P. G. Simmonds

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

P. G. Simmonds is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, P. G. Simmonds has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Atmospheric Science, 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in P. G. Simmonds's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (38 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (34 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (32 papers). P. G. Simmonds is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (38 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (34 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (32 papers). P. G. Simmonds collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. P. G. Simmonds's co-authors include Richard G. Derwent, Simon O’Doherty, F. N. Alyea, D. M. Cunnold, Ray F. Weiss, R. G. Prinn, Ronald G. Prinn, Alistair J. Manning, Paul J. Fraser and R. A. Rasmussen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

P. G. Simmonds

51 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A history of chemically and radiatively important gases in air deduced from ALE/GAGE/AGAGE

2000 519 citations R. G. Prinn, Ray F. Weiss et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
P. G. Simmonds	2.7k	2.2k	640	250	187	51	3.4k
D. M. Cunnold	3.6k 1.3×	2.8k 1.2×	449 0.7×	194 0.8×	168 0.9×	85	4.0k
B. R. Miller	2.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	385 0.6×	202 0.8×	140 0.7×	45	2.8k
J. M. Lobert	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	428 0.7×	165 0.7×	114 0.6×	35	2.7k
Peter K. Salameh	3.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.2×	446 0.7×	249 1.0×	297 1.6×	51	3.8k
W.A. McKay	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	417 1.7×	71 0.4×	45	3.9k
Christina M. Harth	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	309 0.5×	193 0.8×	362 1.9×	48	3.3k
R. G. Prinn	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	244 0.4×	236 0.9×	146 0.8×	37	2.6k
L. A. Barrie	2.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 2.2×	212 0.8×	152 0.8×	44	3.7k
Alexander A. P. Pszenny	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	511 2.0×	94 0.5×	50	3.7k
Jens Mühle	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	320 0.5×	182 0.7×	265 1.4×	93	3.2k

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Urquhart, Julie, Philip L. Staddon, Jane Mills, et al.. (2025). Afforestation on agricultural land in England: Applying the Theoretical Domains Framework and Behaviour Change Wheel to identify the enablers of change within farmer behaviour. Journal of Rural Studies. 120. 103848–103848. 1 indexed citations

Khan, M. Anwar H., Michael Cooke, Steven R. Utembe, et al.. (2015). A study of global atmospheric budget and distribution of acetone using global atmospheric model STOCHEM-CRI. Atmospheric Environment. 112. 269–277. 48 indexed citations

Rigby, Matthew, Ronald G. Prinn, Simon O’Doherty, et al.. (2014). Recent and future trends in synthetic greenhouse gas radiative forcing. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(7). 2623–2630. 80 indexed citations

Xiao, Xue, Ronald G. Prinn, P. J. Fraser, et al.. (2010). Atmospheric three-dimensional inverse modeling of regional industrial emissions and global oceanic uptake of carbon tetrachloride. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(21). 10421–10434. 15 indexed citations

Mühle, Jens, Anita L. Ganesan, B. R. Miller, et al.. (2010). Perfluorocarbons in the global atmosphere: tetrafluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, and octafluoropropane. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(11). 5145–5164. 110 indexed citations

Stohl, A., Petra Seibert, Jgor Arduini, et al.. (2009). An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 9(5). 1597–1620. 174 indexed citations

Xiao, Xinhua, R. G. Prinn, Junhua Huang, et al.. (2005). Optimal Estimation of the Soil Uptake Rate of Molecular Hydrogen from AGAGE and Other Measurements. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 2 indexed citations

Carpenter, Lucy J., et al.. (2005). Atmospheric bromoform at Mace Head, Ireland: seasonality and evidence for a peatland source. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 5(11). 2927–2934. 17 indexed citations

Prinn, R. G., J. Huang, Ray F. Weiss, et al.. (2005). Evidence for variability of atmospheric hydroxyl radicals over the past quarter century. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(7). 195 indexed citations

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Martin, Damien, G. Nickless, P. G. Simmonds, et al.. (2003). The role of volatile organic compounds in the polluted urban atmosphere of Bristol, England. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 3(4). 1165–1176. 13 indexed citations

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Manning, Alistair J., D. B. Ryall, Richard G. Derwent, P. G. Simmonds, & Simon O’Doherty. (2003). Estimating European emissions of ozone‐depleting and greenhouse gases using observations and a modeling back‐attribution technique. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 108(D14). 100 indexed citations

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Ryall, D. B., Richard G. Derwent, Alistair J. Manning, P. G. Simmonds, & Simon O’Doherty. (2001). Estimating source regions of European emissions of trace gases from observations at Mace Head. Atmospheric Environment. 35(14). 2507–2523. 63 indexed citations

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Caton, François, et al.. (2000). Tracers and dispersion of gaseous pollutants in the urban canopy. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 1 indexed citations

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Britter, RE, et al.. (2000). Dispersion of a passive tracer within and above an urban canopy. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 1 indexed citations

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Ryall, D. B., et al.. (1998). Modelling long-range transport of CFCs to Mace Head, Ireland. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 124(546). 417–446. 6 indexed citations

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Cunnold, D. M., Ray F. Weiss, R. G. Prinn, et al.. (1997). GAGE/AGAGE measurements indicating reductions in global emissions of CCl₃F and CCl₂F₂ in 1992–1994. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(D1). 1259–1269. 102 indexed citations

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Simmonds, P. G., Stefan Seuring, G. Nickless, & Richard G. Derwent. (1997). Segregation and Interpretation of Ozone and Carbon Monoxide Measurements by Air Mass Origin at the TOR Station Mace Head, Ireland from 1987 to 1995. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 28(1-3). 45–59. 70 indexed citations

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Jennings, S. G., et al.. (1996). Aerosol and trace gas measurements during the mace head experiment. Atmospheric Environment. 30(22). 3891–3902. 18 indexed citations

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Simmonds, P. G., et al.. (1995). Investigation of the use of oxygen doping of the EDC for the determination of atmospheric halocarbons. Journal of Chromatography A. 707. 265–274. 1 indexed citations

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O’Doherty, Simon, P. G. Simmonds, & G. Nickless. (1993). Analysis of replacement chlorofluorocarbons using carboxen microtraps for isolation and preconcentration in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 657(1). 123–129. 23 indexed citations

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