William P. Bahnfleth

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
114 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William P. Bahnfleth is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William P. Bahnfleth has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Building and Construction, 37 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 24 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in William P. Bahnfleth's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (45 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (36 papers) and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure (20 papers). William P. Bahnfleth is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (45 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (36 papers) and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure (20 papers). William P. Bahnfleth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Singapore. William P. Bahnfleth's co-authors include Władysław Kowalski, Amy Musser, Thomas S. Whittam, Pawel Wargocki, James D. Freihaut, José Alí Porras-Salazar, Sergio Contreras-Espinoza, Jae‐Weon Jeong, Celso Gomes and Stanley A. Mumma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

William P. Bahnfleth

106 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

2021 239 citations Julian W. Tang, William P. Bahnfleth et al. Journal of Hospital Infection profile →
Indoor air quality and health in schools: A critical review for developing the roadmap for the future school environment

2022 196 citations William P. Bahnfleth, Pawel Wargocki et al. Journal of Building Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William P. Bahnfleth United States	27	809	776	658	505	309	114	2.3k
Guangyu Cao Norway	25	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	509 0.8×	835 1.7×	189 0.6×	90	2.3k
Jovan Pantelic United States	28	840 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	446 0.7×	745 1.5×	167 0.5×	66	2.0k
Lei Fang China	26	1.3k 1.6×	546 0.7×	843 1.3×	786 1.6×	571 1.8×	101	2.8k
Naiping Gao China	37	1.4k 1.7×	1.9k 2.4×	606 0.9×	1.8k 3.5×	491 1.6×	129	3.7k
Wenguo Weng China	35	361 0.4×	605 0.8×	450 0.7×	476 0.9×	334 1.1×	148	3.7k
Zhiwen Luo United Kingdom	32	853 1.1×	413 0.5×	722 1.1×	1.8k 3.6×	239 0.8×	140	2.8k
Clive Beggs United Kingdom	34	359 0.4×	972 1.3×	472 0.7×	197 0.4×	330 1.1×	113	3.2k
Atila Novoselac United States	36	1.4k 1.7×	885 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	1.3k 2.6×	271 0.9×	93	3.5k
Zhuangbo Feng China	29	685 0.8×	615 0.8×	542 0.8×	967 1.9×	118 0.4×	83	2.3k
Kwok Wai Mui Hong Kong	30	1.9k 2.3×	535 0.7×	927 1.4×	1.2k 2.3×	169 0.5×	173	3.4k

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Radonovich, Lewis J., Jeffrey Wagner, William P. Bahnfleth, et al.. (2025). Engineering Infection Controls to Reduce Indoor Transmission of Respiratory Infections. Annals of Internal Medicine. 178(9). 1314–1325.

Bahnfleth, William P., et al.. (2024). CFD modeling of reactive species air cleaner applications in a classroom. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 100046–100046. 2 indexed citations

Marr, Linsey C., Christopher D. Cappa, William P. Bahnfleth, et al.. (2024). Toward Clean and Green Buildings. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 150(9). 2 indexed citations

Blatchley, Ernest R., et al.. (2024). Investigation of a DNA tagged aerosol tracer method for In Situ evaluation of germicidal UV air cleaner effectiveness. Building and Environment. 262. 111828–111828. 2 indexed citations

Farzaneh-Gord, Mahmood, et al.. (2023). Optimal design and operation of the hybrid absorption-compression chiller plants - Energy and economic analysis. Journal of Building Engineering. 82. 108182–108182. 4 indexed citations

Farzaneh-Gord, Mahmood, et al.. (2023). ANN-based procedure to obtain the optimal design and operation of the compression chiller network – Energy, economic and environmental analysis. Journal of Building Engineering. 72. 106711–106711. 11 indexed citations

Yang, Senwen, Liangzhu Wang, Paul Raftery, et al.. (2023). Comparing airborne infectious aerosol exposures in sparsely occupied large spaces utilizing large-diameter ceiling fans. Building and Environment. 231. 110022–110022. 6 indexed citations

Rim, Donghyun, et al.. (2023). CFD modeling of room airflow effects on inactivation of aerosol SARS-CoV-2 by an upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system. Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 29(7). 719–729. 7 indexed citations

Farzaneh-Gord, Mahmood, et al.. (2023). Techno-economic assessment of a proposed novel hybrid system for natural gas pressure reduction stations. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 178. 905–918. 8 indexed citations

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Nissly, Ruth H., Ian M. Bird, Meera Surendran Nair, et al.. (2023). Inactivation of HCoV-NL63 and SARS-CoV-2 in aqueous solution by 254 nm UV-C. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 245. 112755–112755. 3 indexed citations

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Persily, Andrew K., William P. Bahnfleth, Howard M. Kipen, et al.. (2022). ASHRAE's New Position Document on Indoor Carbon Dioxide. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 2 indexed citations

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Pavlak, Gregory S., et al.. (2021). Impact of control loop performance on energy use, air quality, and thermal comfort in building systems with advanced sequences of operation. Automation in Construction. 130. 103837–103837. 5 indexed citations

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Tang, Julian W., William P. Bahnfleth, Philomena M. Bluyssen, et al.. (2021). Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Journal of Hospital Infection. 110. 89–96. 239 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morrow, Jayne B., Aaron I. Packman, Kenneth Martinez, et al.. (2021). Critical Capability Needs for Reduction of Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Indoors. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 641599–641599. 3 indexed citations

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Martin, Stephen B., et al.. (2016). A new dual-collimation batch reactor for determination of ultraviolet inactivation rate constants for microorganisms in aqueous suspensions. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 162. 674–680. 3 indexed citations

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Bahnfleth, William P., et al.. (2012). Comparison of semi-quantitative and formal metrics for multi-zone airflow model quality assessment. HVAC&R Research. 18(1-2). 252–263. 1 indexed citations

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Martin, Stephen B., et al.. (2008). Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation: Current best practices. ASHRAE journal. 50(8). 9 indexed citations

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Hitchcock, P J, Michael Mair, Thomas V. Inglesby, et al.. (2006). Improving Performance of HVAC Systems to Reduce Exposure to Aerosolized Infectious Agents in Buildings; Recommendations to Reduce Risks Posed by Biological Attacks. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Biodefense Strategy Practice and Science. 4(1). 41–54. 13 indexed citations

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Bahnfleth, William P., et al.. (2003). Energy use characteristics of variable primary flow chilled water pumping systems.. 4 indexed citations

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Bahnfleth, William P., et al.. (1990). Algorithms for slab-on-grade heat transfer calculations. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 2 indexed citations

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