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Top Pollution Researchers

Lídia Morawska ranks first, out of 4,985 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Lídia Morawska Australia · #114 worldwide 6.4k citations · 210 works
  2. 2 Michelle L. Bell United States · #210 worldwide 5.1k citations · 114 works
  3. 3 C. A. Edwards United States · #262 worldwide 4.6k citations · 190 works
  4. 4 Irwin Fridovich United States · #1,216 worldwide 4.1k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Michael Bräuer Canada · #1,380 worldwide 3.8k citations · 171 works
  6. 6 James N. Galloway United States · #1,677 worldwide 2.3k citations · 100 works
  7. 7 Johannes Lehmann United States · #2,116 worldwide 2.2k citations · 94 works
  8. 8 Keywan Riahi Austria · #2,233 worldwide 2.2k citations · 98 works
  9. 9 Bruce P. Lanphear Canada · #2,689 worldwide 1.3k citations · 103 works
  10. 10 John D. Spengler United States · #2,876 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
  11. 11 James M. Tiedje United States · #3,545 worldwide 2.1k citations · 96 works
  12. 12 Walter J. Weber United States · #3,596 worldwide 2k citations · 66 works
  13. 13 Kalpana Balakrishnan India · #3,628 worldwide 2.6k citations · 65 works
  14. 14 Bernard R. Glick Canada · #3,662 worldwide 1.7k citations · 76 works
  15. 15 Frank Dentener Italy · #3,893 worldwide 1.8k citations · 86 works
  16. 16 Douglas W. Dockery United States · #3,921 worldwide 2.8k citations · 63 works
  17. 17 Detlef P. van Vuuren Netherlands · #4,040 worldwide 2.6k citations · 143 works
  18. 18 Bert Brunekreef Netherlands · #4,093 worldwide 2.2k citations · 190 works
  19. 19 Patrice Nordmann France · #4,194 worldwide 1.6k citations · 119 works
  20. 20 Frank M. Aarestrup Denmark · #4,384 worldwide 1.4k citations · 89 works
  21. 21 George D. Thurston United States · #4,768 worldwide 1.8k citations · 62 works
  22. 22 Richard C. Thompson United Kingdom · #4,782 worldwide 1.3k citations · 108 works
  23. 23 Rita R. Colwell United States · #4,853 worldwide 2.1k citations · 170 works
  24. 24 Meghdad Pirsaheb Iran · #4,876 worldwide 2.8k citations · 60 works
  25. 25 Laurent Poirel France · #4,906 worldwide 1.3k citations · 89 works
  26. 26 Majid Ezzati United Kingdom · #4,914 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  27. 27 Jan Willem Erisman Netherlands · #4,932 worldwide 1.9k citations · 125 works
  28. 28 Morgan Bazilian United States · #5,646 worldwide 1.8k citations · 77 works
  29. 29 Kirk R. Smith United States · #5,715 worldwide 1.2k citations · 87 works
  30. 30 Dana Boyd Barr United States · #6,095 worldwide 992 citations · 129 works
  31. 31 Randall V. Martin Canada · #6,139 worldwide 2k citations · 120 works
  32. 32 Werner Stumm Switzerland · #6,175 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
  33. 33 Michael Wagner Austria · #6,359 worldwide 1k citations · 77 works
  34. 34 Victor C. Li United States · #6,376 worldwide 3k citations · 194 works
  35. 35 Rudolf Amann Germany · #6,777 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  36. 36 Christian Breyer Finland · #6,894 worldwide 1.3k citations · 78 works
  37. 37 Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong · #7,043 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  38. 38 Yong Sik Ok South Korea · #7,161 worldwide 3.3k citations · 181 works
  39. 39 Luke D. Knibbs Australia · #7,317 worldwide 2.5k citations · 53 works
  40. 40 Nanthi Bolan Australia · #7,326 worldwide 2.4k citations · 136 works
  41. 41 Pedro J. J. Alvarez United States · #7,413 worldwide 1.8k citations · 81 works
  42. 42 Mehdi Ahmadi Iran · #7,480 worldwide 2.7k citations · 52 works
  43. 43 Christian G. Giske Sweden · #7,790 worldwide 1.9k citations · 52 works
  44. 44 Carlos M. Duarte Saudi Arabia · #8,035 worldwide 4.1k citations · 254 works
  45. 45 Maria João Silva Portugal · #8,090 worldwide 968 citations · 113 works
  46. 46 Scott Weichenthal Canada · #8,459 worldwide 1.3k citations · 55 works
  47. 47 Guangming Zeng China · #8,556 worldwide 5.6k citations · 251 works
  48. 48 Dana W. Kolpin United States · #8,978 worldwide 1.3k citations · 52 works
  49. 49 Matthias C. Rillig Germany · #9,023 worldwide 2k citations · 103 works
