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Peter J. Baxter publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter J. Baxter sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 110 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Peter J. Baxter D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter J. Baxter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Peter J. Baxter is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Emergency Medical Services.

Their recent research contributions include studies on volcanic air pollution and its impact on human health, respiratory morbidity associated with volcanic plumes, and health impact assessments of volcanic ash inhalation in comparison to outdoor air pollution methods. Key publications are:

  • Volcanic air pollution and human health: recent advances and future directions, 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Health Impact Assessment of Volcanic Ash Inhalation: A Comparison With Outdoor Air Pollution Methods, 2020, GeoHealth
  • The hazards of unconfined pyroclastic density currents: A new synthesis and classification according to their deposits, dynamics, and thermal and impact characteristics, 2021, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Drivers of and barriers to decision support technology use by financial report auditors, 2020, Decision Support Systems

Their research addresses multiple topics, including:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Accounting and Organizational Management
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Collaborations feature several frequent co-authors with whom they have published multiple times:

  • Claire J. Horwell
  • Evgenia Ilyinskaya
  • Anja Schmidt
  • David E. Damby
  • Ines Tomašek

Peter J. Baxter has contributed extensively to several academic journals. The main publication venues include:

  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Volcanica
  • Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • GeoHealth

Best Publications

  • The respiratory health hazards of volcanic ash: a review for volcanic risk mitigation

    Claire J. Horwell;Peter J. Baxter

  • Developing an Event Tree for probabilistic hazard and risk assessment at Vesuvius

    A. Neri;W. Aspinall;R. Cioni;R. Cioni;A. Bertagnini

  • Cristobalite in volcanic ash of the soufriere hills volcano, montserrat, british west indies

    P. J. Baxter;C. Bonadonna;R. Dupree;V. L. Hards

  • Atmospheric dispersion, environmental effects and potential health hazard associated with the low-altitude gas plume of Masaya volcano, Nicaragua

    Pierre Delmelle;J Stix;PJ Baxter;J Garcia-Alvarez

  • Residential building and occupant vulnerability to tephra fall

    R. J. S. Spence;I. Kelman;P. J. Baxter;G. Zuccaro

  • Impact of explosive eruption scenarios at Vesuvius

    G. Zuccaro;F. Cacace;R.J.S. Spence;P.J. Baxter

  • Paroxysmal dome explosion during the Merapi 2010 eruption: Processes and facies relationships of associated high-energy pyroclastic density currents

    Jean-Christophe Komorowski;Susanna F Jenkins;Peter J Baxter;Adrien Picquout

  • Health hazards and disaster potential of ground gas emissions at Furnas volcano, São Miguel, Azores

    Peter J Baxter;Jean-Claude Baubron;Rui Coutinho

  • The Merapi 2010 eruption: An interdisciplinary impact assessment methodology for studying pyroclastic density current dynamics

    Susanna F Jenkins;Jean-Christophe Komorowski;Peter J Baxter;Robin J S Spence

  • The impacts of pyroclastic surges on buildings at the eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat

    Peter J. Baxter;Robin Boyle;Paul Cole;Augusto Neri

  • The east coast Big Flood, 31 January-1 February 1953: a summary of the human disaster

    Peter J Baxter

  • Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroon, 1986: the medical effects of large scale emission of carbon dioxide?

    P. J. Baxter;M. Kapila;D. Mfonfu

  • Quantifying volcanic hazard at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) with uncertainty assessment: 1. Vent opening maps

    Andrea Bevilacqua;Roberto Isaia;Augusto Neri;Stefano Vitale

  • Impacts of Eruptions on Human Health

    Peter J. Baxter;Claire J. Horwell

  • Medical effects of volcanic eruptions

    Peter J Baxter

  • Primary sulfate aerosol and associated emissions from Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua

    A. G. Allen;C. Oppenheimer;M. Ferm;P. J. Baxter

  • Gas and particle emissions from Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies: characterization and health hazard assessment

    Andrew G. Allen;Peter J. Baxter;Christopher J. Ottley

  • Herculaneum victims of Vesuvius in ad 79

    Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo;Pier P. Petrone;Mario Pagano;Alberto Incoronato

  • Evidence-based volcanology: application to eruption crises

    W.P. Aspinall;G. Woo;B. Voight;P.J. Baxter

  • Understanding the environmental impacts of large fissure eruptions: Aerosol and gas emissions from the 2014–2015 Holuhraun eruption (Iceland)

    Evgenia Ilyinskaya;Anja Schmidt;Tamsin A. Mather;Francis D. Pope

  • Developing an Event Tree for Probabilistic Hazard and Risk Assessment at Vesuvius, J. Volcanol. Geoth. Research,

    A Neri;W.P Aspinall;R Cioni;A Bertagnini

Frequent Co-Authors

Augusto Neri
Augusto Neri National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Willy P Aspinall
Willy P Aspinall University of Bristol
Pierre Delmelle
Pierre Delmelle Université Catholique de Louvain
Jean-Christophe Komorowski
Jean-Christophe Komorowski Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Paul D. Cole
Paul D. Cole Plymouth University
Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer University of Cambridge
Marco Pistolesi
Marco Pistolesi University of Pisa
Antonella Bertagnini
Antonella Bertagnini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Deborah Jarvis
Deborah Jarvis Imperial College London

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