Topic · COVID-19 impact on air quality
Most cited papers in COVID-19 impact on air quality
What are the most cited papers in COVID-19 impact on air quality?
The most cited paper in COVID-19 impact on air quality is "Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1" (Neeltje van Doremalen, Trenton Bushmaker, Dylan H. Morris et al., 2020), with 10,255 citations. Next come "Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015" (6,772) and "The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review" (6,554).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 536 citations is listed.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 Neeltje van Doremalen, Trenton Bushmaker, Dylan H. Morris et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 17 Mar 2020 | 10,255 |
| 2 | Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 Aaron J. Cohen et al. · The Lancet | 10 Apr 2017 | 6,772 |
| 3 | The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review Maria Nicola, Zaid Alsafi, Catrin Sohrabi et al. · International Journal of Surgery | 16 Apr 2020 | 6,554 |
| 4 | Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study Joseph Tsz Kei Wu, Kathy S. M. Leung, GM Leung · The Lancet | 31 Jan 2020 | 4,909 |
| 5 | A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker) Thomas N. Hale, Noam Angrist, Rafael Burstein Goldszmidt et al. · Nature Human Behaviour | 8 Mar 2021 | 4,861 |
| 6 | Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Ruiyun Li, Sen Pei, Бин Чэн et al. · Science | 16 Mar 2020 | 4,110 |
| 7 | Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement Corinne Le Quéré, Robert B. Jackson, Matthew W. Jones et al. · Nature Climate Change | 19 May 2020 | 2,324 |
| 8 | Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Yian Kim Tan, Po Ying Chia et al. · JAMA | 4 Mar 2020 | 2,259 |
| 9 | Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in 20 U.S. Cities, 1987–1994 Jonathan M. Samet, Francesca Dominici, Frank C. Curriero et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 14 Dec 2000 | 2,193 |
| 10 | How many jobs can be done at home? Jonathan I. Dingel, Brent Neiman · Journal of Public Economics | 9 Jul 2020 | 2,042 |
| 11 | Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women Kristin A. Miller, David S. Siscovick, Lianne A. Sheppard et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | Feb 2007 | 1,885 |
| 12 | The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic Solomon Hsiang, Daniel Allen, Sébastien Annan-Phan et al. · Nature | 8 Jun 2020 | 1,553 |
| 13 | The Global Macroeconomic Impacts of COVID-19: Seven Scenarios Warwick J. McKibbin, Roshen Fernando · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2020 | 1,527 |
| 14 | Increased Particulate Air Pollution and the Triggering of Myocardial Infarction Annette Peters, Douglas W. Dockery, James E. Muller et al. · Circulation | 12 Jun 2001 | 1,483 |
| 15 | Air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States: Strengths and limitations of an ecological regression analysis Xiao Wu, Rachel C. Nethery, M. Benjamin Sabath et al. · Science Advances | 4 Nov 2020 | 1,403 |
| 16 | The positive impact of lockdown in Wuhan on containing the COVID-19 outbreak in China Hien Lau, Veria Khosrawipour, Piotr Kocbach et al. · Journal of Travel Medicine | 12 Mar 2020 | 1,376 |
| 17 | Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment Manuel A. Zambrano‐Monserrate, María Alejandra Ruano, Luis Amado Sánchez Alcalde · The Science of The Total Environment | 20 Apr 2020 | 1,333 |
| 18 | Preparedness and vulnerability of African countries against importations of COVID-19: a modelling study Marius Gilbert, Giulia Pullano, Francesco Pinotti et al. · The Lancet | 20 Feb 2020 | 1,302 |
| 19 | It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Lídia Morawska, Donald Kirby Milton · Clinical Infectious Diseases | 3 Jul 2020 | 1,280 |
| 20 | The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management Ayyoob Sharifi, Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir · The Science of The Total Environment | 18 Sep 2020 | 1,192 |
| 21 | Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India Shubham Sharma, Mengyuan Zhang, Anshika Anshika et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 22 Apr 2020 | 1,189 |
| 22 | Black Carbon as an Additional Indicator of the Adverse Health Effects of Airborne Particles Compared with PM10 and PM2.5 Nicole Janssen, Gerard Hoek, Milena Simic‐Lawson et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives | 2 Aug 2011 | 1,185 |
| 23 | Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India Susanta Mahato, Swades Pal, Krishna Gopal Ghosh · The Science of The Total Environment | 29 Apr 2020 | 1,179 |
| 24 | Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 infection: Evidence from China Yongjian Zhu, Jingui Xie, Fengming Huang et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 15 Apr 2020 | 1,121 |
| 25 | COVID-19 pandemic and environmental pollution: A blessing in disguise? Sulaman Muhammad, Xingle Long, Muhammad M. A. Salman · The Science of The Total Environment | 20 Apr 2020 | 1,105 |
