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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 38 8641 8292 3086 2868 122 5556

Maria Tzortziou publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Maria Tzortziou between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Maria Tzortziou published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 5.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2021. 18 of the 137 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2021. 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 0 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 3 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 6 publications
2000 2025

137 publications in total across all disciplines

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Maria Tzortziou: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 2
2001 1
2002 2
2003 2
2004 1
2005 0
2006 2
2007 3
2008 3
2009 2
2010 3
2011 1
2012 3
2013 2
2014 8
2015 6
2016 4
2017 4
2018 10
2019 10
2020 9
2021 18
2022 7
2023 16
2024 12
2025 6
Total 137
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Maria Tzortziou 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 Maria Tzortziou sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–130 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617 122
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Maria Tzortziou 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 Maria Tzortziou sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 38 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265 38
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Maria Tzortziou is a researcher affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their work is primarily situated within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a research focus on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research extensively covers topics including marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, and oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

Maria Tzortziou has contributed to various publication venues, notably:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Remote Sensing
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "Representing the function and sensitivity of coastal interfaces in Earth system models," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Capturing dissolved organic carbon dynamics with Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 in tidally influenced wetland-estuarine systems," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "DOM degradation by light and microbes along the Yukon River-coastal ocean continuum," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Investigating Changes in Ozone Formation Chemistry during Summertime Pollution Events over the Northeastern United States," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology

Maria Tzortziou frequently collaborates with fellow researchers including:

  • Patrick J. Neale
  • Antonio Mannino
  • Alana Menendez
  • Kyle J. Turner
  • J. Blake Clark

Best Publications

  • An overview of approaches and challenges for retrieving marine inherent optical properties from ocean color remote sensing.

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Lachlan I.W. McKinna;Emmanuel Boss;Steven G. Ackleson

  • NO2 column amounts from ground‐based Pandora and MFDOAS spectrometers using the direct‐sun DOAS technique: Intercomparisons and application to OMI validation

    Jay Herman;Alexander Cede;Elena Spinei;George Mount

  • Representing the function and sensitivity of coastal interfaces in Earth system models

    Nicholas D. Ward;Nicholas D. Ward;J. Patrick Megonigal;Ben Bond-Lamberty;Vanessa L. Bailey

  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

    Kerry Cawse-Nicholson;Philip A. Townsend;David Schimel;Ali M. Assiri

  • Carbon budget of tidal wetlands, estuaries, and shelf waters of Eastern North America

    R. G. Najjar;M. Herrmann;R. Alexander;E. W. Boyer

  • Tidal marshes as a source of optically and chemically distinctive colored dissolved organic matter in the Chesapeake Bay

    Maria Tzortziou;Patrick J. Neale;Christopher L. Osburn;J. Patrick Megonigal

  • Remote sensing retrievals of colored dissolved organic matter and dissolved organic carbon dynamics in North American estuaries and their margins

    Fang Cao;Maria Tzortziou;Chuanmin Hu;Antonio Mannino

  • Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems

    Frank E. Muller‐Karger;Erin Hestir;Christiana Ade;Kevin Turpie

  • Remote sensing reflectance and inherent optical properties in the mid Chesapeake Bay

    Maria Tzortziou;Maria Tzortziou;Ajit Subramaniam;Jay R. Herman;Charles L. Gallegos

  • The United States' Next Generation of Atmospheric Composition and Coastal Ecosystem Measurements: NASA's Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) Mission

    J. Fishman;L. T. Iraci;J. Al-Saadi;Kelly V. Chance

  • Bio-optics of the Chesapeake Bay from measurements and radiative transfer closure

    Maria Tzortziou;Jay R. Herman;Charles L. Gallegos;Patrick J. Neale

  • STAAARTE-MED 1998 summer airborne measurements over the Aegean Sea: 2. Aerosol scattering and absorption, and radiative calculations

    Paola Formenti;Olivier Boucher;Thomas Reiner;Detlev Sprung

  • Spatial gradients in dissolved carbon due to tidal marsh outwelling into a Chesapeake Bay estuary

    Maria Tzortziou;Patrick J. Neale;J. Patrick Megonigal;Crystal Lee Pow

  • Photobleaching of dissolved organic material from a tidal marsh-estuarine system of the Chesapeake Bay.

    Maria Tzortziou;Christopher L. Osburn;Patrick J. Neale

  • Capturing dissolved organic carbon dynamics with Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 in tidally influenced wetland–estuarine systems

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  • On the origin of SO2 above northern Greece

    C. Zerefos;K. Ganev;K. Kourtidis;M. Tzortziou

  • Impact of Bay-Breeze Circulations on Surface Air Quality and Boundary Layer Export

    Christopher P. Loughner;Christopher P. Loughner;Maria Tzortziou;Maria Tzortziou;Melanie Follette-Cook;Melanie Follette-Cook;Kenneth E. Pickering

  • High precision, absolute total column ozone measurements from the Pandora spectrometer system: Comparisons with data from a Brewer double monochromator and Aura OMI

    Maria A. Tzortziou;Maria A. Tzortziou;Jay R. Herman;Jay R. Herman;Alexander Cede;Nader Abuhassan;Nader Abuhassan

  • Space-Based Observations for Understanding Changes in the Arctic-Boreal Zone

    Bryan N. Duncan;Lesley E. Ott;James B. Abshire;Ludovic Brucker;Ludovic Brucker

  • Bay breeze influence on surface ozone at Edgewood, MD during July 2011.

    Ryan M. Stauffer;Anne M. Thompson;Douglas K. Martins;Richard D. Clark

  • STAAARTE-MED 1998 summer airborne measurements over the Aegean Sea: 1. Aerosol particles and trace gases

    Paola Formenti;Thomas Reiner;Detlev Sprung;Meinrat O. Andreae

  • Underestimation of column NO 2 amounts from the OMI satellite compared to diurnally varying ground-based retrievals from multiple PANDORA spectrometer instruments

    Jay Herman;Nader Abuhassan;Jhoon Kim;Jae Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay R. Herman
Jay R. Herman University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Patrick J. Neale
Patrick J. Neale Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Charles L. Gallegos
Charles L. Gallegos Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Lawrence W. Harding
Lawrence W. Harding University of California, Los Angeles
Anne M. Thompson
Anne M. Thompson Goddard Space Flight Center
Russell R. Dickerson
Russell R. Dickerson University of Maryland, College Park
Kenneth E. Pickering
Kenneth E. Pickering University of Maryland, College Park
J. Patrick Megonigal
J. Patrick Megonigal Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Molly E. Brown
Molly E. Brown University of Maryland, College Park
Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research

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