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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
List of Reviewers	58
Environmental sampling for disease surveillance: Recent advances and recommendations for best practice	49
Environmental gains in the collection of packaging waste obtained in Uskudar district by changing the collection type	42
An assessment of the uncertainties of methane generation in landfills	38
The most important technologies and highlights for biogas production worldwide	38
Numerical simulation on exhaled aerosol transmission based on realistic oral-nasal structures and temperature distribution	36
Remembering S. Trivikrama Rao	35
Assessment of aeolian dust concentration, elemental composition, and their wet and dry deposition fluxes over the Northeast Arabian Sea	29
Discussion of “Atmospheric reduced nitrogen: Sources, transformations, effects, and management”	27
Experimental study of a full-scale hexagonal wet electrostatic precipitator for collection of black carbon and particulate matter generated by a marine diesel engine	25
Assessing the spatial distribution of odor at an urban waterfront using AERMOD coupled with sensor measurements	18
Observations of ozone, acyl peroxy nitrates, and their precursors during summer 2019 at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico	18
Development, evaluation, and implementation of building downwash and plume rise enhancements in AERMOD	17
Dr. Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. Selected as New Technical Editor in Chief of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	17
Emission factors of industrial boilers burning biomass-derived fuels	16
A meta-analysis of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide air quality monitoring associated with the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa	16
Formation of secondary organic material from gaseous precursors in wood smoke	16
A fond farewell from the technical Editor-in-Chief	16
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
Predictors of indoor radon levels in the Midwest United States	15
Regional impacts on air quality and health of changing a manufacturing facility’s grid-boiler to a combined heat and power system	14
Food processing by-products and wastes as potential dust suppressants at mine sites: Results from unconfined compressive strength testing	14
In memoriam: Delbert J. Eatough (1940–2022)	14
Key results from the salt lake regional smoke, ozone, and aerosol study (SAMOZA)	13
Effect of medium-density fiberboard wastes ash on calcium silicate hydrate crystal of concrete	13

Critical review on PFOA, kidney cancer, and testicular cancer	12
Sensitivity of light duty vehicle tailpipe emission rates from simplified portable emission measurement systems to variation in engine volumetric efficiency	12
Evaluation of the adsorption performance and thermal treatment-associated regeneration of adsorbents for formaldehyde removal	11
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	11
Realistic operation of two residential cordwood-fired outdoor hydronic heater appliances—Part 2: Particle number and size	11
Meteorological based parameters and ozone exceedances in Houston and other cities in Texas	11
Measurement of visible dust emissions during almond nut-picking operations at various harvester settings	11
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on landfilling and recycling in the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	11
The effects of Intensive Supervision Mechanism on air quality improvement in China	10
Ammonia emissions from a dairy housing and wastewater treatment plant quantified with an inverse dispersion method accounting for deposition loss	10
Opportunities and challenges with implementing a recycling program for municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as a construction aggregate: A programmatic review	10
Deployment of networked low-cost sensors and comparison to real-time stationary monitors in New Delhi	10
Managing the organic municipal waste in Palestine: Linking policy, practice, and stakeholders’ attitude toward composting	10
Evaluation of selected solid adsorbents for passive sampling of atmospheric oil and natural gas non-methane hydrocarbons	10
Study on environmental performance evaluation of different linkage development types of the logistics and manufacturing industries considering the unexpected output	10
Review on COD and ammoniacal nitrogen removal from landfill leachate using low-cost adsorbent	10
2022 List of Reviewers	9
Unveiling underutilized public data on Canadian industrial pollutant transfers and disposals	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	9
Removal of a mixture of formaldehyde and methanol vapors in biotrickling filters under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions: Potential application in ethanol production	9
Status and development of spent mushroom substrate recycling: A review	9
