientific Model Development
"Aerosol-cloud-climate cooling overestimated by ship-track data" (2021), published in Science
"The CLoud-Aerosol-Radiation Interaction and Forcing: Year 2017 (CLARIFY-2017) measurement campaign" (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
"The hemispheric contrast in cloud microphysical properties constrains aerosol forcing" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Kenneth S. Carslaw has frequently published in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Science Advances
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

The researcher collaborates regularly with a number of frequent co-authors. These include Hamish Gordon, Jill S. Johnson, Paul R. Field, Daniel P. Grosvenor, and Leighton A. Regayre.

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

1511
Citations
UKESM1: Description and Evaluation of the U.K. Earth System Model

Alistair A. Sellar;Colin G. Jones;Jane P. Mulcahy;Yongming Tang

1250
Citations
Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing

K.S. Carslaw;Lindsay Lee;C.L. Reddington;K.J. Pringle

1171
Citations
Molecular understanding of sulphuric acid-amine particle nucleation in the atmosphere

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

1084
Citations
Particulate matter, air quality and climate: Lessons learned and future needs

S. Fuzzi;U. Baltensperger;K. Carslaw;S. Decesari

1018
Citations
The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 7.0/7.1 and JULES Global Land 7.0 configurations

David Walters;Anthony J. Baran;Anthony J. Baran;Ian Boutle;Malcolm Brooks

1007
Citations
Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

977
Citations
Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system

John H. Seinfeld;Christopher Bretherton;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Hugh Coe

924
Citations
Impact of nucleation on global CCN

J. Merikanto;D. V. Spracklen;G. W. Mann;S. J. Pickering

922
Citations
Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

Nicolas Bellouin;Johannes Quaas;Edward Gryspeerdt;Stefan Kinne

875
Citations
The role of low-volatility organic compounds in initial particle growth in the atmosphere

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

853
Citations
The importance of feldspar for ice nucleation by mineral dust in mixed-phase clouds

James D. Atkinson;Benjamin J. Murray;Matthew T. Woodhouse;Matthew T. Woodhouse;Thomas F. Whale

827
Citations
Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles

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

826
Citations
Cosmic rays, clouds and climate

K. S. Carslaw;R. G. Harrison;J. Kirkby

740
Citations
A review of natural aerosol interactions and feedbacks within the Earth system

K. S. Carslaw;O. Boucher;D. V. Spracklen;G. W. Mann

710
Citations
A marine biogenic source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles

Theodore W. Wilson;Luis A. Ladino;Peter A. Alpert;Mark N. Breckels

660
Citations
Oxidation products of biogenic emissions contribute to nucleation of atmospheric particles.

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

634
Citations
Description and evaluation of GLOMAP-mode: a modal global aerosol microphysics model for the UKCA composition-climate model

G. W. Mann;K. S. Carslaw;D. V. Spracklen;D. A. Ridley

562
Citations
Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements

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

514
Citations
Stratospheric aerosol growth and HNO3 gas phase depletion from coupled HNO3 and water uptake by liquid particles

K. S. Carslaw;B. P. Luo;S. L. Clegg;Th. Peter

489
Citations
Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget

D. V. Spracklen;J. L. Jimenez;K. S. Carslaw;D. R. Worsnop

484
Citations
Contribution of particle formation to global cloud condensation nuclei concentrations

Dominick V. Spracklen;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Markku Kulmala;Veli-Matti Kerminen

474
Citations
Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

Nicolas Bellouin

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham W. Mann University of Leeds

Dominick V. Spracklen University of Leeds

Kirsty J. Pringle University of Leeds

Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki

Carly L. Reddington University of Leeds

Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute

Katrianne Lehtipalo University of Helsinki

Paul R. Field Met Office

Jonathan Duplissy University of Helsinki

Martyn P. Chipperfield University of Leeds

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