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D-Index
68
Citations
16239
World Ranking
6536
National Ranking
1984

Sergey A. Nizkorodov publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sergey A. Nizkorodov sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 244 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Sergey A. Nizkorodov D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sergey A. Nizkorodov sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sergey A. Nizkorodov is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Global and Planetary Change among other subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Molecular composition and photochemical lifetimes of brown carbon chromophores in biomass burning organic aerosol," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Atmospheric Photosensitization: A New Pathway for Sulfate Formation," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Composition and volatility of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formed from oxidation of real tree emissions compared to simplified volatile organic compound (VOC) systems," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Spontaneous dark formation of OH radicals at the interface of aqueous atmospheric droplets," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Humidity-Dependent Viscosity of Secondary Organic Aerosol from Ozonolysis of β-Caryophyllene: Measurements, Predictions, and Implications," 2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sergey A. Nizkorodov include:

  • Manabu Shiraiwa
  • Allan K. Bertram
  • Alexander Laskin
  • Katherine S. Hopstock
  • Celia Faiola

The most common venues where their work is published are:

  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Environmental Science Atmospheres
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Sergey A. Nizkorodov has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2015.

Best Publications

  • Chemistry of atmospheric brown carbon.

    Alexander Laskin;Julia Laskin;Sergey A. Nizkorodov

  • Heterogeneous photochemistry in the atmosphere.

    Christian George;Christian George;Markus Ammann;Barbara D’Anna;Barbara D’Anna;D. J. Donaldson

  • Formation of brown carbon via reactions of ammonia with secondary organic aerosols from biogenic and anthropogenic precursors

    Katelyn M. Updyke;Tran B. Nguyen;Sergey A. Nizkorodov

  • Molecular Characterization of Brown Carbon in Biomass Burning Aerosol Particles

    Peng Lin;Paige K. Aiona;Ying Li;Manabu Shiraiwa;Manabu Shiraiwa

  • Molecular Chemistry of Atmospheric Brown Carbon Inferred from a Nationwide Biomass Burning Event

    Peng Lin;Nir Bluvshtein;Yinon Rudich;Sergey A. Nizkorodov

  • Effect of Solar Radiation on the Optical Properties and Molecular Composition of Laboratory Proxies of Atmospheric Brown Carbon

    Hyun Ji Julie Lee;Paige Kuuipo Aiona;Alexander Laskin;Julia Laskin

  • Appearance of strong absorbers and fluorophores in limonene‐O3 secondary organic aerosol due to NH4+‐mediated chemical aging over long time scales

    David L. Bones;Dana K. Henricksen;Stephen A. Mang;Michael Gonsior

  • Formation of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing light-absorbing compounds accelerated by evaporation of water from secondary organic aerosols

    Tran B. Nguyen;Paula B. Lee;Katelyn M. Updyke;David L. Bones

  • Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Atmospheric Brown Carbon by High Resolution Mass Spectrometry with Electrospray and Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization.

    Peng Lin;Lauren T Fleming;Sergey A Nizkorodov;Julia Laskin

  • Predicting the glass transition temperature and viscosity of secondary organic material using molecular composition

    Wing-Sy Wong DeRieux;Ying Li;Peng Lin;Julia Laskin

  • High-resolution mass spectrometry analysis of secondary organic aerosol generated by ozonolysis of isoprene

    Tran B. Nguyen;Adam P. Bateman;David L. Bones;Sergey A. Nizkorodov

  • Molecular composition and photochemical lifetimes of brown carbon chromophores in biomass burning organic aerosol

    Lauren T. Fleming;Peng Lin;Peng Lin;James M. Roberts;Vanessa Selimovic

  • Revealing Brown Carbon Chromophores Produced in Reactions of Methylglyoxal with Ammonium Sulfate

    Peng Lin;Julia Laskin;Sergey A. Nizkorodov;Alexander Laskin

  • Molecular Characterization of Organosulfates in Organic Aerosols from Shanghai and Los Angeles Urban Areas by Nanospray-Desorption Electrospray Ionization High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

    Shikang Tao;Xiaohui Lu;Nicole Levac;Adam P. Bateman

  • High-resolution desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for chemical characterization of organic aerosols.

    Julia Laskin;Alexander Laskin;Patrick J. Roach;Gordon W. Slysz

  • High-resolution mass spectrometric analysis of secondary organic aerosol produced by ozonation of limonene

    Maggie L. Walser;Yury Desyaterik;Julia Laskin;Alexander Laskin

  • Molecular Chemistry of Organic Aerosols Through the Application of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

    Sergey A. Nizkorodov;Julia Laskin;Alexander Laskin

  • Quantification of ozone levels in indoor environments generated by ionization and ozonolysis air purifiers.

    Nicole Britigan;Ahmad Alshawa;Sergey A. Nizkorodov

  • Molecular Selectivity of Brown Carbon Chromophores

    Julia Laskin;Alexander Laskin;Sergey A Nizkorodov;Patrick Roach

  • Excitation-emission spectra and fluorescence quantum yields for fresh and aged biogenic secondary organic aerosols

    Hyun Ji Julie Lee;Alexander Laskin;Julia Laskin;Sergey A Nizkorodov

  • Interaction of Gas-Phase Ozone at 296 K with Unsaturated Self-Assembled Monolayers: A New Look at an Old System

    Yael Dubowski;John Vieceli;Douglas J. Tobias;Anthony Gomez

  • Photolytic processing of secondary organic aerosols dissolved in cloud droplets

    Adam P. Bateman;Sergey A. Nizkorodov;Julia Laskin;Alexander Laskin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Laskin
Alexander Laskin Purdue University West Lafayette
Julia Laskin
Julia Laskin Purdue University West Lafayette
Otto Dopfer
Otto Dopfer Technical University of Berlin
John P. Maier
John P. Maier University of Basel
David J. Nesbitt
David J. Nesbitt University of Colorado Boulder
R. Benny Gerber
R. Benny Gerber Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Allan K. Bertram
Allan K. Bertram University of British Columbia
Manabu Shiraiwa
Manabu Shiraiwa University of California, Irvine
Claudia Mohr
Claudia Mohr ETH Zurich
Christian George
Christian George Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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