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59
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11212
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3123
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115

Nicholas B. Jones 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 Nicholas B. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 204 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicholas B. Jones 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 Nicholas B. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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 Australia Leader Award

Overview

Nicholas B. Jones is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Spectroscopy, Environmental Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

The main topics covered in Nicholas B. Jones's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, COVID-19 Impact on Air Quality, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

Jones has published extensively, with papers appearing frequently in prominent venues such as Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Geophysical Research Letters, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Earth and Space Science.

  • TROPOMI-Sentinel-5 Precursor formaldehyde validation using an extensive network of ground-based Fourier-transform infrared stations, 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Ubiquitous atmospheric production of organic acids mediated by cloud droplets, 2021, Nature
  • Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations, 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • COVID-19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone Across the Northern Hemisphere, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Intercomparison of low- and high-resolution infrared spectrometers for ground-based solar remote sensing measurements of total column concentrations of CO 2, CH 4, and CO, 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Frequent collaborators include Emmanuel Mahieu, James W. Hannigan, Kimberly Strong, Justus Notholt, and Dan Smale.

Jones's scholarly contributions extend to book publications with titles such as Unlivable: What the Urban Heat Island Effect Means for East Asia's Cities published by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks in 2023, and The Arcadia of Jacopo Sannazaro published by University of Michigan Press in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day distribution and trends of tropospheric ozone relevant to climate and global atmospheric chemistry model evaluation

    A. Gaudel;O. R. Cooper;G. Ancellet;B. Barret

  • Intercomparison of retrieval codes used for the analysis of high-resolution, ground-based FTIR measurements

    F. Hase;J.W. Hannigan;M.T. Coffey;A. Goldman

  • Global budget of CO, 1988–1997: Source estimates and validation with a global model

    B N Duncan;B N Duncan;B N Duncan;J A Logan;I Bey;I Bey;I A Megretskaia

  • Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres

    Curtis P. Rinsland;Aaron Goldman;Emmanuel Mahieu;Rodolphe Zander

  • Northern and southern hemisphere ground-based infrared spectroscopic measurements of tropospheric carbon monoxide and ethane

    Curtis P. Rinsland;Nicholas B. Jones;Brian J. Connor;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Satellite evidence for a large source of formic acid from boreal and tropical forests

    T. Stavrakou;J.-F. Müller;J. Peeters;A. Razavi

  • An update on ozone profile trends for the period 2000 to 2016

    Wolfgang Steinbrecht;Lucien Froidevaux;Ryan Fuller;Ray Wang

  • Past changes in the vertical distribution of ozone – Part 3: Analysis and interpretation of trends

    Neil R. P Harris;B Hassler;B Hassler;F Tummon;G E Bodeker

  • Ground‐based infrared spectroscopic measurements of carbonyl sulfide: Free tropospheric trends from a 24‐year time series of solar absorption measurements

    Curtis P. Rinsland;Aaron Goldman;Emmanuel Mahieu;Rodolphe Zander

  • Total Column Carbon Observing Network (TCCON) Site: Darwin

    David Griffith;Nicholas Deutscher;Voltaire Velazco;Paul Wennberg

  • Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations

    Mahesh Kumar Sha;Bavo Langerock;Jean-François L. Blavier;Thomas Blumenstock

  • Ubiquitous atmospheric production of organic acids mediated by cloud droplets.

    B. Franco;T. Blumenstock;C. Cho;Lieven Clarisse

  • Geophysical validation of MIPAS-ENVISAT operational ozone data

    U. Cortesi;J. C. Lambert;C. de Clercq;G. Bianchini

  • Recent Northern Hemisphere stratospheric HCl increase due to atmospheric circulation changes

    Emmanuel Mahieu;M P Chipperfield;Justus Notholt;T Reddmann

  • Validation of ozone measurements from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE)

    E. Dupuy;K.A. Walker;K.A. Walker;J. Kar;C.D. Boone

  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH 4 , CO 2 and N 2 O

    B. Dils;M. de Mazière;J. F. Müller;T. Blumenstock

  • TROPOMI-Sentinel-5 Precursor formaldehyde validation using an extensive network of ground-based Fourier-transform infrared stations

    Corinne Vigouroux;Bavo Langerock;Carlos Augusto Bauer Aquino;Thomas Blumenstock

  • The Carbon Cycle of Southeast Australia During 2019–2020: Drought, Fires, and Subsequent Recovery

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  • COVID-19 Crisis Reduces Free Tropospheric Ozone across the Northern Hemisphere

    Wolfgang Steinbrecht;Dagmar Kubistin;Christian Plass-Dülmer;Jonathan Davies

  • Impact of Pinatubo aerosols on the partitioning between NO2 and HNO3

    M Koike;N. B. Jones;W. A. Matthews;P. V. Johnston

  • CO measurements from the ACE-FTS satellite instrument: data analysis and validation using ground-based, airborne and spaceborne observations

    Cathy Clerbaux;Maya George;Solène Turquety;K. A. Walker;K. A. Walker

  • Enhanced upper tropical tropospheric COS: impact on the stratospheric aerosol layer.

    Justus Notholt;Z. Kuang;C. P. Rinsland;G. C. Toon

  • Global AIRS and MOPITT CO measurements: Validation, comparison, and links to biomass burning variations and carbon cycle

    Leonid N. Yurganov;W. Wallace McMillan;Anatoly V. Dzhola;Evgeny I. Grechko

  • Long-term trends of inorganic chlorine from ground-based infrared solar spectra: Past increases and evidence for stabilization

    C. P. Rinsland;E. Mahieu;R. Zander;N. B. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Justus Notholt
Justus Notholt University of Bremen
Emmanuel Mahieu
Emmanuel Mahieu University of Liège
David W. T. Griffith
David W. T. Griffith University of Wollongong
Dan Smale
Dan Smale National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
James W. Hannigan
James W. Hannigan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Nicholas M. Deutscher
Nicholas M. Deutscher University of Wollongong
Thomas Blumenstock
Thomas Blumenstock Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Frank Hase
Frank Hase Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
M. De Mazière
M. De Mazière Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Ralf Sussmann
Ralf Sussmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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