Colin O’Dowd

40.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
331 papers, 20.8k citations indexed

About

Colin O’Dowd is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin O’Dowd has authored 331 papers receiving a total of 20.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 292 papers in Atmospheric Science, 214 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 123 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Colin O’Dowd's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (278 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (183 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (126 papers). Colin O’Dowd is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (278 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (183 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (126 papers). Colin O’Dowd collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Finland. Colin O’Dowd's co-authors include Markku Kulmala, Darius Čeburnis, Gerrit de Leeuw, Michael H. Smith, S. Fuzzi, M. C. Facchini, Thorsten Hoffmann, Tuula Aalto, Jason Lowe and Stefano Decesari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Colin O’Dowd

321 papers receiving 19.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Flood or Drought: How Do Aerosols Affect Precipitation?

2008 1.6k citations Colin O’Dowd, Markku Kulmala et al. profile →
Biogenically driven organic contribution to marine aerosol

2004 763 citations Colin O’Dowd, M. C. Facchini et al. profile →
Marine aerosol formation from biogenic iodine emissions

2002 603 citations Colin O’Dowd, J. L. Jiménez et al. profile →
Marine aerosol production: a review of the current knowledge

2007 556 citations Colin O’Dowd et al. profile →
Marine aerosol, sea-salt, and the marine sulphur cycle: a short review

1997 543 citations Colin O’Dowd et al. Atmospheric Environment profile →
The effect of physical and chemical aerosol properties on warm cloud droplet activation

2006 542 citations M. C. Facchini, Ari Laaksonen et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Production flux of sea spray aerosol

2011 457 citations Colin O’Dowd et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin O’Dowd

