Roger Atkinson

62.2k total citations · 18 hit papers
619 papers, 48.7k citations indexed

About

Roger Atkinson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Atkinson has authored 619 papers receiving a total of 48.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 402 papers in Atmospheric Science, 162 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 95 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Roger Atkinson's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (391 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (269 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (118 papers). Roger Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (391 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (269 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (118 papers). Roger Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Roger Atkinson's co-authors include Janet Arey, Sara M. Aschmann, James N. Pitts, D. L. Baulch, J. Troe, R. F. Hampson, William Carter, Arthur M. Winer, R. A. Cox and Ernesto C. Tuazon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Roger Atkinson

609 papers receiving 45.3k citations

Hit Papers

Atmospheric chemistry of VOCs and NOx 1967 2026 1986 2006 2000 2006 2004 2009 1992 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Atmospheric chemistry of VOCs and NOx
    2000 2.6k citations Roger Atkinson profile →
  2. Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume II – gas phase reactions of organic species
    2006 1.6k citations Roger Atkinson, D. L. Baulch et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
  3. Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume I - gas phase reactions of O x , HO x , NO x and SO x species
    2004 1.4k citations Roger Atkinson, D. L. Baulch et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
  4. Plasmonic nanorod metamaterials for biosensing
    2009 1.4k citations Roger Atkinson et al. profile →
  5. Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement IV. IUPAC Subcommittee on Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation for Atmospheric Chemistry
    1992 1.1k citations Roger Atkinson, D. L. Baulch et al. profile →
  6. Kinetics and mechanisms of the gas-phase reactions of the hydroxyl radical with organic compounds under atmospheric conditions
    1986 1.1k citations Roger Atkinson profile →
  7. Gas-Phase Tropospheric Chemistry of Volatile Organic Compounds: 1. Alkanes and Alkenes
    1997 1.1k citations Roger Atkinson profile →
  8. Gas-phase tropospheric chemistry of biogenic volatile organic compounds: a review
    2003 1.0k citations Roger Atkinson, Janet Arey profile →
  9. Gas-phase tropospheric chemistry of organic compounds: A review
    1990 980 citations Roger Atkinson profile →
  10. Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement VI. IUPAC Subcommittee on Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation for Atmospheric Chemistry
    1997 917 citations Roger Atkinson, D. L. Baulch et al. profile →
  11. Estimation of hydroxyl radical reaction rate constants for gas-phase organic compounds using a structure-reactivity relationship: An update
    1995 879 citations Eric S. C. Kwok, Roger Atkinson profile →
  12. Evaluated Kinetic, Photochemical and Heterogeneous Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement V.   IUPAC Subcommittee on Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation for Atmospheric Chemistry
    1997 857 citations Roger Atkinson, D. L. Baulch et al. profile →
  13. Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry: Supplement III. IUPAC Subcommittee on Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation for Atmospheric Chemistry
    1989 672 citations Roger Atkinson, D. L. Baulch et al. profile →
  14. Kinetics, products, and mechanisms of secondary organic aerosol formation
    2012 565 citations Roger Atkinson et al. profile →
  15. The Mechanisms Of Atmospheric Oxidation Of Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    2002 536 citations Roger Atkinson, Timothy J. Wallington et al. profile →
  16. Kinetics and mechanisms of the gas-phase reactions of ozone with organic compounds under atmospheric conditions
    1984 530 citations Roger Atkinson et al. profile →
  17. Adsorption of potential-determining ions at the ferric oxide-aqueous electrolyte interface
    1967 529 citations Roger Atkinson, A. M. Posner et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
  18. The Mechanisms Of Atmospheric Oxidation Of The Alkenes
    2000 501 citations Roger Atkinson, J. A. Kerr et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roger Atkinson United States 95 33.3k 16.2k 6.1k 6.1k 6.0k 619 48.7k
Timothy J. Wallington United States 82 16.8k 0.5× 6.5k 0.4× 2.8k 0.5× 2.3k 0.4× 4.6k 0.8× 584 28.8k
Richard C. Flagan United States 94 25.2k 0.8× 15.6k 1.0× 2.8k 0.5× 9.8k 1.6× 1.5k 0.3× 395 34.3k
John H. Seinfeld United States 147 67.7k 2.0× 39.1k 2.4× 3.6k 0.6× 32.0k 5.3× 2.5k 0.4× 863 83.2k
A. R. Ravishankara United States 80 17.7k 0.5× 3.9k 0.2× 1.9k 0.3× 7.1k 1.2× 5.1k 0.9× 385 24.6k
Michael J. Pilling United Kingdom 63 11.4k 0.3× 3.6k 0.2× 2.9k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 3.3k 0.5× 301 19.1k
Barbara J. Finlayson‐Pitts United States 61 12.3k 0.4× 5.0k 0.3× 1.7k 0.3× 3.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.4× 257 17.2k
Markku Kulmala Finland 121 53.1k 1.6× 29.6k 1.8× 1.8k 0.3× 32.8k 5.4× 2.3k 0.4× 1.3k 62.9k
Douglas R. Worsnop United States 117 43.8k 1.3× 30.7k 1.9× 1.6k 0.3× 18.3k 3.0× 2.4k 0.4× 501 49.1k
James N. Pitts United States 66 11.5k 0.3× 6.6k 0.4× 1.9k 0.3× 2.3k 0.4× 2.6k 0.4× 317 17.6k
Hartmut Herrmann Germany 78 15.4k 0.5× 9.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.3× 5.9k 1.0× 1.0k 0.2× 622 23.2k

