2026 Peter S. Liss: 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	89	604	570	43	41	256	38572

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter S. Liss is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work focuses on a variety of main topics, including:

Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Peter S. Liss are:

"Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment," published in 2022 in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"The impacts of ocean acidification on marine trace gases and the implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate," published in 2020 in Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
"Near-Surface Stratification Due to Ice Melt Biases Arctic Air-Sea CO₂ Flux Estimates," published in 2021 in Geophysical Research Letters
"Update on the Temperature Corrections of Global Air-Sea CO₂ Flux Estimates," published in 2022 in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
"Critical Issues in Climate Change Science," published in 2021 in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include Mingxi Yang, Frances E. Hopkins, Thomas G. Bell, Yuanxu Dong, and Dorothée C. E. Bakker.

Peter S. Liss has published frequently in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, and Science Advances.

The scientist has received a number of professional recognitions, including:

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2013
Member of Academia Europaea in 2012
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2008

Best Publications

Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate

T. Jickells;Z An;K.K. Andersen;A.R. Baker

3311
Citations
Air-Sea Gas Exchange Rates: Introduction and Synthesis

Peter S. Liss;Liliane Merlivat

2341
Citations
Flux of Gases across the Air-Sea Interface

P. S. Liss;P. G. Slater

2112
Citations
The atmospheric input of trace species to the world ocean

R. A. Duce;P. S. Liss;J. T. Merrill;E. L. Atlas

2022
Citations
Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean

J. H. Martin;K. H. Coale;K. S. Johnson;K. S. Johnson;S. E. Fitzwater

1803
Citations
In situ evaluation of air-sea gas exchange parameterizations using novel conservative and volatile tracers

Philip D. Nightingale;Gill Malin;Cliff S. Law;Andrew J. Watson

1743
Citations
Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze

Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Mario E. Gomez;Mario E. Gomez;Lingxiao Yang;Lingxiao Yang

1451
Citations
Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

J Raven;K Caldeira;H Elderfield;O Hoegh-Guldberg

1436
Citations
Impacts of atmospheric anthropogenic nitrogen on the open ocean.

R. A. Duce;J. LaRoche;K. Altieri;K. R. Arrigo

1250
Citations
An updated climatology of surface dimethlysulfide concentrations and emission fluxes in the global ocean

A. Lana;T. G. Bell;R. Simo;S. M. Vallina

958
Citations
The sea surface and global change

Peter S. Liss;Robert A. Duce

595
Citations
Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment

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513
Citations
The seasonal variation of dimethyl sulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate concentrations in nearshore waters1

Suzanne M. Turner;Gillian Malin;Peter S. Liss;Derek S. Harbour

442
Citations
Short‐lived alkyl iodides and bromides at Mace Head, Ireland: Links to biogenic sources and halogen oxide production

L. J. Carpenter;W. T. Sturges;S. A. Penkett;P. S. Liss

425
Citations
Some aspects of the transfer of atmospheric trace constituents past the air-sea interface

W.G.N. Slinn;L. Hasse;B.B. Hicks;A.W. Hogan

408
Citations
Ground-level ozone in the 21st century: future trends, impacts and policy implications

David Fowler;Markus Amann;Ross Anderson;Mike Ashmore

396
Citations
Processes of gas exchange across an air-water interface☆

P.S Liss

385
Citations
Air–sea gas exchange in rough and stormy seas measured by a dual-tracer technique

Andrew J. Watson;Robert C. Upstill-Goddard;Robert C. Upstill-Goddard;Peter S. Liss

368
Citations
An Introduction to Environmental Chemistry

J. E. Andrews;P. Brimblecombe;T. D. Jickells;P. S. Liss

349
Citations
On temperate sources of bromoform and other reactive organic bromine gases

L. J. Carpenter;P. S. Liss

336
Citations
Air-sea exchange of gases and particles

P. S. Liss;W. George N. Slinn

333
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne M. Turner University of East Anglia

Philip D. Nightingale Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Gill Malin University of East Anglia

Robert A. Duce Texas A&M University

Tim Jickells University of East Anglia

Andrew J. Watson University of Exeter

Robert C. Upstill-Goddard Newcastle University

Alex R. Baker University of East Anglia

Cliff S. Law National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

Lucy J. Carpenter University of York

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