COVID-19 impact on air quality
COVID-19 impact on air quality is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 9k research works in it since 1952. 20.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global environment, focusing on air quality, carbon emissions, sustainability, and renewable energy. It investigates the effects of lockdown measures on reducing pollution, the potential long-term implications for climate change, and the opportunities for sustainable development in a post-pandemic world.
- COVID-19
- pandemic
- air quality
- lockdown
- environmental impact
- sustainability
- renewable energy
- carbon emissions
- climate change
- global response
- Research works
- 9k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 1.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +1242% the tick is no change
Which countries lead COVID-19 impact on air quality research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (673 and 460 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 673 works
- 2 China 460 works
- 3 United States 352 works
- 4 Indonesia 187 works
- 5 United Kingdom 143 works
- 6 Malaysia 116 works
- 7 Brazil 114 works
- 8 Türkiye 108 works
- 9 Bangladesh 105 works
- 10 Pakistan 101 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead COVID-19 impact on air quality research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universiti Teknologi MARA publishes the most COVID-19 impact on air quality research, followed by University of Delhi and University of Dhaka.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 13 works
- 2 University of DelhiIndia 13 works
- 3 University of DhakaBangladesh 13 works
- 4 Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 12 works
- 5 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 12 works
- 6 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 12 works
- 7 University of BaghdadIraq 10 works
- 8 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 10 works
- 9 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 10 works
- 10 University of MalayaMalaysia 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in COVID-19 impact on air quality?
The most-cited researchers publishing on COVID-19 impact on air quality include Lídia Morawska, Michael Bräuer and Haidong Kan.
- 1 Lídia Morawska Australia 6.4k citations
- 2 Michael Bräuer Canada 3.8k citations
- 3 Haidong Kan China 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is COVID-19 impact on air quality research done?
The largest centres of COVID-19 impact on air quality research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dhaka and Kathmandu.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- DhakaBD · 66.8 works7.1×
- KathmanduNP · 20.7 works5.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in COVID-19 impact on air quality than the world average.
Where is the best place to study COVID-19 impact on air quality?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Dhaka, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and University of Delhi 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 | University of DhakaBangladesh | 79.1 | 29.6% | 13.9× | 13 | — |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia | 68.8 | 34.8% | 6.1× | 12 | — |
| 3 | University of DelhiIndia | 51.2 | 10.1% | 6.5× | 13 | — |
| 4 | Tribhuvan UniversityNepal | 45.4 | 4.8% | 7.0× | 12 | — |
| 5 | Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityIndia | 43.5 | 12.8% | 10.4× | 8 | — |
| 6 | University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia | 43.2 | 22.6% | 4.3× | 8 | — |
| 7 | Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia | 42.8 | 11.0% | 4.3× | 13 | +5.6% |
| 8 | National University of MalaysiaMalaysia | 41.3 | 9.3% | 3.7× | 9 | +70.0% |
| 9 | University of MalayaMalaysia | 40.5 | 12.1% | 4.4× | 10 | — |
| 10 | SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia | 40.4 | 22.1% | 2.9× | 10 | — |
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 COVID-19 impact on air quality research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 1242% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are COVID-19 impact on air quality.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.