2026 Mark A. Sutton: 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	103	306	285	21	21	566	52062

Mark A. Sutton 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 Mark A. Sutton sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 566 publications — 98th percentile

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

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

Mark A. Sutton 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 Mark A. Sutton sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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
2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Mark A. Sutton is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on subfields such as atmospheric science, plant science, global and planetary change, soil science, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their main research topics include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, rice cultivation and yield improvement, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, phosphorus and nutrient management, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Frequent coauthors associated with Mark A. Sutton are:

Julia Drewer
Arti Bhatia
Massimo Vieno
Eiko Nemitz
Himanshu Pathak

Common venues for publication include:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Science
Environmental Research Letters
Nature Food
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Selected recent papers demonstrate the scope and relevance of their work, including:

Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM _2.5 air pollution, published in 2021 in Science
Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands, published in 2023 in Nature
A chronology of global air quality, published in 2020 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Global, regional and national trends of atmospheric ammonia derived from a decadal (2008-2018) satellite record, published in 2020 in Environmental Research Letters
Global actions for a sustainable phosphorus future, published in 2021 in Nature Food

Mark A. Sutton was awarded the status of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, recognized by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

James N. Galloway;Alan R. Townsend;Jan Willem Erisman;Mateete Bekunda

7796
Citations
How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

Jan Willem Erisman;Mark A. Sutton;James Galloway;Zbigniew Klimont

4825
Citations
The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century

David Fowler;Mhairi Coyle;Ute Skiba;Mark A. Sutton

2230
Citations
The European Nitrogen Assessment. Sources, Effects and Policy Perspectives

Mark A. Sutton;Clare M. Howard;Jan Willem Erisman;Gilles Billen

1298
Citations
Too much of a good thing

Mark A. Sutton;Oene Oenema;Jan Willem Erisman;Adrian Leip

1133
Citations
Food choices, health and environment: Effects of cutting Europe's meat and dairy intake

Henk Westhoek;Jan Peter Lesschen;Trudy Rood;Susanne Wagner;Susanne Wagner

975
Citations
Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

833
Citations
Ammonia: emission, atmospheric transport and deposition

Willem A. H. Asman;Mark A. Sutton;Jan K. Schjørring

773
Citations
Full accounting of the greenhouse gas (CO2, N2O, CH4) budget of nine European grassland sites

J.F. Soussana;V. Allard;K. Pilegaard;P. Ambus

648
Citations
Our Nutrient World: the challenge to produce more food and energy with less pollution.

M.A. Sutton;A. Bleeker;C.M. Howard;J.W. Erisman

562
Citations
Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

Adrian Leip;Gilles Billen;Josette Garnier;Bruna Grizzetti

535
Citations
Dissolved carbon leaching from soil is a crucial component of the net ecosystem carbon balance

Reimo Kindler;Reimo Kindler;Jan Siemens;Jan Siemens;Klaus Kaiser;David Christopher Walmsley

519
Citations
Chemistry and the Linkages between Air Quality and Climate Change.

Erika von Schneidemesser;Paul S. Monks;James D. Allan;Lori Bruhwiler

515
Citations
Greenhouse gas emissions from European soils under different land use: effects of soil moisture and temperature

G. Schaufler;B. Kitzler;A. Schindlbacher;U. Skiba

509
Citations
Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM 2.5 air pollution

Baojing Gu;Lin Zhang;Rita Van Dingenen;Massimo Vieno

503
Citations
Towards a climate-dependent paradigm of ammonia emission and deposition

Mark A. Sutton;Stefan Reis;Stuart N. Riddick;Ulrike Dragosits

465
Citations
Ammonia emissions from non-agricultural sources in the UK

Mark Sutton;Ulrike Dragosits;Yuk Tang;David Fowler

430
Citations
The impact of nitrogen deposition on carbon sequestration by European forests and heathlands

W. de Vries;S. Solberg;M. Dobbertin;H. Sterba

425
Citations
Ammonia in the environment: From ancient times to the present

Mark A. Sutton;Jan Willem Erisman;Frank Dentener;Detlev Möller

418
Citations
Partitioning European grassland net ecosystem CO2 exchange into gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration using light response function analysis

T. G. Gilmanov;J. F. Soussana;L. Aires;V. Allard

417
Citations
The European Nitrogen Assessment

Adrian Leip;Beat Achermann;Gilles Billen;Albert Bleeker

391
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

David Fowler University of Saskatchewan

Ulrike Dragosits UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Mark R. Theobald Technical University of Madrid

Ute Skiba Natural Environment Research Council

Pierre Cellier University of Paris-Saclay

Stefan Reis University of Exeter

Benjamin Loubet University of Paris-Saclay

Jan Willem Erisman Leiden University

Anthony J. Dore University of Manchester

External Links

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