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D-Index
64
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15833
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2313
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929

William C. Keene 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 William C. Keene sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 158 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William C. Keene 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 William C. Keene sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

William C. Keene is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research is primarily centered within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science.

The subfields of study that feature in their work include Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their main topics of research address Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

William C. Keene has published in several scientific journals, with recent publications appearing in:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by William C. Keene include:

  • "Ambient air quality in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, during the pre-monsoon: concentrations and sources of particulate matter and trace gases" (2020), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Christian Junge - a pioneer in global atmospheric chemistry" (2022), published in Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Md. Robiul Islam
  • Thilina Jayarathne
  • Isobel J. Simpson
  • Benjamin Werden
  • J. R. Maben

William C. Keene was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The composition of precipitation in remote areas of the world

    James N. Galloway;Gene E. Likens;William C. Keene;John M. Miller

  • Sea‐salt corrections and interpretation of constituent ratios in marine precipitation

    William C. Keene;Alexander A. P. Pszenny;James N. Galloway;Mark E. Hawley

  • Budget of organic carbon in a polluted atmosphere: Results from the New England Air Quality Study in 2002

    J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;A. M. Middlebrook;C. Warneke;C. Warneke;P. D. Goldan

  • Measurement of weak organic acidity in precipitation from remote areas of the world

    William C. Keene;James N. Galloway;J. David Holden

  • Composite global emissions of reactive chlorine from anthropogenic and natural sources: Reactive Chlorine Emissions Inventory

    William. C. Keene;M. Aslam K. Khalil;David. J. Erickson;Archie McCulloch

  • Global chlorine emissions from biomass burning: Reactive Chlorine Emissions Inventory

    Jürgen M. Lobert;William C. Keene;Jennifer A. Logan;Rosemarie Yevich

  • Evidence of inorganic chlorine gases other than hydrogen chloride in marine surface air

    A. A. P. Pszenny;W. C. Keene;Daniel James Jacob;S. Fan

  • The geochemical cycling of reactive chlorine through the marine troposphere

    William C. Keene;Alexander A. P. Pszenny;Daniel James Jacob;Robert A. Duce

  • Tropospheric budget of reactive chlorine

    T. E. Graedel;W. C. Keene

  • Organic acidity in precipitation of North America

    William C. Keene;James N. Galloway

  • Chemical and physical characteristics of nascent aerosols produced by bursting bubbles at a model air-sea interface

    William C. Keene;Hal Maring;John R. Maben;David J. Kieber

  • Contribution of sea surface carbon pool to organic matter enrichment in sea spray aerosol

    Patricia K. Quinn;Timothy S. Bates;Kristen S. Schulz;D. J. Coffman

  • Aerosol pH in the marine boundary layer: A review and model evaluation

    William C Keene;Rolf Sander;Alexander A.P Pszenny;Rainer Vogt

  • Inorganic bromine in the marine boundary layer: a critical review

    R. Sander;W. C. Keene;A. A. P. Pszenny;A. A. P. Pszenny;R. Arimoto

  • Considerations regarding sources for formic and acetic acids in the troposphere

    William C. Keene;James N. Galloway

  • Validation of proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) measurements of gas-phase organic compounds in the atmosphere during the New England Air Quality Study (NEAQS) in 2002

    J. A. de Gouw;P. D. Goldan;C. Warneke;W. C. Kuster

  • Cloudwater chemistry from ten sites in North America

    Kathleen C. Weathers;Gene E. Likens;F. Herbert. Bormann;Susan H. Bicknell

  • Natural emissions of chlorine‐containing gases: Reactive Chlorine Emissions Inventory

    M. A. K. Khalil;R. M. Moore;D. B. Harper;J. M. Lobert

  • The biogeochemical cycling of formic and acetic acids through the troposphere: an overview of current understanding

    William C. Keene;James N. Galloway

  • Formaldehyde, glyoxal, and methylglyoxal in air and cloudwater at a rural mountain site in central Virginia

    J. William Munger;Daniel James Jacob;Bruce C. Daube;L. W. Horowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
Alexander A. P. Pszenny
Alexander A. P. Pszenny University of New Hampshire
David J. Kieber
David J. Kieber SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Rolf Sander
Rolf Sander Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Timothy S. Bates
Timothy S. Bates University of Washington
Emily V. Fischer
Emily V. Fischer Colorado State University
Lynn M. Russell
Lynn M. Russell University of California, San Diego
Daniel J. Jacob
Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University
Barkley C. Sive
Barkley C. Sive National Park Service
Robert W. Talbot
Robert W. Talbot University of Houston

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