OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Indoor Air is 13. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event	447
Indoor transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2	291
Recognizing and controlling airborne transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 in indoor environments	99
Indoor CO ₂ concentrations and cognitive function: A critical review	83
Close contact behavior in indoor environment and transmission of respiratory infection	73
Residential air‐change rates: A critical review	66
Indoor acids and bases	66
Indoor ozone: Concentrations and influencing factors	63
Airborne transmission of COVID‐19 virus in enclosed spaces: An overview of research methods	59
Basic routes of transmission of respiratory pathogens—A new proposal for transmission categorization based on respiratory spray, inhalation, and touch	51
The Indoor Chemical Human Emissions and Reactivity (ICHEAR) project: Overview of experimental methodology and preliminary results	51
Volatile organic compound emissions during HOMEChem	48
Experimental study on sleep quality affected by carbon dioxide concentration	45
Decreased humidity improves cognitive performance at extreme high indoor temperature	44
Effects of increased humidity on physiological responses, thermal comfort, perceived air quality, and Sick Building Syndrome symptoms at elevated indoor temperatures for subjects in a hot‐humid climat	43
Seasonal variation in airborne infection risk in schools due to changes in ventilation inferred from monitored carbon dioxide	42
Poor ventilation worsens short‐range airborne transmission of respiratory infection	41
Evaluation of SARS‐COV‐2 transmission and infection in airliner cabins	39
Association of subjective health symptoms with indoor air quality in European office buildings: The OFFICAIR project	39
Associations of indoor carbon dioxide concentrations, air temperature, and humidity with perceived air quality and sick building syndrome symptoms in Chinese homes	38
Experimental investigation of far‐field human cough airflows from healthy and influenza‐infected subjects	38
Negative ions offset cardiorespiratory benefits of PM _2.5 reduction from residential use of negative ion air purifiers	38
Health effects of exposure to indoor volatile organic compounds from 1980 to 2017: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	37
Hypothesis: SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission is predominated by the short‐range airborne route and exacerbated by poor ventilation	37
Indoor exposure levels of bacteria and fungi in residences, schools, and offices in China: A systematic review	36

Perceived air quality and cognitive performance decrease at moderately raised indoor temperatures even when clothed for comfort	36
Human exposure to air contaminants in sports environments	36
Real‐time measurements of PM_2.5and ozone to assess the effectiveness of residential indoor air filtration in Shanghai homes	36
A review on the applied techniques of exhaled airflow and droplets characterization	34
Qualitative and quantitative schlieren optical measurement of the human thermal plume	34
What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during theCOVID‐19 pandemic?	34
Quantificational exposure, sources, and health risks posed by heavy metals in indoor and outdoor household dust in a typical smelting area in China	34
Three‐dimensional analysis of the effect of human movement on indoor airflow patterns	33
Quantification and source characterization of volatile organic compounds from exercising and application of chlorine‐based cleaning products in a university athletic center	32
Indoor air quality and the associated health risk in primary school buildings in Central Europe – The InAirQ study	31
Indoor aerosol science aspects of SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission	31
Probable aerosol transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a poorly ventilated courtroom	31
Indoor air quality in California homes with code‐required mechanical ventilation	31
Classrooms' indoor environmental conditions affecting the academic achievement of students and teachers in higher education: A systematic literature review	31
The impact of indoor thermal stratification on the dispersion of human speech droplets	30
Associations of bedroom air temperature and CO ₂ concentration with subjective perceptions and sleep quality during transition seasons	30
A recurrent neural network using historical data to predict time series indoor PM2.5 concentrations for residential buildings	30
Reducing aerosol transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 in hospital elevators	29
Volatile organic compounds in 169 energy‐efficient dwellings in Switzerland	29
Indoor solid fuel use for heating and cooking with blood pressure and hypertension: A cross‐sectional study among middle‐aged and older adults in China	28
Development and application of an indoor carbon dioxide metric	27
What is the relationship between indoor air quality parameters and airborne microorganisms in hospital environments? A systematic review and meta‐analysis	27
Real‐time organic aerosol chemical speciation in the indoor environment using extractive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry	26
Size‐resolved dynamics of indoor and outdoor fluorescent biological aerosol particles in a bedroom: A one‐month case study in Singapore	26
A numerical investigation of the potential effects of e‐cigarette smoking on local tissue dosimetry and the deterioration of indoor air quality	25
A review on reducing indoor particulate matter concentrations from personal‐level air filtration intervention under real‐world exposure situations	25
