D. Fowler

33.0k citations

359 papers · 18.3k · 3 hit papers · h-index 71

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Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
Soil Science top 0.2%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 143
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 131
Global and Planetary Change 126
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 69
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 36

Co-authors: J.N. Cape (70 shared papers)Mark A. Sutton (57 shared papers)Ute Skiba (40 shared papers)Mhairi Coyle (25 shared papers)Eiko Nemitz (47 shared papers)Christophe Fléchard (20 shared papers)Ian D. Leith (44 shared papers)Lucy J. Sheppard (32 shared papers)
Journals: Environmental Pollution (32 papers)Atmospheric Environment (27 papers)Water Air and Soil Pollution Focus (23 papers)Water Air & Soil Pollution (15 papers)Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (14 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Netherlands

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D. Fowler

345 papers receiving 17.2k citations

D. Fowler's Hit Papers

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Changing patterns of global nitrogen deposition driven by socio-economic development 2025 · 17 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Nature Communications
2015 Atmospheric chemistry and physics
2013 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

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1	The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·D. Fowler, Mhairi Coyle, Ute Skiba, Mark A. Sutton, J.N. Cape, Stefan Reis, Lucy J. Sheppard, Alan Jenkins, Bruna Grizzetti, James N. Galloway, Peter M. Vitousek, Allison M. Leach, Lex Bouwman, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Frank Dentener, David S. Stevenson, Marcus Amann, Maren Voß Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1451
2	Tropospheric ozone and its precursors from the urban to the global scale from air quality to short-lived climate forcer Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·P. S. Monks, Alexander T. Archibald, Augustin Colette, Owen R. Cooper, Mhairi Coyle, Richard G. Derwent, D. Fowler, Claire Granier, Kathy S. Law, Gina Mills, David S. Stevenson, Oksana Tarasova, V. Thouret, Erika von Schneidemesser, Roberto Sommariva, Oliver Wild, M. L. Williams Hit paper breakdown →	2015	1017
3	Oxidation of atmospheric methane in Northern European soils, comparison with other ecosystems, and uncertainties in the global terrestrial sink Global Change Biology ·Keith A. Smith, K. E. Dobbie, B.C. Ball, Lars R. Bakken, Bishal K. Sitaula, Sissel Hansen, R. Brumme, Werner Borken, Søren Christensen, A. Priemé, D. Fowler, Jannette MacDonald, Ute Skiba, Leif Klemedtsson, Åsa Kasimir‐Klemedtsson, Anna Degórska, P. Orlanski	2000	389
4	Ground-level ozone in the 21st century: future trends, impacts and policy implications Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) ·D. Fowler, Markus Amann, Ross Anderson, M.R. Ashmore, Peter M. Cox, Michael H. Depledge, Dick Derwent, Peringe Grennfelt, C. N. Hewitt, Øystein Hov, Mike Jenkin, Frank Kelly, Peter S. Liss, M. J. Pilling, J. A. Pyle, Julia Slingo, David S. Stevenson	2008	366
5	Chemistry and the Linkages between Air Quality and Climate Change Chemical Reviews ·Erika von Schneidemesser, P. S. Monks, J. D. Allan, Lori Bruhwiler, Piers Forster, D. Fowler, Axel Lauer, William T. Morgan, Pauli Paasonen, Mattia Righi, Kateřina Šindelářová, Mark A. Sutton	2015	340
6	Quantifying the effect of urban tree planting on concentrations and depositions of PM10 in two UK conurbations Atmospheric Environment ·Alan G. McDonald, W.J. Bealey, D. Fowler, U. Dragosits, Ute Skiba, R. I. Smith, R. Donovan, H.E. Brett, C. N. Hewitt, Eiko Nemitz	2007	331
7	Nitrogen deposition threatens species richness of grasslands across Europe Environmental Pollution ·Carly Stevens, Cecilia Duprè, Edu Dorland, Cassandre Gaudnik, David Gowing, Albert Bleeker, Martin Diekmann, Didier Alard, Roland Bobbink, D. Fowler, Emmanuel Corcket, J. O. Mountford, Vigdis Vandvik, Per Arild Aarrestad, Serge Muller, Nancy B. Dise	2010	299
8	Ammonia emissions from non-agricultural sources in the UK Atmospheric Environment ·M. A. Sutton, U. Dragosits, Y. Sim Tang, D. Fowler	2000	288
