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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
103
Citations
28965
World Ranking
320
National Ranking
143

Chemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
26683
World Ranking
1299
National Ranking
498

Steven S. Brown 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 Steven S. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 548 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven S. Brown 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 Steven S. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 103 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.

Overview

Steven S. Brown is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with extensive work in atmospheric science and related subfields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their subfields of study comprise:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Spectroscopy

Steven S. Brown's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent venues of publication including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers authored include:

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Volatile chemical product emissions enhance ozone and modulate urban chemistry, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The global impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban air pollution, 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Ozone chemistry in western U.S. wildfire plumes, 2021, Science Advances
  • Large contribution of biomass burning emissions to ozone throughout the global remote troposphere, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven S. Brown include:

  • Jeff Peischl
  • C. Warneke
  • Matthew M. Coggon
  • Michael Robinson
  • Patrick R. Veres

Best Publications

  • A large atomic chlorine source inferred from mid-continental reactive nitrogen chemistry

    Joel A. Thornton;James P. Kercher;Theran P. Riedel;Nicholas L. Wagner

  • Nighttime radical observations and chemistry

    Steven S. Brown;Jochen Stutz

  • Tropospheric Halogen Chemistry: Sources, Cycling,and Impacts

    William R Simpson;Steven S Brown;Alfonso Saiz-Lopez;Joel A Thornton

  • 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

  • High levels of nitryl chloride in the polluted subtropical marine boundary layer

    Hans D. Osthoff;Hans D. Osthoff;Hans D. Osthoff;James M. Roberts;A. R. Ravishankara;A. R. Ravishankara;Eric J. Williams;Eric J. Williams

  • Variability in nocturnal nitrogen oxide processing and its role in regional air quality.

    S. S. Brown;T. B. Ryerson;A. G. Wollny;C. A. Brock

  • High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin

    Peter M. Edwards;Steven S. Brown;James M. Roberts;Ravan Ahmadov

  • Non-methane organic gas emissions from biomass burning: identification, quantification, and emission factors from PTR-ToF during the FIREX 2016 laboratory experiment

    Abigail R. Koss;Kanako Sekimoto;Kanako Sekimoto;Kanako Sekimoto;Jessica B. Gilman;Vanessa Selimovic

  • 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

  • Volatile chemical product emissions enhance ozone and modulate urban chemistry.

    Matthew M Coggon;Matthew M Coggon;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Georgios I Gkatzelis;Brian C McDonald;Jessica B Gilman

  • Organic nitrate and secondary organic aerosol yield from NO 3 oxidation of β-pinene evaluated using a gas-phase kinetics/aerosol partitioning model

    J. L. Fry;A. Kiendler-Scharr;A. W. Rollins;P. J. Wooldridge

  • Fine particle pH and the partitioning of nitric acid during winter in the northeastern United States

    Hongyu Guo;Amy P. Sullivan;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Pedro Campuzano-Jost;Jason C. Schroder;Jason C. Schroder

  • Global airborne sampling reveals a previously unobserved dimethyl sulfide oxidation mechanism in the marine atmosphere.

    Patrick R. Veres;J. Andrew Neuman;J. Andrew Neuman;Timothy H. Bertram;Emmanuel Assaf;Emmanuel Assaf

  • Heterogeneous Atmospheric Chemistry, Ambient Measurements, and Model Calculations of N2O5: A Review

    Wayne L. Chang;Prakash V. Bhave;Steven S. Brown;Nicole Riemer

  • 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

  • Absorption spectroscopy in high-finesse cavities for atmospheric studies

    Steven S. Brown

  • Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation and Organic Nitrate Yield from NO3 Oxidation of Biogenic Hydrocarbons

    Juliane L. Fry;Danielle C. Draper;Kelley C. Barsanti;James N. Smith;James N. Smith

  • Gasoline emissions dominate over diesel in formation of secondary organic aerosol mass

    R. Bahreini;R. Bahreini;A. M. Middlebrook;J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;C. Warneke;C. Warneke

  • Isoprene oxidation by nitrate radical: alkyl nitrate and secondary organic aerosol yields

    A. W. Rollins;A. Kiendler-Scharr;J. L. Fry;J. L. Fry;T. Brauers

  • Nitryl chloride and molecular chlorine in the coastal marine boundary layer.

    Theran P Riedel;Timothy H Bertram;Timia A Crisp;Eric J Williams;Eric J Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William P. Dubé
William P. Dubé Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Jessica B. Gilman
Jessica B. Gilman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Brian M. Lerner
Brian M. Lerner Aerodyne Research
Patrick R. Veres
Patrick R. Veres National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rebecca A. Washenfelder
Rebecca A. Washenfelder National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Peter Edwards
Peter Edwards University of York
Joel A. Thornton
Joel A. Thornton University of Washington
J. A. de Gouw
J. A. de Gouw University of Colorado Boulder

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