2026 Michael J. Prather: 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	97	429	405	195	179	301	46171

Research.com Recognitions

2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1997 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Michael J. Prather is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

The primary fields of study for Prather include:

Earth and Planetary Sciences
Environmental Science

The subfields they have contributed to are:

Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Automotive Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research topics covered in Prather's work feature:

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Climate variability and models
Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Among frequent coauthors are:

Qi Tang
Lee T. Murray
James W. Elkins
Jeff Peischl
R. Commane

Prather's publication record includes multiple articles in notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Nature
Earth system science data
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Prather include:

Climate Change 2023 Synthesis Report, 2024, Climate Change and Law Collection
A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks, 2020, Nature
The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
The DOE E3SM Model Version 2: Overview of the Physical Model and Initial Model Evaluation, 2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment

Prather has been recognized by professional organizations with the following honors:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1997

Best Publications

Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report: A contribution of Working Groups I, II, and III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

RT Watson;DL Albritton;T Barker;IA Baskmakov

3360
Citations
Tropospheric chemistry: A global perspective

Jennifer A. Logan;Michael J. Prather;Steven C. Wofsy;Michael B. McElroy

2321
Citations
A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

1751
Citations
Towards robust regional estimates of CO2 sources and sinks using atmospheric transport models.

K. R. Gurney;R. M. Law;A. S. Denning;P. J. Rayner

1507
Citations
The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018

D.S. Lee;D.W. Fahey;A. Skowron;M.R. Allen

1442
Citations
Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report

R. T. Watson;D. L. Albritton;T. Barker;I. A. Bashmakov

1423
Citations
Near-term climate change: Projections and predictability

Ben Kirtman;Scott B. Power;Akintayo John Adedoyin;George J. Boer

1405
Citations
Three‐dimensional model synthesis of the global methane cycle

I. Fung;J. John;J. Lerner;E. Matthews

1256
Citations
Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone

D. S. Stevenson;F. J. Dentener;M. G. Schultz;K. Ellingsen

1137
Citations
Atmospheric chemistry and greenhouse gases

D. Ehhalt;M. Prather;F. Dentener;R. Derwent

1112
Citations
Three-dimensional climatological distribution of tropospheric OH: Update and evaluation

C. M. Spivakovsky;J. A. Logan;S. A. Montzka;Y. J. Balkanski

1053
Citations
Numerical advection by conservation of second‐order moments

Michael J. Prather

996
Citations
Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Aviation

D.S. Lee;G. Pitari;Volker Grewe;Klaus Martin Gierens

911
Citations
Fast-J: Accurate Simulation of In- and Below-Cloud Photolysis in Tropospheric Chemical Models

Oliver Wild;Xin Zhu;Michael J. Prather

749
Citations
Reactive greenhouse gas scenarios: Systematic exploration of uncertainties and the role of atmospheric chemistry

Michael J. Prather;Christopher D. Holmes;Juno Hsu

709
Citations
NOx from lightning 1. Global distribution based on lightning physics

Colin Price;Colin Price;Joyce Penner;Michael Prather

645
Citations
Stratospheric ozone in 3-D models : A simple chemistry and the cross-tropopause flux

C. A. McLinden;S. C. Olsen;B. Hannegan;O. Wild

611
Citations
TransCom 3 inversion intercomparison: Impact of transport model errors on the interannual variability of regional CO2 fluxes, 1988–2003

D. F. Baker;D. F. Baker;Rachel M. Law;Kevin R. Gurney;Kevin R. Gurney;Peter Rayner

584
Citations
Global air quality and climate

Arlene M. Fiore;Vaishali Naik;Dominick V. Spracklen;Allison Steiner

567
Citations
Radiative forcing in the 21st century due to ozone changes in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

M. Gauss;G. Myhre;G. Pitari;M. J. Prather

546
Citations
Radiative forcing since preindustrial times due to ozone change in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

M. Gauss;G. Myhre;I. S. A. Isaksen;V. Grewe

220
Citations
A contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change

J. Sathaye;S. Schneider;T. Stocker;B. Robinson

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Wild Lancaster University

Ivar S. A. Isaksen University of Oslo

Sarah A. Strode Goddard Space Flight Center

Arlene M. Fiore MIT

Drew T. Shindell Duke University

Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research

Larry W. Horowitz Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Michael B. McElroy Harvard University

Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University

Joyce E. Penner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

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