Janice Brahney

4.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
66 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Janice Brahney is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Janice Brahney has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atmospheric Science, 18 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Janice Brahney's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers). Janice Brahney is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (13 papers). Janice Brahney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Janice Brahney's co-authors include Maura Hahnenberger, Suja Sukumaran, N. M. Mahowald, Jason C. Neff, Ashley P. Ballantyne, Gavin C. Cornwell, Marje Prank, Hitoshi Matsui, Zbigniew Klimont and Kimberly A. Prather and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Janice Brahney

64 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States

2020 827 citations Janice Brahney et al. profile →
Constraining the atmospheric limb of the plastic cycle

2021 383 citations Janice Brahney, N. M. Mahowald et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mountain lakes: Eyes on global environmental change

2019 229 citations Katrina A. Moser, Jill S. Baron et al. profile →
Long-distance atmospheric transport of microplastic fibres influenced by their shapes

2023 100 citations Janice Brahney, N. M. Mahowald et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Janice Brahney United States	21	1.3k	953	659	542	464	66	2.9k
Julian Aherne Canada	31	806 0.6×	389 0.4×	647 1.0×	929 1.7×	699 1.5×	152	3.1k
Xiaoxia Sun China	30	1.3k 1.0×	925 1.0×	571 0.9×	497 0.9×	1.5k 3.2×	116	4.3k
Priyadarsi D. Roy Mexico	38	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	884 1.3×	167 0.3×	383 0.8×	169	4.7k
Jesse C. Vermaire Canada	22	975 0.7×	659 0.7×	283 0.4×	515 1.0×	1.6k 3.5×	69	3.6k
Daoji Li China	28	2.3k 1.7×	1.8k 1.9×	288 0.4×	246 0.5×	434 0.9×	75	3.6k
A. Boldrin Italy	29	1.1k 0.8×	766 0.8×	445 0.7×	237 0.4×	861 1.9×	50	2.9k
José Antônio Baptista Neto Brazil	27	1.6k 1.2×	602 0.6×	212 0.3×	180 0.3×	419 0.9×	128	2.6k
Simon Turner United Kingdom	26	912 0.7×	414 0.4×	465 0.7×	228 0.4×	442 1.0×	89	2.4k
Tanguang Gao China	27	1.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.8×	103 0.2×	219 0.5×	67	3.4k
Robert J.G. Mortimer United Kingdom	37	650 0.5×	592 0.6×	245 0.4×	1.1k 2.1×	715 1.5×	100	3.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Janice Brahney

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Biswas, Biswajit, et al.. (2025). Nanoplastic–lipid interactions at marine relevant interfaces: implications for atmospheric chemistry. Environmental Science Atmospheres. 5(11). 1180–1194.

Brahney, Janice, et al.. (2025). Quantifying Dust Nutrient Mobility Through an Alpine Watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 130(1). 1 indexed citations

Kopáček, Jiřı́, et al.. (2024). The concentration of organic nitrogen in mountain lakes is increasing as a result of reduced acid deposition and climate change. The Science of The Total Environment. 950. 175363–175363. 3 indexed citations

Carling, Gregory T., Barry R. Bickmore, Nicholas P. Webb, et al.. (2024). Characterizing variability in geochemistry and mineralogy of western US dust sources. Aeolian Research. 70-71. 100941–100941. 4 indexed citations

Neilson, Bethany T., et al.. (2023). Beaver Pond Geomorphology Influences Pond Nitrogen Retention and Denitrification. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(4). 5 indexed citations

Brahney, Janice, et al.. (2023). Long-distance atmospheric transport of microplastic fibres influenced by their shapes. Nature Geoscience. 16(10). 863–870. 100 indexed citations breakdown →

Brahney, Janice, et al.. (2023). Growth of grasses and forbs, nutrient concentration, and microbial activity in soil treated with microbeads. Environmental Pollution. 324. 121326–121326. 6 indexed citations

Powell, James A., et al.. (2023). Dust storms increase the tolerance of phytoplankton to thermal and pH changes. Global Change Biology. 30(1). 8 indexed citations

Dong, Zhiwen, et al.. (2022). Uranium isotopes of aeolian dust deposited in northern Tibetan Plateau glaciers: Implications for tracing aeolian dust provenance. Fundamental Research. 2(5). 716–726. 11 indexed citations

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Dong, Zhiwen, Eric J. R. Parteli, Janice Brahney, et al.. (2022). Uranium Isotopic Composition and Constraints on the Provenance of the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau's Surface Dust. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 127(3). 7 indexed citations

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Hammill, Edd, et al.. (2022). Metal concentrations in wetland plant tissues influences transfer to terrestrial food webs. Ecotoxicology. 31(5). 836–845. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Ting, Janice Brahney, Zhiwen Dong, et al.. (2021). Hf–Nd–Sr Isotopic Composition of the Tibetan Plateau Dust as a Fingerprint for Regional to Hemispherical Transport. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(14). 10121–10132. 26 indexed citations

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Brahney, Janice, N. M. Mahowald, Marje Prank, et al.. (2021). Constraining the atmospheric limb of the plastic cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(16). 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Frei, Rebecca J., et al.. (2021). Limited progress in nutrient pollution in the U.S. caused by spatially persistent nutrient sources. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0258952–e0258952. 26 indexed citations

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Saros, Jasmine E., Leora Nanus, Jill S. Baron, et al.. (2021). Identifying factors that affect mountain lake sensitivity to atmospheric nitrogen deposition across multiple scales. Water Research. 209. 117883–117883. 14 indexed citations

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Brahney, Janice, et al.. (2020). Glacier recession alters stream water quality characteristics facilitating bloom formation in the benthic diatom Didymosphenia geminata. The Science of The Total Environment. 764. 142856–142856. 12 indexed citations

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Mustaphi, Colin J. Courtney, et al.. (2019). Guidelines for reporting and archiving 210Pb sediment chronologies to improve fidelity and extend data lifecycle. Quaternary Geochronology. 52. 77–87. 10 indexed citations

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Haight, Jeffrey D., et al.. (2018). Relationships between borders, management agencies, and the likelihood of watershed impairment. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0204149–e0204149. 9 indexed citations

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Brahney, Janice, et al.. (2011). Biogeochemical response of alpine lakes to a recent increase in dust deposition in the Southwestern, US. Biogeosciences. 8(9). 2689–2706. 52 indexed citations

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Ballantyne, Ashley P., et al.. (2010). Biogeochemical response of alpine lakes to recent changes in dust deposition. 6 indexed citations

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