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Robert M. Yantosca

Robert M. Yantosca

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 74 1328 1260 565 519 141 24437

Robert M. Yantosca publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert M. Yantosca between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert M. Yantosca published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2003. 4 of the 159 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2003. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 6 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 3 publications 2026: 1 publication
1996 2026

159 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert M. Yantosca: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 2
2001 9
2002 8
2003 13
2004 12
2005 6
2006 5
2007 8
2008 6
2009 4
2010 8
2011 4
2012 4
2013 4
2014 10
2015 6
2016 10
2017 2
2018 2
2019 1
2020 6
2021 2
2022 8
2023 7
2024 6
2025 3
2026 1
Total 159
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Robert M. Yantosca 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 Robert M. Yantosca 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, 141–150 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: 141 publications — 37th percentile

37% 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
141–150 541 141
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
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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Robert M. Yantosca 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 Robert M. Yantosca 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, 74 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: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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 74
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
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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Overview

Robert M. Yantosca is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric phenomena, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in Yantosca's work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Radioactivity and radon measurements
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Fire dynamics and safety research

Yantosca has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent papers highlight their involvement in both observational and modeling studies of the atmosphere. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Global methane budget and trend, 2010-2017: complementarity of inverse analyses using in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH 4 ObsPack) and satellite (GOSAT) observations," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "WRF-GC (v1.0): online coupling of WRF (v3.9.1.1) and GEOS-Chem (v12.2.1) for regional atmospheric chemistry modeling - Part 1: Description of the one-way model," 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Why is ozone in South Korea and the Seoul metropolitan area so high and increasing?" 2023, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Simulation of radon-222 with the GEOS-Chem global model: emissions, seasonality, and convective transport," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Enabling High-Performance Cloud Computing for Earth Science Modeling on Over a Thousand Cores: Application to the GEOS-Chem Atmospheric Chemistry Model," 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Daniel J. Jacob
  • Melissa P. Sulprizio
  • Haipeng Lin
  • Elizabeth W. Lundgren
  • Sebastian D. Eastham

Best Publications

  • Global modeling of tropospheric chemistry with assimilated meteorology : Model description and evaluation

    Isabelle Bey;Daniel James Jacob;Robert M. Yantosca;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Natural and transboundary pollution influences on sulfate‐nitrate‐ammonium aerosols in the United States: Implications for policy

    Rokjin J. Park;Daniel James Jacob;Brendan Field;Robert M. Yantosca

  • Constraints from 210Pb and 7Be on wet deposition and transport in a global three-dimensional chemical tracer model driven by assimilated meteorological fields

    Hongyu Liu;Daniel James Jacob;Isabelle Bey;Robert M. Yantosca

  • Global and Regional Decreases in Tropospheric Oxidants from Photochemical Effects of Aerosols

    Randall V. Martin;Daniel James Jacob;Robert M. Yantosca;Mian Chin;Mian Chin

  • Chemical cycling and deposition of atmospheric mercury : Global constraints from observations

    Noelle E. Selin;Daniel J. Jacob;Rokjin J. Park;Robert M. Yantosca

  • An improved retrieval of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide from GOME

    Randall V. Martin;Kelly Chance;Daniel J. Jacob;Thomas P. Kurosu

  • Why do models overestimate surface ozone in the Southeast United States

    Katherine R. Travis;Daniel J. Jacob;Jenny A. Fisher;Patrick S. Kim

  • Air mass factor formulation for spectroscopic measurements from satellites: Application to formaldehyde retrievals from the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment

    Paul I. Palmer;Daniel James Jacob;Kelly V. Chance;Randall V. Martin

  • Gas-particle partitioning of atmospheric Hg(II) and its effect on global mercury deposition

    Helen Marie Amos;Daniel J. Jacob;C. D. Holmes;Jenny Allison Fisher

  • Background ozone over the United States in summer: Origin, trend, and contribution to pollution episodes

    Arlene M. Fiore;Daniel J. Jacob;Isabelle Bey;Isabelle Bey;Robert M. Yantosca

  • Sulfate Formation in Sea-Salt Aerosols: Constraints from Oxygen Isotopes

    B. Alexander;Rokjin J. Park;Daniel J. Jacob;Q. B. Li

  • Why are there large differences between models in global budgets of tropospheric ozone

    Shiliang Wu;Loretta J. Mickley;Daniel J. Jacob;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Atmospheric budget of acetone

    Daniel J. Jacob;Brendan D. Field;Emily M. Jin;Isabelle Bey

  • Transport pathways for Asian pollution outflow over the Pacific: Interannual and seasonal variations

    Hongyu Liu;Hongyu Liu;Daniel J. Jacob;Isabelle Bey;Isabelle Bey;Robert M. Yantosca

  • Global budget of CO, 1988–1997: Source estimates and validation with a global model

    B N Duncan;B N Duncan;B N Duncan;J A Logan;I Bey;I Bey;I A Megretskaia

  • Transatlantic transport of pollution and its effects on surface ozone in Europe and North America

    Qinbin Li;Daniel J. Jacob;Isabelle Bey;Isabelle Bey;Paul I. Palmer

  • Atmospheric peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN): a global budget and source attribution

    E. V. Fischer;Daniel James Jacob;Robert M. Yantosca;Melissa Payer Sulprizio

  • Global 3-D land-ocean-atmosphere model for mercury: Present-day versus preindustrial cycles and anthropogenic enrichment factors for deposition

    Noelle E. Selin;Noelle E. Selin;Daniel J. Jacob;Robert M. Yantosca;Sarah Strode

  • Distribution and fate of selected oxygenated organic species in the troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Atlantic

    H. Singh;Y. Chen;A. Tabazadeh;Y. Fukui

  • Asian chemical outflow to the Pacific in spring: Origins, pathways, and budgets

    Isabelle Bey;Daniel James Jacob;Jennifer A. Logan;Robert M. Yantosca

  • Global 3-D land-ocean-atmosphere model for mercury: Present-day versus preindustrial cycles and anthropogenic enrichment factors for deposition: GLOBAL 3-D LAND-OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODEL FOR MERCURY

    Noelle E. Selin;Daniel J. Jacob;Robert M. Yantosca;Sarah Strode

  • Regional CO pollution and export in China simulated by the high-resolution nested-grid GEOS-Chem model

    D. Chen;Yichao Wang;Yichao Wang;Michael Brendon McElroy;K. He

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Jacob
Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University
Isabelle Bey
Isabelle Bey Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology
Jennifer A. Logan
Jennifer A. Logan Harvard University
Qinbin Li
Qinbin Li University of California, Los Angeles
Melissa P. Sulprizio
Melissa P. Sulprizio Harvard University
Bryan N. Duncan
Bryan N. Duncan Goddard Space Flight Center
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Paul I. Palmer
Paul I. Palmer University of Edinburgh
Rokjin J. Park
Rokjin J. Park Seoul National University

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