OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aerosol Science and Technology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The influence of temperature, humidity, and simulated sunlight on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols	150
Comparing aerosol concentrations and particle size distributions generated by singing, speaking and breathing	139
Testing mobile air purifiers in a school classroom: Reducing the airborne transmission risk for SARS-CoV-2	133
Inward and outward effectiveness of cloth masks, a surgical mask, and a face shield	129
Efficacy of face masks, neck gaiters and face shields for reducing the expulsion of simulated cough-generated aerosols	111
Filtration efficiency of a large set of COVID-19 face masks commonly used in Brazil	40
Analytical challenges when sampling and characterising exhaled aerosol	38
Characterizing the performance of a do-it-yourself (DIY) box fan air filter	35
A comparison of performance metrics for cloth masks as source control devices for simulated cough and exhalation aerosols	34
Properties of materials considered for improvised masks	31
Composition of particulate matter during a wildfire smoke episode in an urban area	31
Assessing the effectiveness of using various face coverings to mitigate the transport of airborne particles produced by coughing indoors	30
Comparison of the performance of aerosol sampling devices for measuring infectious SARS-CoV-2 aerosols	29
Reducing COVID-19 airborne transmission risks on public transportation buses: an empirical study on aerosol dispersion and control	29
Evaluation of particle filtration efficiency of commercially available materials for homemade face mask usage	26
Filtration efficiency, breathability, and reusability of improvised materials for face masks	26
Quantification of cooking organic aerosol in the indoor environment using aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometers	25
Aerosol and droplet generation from performing with woodwind and brass instruments	22
Particle size measurement of electronic cigarette aerosol with a cascade impactor	20
Short-range bioaerosol deposition and inhalation of cough droplets and performance of personalized ventilation	20
Determination of the collision rate coefficient between charged iodic acid clusters and iodic acid using the appearance time method	20
An indicator for sulfuric acid–amine nucleation in atmospheric environments	19
Improved PM_2.5 concentration estimates from low-cost sensors using calibration models categorized by relative humidity	18
Laboratory evaluation of the effects of particle size and composition on the performance of integrated devices containing Plantower particle sensors	18
Measuring stability of virus in aerosols under varying environmental conditions	18

Optical and morphological properties of soot particles generated by the miniCAST 5201 BC generator	18
Short-range bioaerosol deposition and recovery of viable viruses and bacteria on surfaces from a cough and implications for respiratory disease transmission	18
Effect of air cleaner on reducing concentration of indoor-generated viruses with or without natural ventilation	18
Solvent effects on chemical composition and optical properties of extracted secondary brown carbon constituents	17
Mechanisms of soot-aggregate restructuring and compaction	17
Characterization of thermal decomposition of oxygenated organic compounds in FIGAERO-CIMS	17
Detailed characterization of particle emissions from battery fires	16
Emission rates, size distributions, and generation mechanism of oral respiratory droplets	15
Validating CFD predictions of nasal spray deposition: Inclusion of cloud motion effects for two spray pump designs	15
Organic composition of three different size ranges of aerosol particles over the Southern Ocean	14
Single-particle elemental analysis of vacuum bag dust samples collected from the International Space Station by SEM/EDX and sp-ICP-ToF-MS	14
Condensation sampler efficiency for the recovery and infectivity preservation of viral bioaerosols	14
Propagation in outdoor environments of aerosol droplets produced by breath and light cough	13
A consistent soot nucleation model for improved prediction of strain rate sensitivity in ethylene/air counterflow flames	13
Laboratory study of physical barrier efficiency for worker protection against SARS-CoV-2 while standing or sitting	13
Lithium-ion battery explosion aerosols: Morphology and elemental composition	12
Evaluation of two low-cost PM monitors under different laboratory and indoor conditions	11
The organic coating unit, an all-in-one system for reproducible generation of secondary organic matter aerosol	11
Influence of rapid laser heating on differently matured soot with double-pulse laser-induced incandescence	11
High-throughput generation of aircraft-like soot	11
Determining the sintering kinetics of Fe and Fe_xO_y-Nanoparticles in a well-defined model flow reactor	10
Effects of surface topography of SiO₂ particles on the heterogeneous condensation process observed by environmental scanning electron microscopy	10
A highly efficient cloth facemask design	10
Effect of relative humidity on the performance of five cost-effective PM sensors	10
Morphology and formation of crystalline leucine microparticles from a co-solvent system using multi-orifice monodisperse spray drying	9
Intercomparative measurements of particle emission from biomass pellet boiler with portable and stationary dilution devices	9
HELIOS/SICRIT/mass spectrometry for analysis of aerosols in engine exhaust	9
Challenges of integrating aerosol dynamics into SARS-CoV-2 transmission models	9
Comparison of methods of functional group analysis using results from laboratory and field aerosol measurements	9
Effect of spray properties on aerosol scavenging efficiency with water mist	9
Computational and experimental study of aerosol dispersion in a ventilated room	9
Laboratory evaluation of organic aerosol relative ionization efficiencies in the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer and aerosol chemical speciation monitor	8
