2026 Patricia K. Quinn: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	108	985	940	600	568	356	39121
Environmental Sciences	108	231	215	105	95	347	40518

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

6819
Citations
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

1670
Citations
Radiative Absorption Enhancements Due to the Mixing State of Atmospheric Black Carbon

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

825
Citations
The case against climate regulation via oceanic phytoplankton sulphur emissions

P. K. Quinn;T. S. Bates

749
Citations
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

704
Citations
A large atomic chlorine source inferred from mid-continental reactive nitrogen chemistry

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

690
Citations
Spectral absorption properties of atmospheric aerosols

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

637
Citations
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

514
Citations
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

488
Citations
Arctic haze: current trends and knowledge gaps

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

486
Citations
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

485
Citations
Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: their climate impact and possible mitigation strategies

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

469
Citations
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

437
Citations
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

434
Citations
ACE-ASIA Regional Climatic and Atmospheric Chemical Effects of Asian Dust and Pollution

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

418
Citations
Atmospheric deposition of nutrients to the North Atlantic Basin.

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

388
Citations
Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of Aerosol Robotic Network

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

388
Citations
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

375
Citations
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

339
Citations
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

333
Citations
Global distribution of sea salt aerosols: New constraints from in situ and remote sensing observations

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

11
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy S. Bates University of Washington

D. J. Coffman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

James E. Johnson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Brian M. Lerner Aerodyne Research

Lynn M. Russell University of California, San Diego

Eric J. Williams National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Paola Massoli Earth System Research Laboratory

Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

D. S. Covert University of Washington

External Links

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