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All Works

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Réat, Valérie, Wladimir Malaga, Georges Czaplicki, et al.. (2025). How PGL finds a sweet spot in phospholipid membranes: A combined multiscale MD and NMR study. Biophysical Journal. 125(2). 457–470.
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Whittaker, Sara B.‐M., et al.. (2019). Controlling the dynamics of the Nek2 leucine zipper by engineering of “kinetic” disulphide bonds. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0210352–e0210352. 2 indexed citations
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Manzo, Giorgia, Charlotte K. Hind, Melanie Clifford, et al.. (2019). Minor sequence modifications in temporin B cause drastic changes in antibacterial potency and selectivity by fundamentally altering membrane activity. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1385–1385. 25 indexed citations
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Manzo, Giorgia, Charlotte K. Hind, Melanie Clifford, et al.. (2019). Temporin L and aurein 2.5 have identical conformations but subtly distinct membrane and antibacterial activities. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10934–10934. 30 indexed citations
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Takács, Mária, Maxim V. Petoukhov, Roger Atkinson, et al.. (2013). The Asymmetric Binding of PGC-1α to the ERRα and ERRγ Nuclear Receptor Homodimers Involves a Similar Recognition Mechanism. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e67810–e67810. 35 indexed citations
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Charbonnier, Sébastian, Günter Stier, Georges Orfanoudakis, et al.. (2008). Defining the minimal interacting regions of the tight junction protein MAGI-1 and HPV16 E6 oncoprotein for solution structure studies. Protein Expression and Purification. 60(1). 64–73. 16 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Roger, D. L. Baulch, R. A. Cox, et al.. (2008). Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume IV – gas phase reactions of organic halogen species. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 8(15). 4141–4496. 187 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Roger, D. L. Baulch, R. A. Cox, et al.. (2007). Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume III – gas phase reactions of inorganic halogens. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 7(4). 981–1191. 267 indexed citations
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Aukrust, Ingvild, Lasse Evensen, Hanne Hollås, et al.. (2006). Engineering, Biophysical Characterisation and Binding Properties of a Soluble Mutant form of Annexin A2 Domain IV that Adopts a Partially Folded Conformation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 363(2). 469–481. 16 indexed citations
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Charbonnier, Sébastian, Laurent Miguet, Noëlle Potier, et al.. (2005). 1H and 15N resonance assignment, secondary structure and dynamic behaviour of the C-terminal domain of human papillomavirus oncoprotein E6. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 31(2). 129–141. 14 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Roger, D. L. Baulch, R. A. Cox, et al.. (2004). Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume I - gas phase reactions of O x , HO x , NO x and SO x species. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 4(6). 1461–1738. 1425 indexed citations breakdown →
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Atkinson, Roger. (2003). Kinetics of the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals with alkanes and cycloalkanes. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 3(6). 2233–2307. 246 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Roger & Vladimı́r Saudek. (2001). The direct determination of protein structure by NMR without assignment. FEBS Letters. 510(1-2). 1–4. 15 indexed citations
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Kwok, Eric S. C., Janet Arey, & Roger Atkinson. (1996). Alkoxy Radical Isomerization in the OH Radical-Initiated Reactions of C4−C8 n-Alkanes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(1). 214–219. 70 indexed citations
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Han, Inkyu, et al.. (1995). ABSTRACTS. Obesity Research. 3(S4). 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Roger & R. Alan Plumb. (1994). An observational study of the ozone dilution effect: Ozone transport in the austral spring stratosphere. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Roger, et al.. (1992). Formation of OH radicals in the gas phase reactions of O3 with a series of terpenes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(D5). 6065–6073. 290 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Roger, D. L. Baulch, R. A. Cox, et al.. (1989). Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Supplement II. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 18. 881–1097. 27 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Roger, A. M. Posner, & J. P. Quirk. (1971). Kinetics of heterogeneous isotopic exchange reactions: derivation of an Elovich equation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 324(1558). 247–256. 20 indexed citations

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