OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Air Quality Atmosphere and Health is 34. 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 2020-06-01 to 2024-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of lockdown on air quality in India during COVID-19 pandemic	231
A brief review of socio-economic and environmental impact of Covid-19	186
Climate comfort depending on different altitudes and land use in the urban areas in Kahramanmaras City	115
Does the inflow of remittances and energy consumption increase CO2 emissions in the era of globalization? A global perspective	105
Valuation of air pollution externalities: comparative assessment of economic damage and emission reduction under COVID-19 lockdown	104
Fluctuations in environmental pollutants and air quality during the lockdown in the USA and China: two sides of COVID-19 pandemic	88
Co-variance nexus between COVID-19 mortality, humidity, and air quality index in Wuhan, China: New insights from partial and multiple wavelet coherence	78
Air pollution and its health impacts in Malaysia: a review	75
Environmental pollution and COVID-19 outbreak: insights from Germany	74
The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the air quality of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia	70
Microplastics as emerging atmospheric pollutants: a review and bibliometric analysis	66
European Union policies and their role in combating climate change over the years	65
Comparative study on air quality status in Indian and Chinese cities before and during the COVID-19 lockdown period	63
Emission reduction of black carbon and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown	60
Air pollution improvement and mortality rate during COVID-19 pandemic in India: global intersectional study	60
UK COVID-19 lockdown: 100 days of air pollution reduction?	57
Transport CO2 emissions, drivers, and mitigation: an empirical investigation in India	55
Integrating of settlement area in urban and forest area of Bartin with climatic condition decision for managements	54
Temporal variability of atmospheric particulate-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) over central east India: sources and carcinogenic risk assessment	49
Biological contaminants in the indoor air environment and their impacts on human health	48
Atmospheric micro (nano) plastics: future growing concerns for human health	46
A spatial econometric empirical research on the impact of industrial agglomeration on haze pollution in China	45
Calculation of comfortable thermal conditions for Mersin urban city planning in Turkey	44
Has air quality improved in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic? A parametric analysis	43
Viral respiratory infections and air pollutants	43

Air quality improvement from COVID-19 lockdown: evidence from China	42
Impacts of nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak on air quality in Bangladesh: a spatiotemporal analysis	41
Epigrammatic study on the effect of lockdown amid Covid-19 pandemic on air quality of most polluted cities of Rajasthan (India)	40
Using indoor plants as biomonitors for detection of toxic metals by tobacco smoke	39
Consequences of COVID-19 on the social isolation of the Chinese economy: accounting for the role of reduction in carbon emissions	38
Applicability of machine learning in modeling of atmospheric particle pollution in Bangladesh	38
A study on variation of atmospheric pollutants over Bhubaneswar during imposition of nationwide lockdown in India for the COVID-19 pandemic	34
The association between COVID-19 deaths and short-term ambient air pollution/meteorological condition exposure: a retrospective study from Wuhan, China	34
How is COVID-19 affecting environmental pollution in US cities? Evidence from asymmetric Fourier causality test	34
Predictive analysis of CO2 emissions and the role of environmental technology, energy use and economic output: evidence from emerging economies	34