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Rupert Holzinger

Rupert Holzinger

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
10029
World Ranking
12647
National Ranking
239

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
58
Citations
11901
World Ranking
3280
National Ranking
87

Rupert Holzinger 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 Rupert Holzinger sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 181 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Rupert Holzinger 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 Rupert Holzinger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rupert Holzinger is an active researcher affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions concentrated in Atmospheric Science, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research topics focus on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

Holzinger has published numerous papers in scientific journals, frequently collaborating with several co-authors. Notable frequent collaborators include Dušan Materić, Hanne Ødegaard Notø, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Thomas Röckmann, and Helge Niemann.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Micro- and Nanoplastics in Alpine Snow: A New Method for Chemical Identification and (Semi)Quantification in the Nanogram Range, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Nanoplastics measurements in Northern and Southern polar ice, 2022, Environmental Research
  • Wintertime Airborne Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles in the High Arctic: A Hint to a Marine, Biogenic Source for Ice Nucleating Particles, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters, 2022, Environmental Research Letters
  • Nanoplastics transport to the remote, high-altitude Alps, 2021, Environmental Pollution

Holzinger's research has been published in several recurring venues that include Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, and Atmospheric Environment.

Best Publications

  • Global air pollution crossroads over the Mediterranean

    J. Lelieveld;H. Berresheim;S. Borrmann;P. J. Crutzen

  • Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry: on-line trace gas analysis at the ppb level

    A. Hansel;A. Jordan;R. Holzinger;P. Prazeller

  • Comprehensive Laboratory Measurements of Biomass-Burning Emissions: 1. Emissions from Indonesian, African, and Other Fuels

    Ted J. Christian;B. Kleiss;Robert J. Yokelson;R. Holzinger

  • Evaluation of a New Reagent-Ion Source and Focusing Ion-Molecule Reactor for Use in Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry.

    Jordan Krechmer;Felipe Lopez-Hilfiker;Abigail Koss;Abigail Koss;Abigail Koss;Manuel Hutterli

  • Biomass burning as a source of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, methanol, acetone, acetonitrile and hydrogen cyanide

    Rupert Holzinger;Carsten Warneke;Armin Hansel;Alfons Jordan

  • Nanoplastics measurements in Northern and Southern polar ice.

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  • Micro- and Nanoplastics in Alpine Snow: A New Method for Chemical Identification and (Semi)Quantification in the Nanogram Range

    Dusan Materic;Anneliese Kasper-Giebl;Daniela Kau;Marnick Anten

  • Active Atmosphere-Ecosystem Exchange of the Vast Majority of Detected Volatile Organic Compounds

    J.-H. Park;A. H. Goldstein;J. Timkovsky;S. Fares;S. Fares

  • Effect of UV radiation and temperature on the emission of methane from plant biomass and structural components

    I. Vigano;H. van Weelden;R. Holzinger;F. Keppler

  • Observations of oxidation products above a forest imply biogenic emissions of very reactive compounds

    R. Holzinger;A. Lee;K. T. Paw;U. A. H. Goldstein

  • Forest thinning experiment confirms ozone deposition to forest canopy is dominated by reaction with biogenic VOCs

    A. H. Goldstein;M. McKay;M. R. Kurpius;G. W. Schade;G. W. Schade

  • An atmospheric chemistry interpretation of mass scans obtained from a proton transfer mass spectrometer flown over the tropical rainforest of Surinam.

    J. Williams;U. Pöschl;P. J. Crutzen;A. Hansel

  • Comprehensive laboratory measurements of biomass‐burning emissions: 2. First intercomparison of open‐path FTIR, PTR‐MS, and GC‐MS/FID/ECD

    Ted J. Christian;B. Kleiss;Robert J. Yokelson;R. Holzinger

  • Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Dairy Cows and Their Waste as Measured by Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry

    Stephanie L Shaw;Frank M Mitloehner;Wendi Jackson;Edward J Depeters

  • Acetonitrile and benzene in the breath of smokers and non-smokers investigated by proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS)

    A. Jordan;A. Hansel;R. Holzinger;W. Lindinger

  • Emissions of volatile organic compounds from Quercus ilex L. measured by Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry under different environmental conditions

    R. Holzinger;L. Sandoval-Soto;S. Rottenberger;P. J. Crutzen

  • Long-term cloud condensation nuclei number concentration, particle number size distribution and chemical composition measurements at regionally representative observatories

    Julia Schmale;Silvia Henning;Stefano Decesari;Bas Henzing

  • Wintertime Airborne Measurements of Ice Nucleating Particles in the High Arctic: A Hint to a Marine, Biogenic Source for Ice Nucleating Particles

    M. Hartmann;K. Adachi;O. Eppers;O. Eppers;C. Haas

  • Secondary organic aerosols formed from oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

    Thomas M. Cahill;Thomas M. Cahill;Vincent Y. Seaman;M. Judith Charles;Rupert Holzinger

  • Isoprene and its oxidation products methyl vinyl ketone, methacrolein, and isoprene related peroxides measured online over the tropical rain forest of Surinam in March 1998

    C Warneke;R Holzinger;A Hansel;A Jordan

  • Measurements of organic species in air and seawater from the tropical Atlantic

    Jonathan Williams;Rupert Holzinger;V. Gros;X. Xu

  • High spatial and temporal resolution measurements of primary organics and their oxidation products over the tropical forests of Surinam.

    PJ Crutzen;J Williams;U Poschl;P Hoor

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Röckmann
Thomas Röckmann Utrecht University
Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein University of California, Berkeley
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams Max Planck Society
Paul J. Crutzen
Paul J. Crutzen Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Armin Hansel
Armin Hansel University of Innsbruck
Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Werner Lindinger
Werner Lindinger University of Innsbruck
Frank Keppler
Frank Keppler Heidelberg University
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr
Astrid Kiendler-Scharr Forschungszentrum Jülich

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