OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
List of Reviewers	70
The most important technologies and highlights for biogas production worldwide	62
Environmental sampling for disease surveillance: Recent advances and recommendations for best practice	48
An assessment of the uncertainties of methane generation in landfills	47
Social cost-benefit analysis of food waste management options on the premise of using food waste disposers	47
High-resolution analysis of seasonal spatial variation for urban air pollution: Implications for exposure assessment	24
Numerical simulation on exhaled aerosol transmission based on realistic oral-nasal structures and temperature distribution	20
Remembering S. Trivikrama Rao	19
Development, evaluation, and implementation of building downwash and plume rise enhancements in AERMOD	18
Discussion of “Atmospheric reduced nitrogen: Sources, transformations, effects, and management”	17
Experimental study of a full-scale hexagonal wet electrostatic precipitator for collection of black carbon and particulate matter generated by a marine diesel engine	16
Assessing the spatial distribution of odor at an urban waterfront using AERMOD coupled with sensor measurements	16
Assessment of aeolian dust concentration, elemental composition, and their wet and dry deposition fluxes over the Northeast Arabian Sea	15
Observations of ozone, acyl peroxy nitrates, and their precursors during summer 2019 at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico	15
Survey on the current leachate treatments of public municipal solid waste landfills and the potential impact of per- and polyfluorinatedalkyl substances in the Eastern and Northwestern United States	15
Formation of secondary organic material from gaseous precursors in wood smoke	14
Dr. Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. Selected as New Technical Editor in Chief of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	14
A fond farewell from the technical Editor-in-Chief	13
In memoriam: Delbert J. Eatough (1940–2022)	12
Emission factors of industrial boilers burning biomass-derived fuels	12
A meta-analysis of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide air quality monitoring associated with the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa	12
Enhancing removal of contaminants by organic waste-derived chars via steam activation and salt treatment	12
Exploring stakeholder views on total construction and demolition waste management towards sustainability: A case from Vietnam	12
Regional impacts on air quality and health of changing a manufacturing facility’s grid-boiler to a combined heat and power system	11
Key results from the salt lake regional smoke, ozone, and aerosol study (SAMOZA)	11

Food processing by-products and wastes as potential dust suppressants at mine sites: Results from unconfined compressive strength testing	11
Effect of medium-density fiberboard wastes ash on calcium silicate hydrate crystal of concrete	11
Ammonia emissions from a dairy housing and wastewater treatment plant quantified with an inverse dispersion method accounting for deposition loss	10
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on landfilling and recycling in the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	10
Managing the organic municipal waste in Palestine: Linking policy, practice, and stakeholders’ attitude toward composting	10
Evaluation of the adsorption performance and thermal treatment-associated regeneration of adsorbents for formaldehyde removal	10
Meteorological based parameters and ozone exceedances in Houston and other cities in Texas	10
Realistic operation of two residential cordwood-fired outdoor hydronic heater appliances—Part 2: Particle number and size	10
Measurement of visible dust emissions during almond nut-picking operations at various harvester settings	9
Development and validation of a route planning methodology for vehicle-based remote measurements of methane and other emissions from oil and gas wells and facilities	9
2022 List of Reviewers	9
Opportunities and challenges with implementing a recycling program for municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as a construction aggregate: A programmatic review	9
Unveiling underutilized public data on Canadian industrial pollutant transfers and disposals	9
Evaluation of selected solid adsorbents for passive sampling of atmospheric oil and natural gas non-methane hydrocarbons	9
A reflection on 10 years of the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative	9
Summary of PM_2.5 measurement artifacts associated with the Teledyne T640 PM Mass Monitor under controlled chamber experimental conditions using polydisperse ammonium sulfate aerosols and bi	8
Intelligent identification of fragmented non-magnetic materials for end-of-life refrigerator recycling	8