Particle detection using the dual-vaporizer configuration of the soot particle Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (SP-AMS)	8
Albedo reduction for snow surfaces contaminated with soot aerosols: Comparison of experimental results and models	8
Characteristics of BrC and BC emissions from controlled diffusion flame and diesel engine combustion	8
Development of an aerosol sampler for pressurized systems and its application to investigate the effect of residence time on PM1 formation in a 15 bar oxy-coal combustor	8
Variability of the penetration of particles through facemasks	8
Water uptake and optical properties of mixed organic-inorganic particles	8
Quantifying elemental and organic carbon in diesel particulate matter by mid-infrared spectrometry	7
How effective are face coverings in reducing transmission of COVID-19?	7
Comparison of resuspended road dust concentration for identifying optimum sampling position on a mobile laboratory vehicle	7
Fundamentals of low-cost aerosol sensor design and operation	7
Morphological change of solid ammonium sulfate particles below the deliquescence relative humidity: Experimental reproduction of atmospheric sulfate particle shapes	7
Atmospheric aging increases the cytotoxicity of bare soot particles in BEAS-2B lung cells	7
Bias in quantification of light absorption enhancement of black carbon aerosol coated with low-volatility brown carbon	7
Laboratory determination of gravimetric correction factors for real-time area measurements of electronic cigarette aerosols	7
Model of aerosol evolution in high supersaturated glycerol-air vapor mixtures	7
Discrimination between individual dust and bioparticles using aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry	7
Influence of puff topographies on e-liquid heating temperature, emission characteristics and modeled lung deposition of Puff Bar™	7
Measurement of transient nanoparticle emissions of pulse-jet cleaned filters applying an engine exhaust particle sizer	7

On the behavior of inhaled fibers in a replica of the first airway bifurcation under steady flow conditions	7
Dry aerosol particle deposition on indoor surfaces: Review of direct measurement techniques	7
Spray scrubber for nanoparticle removal from incineration fumes from the incineration of waste containing nanomaterials: Theoretical and experimental investigations	7
Comparison of the survival of different isolates of SARS-CoV-2 in evaporating aerosols	6
Kinetic model for competitive condensation of vapor between concave and convex surfaces in a soot aggregate	6
Visualization and numerical investigations on heterogeneous nucleation of water vapor on the surface of SiO₂, Fe₂O₃ and CaSO₄ particles	6
Light absorption and scattering properties of indole secondary organic aerosol prepared under various oxidant and relative humidity conditions	6
Experimental study on the rebound characteristics of oblique collision of ash particles and the influence of ammonium bisulfate	6
Design and experimental setup of a new concept of an aerosol-on-demand print head	6
Analytical and numerical calculation of the detachment of particle structures from fibers	6
Application of planar auto-compensating laser-induced incandescence to low-sooting turbulent flames and investigation of the detection gate width effect	6
Quantitative detection of aerial suspension of particles with a full-frame visual camera for atmospheric wind tunnel studies	6
Constant vs. cyclic flow when testing face masks and respirators as source control devices for simulated respiratory aerosols	6
Simultaneous inboard and outboard, inflight measurements of ultrafine particle concentrations	6
Emerging applications of microfluidic techniques for in vitro toxicity studies of atmospheric particulate matter	6
On aerosol formation by condensation of oil vapor in the crankcase of combustion engines	6
Influence of the transient airflow pattern on the temporal evolution of microparticle resuspension: Application to ventilated duct during fan acceleration	6
Application of machine learning approaches in the analysis of mass absorption cross-section of black carbon aerosols: Aerosol composition dependencies and sensitivity analyses	6
Cantilever-enhanced photoacoustic measurement of light-absorbing aerosols	6
NanoSpot^TM collector for aerosol sample collection for direct microscopy and spectroscopy analysis	5
Quantifying brown carbon light absorption in real-world biofuel combustion emissions	5
Performance of nanofibrous media in portable air cleaners	5
Exploring deposition pattern characteristics of aerosols and bioaerosols by inertial impaction for the development of real-time silicon MEMS mass detection systems	5
Impact of pre-charged particles on steady state and pulsed modes of unipolar diffusion chargers	5
Measuring size distributions of atmospheric aerosols using natural air ions	5
Molecular composition and gas-particle partitioning of indoor cooking aerosol: Insights from a FIGAERO-CIMS and kinetic aerosol modeling	5
The performance of an electrical ionizer as a bipolar aerosol charger for charging ultrafine particles	5
Macroscale modeling of electrostatically charged facemasks	5
Extending traceability in airborne particle size distribution measurements beyond 10 µm: Counting efficiency and unit-to-unit variability of four aerodynamic particle size spectrometers	5
Toward a simplified calibration method for 23 nm automotive particle counters using atomized inorganic salt particles	5
Estimating the reduction in SARS-CoV-2 viral load by common face masks with a simple leak model	5
Multiscale numerical modeling of solid particle penetration and hydrocarbons removal in a catalytic stripper	5
Airborne nanoparticle collection efficiency of a TEM grid-equipped sampling system	5
Efficacy of aerosol reduction measures for dental aerosol generating procedures	5
Experimental verification of principal losses in a regulatory particulate matter emissions sampling system for aircraft turbine engines	5
Identification and particle sizing of submicron mineral dust by using complex forward-scattering amplitude data	5
Particle volatility, size distribution and PAH/alkyl-PAH profiles during toluene pyrolysis in a flow reactor	5