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Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting is a research topic within Environmental Engineering. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 15.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in low-cost air quality monitoring systems, utilizing technologies such as neural networks, forecasting models, and IoT-based sensor networks to monitor particulate matter and pollutants in urban environments. The research explores the application of machine learning and environmental monitoring techniques to improve the accuracy and accessibility of air quality data.

  • Air Quality Monitoring
  • Low-Cost Sensors
  • Neural Networks
  • Forecasting
  • Particulate Matter
  • Urban Environment
  • IoT
  • Machine Learning
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Sensor Network
Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+101%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.3k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.3k works
  2. 2 India 1.7k works
  3. 3 United States 1.3k works
  4. 4 Indonesia 349 works
  5. 5 South Korea 340 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 329 works
  7. 7 Italy 287 works
  8. 8 Germany 222 works
  9. 9 Spain 213 works
  10. 10 France 213 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 40.2%India: 20.6%United States: 15.5%Indonesia: 4.2%6 others listed: 19.5%40%largest
China3,300 · 40.2%India1,691 · 20.6%United States1,274 · 15.5%Indonesia349 · 4.2%6 others listed1,603 · 19.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting research, followed by Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

Who are the leading researchers in Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting include Lídia Morawska, Michelle L. Bell and Philippe Ciais.

  1. 1 Lídia Morawska Australia 6.4k citations
  2. 2 Michelle L. Bell United States 5.1k citations
  3. 3 Philippe Ciais France 4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting research done?

The largest centres of Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Chennai (India) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 793 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 205 works
  3. 3 Chennai India 201 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 194 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 153 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 145 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 135 works
  8. 8 Xi'an China 128 works
  9. 9 New Delhi India 118 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 111 works
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Where is the best place to study Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental Quality score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 66.120.7%12.6×61 +47.4%
2 Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong 62.236.8%4.3×20 +85.3%
3 Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental QualityChina 59.330.1%65.6×9
4 University of Hong KongHong Kong 57.532.3%2.0×20 +163.4%
5 University of Technology SydneyAustralia 51.525.6%2.6×14 +222.6%
6 Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring CenterChina 49.920.9%91.9×19 -54.9%
7 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 49.541.7%2.3×15 +9.1%
8 Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina 49.225.3%8.2×11
9 AGH University of KrakowPoland 49.018.1%4.1×19 +1005.0%
10 Peking UniversityChina 48.928.6%2.4×44 +40.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 101% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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