9	London–East Anglia randomised controlled trial of cognitive–behavioural therapy for psychosis The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Philippa Garety, D. Fowler, Elizabeth Kuipers, Daniel Freeman, Graham Dunn, Paul Bebbington, Clare Hadley, Steven Jones	1997	255
10	Transboundary air pollution: acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone in the UK OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·D. Fowler, Richard G. Derwent	2001	249
11	Deposition of atmospheric pollutants on forests Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·D. Fowler, J.N. Cape, M. H. Unsworth	1989	238
12	Deposition of fixed atmospheric nitrogen and foliar nitrogen content of bryophytes and Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull Environmental Pollution ·C.E.R. Pitcairn, D. Fowler, J. Grace	1995	224
13	The Global Exposure of Forests to Air Pollutants Water Air & Soil Pollution ·D. Fowler, J.N. Cape, Mhairi Coyle, Christophe Fléchard, Johan Kuylenstierna, Kevin Hicks, Dick Derwent, Colin Johnson, David Fowler	1999	220
14	Nitrification and denitrification as sources of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide in a sandy loam soil Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Ute Skiba, Keith A. Smith, D. Fowler	1993	218
15	Linking land‐atmosphere‐stream carbon fluxes in a lowland peatland system Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·M. F. Billett, Sheila M. Palmer, D. Hope, Claire Deacon, R.L. Storeton-West, K.J. Hargreaves, Christophe Fléchard, D. Fowler	2004	217
16	Dry deposition of reactive nitrogen to European ecosystems: a comparison of inferential models across the NitroEurope network Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Christophe Fléchard, Eiko Nemitz, R. I. Smith, D. Fowler, Alex Vermeulen, Albert Bleeker, Jan Willem Erisman, David Simpson, Leiming Zhang, Y. Sim Tang, Mark A. Sutton	2011	209
17	Regional estimation of pollutant gas dry deposition in the UK: model description, sensitivity analyses and outputs Atmospheric Environment ·R. I. Smith, D. Fowler, Mark A. Sutton, Christophe Fléchard, Mhairi Coyle	2000	204
18	Measurements and parameterizations of small aerosol deposition velocities to grassland, arable crops, and forest: Influence of surface roughness length on deposition Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·M. W. Gallagher, Eiko Nemitz, J. R. Dorsey, D. Fowler, Mark A. Sutton, Michael Flynn, J.H. Duyzer	2002	189
19	The relationship between nitrogen deposition, species composition and foliar nitrogen concentrations in woodland flora in the vicinity of livestock farms Environmental Pollution ·C.E.R. Pitcairn, Ian D. Leith, Lucy J. Sheppard, Mark A. Sutton, D. Fowler, R.C. Munro, Sim Tang, D. Wilson	1998	189
20	Nitric oxide emissions from agricultural soils in temperate and tropical climates: sources, controls and mitigation options Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems ·Ute Skiba, D. Fowler, Keith A. Smith	1997	174

About D. Fowler

D. Fowler is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology, having authored 359 papers that have together received 18.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (131 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (69 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (61 papers), Plant responses to elevated CO2 (55 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (54 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (37 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (36 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (7.3k citations), Soil Science (2.8k citations), Global and Planetary Change (5.9k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.7k citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (3.7k citations). D. Fowler has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include J.N. Cape, Mark A. Sutton, Ute Skiba, Mhairi Coyle, Eiko Nemitz, Christophe Fléchard, Ian D. Leith, Lucy J. Sheppard, R. I. Smith and C.E.R. Pitcairn. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Pollution, Atmospheric Environment, Water Air and Soil Pollution Focus, Water Air & Soil Pollution and Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

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