Lydia Bourouiba

6.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
54 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Lydia Bourouiba is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lydia Bourouiba has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Computational Mechanics, 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 10 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lydia Bourouiba's work include Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (17 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (12 papers) and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (10 papers). Lydia Bourouiba is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (17 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (12 papers) and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (10 papers). Lydia Bourouiba collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Lydia Bourouiba's co-authors include John W. M. Bush, Eline Dehandschoewercker, Y. Wang, Stéphane Poulain, Tristan Gilet, Prateek Bahl, Con J. Doolan, C. Raina MacIntyre, Charitha de Silva and Abrar Ahmad Chughtai and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lydia Bourouiba

50 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathog... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2020 2014 2020 2020 2020 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathogen Emissions
    2020 801 citations Lydia Bourouiba profile →
  2. Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing
    2014 598 citations Lydia Bourouiba, John W. M. Bush et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics profile →
  3. Airborne or Droplet Precautions for Health Workers Treating Coronavirus Disease 2019?
    2020 363 citations Lydia Bourouiba et al. profile →
  4. Two metres or one: what is the evidence for physical distancing in covid-19?
    2020 267 citations Nicholas Jones, Zeshan Qureshi et al. BMJ profile →
  5. The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission
    2020 250 citations Lydia Bourouiba profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lydia Bourouiba United States 27 2.0k 879 720 669 503 54 4.1k
David Katoshevski Israel 17 2.2k 1.1× 351 0.4× 542 0.8× 589 0.9× 329 0.7× 86 3.1k
Graham Johnson Australia 35 2.7k 1.3× 98 0.1× 592 0.8× 450 0.7× 502 1.0× 123 5.4k
Jianlei Niu Hong Kong 62 2.8k 1.4× 698 0.8× 257 0.4× 552 0.8× 85 0.2× 276 11.8k
I. Eames United Kingdom 38 650 0.3× 1.6k 1.8× 117 0.2× 802 1.2× 105 0.2× 175 6.1k
Allen T. Chwang Hong Kong 32 871 0.4× 1.9k 2.2× 394 0.5× 1.7k 2.5× 111 0.2× 118 4.8k
Josué Sznitman Israel 31 2.0k 1.0× 316 0.4× 199 0.3× 308 0.5× 133 0.3× 103 3.1k
Chang‐Yu Wu United States 45 1.5k 0.7× 114 0.1× 439 0.6× 169 0.3× 423 0.8× 191 7.4k
Sergey A. Grinshpun United States 59 3.8k 1.8× 343 0.4× 319 0.4× 532 0.8× 672 1.3× 277 11.0k
Alvin C.K. Lai Hong Kong 41 1.7k 0.9× 363 0.4× 102 0.1× 1.1k 1.6× 99 0.2× 123 5.5k
Chao‐Hsin Lin United States 35 2.4k 1.2× 235 0.3× 294 0.4× 807 1.2× 139 0.3× 89 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Woo, Joshua, M. Schmidt, Maureen Dougher, et al.. (2025). Experimental system enables studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during aerogenic transmission. mBio. 16(10). e0095825–e0095825.
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Popinet, Stéphane, et al.. (2024). Fragmentation from inertial detachment of a sessile droplet: implications for pathogen transport. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1002. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Rui, et al.. (2024). Fast monotonically integrated large eddy simulation solver: validation of a new scalable tool to study and optimize indoor ventilation. University of Twente Research Information. 4. 2 indexed citations
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Bourouiba, Lydia, et al.. (2024). Splash on a liquid pool: coupled cavity–sheet unsteady dynamics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1002. 1 indexed citations
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Bourouiba, Lydia, et al.. (2023). On the role of unsteadiness in impulsive-flow-driven shear instabilities: precursors of fragmentation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 973. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Y. & Lydia Bourouiba. (2023). Non-Galilean Taylor–Culick law governs sheet dynamics in unsteady fragmentation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 969. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Y. & Lydia Bourouiba. (2022). Mass, momentum and energy partitioning in unsteady fragmentation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 935. 9 indexed citations
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Bourouiba, Lydia, et al.. (2022). Associations between indoor relative humidity and global COVID-19 outcomes. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 19(196). 20210865–20210865. 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Y. & Lydia Bourouiba. (2021). Growth and breakup of ligaments in unsteady fragmentation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 910. 26 indexed citations
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Jones, Nicholas, Zeshan Qureshi, Robert J. Temple, et al.. (2020). Two metres or one: what is the evidence for physical distancing in covid-19?. BMJ. 370. m3223–m3223. 267 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holsapple, James, et al.. (2020). Enhanced wall shear stress prevents obstruction by astrocytes in ventricular catheters. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 17(168). 20190884–20190884. 11 indexed citations
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Primkulov, Bauyrzhan K., Amir A. Pahlavan, Lydia Bourouiba, John W. M. Bush, & Rubén Juanes. (2020). Spin coating of capillary tubes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 886. 8 indexed citations
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Alsved, Malin, Lydia Bourouiba, Caroline Duchaine, et al.. (2019). Natural sources and experimental generation of bioaerosols: Challenges and perspectives. Aerosol Science and Technology. 54(5). 547–571. 46 indexed citations
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Wang, Y. & Lydia Bourouiba. (2018). Unsteady sheet fragmentation: droplet sizes and speeds. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 848. 946–967. 75 indexed citations
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Poulain, Stéphane, Emmanuel Villermaux, & Lydia Bourouiba. (2018). Ageing and burst of surface bubbles. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 851. 636–671. 102 indexed citations
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Wang, Y. & Lydia Bourouiba. (2017). Non-isolated drop impact on surfaces. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 835. 24–44. 23 indexed citations
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Weitz, Joshua S., Charles A. Stock, Steven W. Wilhelm, et al.. (2015). A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes. The ISME Journal. 9(6). 1352–1364. 177 indexed citations
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Gilet, Tristan, Lydia Bourouiba, & John W. M. Bush. (2011). Foliar disease transmission: insights from fluid dynamics. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 64. 1 indexed citations
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Bourouiba, Lydia, et al.. (2010). Coughing and sneezing. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 63. 4 indexed citations

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