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin O’Dowd

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin O’Dowd. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin O’Dowd 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 Colin O’Dowd. Colin O’Dowd is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Two distinct ship emission profiles for organic-sulfate source apportionment of PM in sulfur emission control areas 2024 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Kirsten N. Fossum, Chunshui Lin, Niall O’Sullivan, Lei Lü, Stig Hellebust, Darius Čeburnis, (unknown), Anja H. Tremper, David C. Green, Srishti Jain, Steigvilë Byčenkienė, Colin O’Dowd, John Wenger, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė	2
2	Heterogeneous iodine-organic chemistry fast-tracks marine new particle formation 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ru‐Jin Huang, Thorsten Hoffmann, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė, Ari Laaksonen, Harri Kokkola, Wen Xu, Wei Xu, Darius Čeburnis, Renyi Zhang, John H. Seinfeld, Colin O’Dowd	18
3	Measurement report: PM _2.5 -bound nitrated aromatic compounds in Xi'an, Northwest China – seasonal variations and contributions to optical properties of brown carbon 2021 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Wei Yuan, Ru‐Jin Huang, Lu Yang, Ting Wang, Jing Duan, Jie Guo, Haiyan Ni, Yang Chen, Qi Chen, Yongjie Li, Ulrike Dusek, Colin O’Dowd, Thorsten Hoffmann	33
4	A global study of hygroscopicity-driven light-scattering enhancement in the context of other in situ aerosol optical properties 2021 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Gloria Titos, M.A. Burgos, Paul Zieger, Lucas Alados‐Arboledas, Urs Baltensperger, Anne Jefferson, James P. Sherman, E. Weingartner, Bas Henzing, Krista Luoma, Colin O’Dowd, Alfred Wiedensohler, Elisabeth Andrews	13
5	Characterization of the light-absorbing properties, chromophore composition and sources of brown carbon aerosol in Xi'an, northwestern China 2020 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Wei Yuan, Ru‐Jin Huang, Lu Yang, Jie Guo, (unknown), Jing Duan, Ting Wang, Haiyan Ni, Yongming Han, Yongjie Li, Qi Chen, Yang Chen, Thorsten Hoffmann, Colin O’Dowd	77
6	Contrasting sources and processes of particulate species in haze days with low and high relative humidity in wintertime Beijing 2020 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ru‐Jin Huang, Yao He, Jing Duan, Yongjie Li, Qi Chen, Yan Zheng, Yang Chen, Weiwei Hu, Chunshui Lin, Haiyan Ni, Wenting Dai, Junji Cao, Yunfei Wu, Renjian Zhang, Wei Xu, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė, Darius Čeburnis, Thorsten Hoffmann, Colin O’Dowd	33
7	Wintertime aerosol dominated by solid-fuel-burning emissions across Ireland: insight into the spatial and chemical variation in submicron aerosol 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Chunshui Lin, Darius Čeburnis, Ru‐Jin Huang, Wei Xu, (unknown), Damien Martin, Paul Buckley, John Wenger, Stig Hellebust, Matteo Rinaldi, M. C. Facchini, Colin O’Dowd, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė	21
8	Response of the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer to Inorganic Sulfates and Organosulfur Compounds: Applications in Field and Laboratory Measurements 2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Yunle Chen, Lu Xu, (unknown), Anusha P. S. Hettiyadura, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė, Shan Huang, Laurent Poulain, Jason C. Schroder, Pedro Campuzano‐Jost, J. L. Jiménez, Hartmut Herrmann, Colin O’Dowd, Elizabeth A. Stone, N. L. Ng	53
9	Summertime Primary and Secondary Contributions to Southern Ocean Cloud Condensation Nuclei 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Kirsten N. Fossum, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė, Darius Čeburnis, Manuel Dall’Osto, Salvatore Marullo, Marco Bellacicco, Rafel Simó, Dantong Liu, Michael Flynn, Andreas Zuend, Colin O’Dowd	73
10	Transfer of labile organic matter and microbes from the ocean surface to the marine aerosol: an experimental approach 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Eugenio Rastelli, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Antonio Dell’Anno, Marco Lo Martire, Silvestro Greco, M. C. Facchini, Matteo Rinaldi, Colin O’Dowd, Darius Čeburnis, Roberto Danovaro	87
11	Distinct high molecular weight organic compound (HMW-OC) types in aerosol particles collected at a coastal urban site 2017 ·Atmospheric Environment ·Manuel Dall’Osto, Robert M. Healy, John Wenger, Colin O’Dowd, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė, Darius Čeburnis, Roy M. Harrison, David C. S. Beddows	3
12	Marine submicron aerosol gradients, sources and sinks 2016 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Darius Čeburnis, Matteo Rinaldi, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė, Giovanni Martucci, L. Giulianelli, Colin O’Dowd	12
13	Turbulent structure and scaling of the inertial subrange in a stratocumulus-topped boundary layer observed by a Doppler lidar 2015 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Juha Tonttila, Ewan O’Connor, Antti Hellsten, Anne Hirsikko, Colin O’Dowd, Heikki Järvinen, Petri Räisänen	13
14	Missing SO ₂ oxidant in the coastal atmosphere? – observations from high-resolution measurements of OH and atmospheric sulfur compounds 2014 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·H. Berresheim, Max G. Adam, C. Monahan, Colin O’Dowd, J. M. C. Plane, Birger Bohn, Franz Röhrer	34
15	Determination of alkylamines in atmospheric aerosol particles: a comparison of gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and ion chromatography approaches 2014 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Ru‐Jin Huang, (unknown), Yang Wang, (unknown), Wanglu Jia, Kin‐Fai Ho, Junji Cao, Gehui Wang, Xiao Dong Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrê S. H. Prévôt, Colin O’Dowd, Thorsten Hoffmann	35
16	Characterization of urban aerosol in Cork city (Ireland) using aerosol mass spectrometry 2013 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Manuel Dall’Osto, Jurgita Ovadnevaitė, Darius Čeburnis, Damien Martin, Robert M. Healy, (unknown), Ivan Kourtchev, (unknown), John Wenger, Colin O’Dowd	64
17	On the spatial distribution and evolution of ultrafine particles in Barcelona 2013 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Manuel Dall’Osto, Xavier Querol, Andrés Alástuey, Colin O’Dowd, Roy M. Harrison, John Wenger, Francisco J. Gómez‐Moreno	78
18	On the formation, growth and composition of nucleation mode particles 2001 ·Tellus B ·Markku Kulmala, Miikka Dal Maso, (unknown), Liisa Pirjola, M. Väkevä, Tuula Aalto, Pasi Miikkulainen, Kaarle Hämeri, Colin O’Dowd	446
19	On the formation, growth and composition of nucleation mode particles 2001 ·Tellus B ·Markku Kulmala, Miikka Dal Maso, Jyrki M. Mäkelä, Liisa Pirjola, M. Väkevä, Tuula Aalto, Pasi Miikkulainen, Kaarle Hämeri, Colin O’Dowd	216
20	Physical characterization of aerosol particles during nucleation events 2001 ·Tellus B ·Tuula Aalto, Kaarle Hämeri, E. Becker, Rodney J. Weber, J. Salm, Jyrki M. Mäkelä, Claudia Hoell, Colin O’Dowd, Hans Karlsson, Hans‐Christen Hansson, (unknown), Ismo Kalevi Koponen, G. Buzorius, Markku Kulmala	132

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