Spatio-temporal trajectory evolution and cause analysis of air pollution in Chengdu, China	8
Status and development of spent mushroom substrate recycling: A review	8
Computational modeling of woodstove pollutants in dilution tunnels	8
Spatial distribution of airborne bacterial communities in caged poultry houses	8
Removal of a mixture of formaldehyde and methanol vapors in biotrickling filters under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions: Potential application in ethanol production	8
Reaction kinetics and isotherms of commercial activated carbon in variable pressure adsorption of high compound VOCs	8
Monitoring gaseous pollutants using passive sampling in the Philadelphia region	8
Evaluation of a new low-cost particle sensor as an internet-of-things device for outdoor air quality monitoring	8
Assessment of waste workers occupational risk to microbial agents and cytotoxic effects of mixed contaminants present in the air of waste truck cabin and ventilation filters	7
Influence of acid and thermal treatment on regeneration of spent bleaching clay and conversion of residual oil to biodiesel	7
Impact of fueling protocols on emission outcomes for residential wood-fired appliances	7
Recovery of complete crystalline silicon cells from waste crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules	7
Correction	7
Online measurement of PM from residential wood heaters in a dilution tunnel	7
Effects of electrode materials and dimensions of an electrostatic spray scrubber on water droplet charging for dust removal	7
The air quality of Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: The impacts of forest fires on visibility	7
Introduction to the 2025 A&WMA Critical Review: Satellite data to support air quality assessment and management	7
Research on the types and toxicity of VOCs released from solvent-based inks in high temperature environment	6
Climate and health-relevant pollutant emissions from oil and natural gas boilers	6
Source apportionment of measured volatile organic compounds in Maricopa County, Arizona	6
Estimation of landfill gas production and potential utilization in a South Africa landfill	6
A brief review of methods for determining time-activity patterns in California	6
Impacts of wood species and moisture content on emissions from residential wood heaters	6
In memoriam: Peter K. Mueller (1926–2023)	6
Development of an integrated duty cycle test method to assess cordwood stove performance	6
Mobile laboratory measurements of air pollutants in Baltimore, MD elucidate issues of environmental justice	6
Realistic operation of two residential cordwood-fired outdoor hydronic heater appliances—Part 3: Optical properties of black and brown carbon emissions	6
Assessment of progress toward regional haze rule visibility goals using United States anthropogenic emissions rate of progress	6
Evaluating PM _2.5 element concentration measurements for a nationwide monitoring network	5
Circular economy for lithium-ion batteries and photovoltaic modules—status, challenges, and opportunities	5
Impact of PM _2.5 filter extraction solvent on oxidative potential and chemical analysis	5
Equilibrium and hysteresis formation of water vapor adsorption on microporous adsorbents: Effect of adsorbent properties and temperature	5
Long-term spatiotemporal evolution and coordinated control of air pollutants in a typical mega-mountain city of Cheng-Yu region under the “dual carbon” goal	5

Decision-making in biogas production projects: Paradigms and prospection	5
Residential wood heating: An overview of U.S. impacts and regulations	5
Evolution of community residents’ waste classification behavior based on multi-agent simulation	5
Absorption photometry of patterned deposits on IMPROVE PTFE filters	5
Application of the U.S. EPA procedure for determining method detection limits to EDXRF measurement of filter-based aerosol samples	5
Quantifying residual elemental carbon by thermal-optical analysis using an extended IMPROVE_A protocol with higher maximum temperature	5
A sincere thanks to our reviewers for their invaluable contributions	5
Low temperature destruction of gas-phase per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances using an alumina-based catalyst	5
Research on modified blast furnace dust in demulsification: The synergistic effect of ferric oxide, hydrophobic carbon, and polysilicate	5
Characterization of emissions from burning methyl-bromide-treated crop biomass	5
An alternative generic groundwater-to-indoor air attenuation factor for application in commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential settings	5
Estimation of total landfill surface methane emissions using geospatial approach combined with measured surface ambient air methane concentrations	5
Impact of lane-changing behavior on traffic emissions of road sections in multi-dimensional mixed traffic flow environment	5