2026 Ronald G. Prinn: 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	107	234	217	107	97	481	56888

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

7744
Citations
Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

6259
Citations
The global methane budget 2000–2017

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

3060
Citations
Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

Stefanie Kirschke;Philippe Bousquet;Philippe Ciais;Marielle Saunois

2407
Citations
A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

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

1751
Citations
The global methane budget 2000–2012

Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

1161
Citations
A history of chemically and radiatively important gases in air deduced from ALE/GAGE/AGAGE

RG Prinn;RF Weiss;PJ Fraser;PG Simmonds

902
Citations
Atmospheric Trends and Lifetime of CH3CCI3 and Global OH Concentrations.

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

847
Citations
Evidence for Substantial Variations of Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radicals in the Past Two Decades

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

763
Citations
Renewed growth of atmospheric methane

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

653
Citations
Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6)

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

632
Citations
The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere

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

626
Citations
Multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto Protocol

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

526
Citations
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

488
Citations
An efficient method for parametric uncertainty analysis of numerical geophysical models

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

478
Citations
Atmospheric emissions and trends of nitrous oxide deduced from 10 years of ALE–GAGE data

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

453
Citations
Role of atmospheric oxidation in recent methane growth

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

441
Citations
NONLINEARITIES, FEEDBACKS AND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS WITHIN THE EARTH'S CLIMATE SYSTEM

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

437
Citations
Estimation of atmospheric methane emissions between 1996 and 2001 using a three-dimensional global chemical transport model

Yu-Han Chen;Ronald G. Prinn

416
Citations
SciENTIFIC AssESSMENT OF OzoNE DEPLETION: 1998

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

391
Citations
Changes in atmos-pheric constituents and in radiative forcing

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

9
Citations
Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

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

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego

Paul B. Krummel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Simon O'Doherty University of Bristol

Paul J. Fraser Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Matthew Rigby University of Bristol

Peter Simmonds University of Oxford

Peter K. Salameh University of California, San Diego

Jens Mühle University of California, San Diego

Stefan Reimann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Chien Wang MIT

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