2026 Paul S. Monks: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	74	1340	1272	109	105	334	19704

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Paul S. Monks is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom and has made contributions primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans a variety of subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Air Quality and Health Impacts
Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
Asthma and respiratory diseases

Frequent co-authors in their research projects are:

Rebecca L. Cordell
Michael Wilde
Christopher E. Brightling
Wadah Ibrahim
Salman Siddiqui

Paul S. Monks has contributed to multiple journals, with the highest number of publications found in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Other common publication venues include ERJ Open Research, Journal of Breath Research, Atmospheric Environment, and Scientific Reports.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul S. Monks include:

Two Aldehyde Clearance Systems Are Essential to Prevent Lethal Formaldehyde Accumulation in Mice and Humans, 2020, Molecular Cell
Diagnosis of COVID-19 by exhaled breath analysis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, 2021, ERJ Open Research
Breathomics for the clinician: the use of volatile organic compounds in respiratory diseases, 2021, Thorax
Changes in ambient air quality and atmospheric composition and reactivity in the South East of the UK as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
AtChem (version 1), an open-source box model for the Master Chemical Mechanism, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development

Best Publications

Tropospheric ozone and its precursors from the urban to the global scale from air quality to short-lived climate forcer

P. S. Monks;A. T. Archibald;Augustin Colette;O. Cooper

1491
Citations
Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

977
Citations
Proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry.

Robert S. Blake;Paul S. Monks;Andrew M. Ellis

862
Citations
Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

833
Citations
Gas-phase radical chemistry in the troposphere

Paul S. Monks

654
Citations
A review of the observations and origins of the spring ozone maximum.

Paul S Monks

642
Citations
Chemistry and the Linkages between Air Quality and Climate Change.

Erika von Schneidemesser;Paul S. Monks;James D. Allan;Lori Bruhwiler

515
Citations
Review : Untangling the influence of air-mass history in interpreting observed atmospheric composition

Zoë L. Fleming;Paul S. Monks;Alistair J. Manning

449
Citations
Mammals divert endogenous genotoxic formaldehyde into one-carbon metabolism

Guillermo Burgos-Barragan;Niek Wit;Johannes Meiser;Felix A. Dingler

354
Citations
Atmospheric Composition Change: Climate-Chemistry Interactions

I.S.A. Isaksen;C. Granier;C. Granier;G. Myhre;T. Berntsen

338
Citations
MAX‐DOAS O4 measurements: A new technique to derive information on atmospheric aerosols: 2. Modeling studies

U. Frieß;P. S. Monks;J. J. Remedios;A. Rozanov

319
Citations
Direct evidence for coastal iodine particles from Laminaria macroalgae – linkage to emissions of molecular iodine

Gordon McFiggans;Hugh Coe;R. Burgess;J. Allan

309
Citations
Air quality affected by trees in real street canyons: The case of Marylebone neighbourhood in central London

Antoine P.R. Jeanjean;Riccardo Buccolieri;James Eddy;Paul S. Monks

268
Citations
Modelling the effectiveness of urban trees and grass on PM 2.5 reduction via dispersion and deposition at a city scale

Antoine P. R. Jeanjean;Paul S. Monks;Roland J. Leigh

263
Citations
Global comparison of VOC and CO observations in urban areas

Erika von Schneidemesser;Paul S. Monks;Christian Plass-Duelmer

241
Citations
Quantifying the magnitude of a missing hydroxyl radical source in a tropical rainforest

L. K. Whalley;P. M. Edwards;K. L. Furneaux;A. Goddard

233
Citations
Demonstration of proton-transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry for real-time analysis of trace volatile organic compounds.

Robert S. Blake;Christopher Whyte;Ceri O. Hughes;and Andrew M. Ellis

232
Citations
Nitrogen management is essential to prevent tropical oil palm plantations from causing ground-level ozone pollution

C. N. Hewitt;A. R. MacKenzie;P. Di Carlo;C. F. Di Marco

194
Citations
Measuring atmospheric composition change

Paolo Laj;J. Klausen;M. Bilde;C. Plaß-Duelmer

188
Citations
A CFD study on the effectiveness of trees to disperse road traffic emissions at a city scale

Antoine P. R. Jeanjean;G. Hinchliffe;W. A. McMullan;Paul S. Monks

181
Citations
Free radical modelling studies during the UK TORCH Campaign in summer 2003

Katherine M. Emmerson;Katherine M. Emmerson;Nicola Carslaw;D.C. Carslaw;James D. Lee

176
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew R. Rickard University of York

Alastair C. Lewis University of York

Stuart A. Penkett University of East Anglia

William J. Bloss University of Birmingham

James D. Lee University of York

Gordon McFiggans University of Manchester

Claire Granier National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dwayne E. Heard University of Leeds

Claire E. Reeves University of East Anglia

James R. Hopkins University of York

External Links

Personal website of Paul S. Monks

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