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D-Index
49
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9560
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5215
National Ranking
394

Richard Harrison 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 Richard Harrison sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 229 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Harrison 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 Richard Harrison sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Harrison is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple interconnected fields including Physics and Astronomy, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. The subfields in which they have contributed extensively include Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Geophysics.

The scientist has focused on research topics such as Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, and Earthquake Detection and Analysis.

Richard Harrison has contributed papers to various publication venues. These frequently include:

  • Weather
  • History of geo- and space sciences
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Notable recent publications are:

  • Atmospheric waves and global seismoacoustic observations of the January 2022 Hunga eruption, Tonga (2022), published in Science
  • Unraveling hierarchical genetic structure in a marine metapopulation: A comparison of three high-throughput genotyping approaches (2020), published in Molecular Ecology
  • Challenges in coupling atmospheric electricity with biological systems (2020), published in International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Evidence for Large Increases in Clear-Air Turbulence Over the Past Four Decades (2023), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Using a network of temperature lidars to identify temperature biases in the upper stratosphere in ECMWF reanalyses (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Keri Nicoll, Graeme Marlton, Maarten H. P. Ambaum, Karen Aplin, and Martin Airey.

In addition to journal articles, Richard Harrison has also contributed to book publications. One known work is published by Bloomsbury Publishing plc: Pseudo-Seneca: Hercules on Oeta, scheduled for release in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Cosmic rays, clouds and climate

    K. S. Carslaw;R. G. Harrison;J. Kirkby

  • Ion-aerosol-cloud processes in the lower atmosphere

    R. G. Harrison;K. S. Carslaw

  • Cosmic Ray Induced Ion Production in the Atmosphere

    G.A. Bazilevskaya;I.G. Usoskin;E.O. Flückiger;R.G. Harrison

  • Energetic Particle Influence on the Earth's Atmosphere

    Irina A. Mironova;Karen L. Aplin;Frank Arnold;Galina A. Bazilevskaya

  • The mysterious long-range transport of giant mineral dust particles

    Michèlle van der Does;Peter Knippertz;Philipp Zschenderlein;R. Giles Harrison

  • An Overview of Earth’s Global Electric Circuit and Atmospheric Conductivity

    Unknown

  • Atmospheric electricity coupling between earthquake regions and the ionosphere

    Richard Giles Harrison;K. Aplin;M. Rycroft

  • Coupling between air flow in streets and the well-developed boundary layer aloft

    P Louka;S.E Belcher;R.G Harrison

  • Are cold winters in Europe associated with low solar activity

    Michael Lockwood;Michael Lockwood;Richard Giles Harrison;Tim James Woollings;Sami K. Solanki

  • Recent advances in global electric circuit coupling between the space environment and the troposphere

    Unknown

  • Electrification of volcanic plumes

    T. A. Mather;R. G. Harrison

  • The Global Atmospheric Electrical Circuit and Climate

    R. G. Harrison

  • Atmospheric electricity in different weather conditions

    A. J. Bennett;R. G. Harrison

  • The charging of radioactive aerosols

    C.F Clement;R.G Harrison

  • Results from the CERN pilot CLOUD experiment

    J. Duplissy;Martin Andreas Bødker Enghoff;K.L. Aplin;F. Arnold

  • Electrical Charging of Volcanic Plumes

    M. R. James;L. Wilson;Stephen Lane;J. S. Gilbert

  • Meteorological effects of the eclipse of 11 August 1999 in cloudy and clear conditions

    K.L. Aplin;R.G. Harrison

  • Self-charging of the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic ash plume

    R G Harrison;K A Nicoll;Z Ulanowski;T A Mather

  • A global atmospheric electricity monitoring network for climate and geophysical research

    K.A. Nicoll;K.A. Nicoll;R.G. Harrison;V. Barta;J. Bor

  • Fair weather criteria for atmospheric electricity measurements

    R.G. Harrison;K.A. Nicoll;K.A. Nicoll

  • Observations of Saharan dust layer electrification

    K. A. Nicoll;R. G. Harrison;Z. Ulanowski

  • Urban smoke concentrations at Kew, London, 1898-2004

    R.G. Harrison

  • Applications of Electrified Dust and Dust Devil Electrodynamics to Martian Atmospheric Electricity

    R. G. Harrison;E. Barth;F. Esposito;J. Merrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike Lockwood
Mike Lockwood University of Reading
Sachchida Nand Tripathi
Sachchida Nand Tripathi Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Tamsin A. Mather
Tamsin A. Mather University of Oxford
Russell A. Howard
Russell A. Howard United States Naval Research Laboratory
Nat Gopalswamy
Nat Gopalswamy Goddard Space Flight Center
Tim Woollings
Tim Woollings University of Oxford
Robin J. Hogan
Robin J. Hogan European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Sami K. Solanki
Sami K. Solanki Max Planck Society
Kenneth S. Carslaw
Kenneth S. Carslaw University of Leeds

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