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Environmental Sciences 38 8695 8343 653 631 109 4998

Peter Edwards publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter Edwards between 1975 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter Edwards published across 52 years, from 1975 to 2026, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 54 publications in 2012. 17 of the 226 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 54. Peak 54 publications in 2012. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 54 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 33 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 13 publications 2026: 4 publications
1975 2026

226 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter Edwards: publications per year, 1975 to 2026
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 2
2009 5
2010 9
2011 7
2012 54
2013 19
2014 14
2015 8
2016 7
2017 4
2018 4
2019 6
2020 6
2021 5
2022 33
2023 15
2024 9
2025 13
2026 4
Total 226
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Peter Edwards 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 Edwards sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 101–110 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 109 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492 109
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Peter Edwards 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 Edwards sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 38 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265 38
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London for his distinguished work as a solid state chemist. He has made seminal contributions to fields including superconductivity and the behaviour of metal nanoparticles, and has greatly advanced our understanding of the phenomenology of the metal-insulator transition
  • 1999 - Liversidge Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1993 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1985 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Peter Edwards is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom and specializes primarily in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Automotive Engineering.

The researcher's work focuses significantly on topics such as Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Vehicle Emissions and Performance, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, and Noise Effects and Management.

Frequent publication venues where Peter Edwards' research appears include Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Geophysical Research Letters, National Science Open, and Science Advances.

Recent papers include:

  • Extensive field evidence for the release of HONO from the photolysis of nitrate aerosols (2023, Science Advances)
  • In situ ozone production is highly sensitive to volatile organic compounds in Delhi, India (2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • Low-NO atmospheric oxidation pathways in a polluted megacity (2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • Key Role of NO3 Radicals in the Production of Isoprene Nitrates and Nitrooxyorganosulfates in Beijing (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • A Four Carbon Organonitrate as a Significant Product of Secondary Isoprene Chemistry (2022, Geophysical Research Letters)

Peter Edwards collaborates frequently with several co-authors, such as Thomas J. Bannan, Sebastián Diez, Hugh Coe, James Lee, and Dwayne E. Heard.

Throughout their career, Edwards has been awarded multiple honors. These include the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society of London in 2003 for distinguished work in solid state chemistry, the Liversidge Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1999, the Tilden Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1993, and the Corday-Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1985.

Best Publications

  • High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin

    Peter M. Edwards;Steven S. Brown;James M. Roberts;Ravan Ahmadov

  • Validate personal air-pollution sensors

    Alastair Lewis;Peter Edwards

  • Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation and Organic Nitrate Yield from NO3 Oxidation of Biogenic Hydrocarbons

    Juliane L. Fry;Danielle C. Draper;Kelley C. Barsanti;James N. Smith;James N. Smith

  • Evaluating the performance of low cost chemical sensors for air pollution research

    Alastair C. Lewis;James D. Lee;Peter M. Edwards;Marvin D. Shaw

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

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

  • Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil- and natural gas-producing region of the western US

    Ravan Ahmadov;Ravan Ahmadov;S. McKeen;S. McKeen;M. Trainer;R Banta

  • Chlorine as a primary radical: evaluation of methods to understand its role in initiation of oxidative cycles

    C. J. Young;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;D. D. Parrish

  • Volatile organic compound emissions from the oil and natural gas industry in the Uintah Basin, Utah: oil and gas well pad emissions compared to ambient air composition

    C. Warneke;C. Warneke;F. Geiger;P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;W. Dube;W. Dube

  • Overview: Oxidant and particle photochemical processes above a south-east Asian tropical rainforest (the OP3 project): Introduction, rationale, location characteristics and tools

    C. N. Hewitt;J. D. Lee;A. R. MacKenzie;M. P. Barkley

  • Nighttime Chemical Transformation in Biomass Burning Plumes: A Box Model Analysis Initialized with Aircraft Observations.

    Zachary C J Decker;Zachary C J Decker;Zachary C J Decker;Kyle J Zarzana;Kyle J Zarzana;Matthew Coggon;Matthew Coggon;Kyung-Eun Min;Kyung-Eun Min

  • Ozone photochemistry in an oil and natural gas extraction region during winter: simulations of a snow-free season in the Uintah Basin, Utah

    P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;C. J. Young;C. J. Young;K. Aikin;K. Aikin;J. A. deGouw;J. A. deGouw

  • A broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectrometer for aircraft measurements of glyoxal, methylglyoxal, nitrous acid, nitrogen dioxide, and water vapor

    K.-E. Min;K.-E. Min;K.-E. Min;R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;W. P. Dubé;W. P. Dubé;A. O. Langford

  • Simulating atmospheric composition over a South-East Asian tropical rainforest: performance of a chemistry box model

    T. A. M. Pugh;A. R. MacKenzie;C. N. Hewitt;B. Langford

  • Influence of Oil and Gas Emissions on Summertime Ozone in the Colorado Northern Front Range

    Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Erin E. McDuffie;Peter M. Edwards;Jessica B. Gilman;Brian M. Lerner;Brian M. Lerner

  • An Odd Oxygen Framework for Wintertime Ammonium Nitrate Aerosol Pollution in Urban Areas: NOx and VOC Control as Mitigation Strategies

    C. C. Womack;C. C. Womack;E. E. McDuffie;E. E. McDuffie;E. E. McDuffie;P. M. Edwards;R. Bares

  • Impacts of HOx regeneration and recycling in the oxidation of isoprene: Consequences for the composition of past, present and future atmospheres

    A.T. Archibald;James G. Levine;N.L. Abraham;M.C. Cooke

  • OH reactivity in a South East Asian tropical rainforest during the Oxidant and Particle Photochemical Processes (OP3) project

    P. M. Edwards;P. M. Edwards;M. J. Evans;M. J. Evans;K. L. Furneaux;J. Hopkins

  • Evidence of reactive iodine chemistry in the Arctic boundary layer

    Anoop S. Mahajan;Marvin Shaw;Hilke Oetjen;Karen E. Hornsby;Karen E. Hornsby

  • Isoprene oxidation mechanisms: measurements and modelling of OH and HO 2 over a South-East Asian tropical rainforest during the OP3 field campaign

    D. Stone;M. J. Evans;P. M. Edwards;R. Commane;R. Commane

  • Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) yields from NO 3 radical + isoprene based on nighttime aircraft power plant plume transects

    Juliane L. Fry;Steven S. Brown;Steven S. Brown;Ann M. Middlebrook;Peter M. Edwards;Peter M. Edwards;Peter M. Edwards

  • Transition from high- to low-NO x control of night-time oxidation in the southeastern US

    Peter Edwards;Peter Edwards;Peter Edwards;K. C. Aikin;K. C. Aikin;W. P. Dube;W. P. Dube;J. L. Fry

  • Instrumentation and measurement strategy for the NOAA SENEX aircraft campaign as part of the Southeast Atmosphere Study 2013

    Carsten Warneke;Carsten Warneke;Michael Trainer;Joost A. de Gouw;Joost A. de Gouw;David D. Parrish;David D. Parrish

  • Investigation of secondary formation of formic acid: urban environment vs. oil and gas producing region

    B. Yuan;B. Yuan;P. R. Veres;P. R. Veres;C. Warneke;C. Warneke;J. M. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William P. Dubé
William P. Dubé Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Brian M. Lerner
Brian M. Lerner Aerodyne Research
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck
Patrick R. Veres
Patrick R. Veres National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder
Bin Yuan
Bin Yuan Jinan University

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