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Rita Van Dingenen

Rita Van Dingenen

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
68
Citations
66936
World Ranking
1830
National Ranking
29

Rita Van Dingenen 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 Rita Van Dingenen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 158 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rita Van Dingenen 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 Rita Van Dingenen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rita Van Dingenen is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Atmospheric Science; Economics and Econometrics; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work investigates topics including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Notable recent papers by Rita Van Dingenen include:

  • Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM 2.5 air pollution, 2021, Science
  • LC-IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method, 2020, Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Coal-exit health and environmental damage reductions outweigh economic impacts, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Harmful Algal Blooms in Chinese Coastal Waters Will Persist Due to Perturbed Nutrient Ratios, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Quantifying air quality co-benefits of climate policy across sectors and regions, 2020, Climatic Change

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Claudio A. Belis
  • Zbigniew Klimont
  • Jon Sampedro
  • Frank Dentener
  • Enrico Pisoni

Their publications have appeared in prominent venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environment International
  • Climatic Change
  • Nature Communications
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015

    Aaron J Cohen;Michael Brauer;Richard Burnett;H Ross Anderson

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Organic aerosol and global climate modelling: a review

    M. Kanakidou;J. H. Seinfeld;S. N. Pandis;I. Barnes

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Simultaneously Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change and Improving Human Health and Food Security

    Drew Shindell;Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna;Elisabetta Vignati;Rita van Dingenen

  • Ambient Air Pollution Exposure Estimation for the Global Burden of Disease 2013

    Michael Brauer;Greg Freedman;Joseph Frostad;Aaron Van Donkelaar

  • A European aerosol phenomenology—1: physical characteristics of particulate matter at kerbside, urban, rural and background sites in Europe

    Rita Van Dingenen;Frank Raes;Jean-P Putaud;Urs Baltensperger

  • A European aerosol phenomenology 3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J.-P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

  • Exposure assessment for estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to outdoor air pollution.

    Michael Brauer;Markus Amann;Rick T. Burnett;Aaron Cohen

  • The global impact of ozone on agricultural crop yields under current and future air quality legislation

    Rita Van Dingenen;Frank J. Dentener;Frank Raes;Maarten C. Krol

  • Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Ryan M Barber;Nancy Fullman;Reed J D Sorensen;Thomas Bollyky

  • Formation and cycling of aerosols in the global troposphere

    Frank Raes;Rita Van Dingenen;Elisabetta Vignati;Julian Wilson

  • Household cooking with solid fuels contributes to ambient PM2.5 air pollution and the burden of disease.

    Zoë A. Chafe;Michael Brauer;Zbigniew Klimont;Rita Van Dingenen

  • Multimodel estimates of intercontinental source-receptor relationships for ozone pollution

    Arlene M. Fiore;F. J. Dentener;O. Wild;C. Cuvelier

  • Future air pollution in the Shared Socio-economic Pathways

    Shilpa Rao;Shilpa Rao;Zbigniew Klimont;Steven J. Smith;Steven J. Smith;Rita Van Dingenen

  • Global Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits of Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change through Methane and Black Carbon Emission Controls

    Susan C. Anenberg;Joel Schwartz;Drew Todd Shindell;Markus Amann

  • Health co-benefits from air pollution and mitigation costs of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study

    Anil Markandya;Jon Sampedro;Steven J Smith;Steven J Smith;Rita Van Dingenen

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J. P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Raes
Frank Raes Bocconi University
Frank Dentener
Frank Dentener European Commission Joint Research Centre
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer University of British Columbia
Lidia Morawska
Lidia Morawska Queensland University of Technology
Jean-Philippe Putaud
Jean-Philippe Putaud European Commission Joint Research Centre
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Kalpana Balakrishnan
Kalpana Balakrishnan Sri Ramachandra University
Valery L. Feigin
Valery L. Feigin Auckland University of Technology
Steven E. Lipshultz
Steven E. Lipshultz University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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