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Mathew R. Heal 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 Mathew R. Heal sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 209 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mathew R. Heal 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 Mathew R. Heal sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mathew R. Heal is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research focus spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work in Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Automotive Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's scholarly contributions concentrate primarily on topics such as Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Vehicle emissions and performance, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Plant responses to elevated CO2.

Heal has published articles in a variety of academic venues, including numerous papers in:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Geoscientific model development

Frequent collaborators in their research include Massimo Vieno, Eiko Nemitz, David S. Stevenson, Hannah Walker, and David Simpson. These collaborations reflect ongoing work in environmental and atmospheric sciences.

Some recent publications that highlight Mathew R. Heal's research encompass:

  • Non-exhaust vehicle emissions of particulate matter and VOC from road traffic: A review, 2021, Atmospheric Environment
  • A chronology of global air quality, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Ammonia mitigation campaign with smallholder farmers improves air quality while ensuring high cereal production, 2023, Nature Food
  • Seasonal analysis of submicron aerosol in Old Delhi using high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry: chemical characterisation, source apportionment and new marker identification, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Trends in secondary inorganic aerosol pollution in China and its responses to emission controls of precursors in wintertime, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Particles, air quality, policy and health

    Mathew R. Heal;Prashant Kumar;Roy M. Harrison;Roy M. Harrison

  • Personal exposure monitoring of PM2.5 in indoor and outdoor microenvironments

    Susanne Steinle;Stefan Reis;Clive E Sabel;Sean Semple

  • Non-exhaust vehicle emissions of particulate matter and VOC from road traffic: A review

    Roy M. Harrison;James Allan;David Carruthers;Mathew R. Heal

  • Total and water-soluble trace metal content of urban background PM10, PM2.5 and black smoke in Edinburgh, UK

    Mathew R. Heal;Leon R. Hibbs;Raymond M. Agius;Iain J. Beverland

  • A chronology of global air quality

    David Fowler;Peter Brimblecombe;John Burrows;Mathew R Heal

  • Modelling surface ozone during the 2003 heat-wave in the UK

    Massimo Vieno;A J Dore;David S Stevenson;Ruth Doherty

  • Long-term exposure to ambient ozone and mortality: a quantitative systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence from cohort studies

    R. W. Atkinson;B. K. Butland;Chrysanthi Dimitroulopoulou;M. R. Heal

  • Soluble transition metals cause the pro-inflammatory effects of welding fumes in vitro.

    Jane D McNeilly;Mathew R Heal;Iain J Beverland;Alan Howe

  • Climate change impacts on human health over Europe through its effect on air quality.

    Ruth M. Doherty;Mathew R. Heal;Fiona M. O’Connor

  • Evaluation and calibration of Aeroqual Series 500 portable gas sensors for accurate measurement of ambient ozone and nitrogen dioxide

    C. Lin;J. Gillespie;M.D. Schuder;W. Duberstein

  • Introduction to the special issue "in-depth study of air pollution sources and processes within Beijing and its surrounding region (APHH-Beijing)"

    Zongbo Shi;Zongbo Shi;Tuan Vu;Simone Kotthaus;Simone Kotthaus;Roy M. Harrison;Roy M. Harrison

  • Exposure to Concentrated Ambient Particles Does Not Affect Vascular Function in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

    Nicholas L. Mills;Simon D. Robinson;Paul H. B. Fokkens;Daan L. A. C. Leseman

  • Meteorology, air quality, and health in London: the ClearfLo project

    S.I. Bohnenstengel;S.E. Belcher;A. Aiken;J. D. Allan

  • The influence of weather-type and long-range transport on airborne particle concentrations in Edinburgh, UK

    C M Buchanan;Iain J Beverland;Mathew R Heal

  • The sensitivities of emissions reductions for the mitigation of UK PM 2.5

    Massimo Vieno;Mathew R. Heal;M. L. Williams;E. J. Carnell

  • Ozone, heat and mortality: acute effects in 15 British conurbations

    Sam Pattenden;Ben Armstrong;Ai Milojevic;Mathew R. Heal

  • The role of long-range transport and domestic emissions in determining atmospheric secondary inorganic particle concentrations across the UK

    Massimo Vieno;Massimo Vieno;Mathew R. Heal;Stephen Hallsworth;D. Famulari

  • Characteristics of ammonia, acid gases, and PM2.5 for three typical land-use types in the North China Plain

    Wen Xu;Qinghua Wu;Xuejun Liu;Aohan Tang

  • A comparison of short-term and long-term air pollution exposure associations with mortality in two cohorts in Scotland

    Iain J. Beverland;Geoffrey R. Cohen;Mathew R. Heal;Melanie Carder

  • Current and future climate- and air pollution-mediated impacts on human health.

    Ruth M Doherty;Mathew R Heal;Paul Wilkinson;Sam Pattenden

  • Direct ecosystem fluxes of volatile organic compounds from oil palms in South-East Asia

    P. K. Misztal;P. K. Misztal;E. Nemitz;B. Langford;C. F. Di Marco

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Reis
Stefan Reis University of Exeter
Eiko Nemitz
Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
John N. Cape
John N. Cape Stockholm University
Ruth M. Doherty
Ruth M. Doherty University of Edinburgh
Roy M. Harrison
Roy M. Harrison University of Birmingham
Kate V. Heal
Kate V. Heal University of Edinburgh
James Allan
James Allan University of Manchester
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Meinrat O. Andreae
Meinrat O. Andreae Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
David Stevenson
David Stevenson University of Edinburgh

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