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2023

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D-Index
76
Citations
29544
World Ranking
1170
National Ranking
53

Paul J. Fraser 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 Paul J. Fraser sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 261 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul J. Fraser 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 Paul J. Fraser sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

Paul J. Fraser is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily covers Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant focus on Environmental Science.

The scientist's subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Spectroscopy, Inorganic Chemistry, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main topics addressed in their body of work are:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Climate variability and models

Paul J. Fraser has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth System Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul B. Krummel
  • Simon O'Doherty
  • Jens Mühle
  • Christina M. Harth
  • Matthew Rigby

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul J. Fraser are:

  • The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6) (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A decline in emissions of CFC-11 and related chemicals from eastern China (2021), Nature
  • Increase in global emissions of HFC-23 despite near-total expected reductions (2020), Nature Communications
  • Methyl Chloroform Continues to Constrain the Hydroxyl (OH) Variability in the Troposphere (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Aircraft-Based Observations of Ozone-Depleting Substances in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in and Above the Asian Summer Monsoon (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • Three‐dimensional model synthesis of the global methane cycle

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

  • A history of chemically and radiatively important gases in air deduced from ALE/GAGE/AGAGE

    RG Prinn;RF Weiss;PJ Fraser;PG Simmonds

  • Atmospheric Trends and Lifetime of CH3CCI3 and Global OH Concentrations.

    R. G. Prinn;R. F. Weiss;B. R. Miller;J. Huang

  • Evidence for Substantial Variations of Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radicals in the Past Two Decades

    R. G. Prinn;J. Huang;R. F. Weiss;D. M. Cunnold

  • Renewed growth of atmospheric methane

    Matthew Rigby;R.G Prinn;P.J Fraser;P.G Simmonds

  • Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6)

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Elisabeth Vogel;Alexander Nauels;Katja Lorbacher

  • Atmospheric emissions and trends of nitrous oxide deduced from 10 years of ALE–GAGE data

    R. Prinn;D. Cunnold;R. Rasmussen;P. Simmonds

  • Role of atmospheric oxidation in recent methane growth

    Matthew Rigby;Stephen A. Montzka;Ronald G. Prinn;James W. C. White

  • Global average concentration and trend for hydroxyl radicals deduced from ALE/GAGE trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) data for 1978–1990

    R. Prinn;D. Cunnold;P. Simmonds;F. Alyea

  • Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002

    S. A. Montzka;P. J. Fraser;J. H. Butler;D. M. Cunnold

  • Evidence for variability of atmospheric hydroxyl radicals over the past quarter century

    RG Prinn;J Huang;RF Weiss;DM Cunnold

  • Atmospheric Trends in Methylchloroform and the Global Average for the Hydroxyl Radical

    R. Prinn;D. Cunnold;R. Rasmussen;P. Simmonds

  • History of chemically and radiatively important atmospheric gases from the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE)

    Ronald G. Prinn;Ray F. Weiss;Jgor Arduini;Tim Arnold

  • Trends and seasonal cycles in the isotopic composition of nitrous oxide since 1940

    S. Park;S. Park;P. Croteau;K. A. Boering;D. M. Etheridge

  • Changes in tropospheric methane between 1841 and 1978 from a high accumulation‐rate Antarctic ice core

    D. M. Etheridge;G. I. Pearman;P. J. Fraser

  • Global trends and annual releases of CCl3F and CCl2F2 estimated from ALE/GAGE and other measurements from July 1978 to June 1991

    D. M. Cunnold;P. J. Fraser;R. F. Weiss;R. G. Prinn

  • An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons

    A. Stohl;P. Seibert;J. Arduini;S. Eckhardt

  • Evidence of changing concentrations of atmospheric CO 2 , N 2 O and CH 4 from air bubbles in Antarctic ice

    G. I. Pearman;D. Etheridge;F. de Silva;P. J. Fraser

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego
Simon O'Doherty
Simon O'Doherty University of Bristol
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Matthew Rigby
Matthew Rigby University of Bristol
Jens Mühle
Jens Mühle University of California, San Diego
Peter K. Salameh
Peter K. Salameh University of California, San Diego
Stefan Reimann
Stefan Reimann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Ray L. Langenfelds
Ray L. Langenfelds Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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