Occupational exposure and health risks of volatile organic compounds of hotel housekeepers: Field measurements of exposure and health risks	25
Bacterial transfer to fingertips during sequential surface contacts with and without gloves	25
Indoor air pollutant health prioritization in office buildings	24
SARS‐CoV‐2, other respiratory viruses and bacteria in aerosols: Report from Kuwait's hospitals	23
Cooking, smoking, and stunting: Effects of household air pollution sources on childhood growth in India	23
To prevent SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in designated quarantine hotel for travelers: Is the ventilation system a concern?	23
Indoor formaldehyde levels in residences, schools, and offices in China in the past 30 years: A systematic review	23
Disparities of indoor temperature in winter: A cross‐sectional analysis of the Nationwide Smart Wellness Housing Survey in Japan	23
Interpretability analysis for thermal sensation machine learning models: An exploration based on the SHAP approach	23
Could the ductless personalized ventilation be an alternative to the regular ducted personalized ventilation?	22
Quantitative aerobiologic analysis of an influenza human challenge‐transmission trial	22
Breathing zone and exhaled air re‐inhalation rate under transient conditions assessed with a computer‐simulated person	22
State of the art in additive manufacturing and its possible chemical and particle hazards—review	22
Cognitive performance was reduced by higher air temperature even when thermal comfort was maintained over the 24–28°C range	22
The spread of breathing air from wind instruments and singers using schlieren techniques	22
Work productivity in the office and at home during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional analysis of office workers in Japan	21
Indoor exposure to phthalates and its burden of disease in China	21
Airborne SARS‐CoV‐2 surveillance in hospital environment using high‐flowrate air samplers and its comparison to surface sampling	21
Indoor emissions of total and fluorescent supermicron particles during HOMEChem	20
Risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 in a car cabin assessed through 3D CFD simulations	20
Associations of perceived indoor environmental quality with stress in the workplace	20
Associations between respiratory infections and bacterial microbiome in student dormitories in Northern China	20
Occupational scenarios and exposure assessment to formaldehyde: A systematic review	20
Perceived indoor air quality in naturally ventilated primary schools in the UK: Impact of environmental variables and thermal sensation	20

Modeling the factors that influence exposure to SARS‐CoV‐2 on a subway train carriage	20
The relation between the intelligibility of irrelevant speech and cognitive performance—A revised model based on laboratory studies	19
The effects of a novel personal comfort system on thermal comfort, physiology and perceived indoor environmental quality, and its health implications ‐ Stimulating human thermoregulation without compr	19
Respiratory performance of humans exposed to moderate levels of carbon dioxide	19
Technical control of nanoparticle emissions from desktop 3D printing	19
Identification of SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA in healthcare heating, ventilation, and air conditioning units	19
Portable air cleaners and residential exposure to SARS‐CoV‐2 aerosols: A real‐world study	19
Affordable measures to monitor and alarm nosocomial SARS‐CoV‐2 infection due to poor ventilation	19
The COVID‐19 pandemic is a global indoor air crisis that should lead to change: A message commemorating 30 years of Indoor Air	19
What is suitable social distancing for people wearing face masks during the COVID‐19 pandemic?	19
Shotgun metagenomics of dust microbiome from flight deck and cabin in civil aviation aircraft	19
Investigating the relation between electroencephalogram, thermal comfort, and cognitive performance in neutral to hot indoor environment	18
Spatial distributions of ozonolysis products from human surfaces in ventilated rooms	18
Pilot study of the effects of ventilation and ventilation noise on sleep quality in the young and elderly	18
Particulate matter emitted from ultrasonic humidifiers—Chemical composition and implication to indoor air	18
Emotional impact, task performance and task load of green walls exposure in a virtual environment	18
Cabin air quality on non‐smoking commercial flights: A review of published data on airborne pollutants	17
Factors affecting variability in gaseous and particle microenvironmental air pollutant concentrations in Hong Kong primary and secondary schools	17
Photolysis‐driven indoor air chemistry following cleaning of hospital wards	17
Associations between ventilation and children’s asthma and allergy in naturally ventilated Chinese homes	17
Concurrent assessment of personal, indoor, and outdoor PM _2.5 and PM ₁ levels and source contributions using novel low‐cost sensin	17
Aerosol and bioaerosol particle size and dynamics from defective sanitary plumbing systems	17
Health effects of exposure to sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and carbon monoxide between 1980 and 2019: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	17
Correlating indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity in a sample of buildings in tropical climates	17
Emission rate of carbon dioxide while sleeping	17
Impacts of Chinese spring festival on household PM _2.5 pollution and blood pressure of rural residents	16
Investigation of bacterial and fungal communities in indoor and outdoor air of elementary school classrooms by 16S rRNA gene and ITS region sequencing	16
Semivolatile organic compounds in French schools: Partitioning between the gas phase, airborne particles and settled dust	16
