Mark A. Sutton

45.3k total citations · 10 hit papers
289 papers, 25.5k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Sutton is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Sutton has authored 289 papers receiving a total of 25.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Atmospheric Science, 103 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 62 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Sutton's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (111 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (56 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (55 papers). Mark A. Sutton is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (111 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (56 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (55 papers). Mark A. Sutton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Mark A. Sutton's co-authors include Jan Willem Erisman, James N. Galloway, Wilfried Winiwarter, Zbigniew Klimont, D. Fowler, Mateete Bekunda, Zucong Cai, Luiz Antônio Martinelli, J. R. Freney and Alan R. Townsend and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Sutton

278 papers receiving 24.7k 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.

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

2008 5.2k citations Jan Willem Erisman, Mark A. Sutton et al. profile →
How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

2008 3.3k citations Jan Willem Erisman, Mark A. Sutton et al. profile →
The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century

2013 1.5k citations D. Fowler, Mhairi Coyle et al. profile →
The European Nitrogen Assessment

2011 981 citations Mark A. Sutton, Jan Willem Erisman et al. profile →
Too much of a good thing

2011 851 citations Mark A. Sutton, O. Oenema et al. profile →
Food choices, health and environment: Effects of cutting Europe's meat and dairy intake

2014 569 citations Henk Westhoek, J.P. Lesschen et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

2015 395 citations Adrian Leip, Luis Lassaletta et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Greenhouse gas emissions from European soils under different land use: effects of soil moisture and temperature

2010 371 citations Ute Skiba, Mark A. Sutton et al. profile →
Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands

2023 343 citations Baojing Gu, Xiuming Zhang et al. profile →
Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM _2.5 air pollution

2021 325 citations Baojing Gu, Massimo Vieno et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Sutton United Kingdom	67	6.5k	5.9k	5.9k	5.5k	5.2k	289	25.5k
Jan Willem Erisman Netherlands	63	6.3k 1.0×	6.6k 1.1×	6.7k 1.1×	5.7k 1.0×	5.8k 1.1×	296	27.8k
Sybil P. Seitzinger United States	74	5.7k 0.9×	9.5k 1.6×	5.9k 1.0×	5.9k 1.1×	3.3k 0.6×	127	34.0k
James N. Galloway United States	89	10.9k 1.7×	11.2k 1.9×	8.8k 1.5×	8.2k 1.5×	6.2k 1.2×	313	44.4k
Josep G. Canadell Australia	83	9.3k 1.4×	8.2k 1.4×	4.6k 0.8×	19.0k 3.4×	3.7k 0.7×	210	37.2k
Luiz Antônio Martinelli Brazil	65	2.4k 0.4×	6.8k 1.2×	5.6k 1.0×	4.8k 0.9×	3.2k 0.6×	293	19.8k
Lex Bouwman Netherlands	82	3.8k 0.6×	6.6k 1.1×	6.6k 1.1×	5.7k 1.0×	2.9k 0.6×	230	28.1k
Alan R. Townsend United States	66	2.9k 0.4×	9.5k 1.6×	11.0k 1.9×	5.1k 0.9×	5.2k 1.0×	174	25.5k
Robert W. Howarth United States	83	4.0k 0.6×	16.8k 2.8×	8.2k 1.4×	9.3k 1.7×	5.2k 1.0×	208	49.6k
Frank Dentener Italy	78	14.7k 2.3×	4.8k 0.8×	4.5k 0.8×	12.4k 2.2×	4.0k 0.8×	181	30.0k
Jingyun Fang China	95	4.9k 0.8×	7.5k 1.3×	4.5k 0.8×	12.9k 2.3×	2.8k 0.6×	342	35.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark A. Sutton

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Nguyen, Dung, Stephen M. Laidlaw, Xiaofeng Dong, et al.. (2025). SARS-CoV-2 infection enhancement by amphotericin B: implications for disease management. Journal of Virology. 99(7). e0051925–e0051925. 1 indexed citations

Grinsven, Hans J. M. van, Baojing Gu, Alfredo Rodríguez, et al.. (2025). Valuing damages and benefits of the altered global nitrogen cycle; lessons for national to global policy support. Environmental Research Letters. 20(9). 94014–94014.

