W. J. Collins

28.5k citations

128 papers · 9.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 54

Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 81
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate 53
Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 65
- Climate variability and models 16
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds 10
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.5%
- Air Quality and Health Impacts 20
Environmental Engineering top 0.5%
- Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency 5
Automotive Engineering top 0.5%
- Vehicle emissions and performance 9

Co-authors: David S. Stevenson Richard G. Derwent Stephen Sitch Chris E. Johnson Michael Sanderson Chris Huntingford Peter M. Cox Oliviér Boucher
Cited by: Atmospheric Science Global and Planetary Change Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Journals: Nature (1 paper)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (12 papers)Environmental Science & Technology (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Norway

In The Last Decade

W. J. Collins

125 papers receiving 9.2k citations

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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.

2012 Annual Review of Plant Biology
2011 Geoscientific model development
2009 Atmospheric Environment
2007 Nature

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1	Opinion: The role of AerChemMIP in advancing climate and air quality research Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Paul T. Griffiths,Laura J. Wilcox,Robert J. Allen,Vaishali Naïk,Fiona M. O’Connor,Michael J. Prather,Alexander T. Archibald,Flossie Brown,Makoto Deushi,W. J. Collins,Stephanie Fiedler,Naga Oshima,Lee T. Murray,B. H. Samset,Chris Smith,Steven T. Turnock,Duncan Watson‐Parris,Paul J. Young	2025	1
2	Regional variation in the effectiveness of methane-based and land-based climate mitigation options Earth System Dynamics ·Garry Hayman,Edward Comyn‐Platt,Chris Huntingford,Anna Harper,Tom Powell,Peter M. Cox,W. J. Collins,Christopher P. Webber,Jason Lowe,Stephen Sitch,Joanna I. House,Jonathan Doelman,Detlef P. van Vuuren,Sarah Chadburn,Eleanor Burke,Nicola Gedney	2021	7
3	Energy Budget Constraints on the Time History of Aerosol Forcing and Climate Sensitivity Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Chris Smith,Glen Harris,Matthew D. Palmer,Nicolas Bellouin,W. J. Collins,Gunnar Myhre,Michael Schulz,Jean‐Christophe Golaz,Mark A. Ringer,Trude Storelvmo,Piers Forster	2021	41
4	Significant climate benefits from near-term climate forcer mitigation in spite of aerosol reductions Robert J. Allen,Larry W. Horowitz,Vaishali Naïk,Naga Oshima,Fiona M. O’Connor,Steven T. Turnock,Sungbo Shim,Philippe Le Sager,Twan van Noije,Kostas Tsigaridis,Susanne E. Bauer,Lori T. Sentman,Jasmin G. John,Conor Broderick,Makoto Deushi,Gerd Folberth,Shinichiro Fujimori,W. J. Collins	2021	10
5	Effective Radiative Forcing and Adjustments in CMIP6 Chris Smith,Ryan J. Kramer,Gunnar Myhre,Kari Alterskjær,W. J. Collins,Robert Pincus,Piers Forster,(unknown)	2020	1
6	Trends in global tropospheric hydroxyl radical and methane lifetime since 1850 from AerChemMIP Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·David S. Stevenson,Alcide Zhao,Vaishali Naïk,Fiona M. O’Connor,Simone Tilmes,Guang Zeng,Lee T. Murray,W. J. Collins,Paul T. Griffiths,Sungbo Shim,Larry W. Horowitz,Lori T. Sentman,L. K. Emmons	2020	81
7	ESD Reviews: Climate feedbacks in the Earth system and prospects for their evaluation Earth System Dynamics ·Christoph Heinze,Veronika Eyring,Pierre Friedlingstein,Colin Jones,Yves Balkanski,W. J. Collins,Thierry Fichefet,Shuang Gao,Alex Hall,D. Ivanova,Wolfgang Knorr,Reto Knutti,Alexander Löw,Michael Ponater,Martin G. Schultz,Michael Schulz,A. Pier Siebesma,João Teixeira,George Tselioudis,Martin Vancoppenolle	2019	60
8	Author Correction: Carbon budgets for 1.5 and 2 °C targets lowered by natural wetland and permafrost feedbacks Nature Geoscience ·Edward Comyn‐Platt,Garry Hayman,Chris Huntingford,Sarah Chadburn,Eleanor Burke,Anna Harper,W. J. Collins,Christopher P. Webber,Tom Powell,Peter M. Cox,Nicola Gedney,Stephen Sitch	2018	2
