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 China 3.3k works
- 2 India 1.7k works
- 3 United States 1.3k works
- 4 Indonesia 349 works
- 5 South Korea 340 works
- 6 United Kingdom 329 works
- 7 Italy 287 works
- 8 Germany 222 works
- 9 Spain 213 works
- 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.
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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.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 84 works
- 2 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 61 works
- 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 53 works
- 4 Saveetha UniversityIndia 49 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 46 works
- 6 Peking UniversityChina 45 works
- 7 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 41 works
- 8 Fudan UniversityChina 39 works
- 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 37 works
- 10 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental SciencesChina 33 works
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 Lídia Morawska Australia 6.4k citations
- 2 Michelle L. Bell United States 5.1k citations
- 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).
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina | 66.1 | 20.7% | 12.6× | 61 | +47.4% |
| 2 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong | 62.2 | 36.8% | 4.3× | 20 | +85.3% |
| 3 | Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Joint Laboratory of Collaborative Innovation for Environmental QualityChina | 59.3 | 30.1% | 65.6× | 9 | — |
| 4 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 57.5 | 32.3% | 2.0× | 20 | +163.4% |
| 5 | University of Technology SydneyAustralia | 51.5 | 25.6% | 2.6× | 14 | +222.6% |
| 6 | Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring CenterChina | 49.9 | 20.9% | 91.9× | 19 | -54.9% |
| 7 | University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom | 49.5 | 41.7% | 2.3× | 15 | +9.1% |
| 8 | Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina | 49.2 | 25.3% | 8.2× | 11 | — |
| 9 | AGH University of KrakowPoland | 49.0 | 18.1% | 4.1× | 19 | +1005.0% |
| 10 | Peking UniversityChina | 48.9 | 28.6% | 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
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.