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M. R. Alfarra 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 M. R. Alfarra sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 121 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

M. R. Alfarra 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 M. R. Alfarra sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

M. R. Alfarra is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. The scientist's research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant emphasis on atmospheric science as a subfield. Their work intersects with various areas including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and building and construction.

The main research topics addressed by M. R. Alfarra include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Urban heat island mitigation
  • Building energy and comfort optimization
  • Indoor air quality and microbial exposure

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by M. R. Alfarra are:

  • "Mutual promotion between aerosol particle liquid water and particulate nitrate enhancement leads to severe nitrate-dominated particulate matter pollution and low visibility" (2020), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Exploring the composition and volatility of secondary organic aerosols in mixed anthropogenic and biogenic precursor systems" (2021), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Characterisation of the Manchester Aerosol Chamber facility" (2022), published in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Physical and chemical properties of black carbon and organic matter from different combustion and photochemical sources using aerodynamic aerosol classification" (2021), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "PyCHAM (v2.1.1): a Python box model for simulating aerosol chambers" (2021), published in Geoscientific model development

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with M. R. Alfarra include:

  • G. McFiggans
  • Aristeidis Voliotis
  • Yunqi Shao
  • Mao Du
  • Thomas J. Bannan

The scientist's publications are frequently found in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Evolution of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere

    J. L. Jimenez;M. R. Canagaratna;N. M. Donahue;A. S. H. Prevot

  • Ubiquity and dominance of oxygenated species in organic aerosols in anthropogenically-influenced Northern Hemisphere midlatitudes

    Q. Zhang;Jose L. Jimenez;M. R. Canagaratna;J. D. Allan

  • Chemical and microphysical characterization of ambient aerosols with the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

    M. R. Canagaratna;J. T. Jayne;J. L. Jimenez;J. D. Allan

  • O/C and OM/OC Ratios of Primary, Secondary, and Ambient Organic Aerosols with High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    Allison C. Aiken;Peter F. DeCarlo;Jesse H. Kroll;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • Using Aerosol Light Absorption Measurements for the Quantitative Determination of Wood Burning and Traffic Emission Contributions to Particulate Matter

    Jisca Sandradewi;Andre S H Prévôt;Sönke Szidat;Nolwenn Perron

  • Source apportionment of submicron organic aerosols at an urban site by factor analytical modelling of aerosol mass spectra

    V. A. Lanz;M. R. Alfarra;Urs Baltensperger;B. Buchmann

  • Deconvolution and quantification of hydrocarbon-like and oxygenated organic aerosols based on aerosol mass spectrometry

    Qi Zhang;M. Rami Alfarra;Douglas R. Worsnop;James D. Allan

  • Quantitative sampling using an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer 1. Techniques of data interpretation and error analysis

    James D. Allan;Jose L. Jimenez;Jose L. Jimenez;Paul I. Williams;M. Rami Alfarra

  • Identification of the mass spectral signature of organic aerosols from wood burning emissions.

    M Rami Alfarra;Andre S H Prevot;Sönke Szidat;Jisca Sandradewi

  • Characterization of urban and rural organic particulate in the Lower Fraser Valley using two Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometers

    M. Rami Alfarra;Hugh Coe;James D. Allan;Keith N. Bower

  • Black-carbon absorption enhancement in the atmosphere determined by particle mixing state

    Dantong Liu;James Whitehead;M. Rami Alfarra;Ernesto Reyes-Villegas

  • Secondary organic aerosol reduced by mixture of atmospheric vapours

    Gordon McFiggans;Thomas F. Mentel;Juergen Wildt;Iida Pullinen;Iida Pullinen

  • Relating hygroscopicity and composition of organic aerosol particulate matter

    J. Duplissy;J. Duplissy;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;J. Dommen;M. R. Alfarra

  • Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic and biogenic precursors

    U. Baltensperger;M. Kalberer;J. Dommen;D. Paulsen

  • Direct evidence for coastal iodine particles from Laminaria macroalgae – linkage to emissions of molecular iodine

    Gordon McFiggans;Hugh Coe;R. Burgess;J. Allan

  • Quantitative sampling using an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer 2. Measurements of fine particulate chemical composition in two U.K. cities

    James D. Allan;M. Rami Alfarra;Keith N. Bower;Paul I. Williams

  • A mass spectrometric study of secondary organic aerosols formed from the photooxidation of anthropogenic and biogenic precursors in a reaction chamber

    M. R. Alfarra;M. R. Alfarra;D. Paulsen;D. Paulsen;M. Gysel;M. Gysel;A. A. Garforth

  • Characterization of aerosol chemical composition with aerosol mass spectrometry in Central Europe: An overview

    V. A. Lanz;A. S. H. Prevot;M. R. Alfarra;M. R. Alfarra;S. Weimer

  • The role of VOC oxidation products in continental new particle formation

    A. Laaksonen;A. Laaksonen;M. Kulmala;C. D. O'Dowd;J. Joutsensaari

  • Dominant impact of residential wood burning on particulate matter in Alpine valleys during winter

    Sönke Szidat;Sönke Szidat;André S H Prévôt;Jisca Sandradewi;M. Rami Alfarra

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Coe
Hugh Coe University of Manchester
James Allan
James Allan University of Manchester
Gordon McFiggans
Gordon McFiggans University of Manchester
André S. H. Prévôt
André S. H. Prévôt Paul Scherrer Institute
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Keith Bower
Keith Bower University of Manchester
Paul I. Williams
Paul I. Williams University of Manchester
Ernest Weingartner
Ernest Weingartner University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Paul S. Monks
Paul S. Monks University of Leicester
Martin Gysel
Martin Gysel Paul Scherrer Institute

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