Alexandru Rap

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Alexandru Rap is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandru Rap has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 54 papers in Atmospheric Science and 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Alexandru Rap's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (51 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (33 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (28 papers). Alexandru Rap is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (51 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (33 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (28 papers). Alexandru Rap collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Alexandru Rap's co-authors include Piers Forster, K. S. Carslaw, G. W. Mann, Dominick V. Spracklen, K. J. Pringle, Carly Reddington, D. V. Spracklen, Lindsay Lee, Matthew T. Woodhouse and Leighton A. Regayre and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Alexandru Rap

64 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing

2013 742 citations K. S. Carslaw, Carly Reddington et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandru Rap United Kingdom	28	2.9k	2.6k	735	195	191	64	3.5k
Holger Tost Germany	28	3.5k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	830 1.1×	81 0.4×	214 1.1×	83	4.0k
Chien Wang United States	34	3.1k 1.1×	3.2k 1.2×	553 0.8×	166 0.9×	339 1.8×	87	4.1k
Prodromos Zanis Greece	38	3.0k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	736 1.0×	79 0.4×	408 2.1×	130	3.6k
V. R. Kotamarthi United States	28	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	634 0.9×	159 0.8×	271 1.4×	92	2.6k
K. J. Pringle United Kingdom	30	3.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	950 1.3×	82 0.4×	217 1.1×	60	3.6k
D. W. Tarasick Canada	41	4.2k 1.5×	3.1k 1.2×	784 1.1×	156 0.8×	289 1.5×	116	4.7k
Solène Turquéty France	38	4.4k 1.5×	3.9k 1.5×	991 1.3×	75 0.4×	453 2.4×	89	5.0k
Francis Vitt United States	28	3.3k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	529 0.7×	110 0.6×	102 0.5×	57	4.0k
I. C. Faloona United States	34	2.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	806 1.1×	143 0.7×	592 3.1×	72	3.3k
C. E. Chung United States	27	3.7k 1.3×	3.3k 1.3×	978 1.3×	54 0.3×	210 1.1×	65	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandru Rap

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandru Rap

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Weiyu, Kwinten Van Weverberg, Cyril Morcrette, et al.. (2025). Impact of host climate model on contrail cirrus effective radiative forcing estimates. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(1). 473–489. 2 indexed citations

Fadnavis, Suvarna, Yasin Elshorbany, J. R. Ziemke, et al.. (2025). Influence of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds emission changes on tropospheric ozone variability, trends and radiative effect. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(14). 8229–8254. 2 indexed citations

Fadnavis, Suvarna, Bernd Heinold, T. P. Sabin, et al.. (2023). Air pollution reductions caused by the COVID-19 lockdown open up a way to preserve the Himalayan glaciers. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(18). 10439–10449. 3 indexed citations

Fadnavis, Suvarna, Rolf Müller, T. P. Sabin, et al.. (2021). The role of tropical volcanic eruptions in exacerbating Indian droughts. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 2714–2714. 16 indexed citations

Rap, Alexandru, Catherine E. Scott, Carly Reddington, et al.. (2019). Reply to: Complexities between plants and the atmosphere. Nature Geoscience. 12(9). 695–695. 1 indexed citations

Rap, Alexandru, S. R. Arnold, Richard J. Pope, et al.. (2019). Impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the interannual variability of methane and tropospheric ozone. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(13). 8669–8686. 33 indexed citations

Hamilton, Douglas S., Stijn Hantson, Catherine E. Scott, et al.. (2018). Reassessment of pre-industrial fire emissions strongly affects anthropogenic aerosol forcing. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3182–3182. 70 indexed citations

Scott, Catherine E., S. A. Monks, Dominick V. Spracklen, et al.. (2018). Impact on short-lived climate forcers increases projected warming due to deforestation. Nature Communications. 9(1). 157–157. 100 indexed citations

Rap, Alexandru, Catherine E. Scott, Carly Reddington, et al.. (2018). Enhanced global primary production by biogenic aerosol via diffuse radiation fertilization. Nature Geoscience. 11(9). 640–644. 108 indexed citations

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Scott, Catherine E., S. A. Monks, D. V. Spracklen, et al.. (2017). Impact on short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) from a realistic land-use change scenario via changes in biogenic emissions. Faraday Discussions. 200. 101–120. 10 indexed citations

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Spracklen, Dominick V., S. R. Arnold, Duncan Borman, et al.. (2016). Impacts of aviation fuel sulfur content on climate and human health. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(16). 10521–10541. 39 indexed citations

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D'Andrea, S. D., Juan C. Acosta Navarro, S. C. Farina, et al.. (2015). Aerosol size distribution and radiative forcing response to anthropogenically driven historical changes in biogenic secondary organic aerosol formation. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(5). 2247–2268. 14 indexed citations

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Scott, Catherine E., D. V. Spracklen, Jeffrey R. Pierce, et al.. (2015). Impact of gas-to-particle partitioning approaches on the simulated radiative effects of biogenic secondary organic aerosol. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(22). 12989–13001. 32 indexed citations

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Scott, Catherine E., Alexandru Rap, Dominick V. Spracklen, et al.. (2014). The direct and indirect radiative effects of biogenic secondary organic aerosol. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(1). 447–470. 146 indexed citations

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Hossaini, Ryan, Martyn P. Chipperfield, S. A. Montzka, et al.. (2014). Ozone Destruction in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere from Short-Lived Halogens and Climate Impacts. EGUGA. 11708. 1 indexed citations

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Richards, N. A. D., S. R. Arnold, Martyn P. Chipperfield, et al.. (2013). The Mediterranean summertime ozone maximum: global emission sensitivities and radiative impacts. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(5). 2331–2345. 66 indexed citations

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Riese, Martin, Felix Ploeger, Alexandru Rap, et al.. (2013). Impact of uncertainties in atmospheric mixing on simulated UTLS composition and related radiative effects. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 15. 1 indexed citations

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Spracklen, Dominick V. & Alexandru Rap. (2013). Natural aerosol–climate feedbacks suppressed by anthropogenic aerosol. Geophysical Research Letters. 40(19). 5316–5319. 31 indexed citations

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Kunz, A., Rolf Müller, D. F. Hurst, et al.. (2013). Extending water vapor trend observations over Boulder into the tropopause region: Trend uncertainties and resulting radiative forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118(19). 11269–11284. 27 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Anja, K. S. Carslaw, G. W. Mann, et al.. (2012). Importance of tropospheric volcanic aerosol for indirect radiative forcing of climate. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(16). 7321–7339. 84 indexed citations

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