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Patricia K. Quinn 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 Patricia K. Quinn sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 347 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Patricia K. Quinn 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 Patricia K. Quinn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Patricia K. Quinn is affiliated with the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in the United States. Their research activity spans primarily the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a total of 62 and 46 publications respectively in these areas. Their work focuses on various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, as well as climate variability and models.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are Lucia M. Upchurch, Lynn M. Russell, T. S. Bates, Savannah L. Lewis, and Michael J. Behrenfeld.

Patricia K. Quinn's scholarly output appears regularly in several key scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Earth System Science Data, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, and Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.

The following recent papers illustrate the range and focus of their work:

  • EUREC 4 A (2021) published in Earth System Science Data
  • Pan-Arctic seasonal cycles and long-term trends of aerosol properties from 10 observatories (2022) published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • AWARE: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (2020) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Seasonal Differences and Variability of Concentrations, Chemical Composition, and Cloud Condensation Nuclei of Marine Aerosol Over the North Atlantic (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Variability in Marine Plankton Ecosystems Are Not Observed in Freshly Emitted Sea Spray Aerosol Over the North Atlantic Ocean (2020) published in Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment

    Tami C. Bond;Sarah J. Doherty;D. W. Fahey;Piers Forster

  • Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze

    V. Ramanathan;P. J. Crutzen;J. Lelieveld;A. P. Mitra

  • Radiative Absorption Enhancements Due to the Mixing State of Atmospheric Black Carbon

    Christopher D. Cappa;Timothy B. Onasch;Paola Massoli;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • The case against climate regulation via oceanic phytoplankton sulphur emissions

    P. K. Quinn;T. S. Bates

  • Global distribution of sea salt aerosols: new constraints from in situ and remote sensing observations

    L. Jaeglé;P. K. Quinn;T. S. Bates;B. Alexander

  • A large atomic chlorine source inferred from mid-continental reactive nitrogen chemistry

    Joel A. Thornton;James P. Kercher;Theran P. Riedel;Nicholas L. Wagner

  • Spectral absorption properties of atmospheric aerosols

    Robert W. Bergstrom;Peter Pilewskie;Philip B. Russell;Jens Redemann

  • High levels of nitryl chloride in the polluted subtropical marine boundary layer

    Hans D. Osthoff;Hans D. Osthoff;Hans D. Osthoff;James M. Roberts;A. R. Ravishankara;A. R. Ravishankara;Eric J. Williams;Eric J. Williams

  • ACE-Asia intercomparison of a thermal-optical method for the determination of particle-phase organic and elemental carbon.

    J. J. Schauer;B. T. Mader;J. T. DeMinter;G. Heidemann

  • Arctic haze: current trends and knowledge gaps

    P. K. Quinn;G. Shaw;E. Andrews;E. G. Dutton

  • Influence of sea-salt on aerosol radiative properties in the Southern Ocean marine boundary layer

    D. M. Murphy;J. R. Anderson;P. K. Quinn;L. M. McInnes

  • Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: their climate impact and possible mitigation strategies

    P. K. Quinn;T. S. Bates;E. Baum;N. Doubleday

  • Carbohydrate-like composition of submicron atmospheric particles and their production from ocean bubble bursting

    Lynn M. Russell;Lelia N. Hawkins;Amanda A. Frossard;Patricia K. Quinn

  • Chemistry and related properties of freshly emitted sea spray aerosol.

    Patricia K. Quinn;Douglas B. Collins;Vicki H. Grassian;Vicki H. Grassian;Kimberly A. Prather

  • ACE-ASIA Regional Climatic and Atmospheric Chemical Effects of Asian Dust and Pollution

    John H. Seinfeld;Gregory R. Carmichael;Richard Arimoto;William C. Conant

  • Atmospheric deposition of nutrients to the North Atlantic Basin.

    J. M. Prospero;K. Barrett;T. Church;F. Dentener

  • Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of Aerosol Robotic Network

    A. Smirnov;B. N. Holben;I. Slutsker;D. M. Giles

  • Variations in the methanesulfonate to sulfate molar ratio in submicrometer marine aerosol particles over the south Pacific Ocean

    Timothy S. Bates;Julie A. Calhoun;Patricia K. Quinn

  • A 3‐year record of simultaneously measured aerosol chemical and optical properties at Barrow, Alaska

    P. K. Quinn;T. L. Miller;T. S. Bates;J. A. Ogren

  • Small fraction of marine cloud condensation nuclei made up of sea spray aerosol

    P. K. Quinn;P. K. Quinn;D. J. Coffman;J. E. Johnson;J. E. Johnson;L. M. Upchurch;L. M. Upchurch

  • Global distribution of sea salt aerosols: New constraints from in situ and remote sensing observations

    L. Jaegle;P. Quinn;T. S. Bates

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy S. Bates
Timothy S. Bates University of Washington
D. J. Coffman
D. J. Coffman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James E. Johnson
James E. Johnson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Brian M. Lerner
Brian M. Lerner Aerodyne Research
Lynn M. Russell
Lynn M. Russell University of California, San Diego
Eric J. Williams
Eric J. Williams National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paola Massoli
Paola Massoli Earth System Research Laboratory
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
D. S. Covert
D. S. Covert University of Washington

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