Matthew P. Fraser

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Matthew P. Fraser is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew P. Fraser has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 67 papers in Atmospheric Science and 36 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Matthew P. Fraser's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (70 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (63 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (28 papers). Matthew P. Fraser is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (70 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (63 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (28 papers). Matthew P. Fraser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and China. Matthew P. Fraser's co-authors include Bernd R.T. Simoneit, Glen R. Cass, James J. Schauer, G.R. Cass, Shankararaman Chellam, Christopher G. Nolte, Vladimir O. Elias, Daniel R. Oros, Wolfgang F. Rogge and David T. Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Matthew P. Fraser

104 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Levoglucosan, a tracer for cellulose in biomass burning a... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2013 250 500 750 1000
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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. Levoglucosan, a tracer for cellulose in biomass burning and atmospheric particles
    1999 1.2k citations Matthew P. Fraser et al. Atmospheric Environment profile →
  2. Measurements of methane emissions at natural gas production sites in the United States
    2013 426 citations Matthew P. Fraser et al. profile →

Peers

Matthew P. Fraser
David R. Cocker United States
Barbara Zielińska United States
Richard M. Kamens United States
Thomas B. Ryerson United States
Steven Sai Hang Ho China
J. Staehelin Switzerland
Wenxing Wang China
Yanlin Zhang China
Thomas W. Kirchstetter United States
Ru‐Jin Huang China
David R. Cocker United States
Matthew P. Fraser
Citations per year, relative to Matthew P. Fraser Matthew P. Fraser (= 1×) peers David R. Cocker

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew P. Fraser

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew P. Fraser

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Matthew P. Fraser. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Matthew P. Fraser. The network helps show where Matthew P. Fraser may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew P. Fraser

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

All Works

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Herckès, Pierre, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic abatement of ambient NOx by TiO2 coated solar panels. RSC Sustainability. 3(2). 963–972. 1 indexed citations
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Braun, Rachel A. & Matthew P. Fraser. (2025). Influence of wildfire smoke on summertime surface air quality in an urban desert region. Atmospheric Environment. 358. 121297–121297.
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Zhang, Zhaobo, et al.. (2024). Tire Wear Emissions by Highways: Impact of Season and Surface Type. Atmosphere. 15(9). 1122–1122. 6 indexed citations
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Fraser, Matthew P., et al.. (2023). Source apportionment of measured volatile organic compounds in Maricopa County, Arizona. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 73(10). 786–796. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Meiling, et al.. (2023). In situ drift correction for a low-cost NO2 sensor network. Environmental Science Atmospheres. 3(5). 894–904. 4 indexed citations
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Fraser, Matthew P., et al.. (2023). Microplastics are ubiquitous and increasing in soil of a sprawling urban area, Phoenix (Arizona). The Science of The Total Environment. 906. 167617–167617. 19 indexed citations
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Herckès, Pierre, et al.. (2021). Effect of COVID-19 travel restrictions on Phoenix air quality after accounting for boundary layer variations. Atmospheric Environment X. 10. 100105–100105. 7 indexed citations
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Clements, Andrea L., et al.. (2017). Source identification of coarse particles in the Desert Southwest, USA using Positive Matrix Factorization. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 8(5). 873–884. 14 indexed citations
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Mendoza, Alberto, et al.. (2016). Organic composition and source apportionment of fine aerosol at Monterrey, Mexico, based on organic markers. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(2). 953–970. 38 indexed citations
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Bozlaker, Ayşe, Joseph M. Prospero, Matthew P. Fraser, & Shankararaman Chellam. (2013). Quantifying the Contribution of Long-Range Saharan Dust Transport on Particulate Matter Concentrations in Houston, Texas, Using Detailed Elemental Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(18). 2775209217–2775209217. 72 indexed citations
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Fröhlich‐Nowoisky, Janine, Susannah M. Burrows, Zhouqing Xie, et al.. (2012). Biogeography in the air: fungal diversity over land and oceans. Biogeosciences. 9(3). 1125–1136. 146 indexed citations
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Bozlaker, Ayşe, et al.. (2012). Insights into PM10 sources in Houston, Texas: Role of petroleum refineries in enriching lanthanoid metals during episodic emission events. Atmospheric Environment. 69. 109–117. 52 indexed citations
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Fröhlich‐Nowoisky, Janine, Susannah M. Burrows, Zhouqing Xie, et al.. (2011). Biogeography in the air: fungal diversity over land and oceans. 6 indexed citations
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Chellam, Shankararaman, Pranav Kulkarni, & Matthew P. Fraser. (2007). Tracking petroleum refinery emission events using lanthanum and lanthanides as elemental markers for PM2.5. 2 indexed citations
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Wysocki, Gerard, Yury A. Bakhirkin, Stephen So, et al.. (2007). Dual interband cascade laser based trace-gas sensor for environmental monitoring. Applied Optics. 46(33). 8202–8202. 86 indexed citations
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Chen, Jinhai, et al.. (2003). Atmospheric formaldehyde monitoring in the greater Houston area. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 713–714. 2 indexed citations
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Fraser, Matthew P., et al.. (2003). Source Identification and Apportionment of Fine Particulate Matter in Houston, TX, Using Positive Matrix Factorization. Environmental Engineering Science. 20(6). 533–545. 34 indexed citations
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Kulkarni, Pranav, Shankararaman Chellam, Ganesh L. Ghurye, & Matthew P. Fraser. (2003). In Situ Generation of Hydrofluoric Acid during Microwave Digestion of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Prior to Trace Element Analysis Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. Environmental Engineering Science. 20(6). 517–531. 18 indexed citations

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