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Michael J. Prather 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 Michael J. Prather sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 301 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael J. Prather 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 Michael J. Prather sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 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

  • Tropospheric chemistry: A global perspective

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

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report

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

  • Near-term climate change: Projections and predictability

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

  • Three‐dimensional model synthesis of the global methane cycle

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

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

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

  • Atmospheric chemistry and greenhouse gases

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

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

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

  • Numerical advection by conservation of second‐order moments

    Michael J. Prather

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Aviation

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

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

    Oliver Wild;Xin Zhu;Michael J. Prather

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

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

  • NOx from lightning 1. Global distribution based on lightning physics

    Colin Price;Colin Price;Joyce Penner;Michael Prather

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

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

  • 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

  • Global air quality and climate

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver Wild
Oliver Wild Lancaster University
Ivar S. A. Isaksen
Ivar S. A. Isaksen University of Oslo
Sarah A. Strode
Sarah A. Strode Goddard Space Flight Center
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Larry W. Horowitz
Larry W. Horowitz Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Michael B. McElroy
Michael B. McElroy Harvard University
Steven C. Wofsy
Steven C. Wofsy Harvard University
Joyce E. Penner
Joyce E. Penner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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