Medinets, Sergiy, O. Oenema, Bryan M. Spears, et al.. (2025). Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 845–845.

Kumar, Dinesh, Yashbir Singh Shivay, Arti Bhatia, et al.. (2023). Field-Based Evaluation of Rice Genotypes for Enhanced Growth, Yield Attributes, Yield and Grain Yield Efficiency Index in Irrigated Lowlands of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Sustainability. 15(11). 8793–8793. 9 indexed citations

Ghude, Sachin D., Gaurav Govardhan, Prodip Acharja, et al.. (2023). Chloride (HCl ∕ Cl ⁻ ) dominates inorganic aerosol formation from ammonia in the Indo-Gangetic Plain during winter: modeling and comparison with observations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(1). 41–59. 12 indexed citations

Damme, Martin Van, Lieven Clarisse, Bruno Franco, et al.. (2021). Temporal variations of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) derived from over a decade of IASI satellite measurements. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.

Fowler, D., Peter Brimblecombe, John P. Burrows, et al.. (2020). A chronology of global air quality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 378(2183). 20190314–20190314. 154 indexed citations

Hellsten, Sofie, U. Dragosits, C.J. Place, et al.. (2018). Uncertainties and implications of applying aggregated data for spatial modelling of atmospheric ammonia emissions. Environmental Pollution. 240. 412–421. 6 indexed citations

Móring, Andrea, Massimo Vieno, Ruth M. Doherty, et al.. (2017). Process-based modelling of NH ₃ exchange with grazed grasslands. Biogeosciences. 14(18). 4161–4193. 6 indexed citations

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Damme, Martin Van, Lieven Clarisse, Enrico Dammers, et al.. (2015). Towards validation of ammonia (NH ₃ ) measurements from the IASI satellite. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(3). 1575–1591. 87 indexed citations

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Westhoek, Henk, J.P. Lesschen, Trudy Rood, et al.. (2014). Food choices, health and environment: Effects of cutting Europe's meat and dairy intake. Global Environmental Change. 26. 196–205. 569 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fowler, D. & Mark A. Sutton. (2013). Leaking ammonia leading to biodiversity loss and health risks. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 402. 190–5. 1 indexed citations

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Theobald, Mark R. & Mark A. Sutton. (2013). Improving the low-wind performance of the AERMOD atmospheric dispersion model for predicting short-range impacts of livestock ammonia emissions.. Archivo Digital UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). 1 indexed citations

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Campbell, Chris, Adam H. Love, Christopher G. Bailey, et al.. (2012). Decontamination After a Release of B. anthracis Spores. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Biodefense Strategy Practice and Science. 10(1). 108–122. 17 indexed citations

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Hertel, Ole, Carsten Ambelas Skjøth, Stefan Reis, et al.. (2012). Governing processes for reactive nitrogen compounds in the atmosphere in relation to ecosystem, climatic and human health impacts. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

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Loubet, Benjamin, P. Cellier, M. Mattsson, et al.. (2009). Ammonia sources and sinks in an intensively managed grassland canopy. Biogeosciences. 6(9). 1903–1915. 37 indexed citations

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Mattsson, M., B. Herrmann, Benjamin Loubet, et al.. (2009). Temporal variability in bioassays of the stomatal ammonia compensation point in relation to plant and soil nitrogen parameters in intensively managed grassland. Biogeosciences. 6(2). 171–179. 36 indexed citations

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Burkhardt, Jürgen, Christophe Fléchard, M. Mattsson, et al.. (2009). Modelling the dynamic chemical interactions of atmospheric ammonia with leaf surface wetness in a managed grassland canopy. Biogeosciences. 6(1). 67–84. 46 indexed citations

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Nemitz, Eiko, K. J. Hargreaves, A. Neftel, et al.. (2009). Intercomparison and assessment of turbulent and physiological exchange parameters of grassland. Biogeosciences. 6(8). 1445–1466. 36 indexed citations

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Viani, B.E., et al.. (2007). Dirty bomb fallout. 52(639). 1 indexed citations

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