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Ronald G. Prinn

Ronald G. Prinn

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Environmental Sciences
USA
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
107
Citations
56888
World Ranking
234
National Ranking
107

Ronald G. Prinn 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 G. Prinn sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 481 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ronald G. Prinn 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 G. Prinn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1981 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Ronald G. Prinn is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses primarily on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Frequent coauthors of Ronald G. Prinn include Paul B. Krummel, Jens Mühle, Simon O'Doherty, Matthew Rigby, and Ray F. Weiss. Their collaborations have contributed to a broad array of publications across multiple scientific venues.

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Nature Communications
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017," 2020, NOAA Institutional Repository
  • "A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks," 2020, Nature
  • "COMPOSITION OF THE VENUS ATMOSPHERE," 2022, University of Arizona Press eBooks
  • "The increasing atmospheric burden of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 )," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "A decline in emissions of CFC-11 and related chemicals from eastern China," 2021, Nature

Ronald G. Prinn has received several awards, including the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1981, and was named a Fellow of the AGU the same year. They also became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing. Chapter 2

    P. Forster;V. Ramaswamy;P. Artaxo;T. Berntsen

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

    Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • A history of chemically and radiatively important gases in air deduced from ALE/GAGE/AGAGE

    RG Prinn;RF Weiss;PJ Fraser;PG Simmonds

  • Atmospheric Trends and Lifetime of CH3CCI3 and Global OH Concentrations.

    R. G. Prinn;R. F. Weiss;B. R. Miller;J. Huang

  • Evidence for Substantial Variations of Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radicals in the Past Two Decades

    R. G. Prinn;J. Huang;R. F. Weiss;D. M. Cunnold

  • Renewed growth of atmospheric methane

    Matthew Rigby;R.G Prinn;P.J Fraser;P.G Simmonds

  • Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6)

    Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen;Elisabeth Vogel;Alexander Nauels;Katja Lorbacher

  • The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere

    Hanqin Tian;Chaoqun Lu;Chaoqun Lu;Philippe Ciais;Anna M. Michalak

  • Multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto Protocol

    John M. Reilly;Ronald G. Prinn;Jochen. Harnisch;Jean. Fitzmaurice

  • Methane fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at northern high latitudes during the past century: A retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model

    Q. Zhuang;J. M. Melillo;D. W. Kicklighter;R. G. Prinn

  • An efficient method for parametric uncertainty analysis of numerical geophysical models

    Menner A. Tatang;Wenwei Pan;Ronald G. Prinn;Gregory J. McRae

  • Atmospheric emissions and trends of nitrous oxide deduced from 10 years of ALE–GAGE data

    R. Prinn;D. Cunnold;R. Rasmussen;P. Simmonds

  • Role of atmospheric oxidation in recent methane growth

    Matthew Rigby;Stephen A. Montzka;Ronald G. Prinn;James W. C. White

  • NONLINEARITIES, FEEDBACKS AND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS WITHIN THE EARTH'S CLIMATE SYSTEM

    José A. Rial;Roger A. Pielke;Martin Beniston;Martin Claussen

  • Estimation of atmospheric methane emissions between 1996 and 2001 using a three-dimensional global chemical transport model

    Yu-Han Chen;Ronald G. Prinn

  • SciENTIFIC AssESSMENT OF OzoNE DEPLETION: 1998

    Daniel L. Albritton;Pieter J. Aucamp;Gerard Megie;Robert T. Watson

  • Changes in atmos-pheric constituents and in radiative forcing

    P. Artaxo;T. Berntsen;R. Betts;D. W. Fahey

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego
Paul B. Krummel
Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Simon O'Doherty
Simon O'Doherty University of Bristol
Paul J. Fraser
Paul J. Fraser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Matthew Rigby
Matthew Rigby University of Bristol
Peter Simmonds
Peter Simmonds University of Oxford
Peter K. Salameh
Peter K. Salameh University of California, San Diego
Jens Mühle
Jens Mühle University of California, San Diego
Stefan Reimann
Stefan Reimann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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