Xavier Querol

71.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
766 papers, 47.2k citations indexed

About

Xavier Querol is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Querol has authored 766 papers receiving a total of 47.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 457 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 354 papers in Atmospheric Science and 178 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Xavier Querol's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (435 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (345 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (174 papers). Xavier Querol is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (435 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (345 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (174 papers). Xavier Querol collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Xavier Querol's co-authors include Andrés Alástuey, Mar Viana, Teresa Moreno, Fúlvio Amato, Jorge Pey, A. López‐Soler, Marco Pandolfi, María Izquierdo, Natàlia Moreno and Noemí Pérez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Querol

748 papers receiving 46.0k 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.

Source apportionment of particulate matter in Europe: A review of methods and results

2008 770 citations Mar Viana, Xavier Querol et al. profile →
Synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash: an overview

2002 727 citations Xavier Querol, Natàlia Moreno et al. International Journal of Coal Geology profile →
Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic

2020 649 citations Cristina Carnerero, Cristina Reche et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Green spaces and cognitive development in primary schoolchildren

2015 628 citations Payam Dadvand, Joan Forns et al. profile →
Leaching behaviour of elements from coal combustion fly ash: An overview

2011 581 citations Xavier Querol et al. International Journal of Coal Geology profile →
PM10 and PM2.5 source apportionment in the Barcelona Metropolitan area, Catalonia, Spain

2001 541 citations Xavier Querol Atmospheric Environment profile →
Speciation and origin of PM10 and PM2.5 in selected European cities

2004 522 citations Xavier Querol, Andrés Alástuey et al. Atmospheric Environment profile →
Trace elements in coal and their behaviour during combustion in a large power station

1995 507 citations Xavier Querol et al. profile →
Impact of maritime transport emissions on coastal air quality in Europe

2014 444 citations Mar Viana, Xavier Querol et al. Atmospheric Environment profile →
Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study

2015 418 citations Jordi Sunyer, Mar Álvarez‐Pedrerol et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Xavier Querol	26.6k	17.8k	10.4k	8.0k	7.8k	766	47.2k
Andrés Alástuey	18.4k 0.7×	14.3k 0.8×	7.3k 0.7×	5.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.4×	426	28.9k
Roy M. Harrison	31.1k 1.2×	20.7k 1.2×	11.1k 1.1×	10.3k 1.3×	736 0.1×	696	43.7k
Junji Cao	26.2k 1.0×	26.9k 1.5×	8.0k 0.8×	5.3k 0.7×	937 0.1×	925	46.0k
Philip K. Hopke	28.4k 1.1×	20.6k 1.2×	13.0k 1.2×	7.1k 0.9×	510 0.1×	1.0k	40.1k
Shuxiao Wang	21.0k 0.8×	14.5k 0.8×	7.2k 0.7×	4.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.1×	696	33.1k
Shu Tao	23.0k 0.9×	9.1k 0.5×	4.9k 0.5×	3.0k 0.4×	710 0.1×	905	40.8k
Jiming Hao	16.4k 0.6×	11.0k 0.6×	5.2k 0.5×	4.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.2×	407	30.2k
Qiang Zhang	26.3k 1.0×	25.1k 1.4×	14.5k 1.4×	5.6k 0.7×	417 0.1×	578	44.1k
Kebin He	28.9k 1.1×	28.1k 1.6×	13.4k 1.3×	9.9k 1.2×	340 0.0×	508	43.1k
Jianmin Chen	14.3k 0.5×	14.8k 0.8×	5.4k 0.5×	2.7k 0.3×	466 0.1×	1.6k	50.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xavier Querol

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xavier Querol. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xavier Querol based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xavier Querol. Xavier Querol is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Querol, Xavier, Angeliki Karanasiou, Noemí Pérez, et al.. (2025). Concentrations and origins of ultrafine particles at a major European harbor. The Science of The Total Environment. 963. 178467–178467. 1 indexed citations

Şahin, Ülkü Alver, S. Levent Kuzu, Burcu Onat, et al.. (2025). Interpretation of particle number size distribution, ultrafine particles and black carbon concentrations in Istanbul. Environmental Research. 289. 123300–123300.

