Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols is a research topic within Atmospheric Science. Science Explorer counts 76k research works in it since 1950. 28.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the characteristics, sources, impacts, and modeling of atmospheric aerosols, including black carbon and organic aerosols. It explores their role in air quality, climate forcing, haze pollution, and tropospheric chemistry.
- Atmospheric Aerosols
- Black Carbon
- Organic Aerosol
- Air Quality
- Climate Forcing
- Aerosol Formation
- Emission Modeling
- Chemical Composition
- Haze Pollution
- Tropospheric Chemistry
- Research works
- 76k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 22k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 28.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +26% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4.1k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.1k works
- 2 United States 2.1k works
- 3 India 614 works
- 4 France 450 works
- 5 Germany 444 works
- 6 United Kingdom 359 works
- 7 Russia 304 works
- 8 South Korea 304 works
- 9 Japan 272 works
- 10 Canada 232 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols research, followed by Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 234 works
- 2 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 149 works
- 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 109 works
- 4 China Meteorological AdministrationChina 102 works
- 5 Peking UniversityChina 94 works
- 6 Institute of Atmospheric PhysicsChina 74 works
- 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 73 works
- 8 Fudan UniversityChina 71 works
- 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 66 works
- 10 Nanjing UniversityChina 62 works
Who are the leading researchers in Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols include Donald G. Truhlar, Lídia Morawska and A. Amorim.
- 1 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
- 2 Lídia Morawska Australia 6.4k citations
- 3 A. Amorim France 6.1k citations
- 4 Susan Solomon United States 4.5k citations
- 5 Josep Peñuelas Spain 4.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols research done?
The largest centres of Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Greenbelt, Hampton and Villigen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GreenbeltUS · 34.1 works31×
- HamptonUS · 30.6 works29×
- VilligenCH · 22.8 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols?
Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Jinan University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina | 72.0 | 27.0% | 32.0× | 149 | +163.7% |
| 2 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 66.4 | 37.9% | 7.2× | 23 | +223.6% |
| 3 | Jinan UniversityChina | 63.2 | 32.9% | 7.7× | 40 | +734.5% |
| 4 | Nanjing UniversityChina | 61.2 | 40.8% | 7.0× | 62 | +80.2% |
| 5 | Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental QualityChina | 60.3 | 36.9% | 133.0× | 17 | — |
| 6 | University of Colorado BoulderUnited States | 59.3 | 32.8% | 10.5× | 46 | +14.2% |
| 7 | Clarkson UniversityUnited States | 57.4 | 45.5% | 16.9× | 10 | +6.5% |
| 8 | Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesFrance | 57.4 | 40.5% | 10.7× | 9 | +41.3% |
| 9 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 55.7 | 29.8% | 5.8× | 109 | +90.2% |
| 10 | Lanzhou UniversityChina | 54.6 | 22.6% | 9.3× | 62 | +51.9% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.