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Kenneth S. Carslaw

Kenneth S. Carslaw

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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
108
Citations
44911
World Ranking
226
National Ranking
15

Kenneth S. Carslaw 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 Kenneth S. Carslaw sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 416 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kenneth S. Carslaw 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 Kenneth S. Carslaw sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

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

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

  • Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

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

  • 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

  • Impact of nucleation on global CCN

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

  • Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

    Nicolas Bellouin;Johannes Quaas;Edward Gryspeerdt;Stefan Kinne

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

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

  • 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

  • Ion-induced nucleation of pure biogenic particles

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

  • Cosmic rays, clouds and climate

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

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

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

  • A marine biogenic source of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Global atmospheric particle formation from CERN CLOUD measurements

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

  • 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

  • Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget

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

  • Contribution of particle formation to global cloud condensation nuclei concentrations

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

  • Bounding global aerosol radiative forcing of climate change

    Nicolas Bellouin

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham W. Mann
Graham W. Mann University of Leeds
Dominick V. Spracklen
Dominick V. Spracklen University of Leeds
Kirsty J. Pringle
Kirsty J. Pringle University of Leeds
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Carly L. Reddington
Carly L. Reddington University of Leeds
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Katrianne Lehtipalo
Katrianne Lehtipalo University of Helsinki
Paul R. Field
Paul R. Field Met Office
Jonathan Duplissy
Jonathan Duplissy University of Helsinki
Martyn P. Chipperfield
Martyn P. Chipperfield University of Leeds

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