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D-Index
104
Citations
31865
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136

Ronald C. Cohen 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 Ronald C. Cohen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 366 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ronald C. Cohen 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 Ronald C. Cohen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1999 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Ronald C. Cohen is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. The scientist's work also covers subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The main topics of Ronald C. Cohen's research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Frequent publication venues for their research consist of:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Several recent papers highlight the diverse scope of their work, including:

  • "Observed Impacts of COVID-19 on Urban CO2 Emissions", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The Role of Temperature and NOx in Ozone Trends in the Los Angeles Basin", 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A double peak in the seasonality of California's photosynthesis as observed from space", 2020, Biogeosciences
  • "Temperature-dependent emissions dominate aerosol and ozone formation in Los Angeles", 2024, Science
  • "Assessment of NO2 observations during DISCOVER-AQ and KORUS-AQ field campaigns", 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques

Ronald C. Cohen collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors including:

  • Qindan Zhu
  • P. J. Wooldridge
  • Eva Y. Pfannerstill
  • Caleb Arata
  • Benjamin C. Schulze

Throughout their career, Ronald C. Cohen has been recognized with several awards, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2012
  • Hellman Fellow, 1999

Best Publications

  • (Open Access) Supercapacitor and supercapattery as emerging electrochemical energy stores

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  • Energetics of hydrogen bond network rearrangements in liquid water.

    Jared D. Smith;Christopher D. Cappa;Kevin R. Wilson;Benjamin M. Messer

  • Isotopic fractionation of water during evaporation

    Christopher D. Cappa;Melissa B. Hendricks;Melissa B. Hendricks;Melissa B. Hendricks;Donald J. DePaolo;Donald J. DePaolo;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Steps towards a mechanistic model of global soil nitric oxide emissions: implementation and space based-constraints

    R. C. Hudman;N. E. Moore;A. K. Mebust;R. V. Martin;R. V. Martin

  • Unified description of temperature-dependent hydrogen-bond rearrangements in liquid water.

    Jared D. Smith;Christopher D. Cappa;Kevin R. Wilson;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

    P. Zoogman;X. Liu;R.M. Suleiman;W.F. Pennington

  • Nitrate radicals and biogenic volatile organic compounds: oxidation, mechanisms, and organic aerosol

    Nga Lee Ng;Steven S. Brown;Steven S. Brown;Alexander T. Archibald;Elliot Atlas

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

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

  • Removal of Stratospheric O3 by Radicals: In Situ Measurements of OH, HO2, NO, NO2, ClO, and BrO

    P. O. Wennberg;R. C. Cohen;R. M. Stimpfle;J. P. Koplow

  • Highly functionalized organic nitrates in the southeast United States: Contribution to secondary organic aerosol and reactive nitrogen budgets

    Ben H. Lee;Claudia Mohr;Felipe D. Lopez-Hilfiker;Anna Lutz

  • Transpacific transport of ozone pollution and the effect of recent Asian emission increases on air quality in North America: an integrated analysis using satellite, aircraft …

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  • Airborne measurement of OH reactivity during INTEX-B

    J. Mao;J. Mao;X. Ren;X. Ren;W. H. Brune;J. R. Olson

  • Evidence for NOx Control over Nighttime SOA Formation

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  • A thermal dissociation laser‐induced fluorescence instrument for in situ detection of NO2, peroxy nitrates, alkyl nitrates, and HNO3

    D. A. Day;P. J. Wooldridge;M. B. Dillon;J. A. Thornton

  • Trends in OMI NO2 observations over the United States: effects of emission control technology and the economic recession

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  • Ozone and organic nitrates over the eastern United States: Sensitivity to isoprene chemistry

    Jingqiu Mao;Jingqiu Mao;Fabien Paulot;Daniel James Jacob;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Surface and Lightning Sources of Nitrogen Oxides over the United States: Magnitudes, Chemical Evolution, and Outflow

    R C Hudman;D J Jacob;S Turquety;Eric M Leibensperger

  • Atmospheric NO2: In Situ Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection at Parts per Trillion Mixing Ratios

    Joel A. Thornton;Paul J. Wooldridge;Ronald C. Cohen

  • Temperature and recent trends in the chemistry of continental surface ozone.

    Sally E. Pusede;Sally E. Pusede;Allison L. Steiner;Ronald C. Cohen

  • An observational perspective on the atmospheric impacts of alkyl and multifunctional nitrates on ozone and secondary organic aerosol.

    A E Perring;S E Pusede;R C Cohen

  • Biomass burning dominates brown carbon absorption in the rural southeastern United States

    R. A. Washenfelder;R. A. Washenfelder;A. R. Attwood;A. R. Attwood;C. A. Brock;H. Guo

  • The 2010 California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) field study

    T. B. Ryerson;A. E. Andrews;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;T. S. Bates

  • QT interval variability in body surface ECG: measurement, physiological basis, and clinical value: position statement and consensus guidance endorsed by the European Heart�…

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  • Ozone production rates as a function of NOx abundances and HOx production rates in the Nashville urban plume

    J. A. Thornton;P. J. Wooldridge;R. C. Cohen;R. C. Cohen;M. Martinez

  • Nitrogen oxides and PAN in plumes from boreal fires during ARCTAS-B and their impact on ozone: an integrated analysis of aircraft and satellite observations

    M. J. Alvarado;J. A. Logan;J. Mao;E. Apel

  • A mechanistic model of global soil nitric oxide emissions: implementation and space based-constraints

    R. C. Hudman;N. E. Moore;R. V. Martin;A. R. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Wooldridge
Paul J. Wooldridge University of California, Berkeley
Paul O. Wennberg
Paul O. Wennberg California Institute of Technology
Richard J. Saykally
Richard J. Saykally University of California, Berkeley
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William H. Brune
William H. Brune Pennsylvania State University
Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein University of California, Berkeley
Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research
Joel A. Thornton
Joel A. Thornton University of Washington
Douglas A. Day
Douglas A. Day University of Colorado Boulder

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