Marcel Loomans

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Marcel Loomans is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Loomans has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Building and Construction, 31 papers in Environmental Engineering and 25 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Marcel Loomans's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (46 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (17 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (16 papers). Marcel Loomans is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (46 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (17 papers) and Infection Control and Ventilation (16 papers). Marcel Loomans collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Denmark and China. Marcel Loomans's co-authors include Jlm Jan Hensen, L. Schellen, M.H. de Wit, Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt, H.S.M. Kort, Pieter-Jan Hoes, Asit Mishra, Bauke de Vries, D. Bourgeois and Atze Boerstra and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Loomans

72 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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User behavior in whole building simulation

2008 476 citations Pieter-Jan Hoes, Jlm Jan Hensen et al. Energy and Buildings profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcel Loomans Netherlands	21	1.8k	1.0k	502	374	331	83	2.4k
Qin Ouyang China	21	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	406 0.8×	362 1.0×	340 1.0×	25	2.4k
Yingdong He China	28	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	300 0.6×	462 1.2×	310 0.9×	68	2.4k
Christhina Cândido Australia	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	448 0.9×	262 0.7×	247 0.7×	74	2.6k
Marcel Schweiker Germany	29	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	483 1.0×	320 0.9×	174 0.5×	124	3.0k
Thomas Parkinson Australia	23	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	375 0.7×	259 0.7×	197 0.6×	57	2.1k
Xiang Zhou China	26	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	447 0.9×	382 1.0×	292 0.9×	89	2.5k
Yongchao Zhai China	26	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	389 0.8×	866 2.3×	497 1.5×	78	2.7k
Zhaojun Wang China	24	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	320 0.6×	317 0.8×	166 0.5×	80	1.8k
Joon-Ho Choi United States	25	1.5k 0.8×	722 0.7×	300 0.6×	429 1.1×	136 0.4×	76	2.3k
Maohui Luo China	31	3.1k 1.7×	2.1k 2.1×	573 1.1×	925 2.5×	478 1.4×	89	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Marcel Loomans

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Loomans

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Zhang, Dadi, et al.. (2025). A review of building technology solutions and their influence on indoor environmental quality in the healthy building movement. Journal of Building Engineering. 103. 112086–112086. 4 indexed citations

Loomans, Marcel, et al.. (2025). A deep convolutional generative adversarial network (DCGAN) for the fast estimation of pollutant dispersion fields in indoor environments. Building and Environment. 276. 112856–112856. 2 indexed citations

Abadie, Marc, Marcel Loomans, Francesco Babich, et al.. (2025). PANDORA: An open-access database of indoor pollutant emission rates for IAQ modeling. Journal of Building Engineering. 114. 114216–114216.

Yu, Wei, H.S.M. Kort, Marcel Loomans, et al.. (2025). Air speed needs and local sensitivity of non-frail and pre-frail older adults: A lab study in China. Building and Environment. 280. 113118–113118.

Loomans, Marcel, et al.. (2025). A systematic literature review on occupant behaviour modelling for residential building performance simulation in future climate change scenarios. Building and Environment. 287. 113796–113796.

Kort, H.S.M., Marcel Loomans, Shen Wei, et al.. (2024). Lab study on the physiological thermoregulatory abilities of older people with different frailty levels. Building and Environment. 266. 112130–112130. 6 indexed citations

Loomans, Marcel, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of personalized ventilation in reducing airborne infection risk for long-term care facilities. International Journal of Ventilation. 22(4). 327–335. 6 indexed citations

Loomans, Marcel, et al.. (2023). Bed-level ventilation conditions in daycare centers. Building and Environment. 243. 110638–110638. 4 indexed citations

Loomans, Marcel, et al.. (2023). Bedroom ventilation performance in daycare centers under three typical ventilation strategies. Building and Environment. 243. 110634–110634. 8 indexed citations

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Hoes, Pieter-Jan, et al.. (2021). Investigating the energy flexibility of Dutch office buildings on single building level and building cluster level. Journal of Building Engineering. 40. 102687–102687. 23 indexed citations

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Loomans, Marcel, et al.. (2020). Rekenen aan het risico op infecties. 43–47.

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Jong, Nicolette W. de, et al.. (2020). Describing fluctuating indoor aerosol dust measurements with application to house dust mite allergens. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16897–16897. 4 indexed citations

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Roelofsen, Paul, et al.. (2019). Monitoren van werknemersproductiviteit in kantoren. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 30–34. 1 indexed citations

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Loomans, Marcel, et al.. (2019). Energy demand reduction in pharmaceutical cleanrooms through optimization of ventilation. Energy and Buildings. 202. 109346–109346. 56 indexed citations

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Schellen, L., Marcel Loomans, M.H. de Wit, Bjarne W. Olesen, & Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt. (2012). The influence of local effects on thermal sensation under non-uniform environmental conditions — Gender differences in thermophysiology, thermal comfort and productivity during convective and radiant cooling. Physiology & Behavior. 107(2). 252–261. 159 indexed citations

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Schellen, L., et al.. (2012). Downdraught assessment during design: Experimental and numerical evaluation of a rule of thumb. Building and Environment. 57. 290–301. 16 indexed citations

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Schellen, L., et al.. (2010). Assessment of thermal comfort in relation to applied low exergy systems - The design of a climate chamber and the use of a thermophysiological model. TU/e Research Portal. 6 indexed citations

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Koistinen, Kimmo, D. Kotzias, Christian Cochet, et al.. (2006). Harmonisation of Indoor material emissions labelling systems in the EU - Inventory of existing schemesPrepared by Stylianos Kephalopoulos, , Publication by the European Commission , , 2005, .. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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Djunaedy, Ery, Jlm Jan Hensen, & Marcel Loomans. (2002). Towards a strategy for airflow simulations in building design. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Loomans, Marcel. (1999). Study on the applicability of the Desk Displacement Ventilation concept. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 105. 759–768. 5 indexed citations

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