Table 5.
Highly impactful articles based on total citations and average citation during 2020–2021
| Title | Authors | Source Title | Publication Year | DOI | Total Citations | Average per Year | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement | Le Quéré et al. (2020) | Nature climate change | 2020 | 10.1038/s41558-020–0797-x | 355 | 177.5 | 152 | 202 |
| Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathogen Emissions Potential Implications for Reducing Transmission of COVID-19 | Bourouiba (2020) | Journal of the American medical association | 2020 | 10.1001/jama.2020.4756 | 351 | 175.5 | 222 | 129 |
| Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India | Sharma et al. (2020) | Science of the total environment | 2020 | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138878 | 293 | 146.5 | 127 | 166 |
| Can atmospheric pollution be considered a co-factor in extremely high level of SARS-CoV-2 lethality in Northern Italy? | Conticini et al. (2020) | Environmental pollution | 2020 | 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114465 | 279 | 139.5 | 159 | 120 |
| COVID-19 pandemic and environmental pollution: A blessing in disguise? | Muhammad et al. (2020) | Science of the total environment | 2020 | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138820 | 270 | 135 | 116 | 154 |
| Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India | Mahato et al. (2020) | Science of the total environment | 2020 | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139086 | 259 | 129.5 | 101 | 158 |
| Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels as a contributing factor to coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality | Ogen (2020) | Science of the total environment | 2020 | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138605 | 259 | 129.5 | 134 | 125 |
| Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 infection: Evidence from China | Zhu et al. (2020) | Science of the total environment | 2020 | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138704 | 258 | 129 | 117 | 141 |
| Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment | Zambrano-monserrate et al. (2020) | Science of the total environment | 2020 | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138813 | 254 | 127 | 95 | 159 |
| Effects of temperature variation and humidity on the death of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China | Ma et al. (2020) | Science of the total environment | 2020 | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138226 | 254 | 127 | 132 | 122 |