Becky Alexander

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Becky Alexander is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Becky Alexander has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Atmospheric Science, 72 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Becky Alexander's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (78 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (52 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers). Becky Alexander is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (78 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (52 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (50 papers). Becky Alexander collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Becky Alexander's co-authors include Joël Savarino, Patricia K. Quinn, M. H. Thiemens, Lyatt Jaeglé, Rokjin J. Park, Qianjie Chen, Joel A. Thornton, Daniel J. Jacob, Tomás Sherwen and T. S. Bates and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Becky Alexander

88 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

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

2010 482 citations Joel A. Thornton, Becky Alexander et al. profile →
Global distribution of sea salt aerosols: new constraints from in situ and remote sensing observations

2011 454 citations Lyatt Jaeglé, Becky Alexander et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Becky Alexander United States	37	4.5k	2.7k	1.4k	428	415	94	4.9k
Alexander A. P. Pszenny United States	30	3.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	135 0.3×	511 1.2×	50	3.7k
Lin Huang Canada	32	2.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	234 0.5×	384 0.9×	89	2.8k
R. E. Honrath United States	34	3.4k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	655 0.5×	173 0.4×	217 0.5×	63	3.6k
P. C. Novelli United States	39	4.5k 1.0×	4.6k 1.7×	627 0.4×	373 0.9×	293 0.7×	77	5.5k
Paolo Laj France	40	4.4k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.7×	372 0.9×	475 1.1×	134	5.3k
F. C. Fehsenfeld United States	31	3.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	212 0.5×	616 1.5×	56	4.1k
N. Meskhidze United States	30	2.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	778 0.5×	148 0.3×	297 0.7×	74	3.2k
J. M. Lobert United States	24	2.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	428 0.3×	192 0.4×	165 0.4×	35	2.7k
C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer Germany	29	2.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	375 0.3×	227 0.5×	136 0.3×	63	2.8k
J. Rudolph Germany	37	3.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	185 0.4×	393 0.9×	110	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Becky Alexander

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Becky Alexander

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kang, Litai, Roger Marchand, Po‐Lun Ma, et al.. (2025). Impacts of DMS Emissions and Chemistry on E3SMv2 Simulated Cloud Droplet Numbers and Aerosol Concentrations Over the Southern Ocean. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 17(5).

He, Junwei, Ting Fang, Fangzhou Guo, et al.. (2025). Hydrogen peroxide photoformation in particulate matter and its contribution to S(IV) oxidation during winter in Fairbanks, Alaska. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(10). 5087–5100.

Jaeglé, Lyatt, Pedro Campuzano‐Jost, David C. Catling, et al.. (2025). Global Model of Atmospheric Chlorate on Earth. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(5).

Zhai, Shuting, Joseph R. McConnell, Nathan Chellman, et al.. (2024). Anthropogenic Influence on Tropospheric Reactive Bromine Since the Pre‐industrial: Implications for Arctic Ice‐Core Bromine Trends. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(5). 5 indexed citations

Porter, William C., Qianjie Chen, Becky Alexander, et al.. (2024). Contribution of expanded marine sulfur chemistry to the seasonal variability of dimethyl sulfide oxidation products and size-resolved sulfate aerosol. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(6). 3379–3403. 7 indexed citations

Shah, Viral, Christoph A. Keller, K. Emma Knowland, et al.. (2024). Particulate Nitrate Photolysis as a Possible Driver of Rising Tropospheric Ozone. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(5). 9 indexed citations

Zhai, Shuting, Joseph R. McConnell, Nathan Chellman, et al.. (2023). Implications of Snowpack Reactive Bromine Production for Arctic Ice Core Bromine Preservation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(20). 3 indexed citations

Jaeglé, Lyatt, Pedro Campuzano‐Jost, David C. Catling, et al.. (2023). Stratospheric Gas‐Phase Production Alone Cannot Explain Observations of Atmospheric Perchlorate on Earth. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(9). 5 indexed citations

Alexander, Becky, et al.. (2022). On the potential fingerprint of the Antarctic ozone hole in ice-core nitrate isotopes: a case study based on a South Pole ice core. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(20). 13407–13422. 5 indexed citations

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Winski, Dominic, E. C. Osterberg, K. J. Kreutz, et al.. (2021). Seasonally Resolved Holocene Sea Ice Variability Inferred From South Pole Ice Core Chemistry. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(8). 11 indexed citations

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Tilgner, Andreas, Thomas Schaefer, Becky Alexander, et al.. (2021). Acidity and the multiphase chemistry of atmospheric aqueous particles and clouds. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(17). 13483–13536. 112 indexed citations

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Ishino, Sakiko, Shohei Hattori, Michel Legrand, et al.. (2021). Regional Characteristics of Atmospheric Sulfate Formation in East Antarctica Imprinted on ¹⁷O‐Excess Signature. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(6). 11 indexed citations

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Alexander, Becky, Tomás Sherwen, Christopher D. Holmes, et al.. (2020). Global inorganic nitrate production mechanisms: comparison of a global model with nitrate isotope observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(6). 3859–3877. 137 indexed citations

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Horowitz, Hannah M., Christopher D. Holmes, Tomás Sherwen, et al.. (2020). Effects of Sea Salt Aerosol Emissions for Marine Cloud Brightening on Atmospheric Chemistry: Implications for Radiative Forcing. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(4). e2019GL085838–e2019GL085838. 24 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lei, Daniel J. Jacob, Sebastian D. Eastham, et al.. (2019). Effect of sea salt aerosol on tropospheric bromine chemistry. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(9). 6497–6507. 47 indexed citations

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Shao, Jingyuan, Qianjie Chen, Yuxuan Wang, et al.. (2019). Heterogeneous sulfate aerosol formation mechanisms during wintertime Chinese haze events: air quality model assessment using observations of sulfate oxygen isotopes in Beijing. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(9). 6107–6123. 134 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuan, Daniel J. Jacob, Sebastian D. Eastham, et al.. (2019). The role of chlorine in global tropospheric chemistry. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(6). 3981–4003. 206 indexed citations

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Kasibhatla, P. S., Tomás Sherwen, M. J. Evans, et al.. (2018). Global impact of nitrate photolysis in sea-salt aerosol on NO _x , OH, and O ₃ in the marine boundary layer. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(15). 11185–11203. 64 indexed citations

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Chen, Qianjie, Tomás Sherwen, M. J. Evans, & Becky Alexander. (2018). DMS oxidation and sulfur aerosol formation in the marine troposphere: a focus on reactive halogen and multiphase chemistry. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(18). 13617–13637. 128 indexed citations

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Chen, Qianjie, Johan A. Schmidt, Viral Shah, et al.. (2017). Sulfate production by reactive bromine: Implications for the global sulfur and reactive bromine budgets. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(13). 7069–7078. 62 indexed citations

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