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D-Index
45
Citations
14052
World Ranking
6240
National Ranking
484

Peter E. Levy 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 Peter E. Levy sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 132 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter E. Levy 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 Peter E. Levy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter E. Levy is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on environmental and earth sciences, with a strong focus on atmospheric and biogeochemical processes related to greenhouse gases and ecosystem dynamics.

Their publication record includes significant work in the following main fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, their research extends into several subfields:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry

Core topics addressed in their work include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on greenhouse gas emissions, soil and ecosystem interactions, and atmospheric components. Selected publications include:

  • "Overriding water table control on managed peatland greenhouse gas emissions" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Alkaline air: changing perspectives on nitrogen and air pollution in an ammonia-rich world" (2020), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Challenges in Scaling Up Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: Experience From the UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Feedbacks Program" (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "Comparison of greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical forests and oil palm plantations on mineral soil" (2021), published in Biogeosciences
  • "Peatland Wildfire Severity and Post-fire Gaseous Carbon Fluxes" (2020), published in Ecosystems

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include:

  • Nicholas Cowan
  • Julia Drewer
  • Alistair J. Manning
  • Ute Skiba
  • Anita L. Ganesan

Major venues where their research has appeared multiple times are:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

    Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Michael R. Raupach;Josep G. Canadell;Gregg Marland

  • Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate‐carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs)

    Stephan Sitch;C. Huntingford;N. Gedney;P. E. Levy

  • Recent trends and drivers of regional sources and sinks of carbon dioxide

    S. Sitch;P. Friedlingstein;N. Gruber;S. D. Jones

  • Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models for their response to climate variability and to CO2 trends.

    Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Stephen Sitch;Philippe Ciais;Pierre Friedlingstein

  • The global carbon budget 1959-2011

    C. Le Quere;R.J. Andres;T.A. Boden;T. Conway

  • Evidence for a weakening relationship between interannual temperature variability and northern vegetation activity

    Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Huijuan Nan;Chris Huntingford;Philippe Ciais

  • Overriding water table control on managed peatland greenhouse gas emissions.

    C. D. Evans;M. Peacock;A. J. Baird;R. R. E. Artz

  • Effect of 7 yr of experimental drought on vegetation dynamics and biomass storage of an eastern Amazonian rainforest

    Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa;David Galbraith;Samuel Almeida;Bruno Takeshi Tanaka Portela

  • Effects of climate and management intensity on nitrous oxide emissions in grassland systems across Europe

    C.R. Flechard;P. Ambus;U. Skiba;R.M. Rees

  • UK land use and soil carbon sequestration.

    N.J. Ostle;P.E. Levy;C.D. Evans;P. Smith

  • Integrating plant-soil interactions into global carbon cycle models

    Nicholas J. Ostle;Pete Smith;Rosie A Fisher;F Ian Woodward

  • Multiple mechanisms of Amazonian forest biomass losses in three dynamic global vegetation models under climate change

    David Galbraith;Peter E. Levy;Stephen Sitch;Stephen Sitch;Chris Huntingford

  • Uncertainties in the relationship between atmospheric nitrogen deposition and forest carbon sequestration

    Mark A. Sutton;David Simpson;David Simpson;Peter E. Levy;Rognvald I. Smith

  • Challenges in quantifying biosphere–atmosphere exchange of nitrogen species

    M.A. Sutton;E. Nemitz;J.W Erisman;C. Beier

  • Modelling the impact of future changes in climate, CO2 concentration and land use on natural ecosystems and the terrestrial carbon sink

    P.E. Levy;M.G.R. Cannell;A.D. Friend

  • The effect of aqueous transport of CO2 in xylem sap on gas exchange in woody plants

    P. E. Levy;Patrick Meir;S. J. Allen;P. G. Jarvis

  • Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978–2003

    Peter Smith;Stephen J. Chapman;W. Andy Scott;Helaina I.J. Black

  • Biomass expansion factors and root: shoot ratios for coniferous tree species in Great britain

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  • Methane emissions from soils : synthesis and analysis of a large UK data set

    Peter E. Levy;Annette Burden;Mark D. A. Cooper;Kerry J. Dinsmore

  • Quantification of uncertainty in trace gas fluxes measured by the static chamber method

    Peter E Levy;Alan J Gray;SR Leeson;J Gaiawyn

  • The carbon budget of terrestrial ecosystems in East Asia over the last two decades

    S. L. Piao;S. L. Piao;A. Ito;S. G. Li;Y. Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ute Skiba
Ute Skiba Natural Environment Research Council
Chris Huntingford
Chris Huntingford Natural Environment Research Council
Stephen Sitch
Stephen Sitch University of Exeter
Anders Ahlström
Anders Ahlström Lund University
Nicolas Viovy
Nicolas Viovy French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Eiko Nemitz
Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Pierre Friedlingstein
Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter
Mark R. Lomas
Mark R. Lomas University of Sheffield
Lucy J. Sheppard
Lucy J. Sheppard UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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