Christopher P. West

426 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 297 citations indexed

About

Christopher P. West is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher P. West has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 297 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atmospheric Science, 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 3 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Christopher P. West's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (10 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (7 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (4 papers). Christopher P. West is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (10 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (7 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (4 papers). Christopher P. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Christopher P. West's co-authors include Alexander Laskin, Anusha P. S. Hettiyadura, Jay M. Tomlin, Chunlin Li, Yinon Rudich, Quanfu He, Patrick W. Fedick, Hilary M. Brown, Yue Zhou and Wei Pu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Environmental Science & Technology and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Christopher P. West

15 papers receiving 291 citations

Hit Papers

Molecular insights into the composition, sources, and agi... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15
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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.

  1. Molecular insights into the composition, sources, and aging of atmospheric brown carbon
    2025 16 citations Alexander Laskin, Christopher P. West et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers

Christopher P. West
K. M. McAvey United States
Oskari Kausiala Finland
Cristine M. D. Machado Brazil
Simeon Schum United States
Jay M. Tomlin United States
Shujun Zhong China
Carolyn Liu-Kang Canada
Zezhen Cheng United States
Julia Hammes Sweden
Xiaobi M. Kuang United States
K. M. McAvey United States
Christopher P. West
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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher P. West

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher P. West

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher P. West. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher P. West based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher P. West. Christopher P. West is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Laskin, Alexander, Christopher P. West, & Anusha P. S. Hettiyadura. (2025). Molecular insights into the composition, sources, and aging of atmospheric brown carbon. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(3). 1583–1612. 16 indexed citations breakdown →
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West, Christopher P., et al.. (2024). Chemical characterization of polymer and chloride content in waste plastic materials using pyrolysis – direct analysis in real time – high-resolution mass spectrometry. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 27(1). 104–118. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yue, Christopher P. West, Anusha P. S. Hettiyadura, et al.. (2024). Photolytic Degradation of Water‐Soluble Organic Carbon in Snowmelts: Changes in Molecular Characteristics, Brown Carbon Chromophores, and Radiative Effects. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(16). 2 indexed citations
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West, Christopher P., et al.. (2023). Molecular and Structural Characterization of Isomeric Compounds in Atmospheric Organic Aerosol Using Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 127(7). 1656–1674. 5 indexed citations
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West, Christopher P., et al.. (2023). Chemical characterization of biomass pyrolysis oil facilitated by aerosolization and size separation. Aerosol Science and Technology. 57(12). 1218–1235. 1 indexed citations
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West, Christopher P., et al.. (2023). Diversity of organic components in airborne waste discharged from sewer pipe repairs. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 25(10). 1670–1683. 3 indexed citations
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West, Christopher P., et al.. (2022). Molecular investigation of the multi-phase photochemistry of Fe(iii)–citrate in aqueous solution. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 25(2). 190–213. 7 indexed citations
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Tomlin, Jay M., Christopher P. West, Brandon E. Boor, et al.. (2022). Atmospheric emission of nanoplastics from sewer pipe repairs. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(11). 1171–1177. 45 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yue, Christopher P. West, Anusha P. S. Hettiyadura, et al.. (2022). Molecular Characterization of Water-Soluble Brown Carbon Chromophores in Snowpack from Northern Xinjiang, China. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(7). 4173–4186. 33 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yue, Christopher P. West, Anusha P. S. Hettiyadura, et al.. (2021). Measurement report: Molecular composition, optical properties, and radiative effects of water-soluble organic carbon in snowpack samples from northern Xinjiang, China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(11). 8531–8555. 21 indexed citations
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Hettiyadura, Anusha P. S., Chunlin Li, Christopher P. West, et al.. (2021). Chemical Composition and Molecular-Specific Optical Properties of Atmospheric Brown Carbon Associated with Biomass Burning. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(4). 2511–2521. 88 indexed citations
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Brown, Hilary M., et al.. (2021). Characterization and optimization of a rapid, automated 3D-printed cone spray ionization-mass spectrometry (3D-PCSI-MS) methodology. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 474. 116781–116781. 10 indexed citations
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West, Christopher P., et al.. (2020). Molecular Composition and the Optical Properties of Brown Carbon Generated by the Ethane Flame. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 4(7). 1090–1103. 36 indexed citations

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