| 26 | COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines Zander Samuel Venter, Kristin Aunan, Sourangsu Chowdhury et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 28 Jul 2020 | 1,078 |
| 27 | Exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 mortality in the United States: A nationwide cross-sectional study Xiao Wu, Rachel C. Nethery, M. Benjamin Sabath et al. · medRxiv | 7 Apr 2020 | 1,044 |
| 28 | Analysis and forecast of COVID-19 spreading in China, Italy and France Duccio Fanelli, Francesco Piazza · Chaos Solitons & Fractals | 21 Mar 2020 | 1,033 |
| 29 | Chronic Exposure to Fine Particles and Mortality: An Extended Follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities Study from 1974 to 2009 Johanna Lepeule, Francine Laden, Douglas W. Dockery et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives | 28 Mar 2012 | 1,013 |
| 30 | Environmental perspective of COVID-19 Saeida Saadat, Deepak Rawtani, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain · The Science of The Total Environment | 22 Apr 2020 | 992 |
| 31 | Effects of temperature variation and humidity on the death of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China Yueling Ma, Ya-Dong Zhao, Jiangtao Liu et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 26 Mar 2020 | 962 |
| 32 | Can atmospheric pollution be considered a co-factor in extremely high level of SARS-CoV-2 lethality in Northern Italy? Edoardo Conticini, Bruno Frediani, Dario Caro · Environmental Pollution | 4 Apr 2020 | 932 |
| 33 | Pulmonary Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Cancer: Respirable Particulate Matter, Fibrous Dusts and Ozone as Major Causes of Lung Carcinogenesis through Reactive Oxygen Species Mechanisms Athanasios Valavanidis, Thomais Vlachogianni, Konstantinos Fiotakis et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 27 Aug 2013 | 923 |
| 34 | Enhanced secondary pollution offset reduction of primary emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in China Xin Huang et al. · National Science Review | 16 Jun 2020 | 922 |
| 35 | Cardiovascular disease burden from ambient air pollution in Europe reassessed using novel hazard ratio functions Jos Lelieveld, Klaus Klingmüller, Andrea Pozzer et al. · European Heart Journal | 22 Feb 2019 | 916 |
| 36 | Correlation between weather and Covid-19 pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia Ramadhan Tosepu, Joko Gunawan, Devi Savitri Effendy et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 4 Apr 2020 | 905 |
| 37 | Short term effects of ambient sulphur dioxide and particulate matter on mortality in 12 European cities: results from time series data from the APHEA project Klea Katsouyanni, Giota Touloumi, Claudia Spix et al. · BMJ | 7 Jun 1997 | 895 |
| 38 | Applications of low-cost sensing technologies for air quality monitoring and exposure assessment: How far have they gone? Lídia Morawska et al. · Environment International | 25 Apr 2018 | 887 |
| 39 | COVID-19 control in China during mass population movements at New Year Simiao Chen, Juntao Yang, Weizhong Yang et al. · The Lancet | 24 Feb 2020 | 885 |
| 40 | Association between ambient temperature and COVID-19 infection in 122 cities from China Jingui Xie, Yongjian Zhu · The Science of The Total Environment | 30 Mar 2020 | 872 |
| 41 | A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies T. Ibn-Mohammed, Khameel Bayo Mustapha, Janet Godsell et al. · Resources Conservation and Recycling | 21 Sep 2020 | 868 |
| 42 | Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic Aurelio Tobı́as, Cristina Carnerero, Cristina Reche et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 11 Apr 2020 | 865 |
| 43 | Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels as a contributing factor to coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality Yaron Ogen · The Science of The Total Environment | 11 Apr 2020 | 863 |
| 44 | Strong Social Distancing Measures In The United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate Charles Courtemanche, Joseph Garuccio, ANH NGOC LE et al. · Health Affairs | 14 May 2020 | 845 |
| 45 | Amplified ozone pollution in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown Pierre Sicard, Alessandra De Marco, Evgenios Agathokleous et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 20 May 2020 | 832 |
| 46 | Short term exposure to air pollution and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis Anoop S.V. Shah, Kuan Ken Lee, David McAllister et al. · BMJ | 24 Mar 2015 | 826 |
| 47 | Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Zhu Liu et al. · Nature Communications | 14 Oct 2020 | 823 |
| 48 | COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the global lockdown and its far-reaching effects Helen N. Onyeaka, Christian Kosisochukwu Anumudu, Zainab Talib Al-Sharify et al. · Science Progress | Apr 2021 | 822 |
| 49 | Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective Jos Lelieveld, Andrea Pozzer, Ulrich Pöschl et al. · Cardiovascular Research | 24 Jan 2020 | 818 |
| 50 | Ambient Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis in Los Angeles Nino Künzli, Michael Jerrett, Wendy Jean Mack et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives | 22 Nov 2004 | 816 |
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