Returning characteristics of pollutants for a local domain in the presence of returning and recirculating airflow in indoor environments	16
Wind tunnel‐based testing of a photoelectrochemical oxidative filter‐based air purification unit in coronavirus and influenza aerosol removal and inactivation	16
The distorted power of medical surgical masks for changing the human thermal psychology of indoor personnel in summer	16
A new UVC‐LED system for disinfection of pathogens generated by toilet flushing	16
Spatial analysis of the impact of UVGI technology in occupied rooms using ray‐tracing simulation	16
Health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds at daycare facilities	15
Effects of air purification of indoor PM _2.5 on the cardiorespiratory biomarkers in young healthy adults	15
Does thermal control improve visual satisfaction? Interactions between occupants’ self‐perceived control, visual, thermal, and overall satisfaction	15
Particle release and transport from human skin and clothing: A CFD modeling methodology	15
Polychlorinated biphenyls in indoor dust from urban dwellings of Lahore, Pakistan: Congener profile, toxicity equivalency, and human health implications	15
Hidden hazards of SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in hospitals: A systematic review	15
The respiratory infection inhalation route continuum	15
Global magnitude and long‐term trend of ischemic heart disease burden attributed to household air pollution from solid fuels in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019	15
Real‐time molecular characterization of air pollutants in a Hong Kong residence: Implication of indoor source emissions and heterogeneous chemistry	15
The effects of warmth and CO ₂ concentration, with and without bioeffluents, on the emission of CO ₂ by occupants and physiologica	15
Effectiveness of air‐purifying devices and measures to reduce the exposure to bioaerosols in school classrooms	15
Combining culturing and 16S rDNA sequencing to reveal seasonal and room variations of household airborne bacteria and correlative environmental factors in nanjing, southeast china	15
Fungi and their secondary metabolites in water‐damaged indoors after a major flood event in eastern Croatia	15
Control of airborne infectious disease in buildings: Evidence and research priorities	15
Comparison of three air samplers for the collection of four nebulized respiratory viruses ‐ Collection of respiratory viruses from air –	15
Modeling approaches and performance for estimating personal exposure to household air pollution: A case study in Kenya	14
Speech is special: The stress effects of speech, noise, and silence during tasks requiring concentration	14
Indoor exposure levels and risk assessment of volatile organic compounds in residences, schools, and offices in China from 2000 to 2021: A systematic review	14
Kinetic multi‐layer model of film formation, growth, and chemistry (KM‐FILM): Boundary layer processes, multi‐layer adsorption, bulk diffusion, and heterogeneous reactions	14
SARS‐CoV ‐2 air sampling: A systematic review on the methodologies for detection and infectivity	14
Indoor exposure levels of ammonia in residences, schools, and offices in China from 1980 to 2019: A systematic review	14
Ultrafine particle emission from floor cleaning products	14
Modeling turbulent transport of aerosols inside rooms using eddy diffusivity	14
Inter‐zonal airflow in multi‐unit residential buildings: A review of the magnitude and interaction of driving forces, measurement techniques and magnitudes, and its impact on building performance	14
Modeling the viral load dependence of residence times of virus‐laden droplets from COVID‐19‐infected subjects in indoor environments	13
Effectiveness of portable HEPA air cleaners on reducing indoor PM _2.5 and NH ₃ in an agricultural cohort of children with asthma:	13
Indoor phthalate exposure and contributions to total intake among pregnant women in the SELMA study	13
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in air‐conditioner filter dust of indoor urban setting: Implication for health risk in a developing country	13
Recent progress on studies of airborne infectious disease transmission, air quality, and thermal comfort in the airliner cabin air environment	13
Impact of do‐it‐yourself air cleaner design on the reduction of simulated wildfire smoke in a controlled chamber environment	13
Modeling microbial growth in carpet dust exposed to diurnal variations in relative humidity using the “Time‐of‐Wetness” framework	13
The home environment in a nationwide sample of multi‐family buildings in Sweden: associations with ocular, nasal, throat and dermal symptoms, headache, and fatigue among adults	13
The effects of carbon dioxide exposure concentrations on human vigilance and sentiment in an enclosed workplace environment	13
Household and behavioral determinants of indoor PM _2.5 in a rural solid fuel burning Native American community	13
Determinants of ultrafine particles, black carbon, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide concentrations inside vehicles in the Paris area: PUF‐TAXI study	13
Effective design of barrier enclosure to contain aerosol emissions from COVID‐19 patients	13
Real‐time characterization of aerosol particle composition, sources and influences of increased ventilation and humidity in an office	13
Microbial exposures in moisture‐damaged schools and associations with respiratory symptoms in students: A multi‐country environmental exposure study	13
Indoor air quality in new and renovated low‐income apartments with mechanical ventilation and natural gas cooking in California	13
The past, present, and future of indoor air chemistry	13
Residential indoor air quality interventions through a social‐ecological systems lens: A systematic review	13