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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 109 212 197 95 86 364 56673

Philip J. Rasch publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Philip J. Rasch between 1983 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Philip J. Rasch published across 44 years, from 1983 to 2026, averaging 9.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2019. 14 of the 426 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2019. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 8 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 6 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 32 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 32 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 13 publications 2026: 1 publication
1983 2026

426 publications in total across all disciplines

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Philip J. Rasch: publications per year, 1983 to 2026
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 2
1986 1
1987 0
1988 1
1989 2
1990 2
1991 2
1992 0
1993 2
1994 6
1995 3
1996 1
1997 8
1998 6
1999 1
2000 6
2001 12
2002 5
2003 5
2004 11
2005 4
2006 13
2007 5
2008 9
2009 9
2010 5
2011 13
2012 17
2013 26
2014 24
2015 24
2016 18
2017 19
2018 25
2019 32
2020 19
2021 13
2022 16
2023 32
2024 12
2025 13
2026 1
Total 426
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Philip J. Rasch publications per year - data summary

  • Philip J. Rasch, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has 426 publications recorded across 44 years, from 1983 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1983 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive years are 2019 and 2023, with 32 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1983, 1986, 1988, 1996 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 44 years in the span carry no publications at all (1984, 1987 and 1992).
  • The rate of publication averages 9.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 10.4 per year counting only the 41 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 74 publications, 17% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1983-1997: 31 publications (2.1 per year); 1998-2012: 121 publications (8.1 per year); 2013-2026: 274 publications (19.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Philip J. Rasch 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 Philip J. Rasch 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, 361–370 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: 364 publications — 92nd percentile

92% 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
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 69 364
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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Philip J. Rasch publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Philip J. Rasch, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, records 364 publications - the 92nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 92% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Philip J. Rasch, and about 8% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Philip J. Rasch ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Philip J. Rasch 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 Philip J. Rasch 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, 109 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: 109 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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 15 109
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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Philip J. Rasch D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Philip J. Rasch, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, records 109 D-Index - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Philip J. Rasch, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Philip J. Rasch ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Philip J. Rasch is a researcher affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within environmental and earth sciences, with a particular emphasis on climate systems, atmospheric processes, and related phenomena.

Their research contributions cover key fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their work is specialized in subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Economics and Econometrics

Thematically, Philip J. Rasch's research addresses topics like:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2), 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Better calibration of cloud parameterizations and subgrid effects increases the fidelity of the E3SM Atmosphere Model version 1, 2022, Geoscientific model development
  • Increasing large wildfires over the western United States linked to diminishing sea ice in the Arctic, 2021, Nature Communications
  • OCEANFILMS (Organic Compounds from Ecosystems to Aerosols: Natural Films and Interfaces via Langmuir Molecular Surfactants) sea spray organic aerosol emissions - implementation in a global climate model and impacts on clouds, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Development and Evaluation of Chemistry-Aerosol-Climate Model CAM5-Chem-MAM7-MOSAIC: Global Atmospheric Distribution and Radiative Effects of Nitrate Aerosol, 2021, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Philip J. Rasch frequently publishes in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Collaborations are a notable aspect of their career, including repeated coauthorship with researchers such as:

  • Hailong Wang
  • Hansi Singh
  • Haruki Hirasawa
  • Hui Wan
  • Dipti Hingmire

Their professional recognitions include election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The Community Climate System Model Version 4

    Peter R. Gent;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Leo J. Donner;Marika M. Holland

  • Clouds and Aerosols

    Olivier Boucher;David Randall;Paulo Artaxo;Christopher Bretherton

  • The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)

    G. Danabasoglu;J. F. Lamarque;J. Bacmeister;D. A. Bailey

  • The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

    James W. Hurrell;M. M. Holland;P. R. Gent;S. Ghan

  • Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze

    V. Ramanathan;P. J. Crutzen;J. Lelieveld;A. P. Mitra

  • Present-day climate forcing and response from black carbon in snow

    Mark G. Flanner;Charles S. Zender;James T. Randerson;Philip J. Rasch

  • The National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model: CCM3*

    J. T. Kiehl;J. J. Hack;G. B. Bonan;B. A. Boville

  • The Formulation and Atmospheric Simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model Version 3 (CAM3)

    William D. Collins;Philip J. Rasch;Byron A. Boville;James J. Hack

  • A global simulation of tropospheric ozone and related tracers: Description and evaluation of MOZART, version 2

    Larry W. Horowitz;Stacy Walters;Denise Leonore Mauzerall;Louisa K. Emmons

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • Recent advances in understanding secondary organic aerosol: Implications for global climate forcing

    Manish Shrivastava;Christopher D. Cappa;Jiwen Fan;Allen H. Goldstein

  • Clouds and Aerosols

    O. Boucher;D. Randall;P. Artaxo;C. Bretherton

  • Toward a Minimal Representation of Aerosols in Climate Models: Description and Evaluation in the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5

    Xiaohong Liu;Richard C. Easter;Steven J. Ghan;Rahul A. Zaveri

  • Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system

    John H. Seinfeld;Christopher Bretherton;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Hugh Coe

  • Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals

    Jia Lin Lin;George N. Kiladis;Brian E. Mapes;Klaus M. Weickmann

  • The Mean Climate of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM4) in Forced SST and Fully Coupled Experiments

    Richard B. Neale;Jadwiga Richter;Sungsu Park;Peter H. Lauritzen

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Overview and Evaluation at Standard Resolution

    Jean Christophe Golaz;Peter M. Caldwell;Luke P. Van Roekel;Mark R. Petersen

  • Change in atmospheric mineral aerosols in response to climate: Last glacial period, preindustrial, modern, and doubled carbon dioxide climates

    Natalie M. Mahowald;Daniel R. Muhs;Samuel Levis;Philip J. Rasch

  • CAM-chem: description and evaluation of interactive atmospheric chemistry in the Community Earth System Model

    J.-F. Lamarque;L. Emmons;Peter Hess;Douglas E. Kinnison

  • Description and evaluation of a new four-mode version of the Modal Aerosol Module (MAM4) within version 5.3 of the Community Atmosphere Model

    X. Liu;X. Liu;P.-L. Ma;Hailong Wang;S. Tilmes

  • Present day Climate Forcing and Response from Black Carbon in Snow

    M. G. Flanner;C. S. Zender;J. T. Randerson;P. J. Rasch

  • Response of Climate Simulation to a New Convective Parameterization in the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model (CCM3)

    Guang J. Zhang;Jeffrey T. Kiehl;Philip J. Rasch

Frequent Co-Authors

Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jin-Ho Yoon
Jin-Ho Yoon Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Steven J. Ghan
Steven J. Ghan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yun Qian
Yun Qian Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richard C. Easter
Richard C. Easter Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Xiaohong Liu
Xiaohong Liu Texas A&M University
Vincent E. Larson
Vincent E. Larson University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Ben Kravitz
Ben Kravitz Indiana University
David L. Williamson
David L. Williamson National Center for Atmospheric Research
Minghuai Wang
Minghuai Wang Nanjing University

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