2026 Ron L. Miller: 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	62	2561	2440	1029	951	160	19417

Ron L. Miller 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 Ron L. Miller sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 160 publications — 47th percentile

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

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

Ron L. Miller 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 Ron L. Miller sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ron L. Miller is affiliated with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Artificial Intelligence, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Aeolian processes and effects, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research collaborations include Carlos Pérez García-Pando, N. M. Mahowald, Vincenzo Obiso, María Gonçalves Ageitos, and Larissa Nazarenko.

Ron L. Miller's research has been published in multiple venues, with repeated contributions to the following journals and organizations:

Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Climate
Remote Sensing of Environment

Representative recent papers include:

"GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology" (2020), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
"Effective radiative forcing and adjustments in CMIP6 models" (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
"Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
"Historical (1850-2014) Aerosol Evolution and Role on Climate Forcing Using the GISS ModelE2.1 Contribution to CMIP6" (2020), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
"Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

Efficacy of climate forcings

J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;L. Nazarenko

1694
Citations
Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

1108
Citations
Present-Day Atmospheric Simulations Using GISS ModelE: Comparison to In Situ, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data

Gavin A. Schmidt;Reto Ruedy;James E. Hansen;Igor Aleinov

1062
Citations
Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

735
Citations
Simulation of recent northern winter climate trends by greenhouse-gas forcing

Drew T. Shindell;Drew T. Shindell;Ron L. Miller;Gavin A. Schmidt;Gavin A. Schmidt;Lionel Pandolfo

688
Citations
Climate Response to Soil Dust Aerosols

R. L. Miller;I. Tegen

630
Citations
GISS-E2.1: Configurations and Climatology.

Maxwell Kelley;Gavin A. Schmidt;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Larissa S. Nazarenko;Susanne E. Bauer

616
Citations
Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

615
Citations
Surface radiative forcing by soil dust aerosols and the hydrologic cycle

R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;I. Tegen;Jan Perlwitz;Jan Perlwitz

501
Citations
Forced annular variations in the 20th century Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report models

R. L. Miller;R. L. Miller;G. A. Schmidt;G. A. Schmidt;D. T. Shindell;D. T. Shindell

475
Citations
Dangerous human-made interference with climate: a GISS modelE study

J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

441
Citations
Amplification of the North American “Dust Bowl” drought through human-induced land degradation

Benjamin I. Cook;Ronald L. Miller;Richard Seager

437
Citations
Quantifying mineral dust mass budgets:Terminology, constraints, and current estimates

C. S. Zender;R. L.R. L. Miller;I. Tegen

432
Citations
Northern Hemisphere Winter Climate Response to Greenhouse Gas, Ozone, Solar and Volcanic Forcing

Drew T. Shindell;Gavin A. Schmidt;Ron L. Miller;David Rind

422
Citations
Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust

Jasper F. Kok;Adeyemi A. Adebiyi;Samuel Albani;Yves Balkanski

370
Citations
Effective radiative forcing and adjustments in CMIP6 models

Christopher J. Smith;Christopher J. Smith;Ryan J. Kramer;Ryan J. Kramer;Gunnar Myhre;Kari Alterskjær

362
Citations
Volcanic and Solar Forcing of Climate Change during the Preindustrial Era

Drew T. Shindell;Gavin A. Schmidt;Ron L. Miller;Michael E. Mann

323
Citations
Attribution of the present-day total greenhouse effect

Gavin A. Schmidt;Reto A. Ruedy;Ron L. Miller;Andy A. Lacis

302
Citations
Significant Atmospheric Aerosol Pollution Caused by World Food Cultivation

Susanne E. Bauer;Susanne E. Bauer;Kostas Tsigaridis;Kostas Tsigaridis;Ron Miller;Ron Miller

292
Citations
Climate simulations for 1880–2003 with GISS modelE

J. Hansen;J. Hansen;M. Sato;R. Ruedy;P. Kharecha

287
Citations
Smaller desert dust cooling effect estimated from analysis of dust size and abundance

Jasper F. Kok;David A. Ridley;Qing Zhou;Ron L. Miller

227
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin A. Schmidt Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Drew T. Shindell Duke University

Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Dorothy Koch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Larissa Nazarenko Goddard Institute for Space Studies

David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Anastasia Romanou Goddard Institute for Space Studies

James Hansen Columbia University

Paul Ginoux Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Ina Tegen Leibniz Association

External Links

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