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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
List of Reviewers	72
Environmental sampling for disease surveillance: Recent advances and recommendations for best practice	66
Social cost-benefit analysis of food waste management options on the premise of using food waste disposers	50
An assessment of the uncertainties of methane generation in landfills	49
High-resolution analysis of seasonal spatial variation for urban air pollution: Implications for exposure assessment	49
Numerical simulation on exhaled aerosol transmission based on realistic oral-nasal structures and temperature distribution	25
The most important technologies and highlights for biogas production worldwide	21
Remembering S. Trivikrama Rao	19
Development, evaluation, and implementation of building downwash and plume rise enhancements in AERMOD	19
Discussion of “Atmospheric reduced nitrogen: Sources, transformations, effects, and management”	18
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
Assessment of aeolian dust concentration, elemental composition, and their wet and dry deposition fluxes over the Northeast Arabian Sea	16
Assessing the spatial distribution of odor at an urban waterfront using AERMOD coupled with sensor measurements	16
Observations of ozone, acyl peroxy nitrates, and their precursors during summer 2019 at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico	16
Formation of secondary organic material from gaseous precursors in wood smoke	15
Dr. Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. Selected as New Technical Editor in Chief of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	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
Enhancing removal of contaminants by organic waste-derived chars via steam activation and salt treatment	14
Exploring stakeholder views on total construction and demolition waste management toward sustainability: A case from Vietnam	14
Effect of medium-density fiberboard wastes ash on calcium silicate hydrate crystal of concrete	13
A meta-analysis of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide air quality monitoring associated with the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa	13
In memoriam: Delbert J. Eatough (1940–2022)	13
Emission factors of industrial boilers burning biomass-derived fuels	13
Food processing by-products and wastes as potential dust suppressants at mine sites: Results from unconfined compressive strength testing	12
Realistic operation of two residential cordwood-fired outdoor hydronic heater appliances—Part 2: Particle number and size	12

Regional impacts on air quality and health of changing a manufacturing facility’s grid-boiler to a combined heat and power system	12
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on landfilling and recycling in the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	12
Key results from the salt lake regional smoke, ozone, and aerosol study (SAMOZA)	12
Opportunities and challenges with implementing a recycling program for municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as a construction aggregate: A programmatic review	11
Meteorological based parameters and ozone exceedances in Houston and other cities in Texas	11
Evaluation of the adsorption performance and thermal treatment-associated regeneration of adsorbents for formaldehyde removal	11
Evaluation of selected solid adsorbents for passive sampling of atmospheric oil and natural gas non-methane hydrocarbons	10
2022 List of Reviewers	10
Measurement of visible dust emissions during almond nut-picking operations at various harvester settings	10
Ammonia emissions from a dairy housing and wastewater treatment plant quantified with an inverse dispersion method accounting for deposition loss	10
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	10
Managing the organic municipal waste in Palestine: Linking policy, practice, and stakeholders’ attitude toward composting	10
Status and development of spent mushroom substrate recycling: A review	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
Unveiling underutilized public data on Canadian industrial pollutant transfers and disposals	9
Removal of a mixture of formaldehyde and methanol vapors in biotrickling filters under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions: Potential application in ethanol production	9
Computational modeling of woodstove pollutants in dilution tunnels	8
Evaluation of a new low-cost particle sensor as an internet-of-things device for outdoor air quality monitoring	8
Spatio-temporal trajectory evolution and cause analysis of air pollution in Chengdu, China	8
The air quality of Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: The impacts of forest fires on visibility	8
Monitoring gaseous pollutants using passive sampling in the Philadelphia region	8
Intelligent identification of fragmented non-magnetic materials for end-of-life refrigerator recycling	8
Reaction kinetics and isotherms of commercial activated carbon in variable pressure adsorption of high compound VOCs	8
Correction	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
Spatial distribution of airborne bacterial communities in caged poultry houses	8
Characteristics and health risk assessment of PM _2.5 -PAHs in a select Chinese ceramic industrial site during winter	8
Effects of electrode materials and dimensions of an electrostatic spray scrubber on water droplet charging for dust removal	8
Recovery of complete crystalline silicon cells from waste crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules	8
Mobile laboratory measurements of air pollutants in Baltimore, MD elucidate issues of environmental justice	7
Online measurement of PM from residential wood heaters in a dilution tunnel	7
A brief review of methods for determining time-activity patterns in California	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
Introduction to the 2025 A&WMA Critical Review: Satellite data to support air quality assessment and management	7
Development of an integrated duty cycle test method to assess cordwood stove performance	7
Impact of fueling protocols on emission outcomes for residential wood-fired appliances	7
Estimation of landfill gas production and potential utilization in a South Africa landfill	7
Climate and health-relevant pollutant emissions from oil and natural gas boilers	7
Source apportionment of measured volatile organic compounds in Maricopa County, Arizona	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
In memoriam: Peter K. Mueller (1926–2023)	6
Decision-making in biogas production projects: Paradigms and prospection	6
Impact of lane-changing behavior on traffic emissions of road sections in multi-dimensional mixed traffic flow environment	6
Impacts of wood species and moisture content on emissions from residential wood heaters	6
Assessment of progress toward regional haze rule visibility goals using United States anthropogenic emissions rate of progress	6
Environmental justice and rural poverty: Socioeconomic drivers of environmental impact in the Indian Sundarbans	6
Enhancing compost maturity and nitrogen content through co-composting of chicken feather waste with rice husk and vegetable residues	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

Quantifying residual elemental carbon by thermal-optical analysis using an extended IMPROVE_A protocol with higher maximum temperature	5
Modeling of emission measurement error due to uneven distribution of particulate matter in stacks	5
Equilibrium and hysteresis formation of water vapor adsorption on microporous adsorbents: Effect of adsorbent properties and temperature	5
Evaluation of a revised AERMOD treatment of plume dispersion in the daytime elevated stable layer	5
Research on modified blast furnace dust in demulsification: The synergistic effect of ferric oxide, hydrophobic carbon, and polysilicate	5
Circular economy for lithium-ion batteries and photovoltaic modules—status, challenges, and opportunities	5
Residential wood heating: An overview of U.S. impacts and regulations	5
Application of the U.S. EPA procedure for determining method detection limits to EDXRF measurement of filter-based aerosol samples	5
Evaluating the efficiency of municipal solid waste collection and disposal in the Yangtze River Delta of China: A DEA-model	5
Characterization of emissions from burning methyl-bromide-treated crop biomass	5
Evolution of community residents’ waste classification behavior based on multi-agent simulation	5
Estimation of total landfill surface methane emissions using geospatial approach combined with measured surface ambient air methane concentrations	5
A sincere thanks to our reviewers for their invaluable contributions	5
Absorption photometry of patterned deposits on IMPROVE PTFE filters	5
An alternative generic groundwater-to-indoor air attenuation factor for application in commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential settings	5
Impact of PM _2.5 filter extraction solvent on oxidative potential and chemical analysis	5
Low temperature destruction of gas-phase per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances using an alumina-based catalyst	5