Pujol, Jesús, Gerard Martínez‐Vilavella, Ioar Rivas, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the impact of prenatal air pollution for neonatal brain maturation. Environment International. 204. 109801–109801.

Shangguan, Yunfei, Baoqing Li, Xinguo Zhuang, et al.. (2024). Arsenic distribution and speciation in deposited coal mine dust. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 482. 136537–136537. 5 indexed citations

Sofowote, Uwayemi M., et al.. (2024). Source-dependent absorption Ångström exponent in the Los Angeles Basin: Multi-time resolution factor analyses of ambient PM2.5 and aerosol optical absorption. The Science of The Total Environment. 958. 178095–178095. 2 indexed citations

Massagué, Jordi, Cristina Carnerero, Miguel Escudero, et al.. (2024). Extreme ozone episodes in a major Mediterranean urban area. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(8). 4827–4850. 4 indexed citations

Kandler, Konrad, Andrés Alástuey, Martina Klose, et al.. (2023). Insights into the single-particle composition, size, mixing state, and aspect ratio of freshly emitted mineral dust from field measurements in the Moroccan Sahara using electron microscopy. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(6). 3861–3885. 22 indexed citations

Shangguan, Yunfei, Xinguo Zhuang, Xavier Querol, et al.. (2023). Physicochemical characteristics and oxidative potential of size-segregated respirable coal mine dust: Implications for potentially hazardous agents and health risk assessment. International Journal of Coal Geology. 282. 104433–104433. 10 indexed citations

Yus-Díez, Jesús, Cristina Reche, Patricia Córdoba, et al.. (2023). Variability in sediment particle size, mineralogy, and Fe mode of occurrence across dust-source inland drainage basins: the case of the lower Drâa Valley, Morocco. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(24). 15815–15834. 7 indexed citations

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Cattaneo, Andrea, Regina M.B.O. Duarte, João Gomes, et al.. (2022). Particulate matter indoors: a strategy to sample and monitor size-selective fractions. Applied Spectroscopy Reviews. 57(8). 675–704. 16 indexed citations

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Querol, Xavier. (2019). Calidad del aire urbano en Europa: retos cientificos y de politica ambiental. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Choubin, Bahram, et al.. (2019). Spatial hazard assessment of the PM10 using machine learning models in Barcelona, Spain. The Science of The Total Environment. 701. 134474–134474. 122 indexed citations

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Mortamais, Marion, Jesús Pujol, Barend L. van Drooge, et al.. (2017). Effect of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on basal ganglia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in primary school children. Environment International. 105. 12–19. 129 indexed citations

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Brines, M., Manuel Dall’Osto, Fúlvio Amato, et al.. (2016). Vertical and horizontal variability of PM ₁₀ source contributions in Barcelona during SAPUSS. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(11). 6785–6804. 11 indexed citations

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Gkikas, Antonis, Sara Basart, Nikos Hatzianastassiou, et al.. (2016). Mediterranean intense desert dust outbreaks and their verticalstructure based on remote sensing data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(13). 8609–8642. 83 indexed citations

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Viana, Mar, Ioar Rivas, Xavier Querol, et al.. (2014). Indoor/outdoor relationships and mass closure of quasi-ultrafine, accumulation and coarse particles in Barcelona schools. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(9). 4459–4472. 59 indexed citations

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Viana, Mar, Ioar Rivas, Xavier Querol, et al.. (2014). Partitioning of trace elements and metals between quasi-ultrafine, accumulation and coarse aerosols in indoor and outdoor air in schools. Atmospheric Environment. 106. 392–401. 41 indexed citations

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Brines, M., Manuel Dall’Osto, David C. S. Beddows, R. M. Harrison, & Xavier Querol. (2014). Simplifying aerosol size distributions modes simultaneously detected at four monitoring sites during SAPUSS. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(6). 2973–2986. 23 indexed citations

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Brines, M., Manuel Dall’Osto, David C. S. Beddows, et al.. (2014). Frequency of new particle formation events in the urban Mediterranean climate. 4 indexed citations

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Dall’Osto, Manuel, Xavier Querol, Andrés Alástuey, et al.. (2013). On the spatial distribution and evolution of ultrafine particles in Barcelona. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(2). 741–759. 78 indexed citations

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