Table 3.
Top 20 most cited documents on COVID-19 published in environmental sources
| SRCa | Authors | Title | Journal name | Times citedb | Document type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Wang et al. (2020) | Immediate psychological responses and associated factors during the initial stage of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic among the general population in China | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 348 | Article |
| 2nd | Morawska and Cao (2020) | Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: the world should face the reality | Environment International | 65 | Note |
| 3rd | Conticini et al. (2020) | Can atmospheric pollution be considered a co-factor in extremely high level of SARS-CoV-2 lethality in Northern Italy? | Environmental Pollution | 64 | Note |
| 4th | Li et al. (2020) | The impact of COVID-19 epidemic declaration on psychological consequences: a study on active weibo users | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 64 | Article |
| 5th | Ma et al. (2020) | Effects of temperature variation and humidity on the death of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China | Science of the Total Environment | 57 | Article |
| 5th | Habibzadeh and Stoneman (2020) | The novel coronavirus: a bird’s eye view | International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | 57 | Review |
| 7th | Ogen (2020) | Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels as a contributing factor to coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality | Science of the Total Environment | 56 | Short communication |
| 8th | Tobias et al. (2020) | Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic | Science of the Total Environment | 51 | Article |
| 9th | Ahmed et al. (2020) | First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community | Science of the Total Environment | 49 | Article |
| 10th | Zhu et al. (2020) | Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 infection: evidence from China | Science of the Total Environment | 48 | Article |
| 11th | Dutheil et al. (2020) | COVID-19 as a factor influencing air pollution? | Environmental Pollution | 47 | Note |
| 12th | Sharma et al. (2020) | Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India | Science of the Total Environment | 44 | Article |
| 13th | Xie and Zhu (2020) | Association between ambient temperature and COVID-19 infection in 122 cities from China | Science of the Total Environment | 44 | Article |
| 14th | Tosepu et al. (2020) | Correlation between weather and COVID-19 pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia | Science of the Total Environment | 43 | Article |
| 15th | Muhammad et al. (2020) | COVID-19 pandemic and environmental pollution: a blessing in disguise? | Science of the Total Environment | 42 | Article |
| 16th | Zhang and Ma (2020) | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and quality of life among local residents in Liaoning Province, China: A cross-sectional study | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 41 | Article |
| 17th | Vellingiri et al. (2020) | COVID-19: a promising cure for the global panic | Science of the Total Environment | 34 | Review |
| 18th | Zambrano-Monserrate et al. (2020) | Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment | Science of the Total Environment | 33 | Article |
| 19th | Setti et al. (2020) | Airborne transmission route of COVID-19: Why 2 m/6 feet of inter-personal distance could not be enough | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 32 | Editorial |
| 20th | Liu et al. (2020) | Impact of meteorological factors on the COVID-19 transmission: a multi-city study in China | Science of the Total Environment | 31 | Article |
SCR standard competition ranking
aEqual documents in terms of number of citations have the same number of ranking, then a gap is left in the numbers of ranking
bTotal citations have been collected from Scopus database and could be differ when using other research database