9	Climate feedbacks in the Earth system and prospects for their evaluation CentAUR (University of Reading) ·Christoph Heinze,Veronika Eyring,Pierre Friedlingstein,Colin Jones,Yves Balkanski,W. J. Collins,Thierry Fichefet,Shuang Gao,Alex Hall,D. Ivanova,Wolfgang Knorr,Reto Knutti,Alexander Löw,Michael Ponater,Martin G. Schultz,Michael Schulz,A. Pier Siebesma,J. Teixeira,George Tselioudis,Martin Vancoppenolle	2018	4
10	Carbon budgets for 1.5 and 2 °C targets lowered by natural wetland and permafrost feedbacks Nature Geoscience ·Edward Comyn‐Platt,Garry Hayman,Chris Huntingford,Sarah Chadburn,Eleanor Burke,Anna Harper,W. J. Collins,Christopher P. Webber,Tom Powell,Peter M. Cox,Nicola Gedney,Stephen Sitch	2018	86
11	AerChemMIP: quantifying the effects of chemistry and aerosols in CMIP6 Geoscientific model development ·W. J. Collins,Jean‐François Lamarque,Michael Schulz,Oliviér Boucher,Veronika Eyring,Michaela I. Hegglin,Amanda C. Maycock,Gunnar Myhre,Michael J. Prather,Drew Shindell,Steven J. Smith	2017	192
12	Flexible parameter-sparse global temperature time profiles that stabilise at 1.5 and 2.0  °C Earth System Dynamics ·Chris Huntingford,Hui Yang,Anna Harper,Peter M. Cox,Nicola Gedney,Eleanor Burke,Jason Lowe,Garry Hayman,W. J. Collins,Stephen M. Smith,Edward Comyn‐Platt	2017	12
13	Flexible parameter-sparse global temperature time-profiles thatstabilise at 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C Chris Huntingford,Hui Yang,Anna Harper,Peter M. Cox,Nic Gedney,Eleanor Burke,Jason Lowe,Garry Hayman,W. J. Collins,Stephen M. Smith,Ed Comyn-Platt	2017	0
14	Regional and global temperature response to anthropogenic SO ₂ emissionsfrom China in three climate models Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Matthew Kasoar,Apostolos Voulgarakis,Jean‐François Lamarque,Drew Shindell,Nicolas Bellouin,W. J. Collins,G. Faluvegi,Kostas Tsigaridis	2016	49
15	Climate responses to anthropogenic emissions of short-lived climate pollutants Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·L. H. Baker,W. J. Collins,Dirk Olivié,Ribu Cherian,Øivind Hodnebrog,Gunnar Myhre,Johannes Quaas	2015	66
16	Evaluation of the new UKCA climate-composition model – Part 2: The Troposphere Geoscientific model development ·Fiona M. O’Connor,C. E. Johnson,Olaf Morgenstern,Nathan Luke Abraham,Peter Braesicke,Mohit Dalvi,Gerd Folberth,Michael Sanderson,P. Telford,Apostolos Voulgarakis,Paul J. Young,Guang Zeng,W. J. Collins,J. A. Pyle	2014	190
17	The influence of ozone precursor emissions from four world regions on tropospheric composition and radiative climate forcing Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·M. M. Fry,Vaishali Naïk,J. Jason West,M. D. Schwarzkopf,Arlene M. Fiore,W. J. Collins,Frank Dentener,Drew Shindell,Cyndi Atherton,D. Bergmann,B. N. Duncan,Peter Hess,Ian A. MacKenzie,Elina Marmer,Martin G. Schultz,Sophie Szopa,Oliver Wild,Guang Zeng	2012	90
18	P-009 Epidemiology ·Raquel A. Silva,Susan C. Anenberg,J. Jason West,Jean‐François Lamarque,Drew Shindell,D. Bergmann,Terje K. Berntsen,Philip Cameron‐Smith,W. J. Collins,S. J. Ghan,Béatrice Josse,Tatsuya Nagashima,Vaishali Naïk,David A. Plummer,José Manuel Matilla Rodríguez,Sophie Szopa,Guang Zeng	2012	1
19	Radiative Forcing by Long-Lived Greenhouse Gases: Calculations with the AER Radiative Transfer Models University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·W. J. Collins	2008	9
20	Subterranean clover as a naturalized plant in Australia [history, ecology, evolution] J. S. Gladstones,W. J. Collins	1983	12

About W. J. Collins

W. J. Collins is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, having authored 128 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (81 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (65 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (53 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (20 papers), Climate variability and models (16 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (10 papers), Vehicle emissions and performance (9 papers) and Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (6.3k citations), Global and Planetary Change (5.3k citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.7k citations). W. J. Collins has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. Frequent co-authors include David S. Stevenson, Richard G. Derwent, Stephen Sitch, Chris E. Johnson, Michael Sanderson, Chris Huntingford, Peter M. Cox, Oliviér Boucher, Drew Shindell and Lisa Emberson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

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