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Environmental Sciences

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115
Citations
40707
World Ranking
161
National Ranking
75

Chemistry

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115
Citations
41353
World Ranking
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Patrick G. Hatcher 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 Patrick G. Hatcher sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 462 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Patrick G. Hatcher 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 Patrick G. Hatcher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 115 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 Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Treibs Medal, Geochemical Society
  • 2016 - Treibs Medal, Geochemical Society
  • 2005 - Geochemistry Division Medal, the American Chemical Society
  • 2005 - Geochemistry Division Medal, the American Chemical Society

Overview

Patrick G. Hatcher is affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers several main topics, including Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Hatcher has contributed to scholarly publications in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Limnology and Oceanography Methods

Among recent papers associated with or related to their research interests are:

  • "An international laboratory comparison of dissolved organic matter composition by high resolution mass spectrometry: Are we getting the same answer?" (2020), Limnology and Oceanography Methods
  • "Microplastic fragment and fiber contamination of beach sediments from selected sites in Virginia and North Carolina, USA" (2020), Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Molecular heterogeneity in pyrogenic dissolved organic matter from a thermal series of oak and grass chars" (2020), Organic Geochemistry
  • "The role of oxygen in stimulating methane production in wetlands" (2021), Global Change Biology
  • "Biolability of Fresh and Photodegraded Pyrogenic Dissolved Organic Matter From Laboratory-Prepared Chars" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Aleksandar I. Goranov
  • Andrew R. Zimmerman
  • Andrew S. Wozniak
  • Siddhartha Mitra
  • Kyle W. Bostick

Best Publications

  • Graphical method for analysis of ultrahigh-resolution broadband mass spectra of natural organic matter, the van Krevelen diagram.

    Sunghwan Kim;Robert W Kramer;Patrick G Hatcher

  • BULK CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN THE OCEAN

    Ronald Benner;J. Dean Pakulski;Matthew Mccarthy;John I. Hedges

  • The molecularly-uncharacterized component of nonliving organic matter in natural environments

    JI Hedges;G Eglinton;PG Hatcher;DL Kirchman

  • Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere

    Karen Hammes;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Ronald J. Smernik;Lloyd A. Currie

  • Illuminated darkness: molecular signatures of Congo River dissolved organic matter and its photochemical alteration as revealed by ultrahigh precision mass spectrometry.

    Aron Stubbins;Robert G. M. Spencer;Hongmei Chen;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • Natural photolysis by ultraviolet irradiance of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter to simple substrates for rapidbacterial metabolism

    Robert G. Wetzel;Patrick G. Hatcher;Thomas S. Bianchi

  • Chemical and biological characterization of organic matter during composting of municipal solid waste

    Benny Chefetz;Patrick G. Hatcher;Yitzhak Hadar;Yona Chen

  • Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) along a river to ocean transect of the lower Chesapeake Bay by ultrahigh resolution electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

    Rachel L. Sleighter;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • The application of electrospray ionization coupled to ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry for the molecular characterization of natural organic matter

    Rachel L. Sleighter;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • Pyrene Sorption by Natural Organic Matter

    Benny Chefetz;and Ashish P. Deshmukh;Patrick G. Hatcher;Elizabeth A. Guthrie

  • Cyclic terpenoids of contemporary resinous plant detritus and of fossil woods, ambers and coals

    B.R.T. Simoneit;J.O. Grimalt;T.-G. Wang;R.E. Cox

  • Improvement of 13C and 15N CPMAS NMR spectra of bulk soils, particle size fractions and organic material by treatment with 10% hydrofluoric acid

    M. W. I. Schmidt;Heike Knicker;Heike Knicker;Patrick G. Hatcher;I. Kögel-Knabner

  • Degradation of carbohydrates and lignins in buried woods

    John I. Hedges;Gregory L. Cowie;John R. Ertel;R. James Barbour

  • Advanced instrumental approaches for characterization of marine dissolved organic matter: extraction techniques, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Kenneth Mopper;Aron Stubbins;Jason D. Ritchie;Heidi M. Bialk

  • Lignin degradation in wood-feeding insects

    Scott M. Geib;Timothy R. Filley;Patrick G. Hatcher;Kelli Hoover

  • Aromaticity of Humic Substances in Soils1

    Patrick G. Hatcher;Morris Schnitzer;Larry W. Dennis;Gary E. Maciel

  • The organic geochemistry of coal: from plant materials to coal

    Patrick G Hatcher;David J Clifford

  • Phenanthrene sorption by aliphatic-rich natural organic matter.

    Myrna J. Salloum;Benny Chefetz;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • Direct molecular evidence for the degradation and mobility of black carbon in soils from ultrahigh-resolution mass spectral analysis of dissolved organic matter from a fire-impacted forest soil

    William C. Hockaday;Amanda M. Grannas;Sunghwan Kim;Patrick G. Hatcher

  • The transformation and mobility of charcoal in a fire-impacted watershed

    William C. Hockaday;Amanda M. Grannas;Sunghwan Kim;Patrick G. Hatcher

Frequent Co-Authors

Heike Knicker
Heike Knicker Spanish National Research Council
Peter H. Santschi
Peter H. Santschi Texas A&M University
Benny Chefetz
Benny Chefetz Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Technical University of Munich
Zhanfei Liu
Zhanfei Liu The University of Texas at Austin
Gary E. Maciel
Gary E. Maciel Colorado State University
Aron Stubbins
Aron Stubbins Northeastern University
Antonietta Quigg
Antonietta Quigg Texas A&M University at Galveston
Timothy R. Filley
Timothy R. Filley University of Oklahoma
André J. Simpson
André J. Simpson University of Toronto

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