Evaluation of a new low-cost particle sensor as an internet-of-things device for outdoor air quality monitoring	8
Reaction kinetics and isotherms of commercial activated carbon in variable pressure adsorption of high compound VOCs	8
Spatio-temporal trajectory evolution and cause analysis of air pollution in Chengdu, China	8
Monitoring gaseous pollutants using passive sampling in the Philadelphia region	8
Computational modeling of woodstove pollutants in dilution tunnels	8
Effects of electrode materials and dimensions of an electrostatic spray scrubber on water droplet charging for dust removal	8
Spatial distribution of airborne bacterial communities in caged poultry houses	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	8
Intelligent identification of fragmented non-magnetic materials for end-of-life refrigerator recycling	8
The air quality of Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: The impacts of forest fires on visibility	8
Impact of fueling protocols on emission outcomes for residential wood-fired appliances	7
Correction	7
A brief review of methods for determining time-activity patterns in California	7
Online measurement of PM from residential wood heaters in a dilution tunnel	7
Mobile laboratory measurements of air pollutants in Baltimore, MD elucidate issues of environmental justice	7
Research on the types and toxicity of VOCs released from solvent-based inks in high temperature environment	7
Influence of acid and thermal treatment on regeneration of spent bleaching clay and conversion of residual oil to biodiesel	7
Impacts of wood species and moisture content on emissions from residential wood heaters	7
Development of an integrated duty cycle test method to assess cordwood stove performance	7
Climate change in the human environment: Indicators and impacts from the Fourth National Climate Assessment	7
Circular economy for lithium-ion batteries and photovoltaic modules—status, challenges, and opportunities	6
Introduction to the 2025 A&WMA Critical Review: Satellite data to support air quality assessment and management	6
In memoriam: Peter K. Mueller (1926–2023)	6
Characteristics of municipal fresh solid wastes from the selected large urban centres in Uganda: Implication for re-use and soil amendment strategies	6
Impact of lane-changing behavior on traffic emissions of road sections in multi-dimensional mixed traffic flow environment	6
Decision-making in biogas production projects: Paradigms and prospection	6
Climate change and extreme weather: A review focusing on the continental United States	6
Review and analysis of personal-ambient ozone measurements	6

Source apportionment of measured volatile organic compounds in Maricopa County, Arizona	6
A sincere thanks to our reviewers for their invaluable contributions	6
Estimation of landfill gas production and potential utilization in a South Africa landfill	6
Assessment of progress toward regional haze rule visibility goals using United States anthropogenic emissions rate of progress	6
Realistic operation of two residential cordwood-fired outdoor hydronic heater appliances—Part 3: Optical properties of black and brown carbon emissions	6
Evaluating PM _2.5 element concentration measurements for a nationwide monitoring network	6
Evolution of community residents’ waste classification behavior based on multi-agent simulation	5
Research on modified blast furnace dust in demulsification: The synergistic effect of ferric oxide, hydrophobic carbon, and polysilicate	5
Application of the U.S. EPA procedure for determining method detection limits to EDXRF measurement of filter-based aerosol samples	5
Impact of PM _2.5 filter extraction solvent on oxidative potential and chemical analysis	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
Low temperature destruction of gas-phase per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances using an alumina-based catalyst	5
Residential wood heating: An overview of U.S. impacts and regulations	5
Evaluating the efficiency of municipal solid waste collection and disposal in the Yangtze River Delta of China: A DEA-model	5
An alternative generic groundwater-to-indoor air attenuation factor for application in commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential settings	5
Absorption photometry of patterned deposits on IMPROVE PTFE filters	5
Estimation of total landfill surface methane emissions using geospatial approach combined with measured surface ambient air methane concentrations	5
Quantifying residual elemental carbon by thermal-optical analysis using an extended IMPROVE_A protocol with higher maximum temperature	5
Designing of reverse vending machine to improve its sorting efficiency for recyclable materials for its application in convenience stores	5
Equilibrium and hysteresis formation of water vapor adsorption on microporous adsorbents: Effect of adsorbent properties and temperature	5
Characterization of emissions from burning methyl-bromide-treated crop biomass	5