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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 33 9542 9135 3419 3168 89 4862

Matthew H. Hitchman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Matthew H. Hitchman between 1982 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Matthew H. Hitchman published across 45 years, from 1982 to 2026, averaging 2.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 6 publications in 2003. 3 of the 96 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 6. Peak 6 publications in 2003. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 3 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 1 publication 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 2 publications 2014: 1 publication 2015: 1 publication 2016: 2 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications 2026: 1 publication
1982 2026

96 publications in total across all disciplines

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Matthew H. Hitchman: publications per year, 1982 to 2026
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 1
1985 3
1986 1
1987 2
1988 5
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 4
1993 1
1994 1
1995 1
1996 1
1997 3
1998 1
1999 3
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 6
2004 6
2005 3
2006 1
2007 1
2008 4
2009 4
2010 5
2011 0
2012 1
2013 2
2014 1
2015 1
2016 2
2017 2
2018 0
2019 4
2020 3
2021 3
2022 2
2023 4
2024 3
2025 2
2026 1
Total 96
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Matthew H. Hitchman 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 Matthew H. Hitchman 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, 81–90 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: 89 publications — 8th percentile

8% 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 89
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
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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Matthew H. Hitchman 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 Matthew H. Hitchman 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, 33 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: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% 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 33
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
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

Matthew H. Hitchman is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research is centered in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specialized focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional expertise lies in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses topics including Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Climate Variability and Models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, and Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics.

They have contributed to several publications in the following venues:

  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthew H. Hitchman include:

  • "An Observational History of the Direct Influence of the Stratospheric Quasi-biennial Oscillation on the Tropical and Subtropical Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere," 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • "The Influence of the Stratosphere on the Tropical Troposphere," 2021, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • "On the role of Rossby wave breaking in the quasi-biennial modulation of the stratospheric polar vortex during boreal winter," 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • "QBO and ENSO Effects on the Mean Meridional Circulation, Polar Vortex, Subtropical Westerly Jets, and Wave Patterns During Boreal Winter," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "The influence of solar-modulated regional circulations and galactic cosmic rays on global cloud distribution," 2023, Scientific Reports

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Shigeo Yoden
  • Vinay Kumar
  • Shellie M. Rowe
  • S. K. Dhaka
  • W. J. Du

Best Publications

  • Tropical stratospheric circulation deduced from satellite aerosol data

    Charles R. Trepte;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • A Climatology of Rossby Wave Breaking along the Subtropical Tropopause

    Gregory A. Postel;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • On The Relationship between the QBO and Tropical Deep Convection

    Christopher C. Collimore;David W. Martin;Matthew H. Hitchman;Amihan Huesmann

  • Transport of ozone in the middle stratosphere: evidence for planetary wave breaking

    C. B. Leovy;C.-R. Sun;M. H. Hitchman;E. E. Remsberg

  • A climatology of stratospheric aerosol

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Megan McKay;Charles R. Trepte

  • An interactive chemical dynamical radiative two-dimensional model of the middle atmosphere

    G. Brasseur;M. H. Hitchman;S. Walters;M. Dymek

  • Estimation of the Kelvin Wave Contribution to the Semiannual oscillation.

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Conway B. Leovy

  • A climatology of stratospheric polar vortices and anticyclones

    V. Lynn Harvey;R. Bradley Pierce;T. Duncan Fairlie;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • The Separated Polar Winter Stratopause: A Gravity Wave Driven Climatological Feature

    Matthew H. Hitchman;John C. Gille;Clive D. Rodgers;Guy Brasseur

  • Evolution of the Zonal Mean State in the Equatorial Middle Atmosphere during October 1978-May 1979

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Conway B. Leovy

  • Stratospheric response to trace gas perturbations: changes in ozone and temperature distributions.

    Guy Brasseur;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • On the Role of Successive Downstream Development in East Asian Polar Air Outbreaks

    Chang Hi Joung;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • The stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation in the NCEP reanalyses: Climatological structures

    Amihan S. Huesmann;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • A Seasonal Climatology of Rossby Wave Breaking in the 320–2000-K Layer

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Amihan S. Huesmann

  • Quasi-Stationary Zonally Asymmetric Circulations in the Equatorial Lower Mesosphere

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Conway B. Leovy;John C. Gille;Paul L. Bailey

  • A Climatology of the Aleutian High

    V. Lynn Harvey;Matthew H. Hitchman

  • Regional Air Quality Modeling System (RAQMS) predictions of the tropospheric ozone budget over east Asia

    R. B. Pierce;J. A. Al-Saadi;T. Schaack;A. Lenzen

  • Diurnal tide in the equatorial middle atmosphere as seen in LIMS temperatures

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Conway B. Leovy

  • The Influence of the Stratosphere on the Tropical Troposphere

    Peter Haynes;Peter Hitchcock;Matthew Hitchman;Shigeo Yoden

  • Rossby wave activity in a two‐dimensional model: Closure for wave driving and meridional eddy diffusivity

    Matthew H. Hitchman;Guy Brasseur

  • Analyzing the effects of complete tropical forest removal on the regional climate using a detailed three-dimensional energy budget: An application to Africa

    Peter K. Snyder;Jonathan A. Foley;Matthew H. Hitchman;Christine Delire;Christine Delire

Frequent Co-Authors

Conway B. Leovy
Conway B. Leovy University of Washington
Edward V. Browell
Edward V. Browell Langley Research Center
Guy Brasseur
Guy Brasseur Max Planck Society
James H. Crawford
James H. Crawford Langley Research Center
David W. Martin
David W. Martin University of Toronto
Erhan Kudeki
Erhan Kudeki University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David C. Fritts
David C. Fritts G & A Technical Software (United States)
Jack Fishman
Jack Fishman Saint Louis University
Melody A. Avery
Melody A. Avery Langley Research Center
John C. Gille
John C. Gille National Center for Atmospheric Research

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