  50. 50 José Luis Martínez Spain · #9,144 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  51. 51 Henry A. Sodano United States · #9,256 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  52. 52 André Faaij Netherlands · #9,463 worldwide 1.7k citations · 110 works
  53. 53 E. Michael Thurman United States · #9,484 worldwide 1.4k citations · 51 works
  54. 54 David A. Siegel United States · #9,571 worldwide 978 citations · 74 works
  55. 55 Dinesh Mohan India · #10,082 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
  56. 56 Michael Jerrett United States · #10,233 worldwide 977 citations · 77 works
  57. 57 Matthew MacLeod Sweden · #10,324 worldwide 752 citations · 53 works
  58. 58 N. H. Ravindranath India · #10,332 worldwide 1.5k citations · 53 works
  59. 59 Violette Geissen Netherlands · #10,410 worldwide 944 citations · 56 works
  60. 60 Danlian Huang China · #10,532 worldwide 1.9k citations · 64 works
  61. 61 Fernando Baquero Spain · #11,156 worldwide 1.4k citations · 114 works
  62. 62 Peter D. Sly Australia · #11,663 worldwide 1.4k citations · 216 works
  63. 63 D. S. Jenkinson United States · #11,761 worldwide 3.3k citations · 45 works
  64. 64 Willem M. de Vos Netherlands · #11,817 worldwide 2.5k citations · 198 works
  65. 65 Hideto Tsuji Japan · #11,874 worldwide 831 citations · 63 works
  66. 66 Jörg Rinklebe Germany · #11,890 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  67. 67 John E. Casida United States · #12,133 worldwide 1.6k citations · 159 works
  68. 68 Ying Liu China · #12,550 worldwide 3.6k citations · 316 works
  69. 69 Muhammad Naveed Pakistan · #12,643 worldwide 827 citations · 60 works
  70. 70 John R. Balmes United States · #12,682 worldwide 696 citations · 77 works
  71. 71 Richard T. Burnett Canada · #12,744 worldwide 873 citations · 59 works
  72. 72 Ronald L. Crawford United States · #13,054 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  73. 73 Bryan W. Brooks United States · #13,070 worldwide 470 citations · 60 works
  74. 74 Bernd R.T. Simoneit United States · #13,124 worldwide 1.8k citations · 160 works
  75. 75 Timothy M. Vogel France · #13,551 worldwide 343 citations · 91 works
  76. 76 Perry L. McCarty United States · #14,185 worldwide 847 citations · 52 works
  77. 77 Donald Mackay Canada · #14,685 worldwide 715 citations · 53 works
  78. 78 Alan J. M. Baker Australia · #14,705 worldwide 966 citations · 57 works
  79. 79 Claudia Ringler United States · #14,723 worldwide 940 citations · 96 works
  80. 80 Štefan Schwarz Germany · #15,135 worldwide 863 citations · 107 works
  81. 81 Kenneth N. Timmis Germany · #15,170 worldwide 771 citations · 72 works
  82. 82 Julian Davies Canada · #15,383 worldwide 837 citations · 58 works
  83. 83 Howard Hu United States · #15,666 worldwide 1k citations · 152 works
  84. 84 Ralf Conrad Germany · #15,740 worldwide 1.4k citations · 102 works
  85. 85 Mark A. Sutton United Kingdom · #15,818 worldwide 1.8k citations · 122 works
  86. 86 Jan Vymazal Czechia · #16,154 worldwide 716 citations · 51 works
  87. 87 Shaobin Wang Australia · #16,251 worldwide 3.5k citations · 187 works
  88. 88 Andrew A. Meharg United Kingdom · #16,289 worldwide 761 citations · 57 works
  89. 89 Reinhard Nießner Germany · #16,386 worldwide 1.3k citations · 127 works
  90. 90 İlhan Öztürk Türkiye · #16,806 worldwide 1.6k citations · 94 works
  91. 91 G. Lettinga Netherlands · #17,429 worldwide 727 citations · 99 works
  92. 92 Georg Guggenberger Germany · #17,600 worldwide 1.2k citations · 81 works
  93. 93 David A. Stahl United States · #18,085 worldwide 641 citations · 49 works
  94. 94 Markus Amann Germany · #18,114 worldwide 1.2k citations · 114 works
  95. 95 Ronald A. Hites United States · #18,336 worldwide 778 citations · 73 works
  96. 96 Nicolas Kalogerakis Greece · #18,374 worldwide 677 citations · 55 works
  97. 97 C. Arden Pope United States · #18,792 worldwide 2.3k citations · 39 works
  98. 98 David T. Gibson United States · #18,807 worldwide 706 citations · 47 works
  99. 99 Robert A. Duce United States · #19,101 worldwide 900 citations · 46 works
  100. 100 İbrahim M. Banat United Kingdom · #19,341 worldwide 940 citations · 66 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Pollution, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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