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Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure is a research topic within Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 18.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the indoor air quality and its impact on human health, particularly in relation to exposure to airborne microorganisms, volatile organic compounds, and formaldehyde. The papers cover topics such as mold exposure, ventilation rates, bioaerosols, and the association with various health effects including asthma symptoms and sick building syndrome.

  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Airborne Microorganisms
  • Volatile Organic Compounds
  • Health Effects
  • Mold Exposure
  • Ventilation Rates
  • Bioaerosols
  • Formaldehyde Exposure
  • Asthma Symptoms
  • Sick Building Syndrome
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
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Which countries lead Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (694 and 567 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 694 works
  2. 2 United States 567 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 143 works
  4. 4 South Korea 140 works
  5. 5 India 137 works
  6. 6 France 135 works
  7. 7 Germany 125 works
  8. 8 Japan 124 works
  9. 9 Spain 109 works
  10. 10 Italy 107 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: 30.4%United States: 24.9%United Kingdom: 6.3%South Korea: 6.2%6 others listed: 32.3%30%largest
China694 · 30.4%United States567 · 24.9%United Kingdom143 · 6.3%South Korea140 · 6.2%6 others listed737 · 32.3%

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

Which institutions lead Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure research, followed by Tsinghua University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 14 works
  2. 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 13 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 13 works
  4. 4 National Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthUnited States 11 works
  5. 5 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 11 works
  6. 6 Peking UniversityChina 10 works
  7. 7 Fudan UniversityChina 9 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 9 works
  9. 9 Tianjin UniversityChina 9 works
  10. 10 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure include Lídia Morawska and Frank B. Hu.

  1. 1 Lídia Morawska Australia 6.4k citations
  2. 2 Frank B. Hu United States 3.5k citations

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

Where is Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure research done?

The largest centres of Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 174 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 72 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 56 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 46 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 41 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 38 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 36 works
  8. 8 Paris France 35 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 29 works
  10. 10 Xi'an China 27 works
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Where is the best place to study Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure?

Among universities, judged by research, Tianjin University, Technical University of Denmark and Tsinghua University 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.

0%20%40%mean 20.37%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tianjin University: 9, 31.8%Technical University of Denmark: 8, 28.5%Tsinghua University: 13, 19.8%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 8, 22.4%Fudan University: 9, 27.7%Peking University: 10, 22.0%Seoul National University: 10, 13.5%University College London: 9, 16.3%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 14, 4.4%Sun Yat-sen University: 9, 17.3%Tianjin UniversityTechnical University…University of Chines…Tsinghua University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Tianjin UniversityChina 50.031.8%2.1×9 +160.2%
2 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 46.728.5%4.5×8 -13.2%
3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 43.019.8%1.9×13 -0.4%
4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40.122.4%1.4×8 +217.9%
5 Fudan UniversityChina 39.327.7%2.3×9 +6.1%
6 Peking UniversityChina 35.222.0%1.9×10 -28.3%
7 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 34.713.5%3.7×10 -33.6%
8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 32.516.3%1.8×9 +11.7%
9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 31.64.4%2.3×14 +38.4%
10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 30.817.3%1.6×9 +104.3%

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 Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure.

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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.