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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
124
Citations
52602
World Ranking
105
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Andrés Alastuey is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science, focusing extensively on atmospheric science and the interactions between air quality and human health.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Andrés Alastuey has contributed to several subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Automotive Engineering

Their research topics cover a broad range of atmospheric and environmental issues, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Andrés Alastuey has published frequently in several scientific journals. Major venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environment International
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Andrés Alastuey are:

  • Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • European aerosol phenomenology − 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets, 2022, Environment International
  • Tracing surface and airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains, 2020, Environment International
  • A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Short-term health effects from outdoor exposure to biomass burning emissions: A review, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Among frequent collaborators, the most common co-authors associated with Andrés Alastuey include:

  • Xavier Querol
  • Cristina Reche
  • Marco Pandolfi
  • Noemí Pérez
  • Tuukka Petäjä

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash: an overview

    X Querol;N Moreno;J.C Umaña;A Alastuey

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

    M Viana;T.A.J. Kuhlbusch;X Querol;A Alastuey

  • A European aerosol phenomenology 3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J.-P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

  • PM10 and PM2.5 source apportionment in the Barcelona Metropolitan area, Catalonia, Spain

    Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey;Sergio Rodriguez;Felicià Plana

  • Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic.

    Aurelio Tobías;Cristina Carnerero;Cristina Reche;Jordi Massagué

  • Speciation and origin of PM10 and PM2.5 in selected European cities

    X. Querol;A. Alastuey;C.R. Ruiz;B. Artiñano

  • Saharan dust contributions to PM10 and TSP levels in Southern and Eastern Spain

    S. Rodrı́guez;X. Querol;A. Alastuey;G. Kallos

  • Quantifying road dust resuspension in urban environment by Multilinear Engine: A comparison with PMF2

    F. Amato;Monica Pandolfi;Alberto Escrig;Xavier Querol

  • Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Jordi Sunyer;Mikel Esnaola;Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol;Joan Forns

  • Spatial and chemical patterns of PM10 in road dust deposited in urban environment

    Fulvio Amato;Marco Pandolfi;Mar Viana;Xavier Querol

  • Environmental, physical and structural characterisation of geopolymer matrixes synthesised from coal (co-)combustion fly ashes

    E. Álvarez-Ayuso;X. Querol;F. Plana;A. Alastuey

  • Source origin of trace elements in PM from regional background, urban and industrial sites of Spain

    X. Querol;M. Viana;A. Alastuey;F. Amato

  • Identification and quantification of organic aerosol from cooking and other sources in Barcelona using aerosol mass spectrometer data

    C. Mohr;C. Mohr;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;M. F. Heringa;R. Chirico;R. Chirico

  • African dust outbreaks over the Mediterranean Basin during 2001–2011: PM 10 concentrations, phenomenology and trends, and its relation with synoptic and mesoscale meteorology

    Jorge Pey;Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey;F. Forastiere

  • Potential environmental applications of pure zeolitic material synthesized from fly ash

    Natàlia Moreno;Xavier Querol;Carles Ayora;Andrés Alastuey

  • African dust contributions to mean ambient PM10 mass-levels across the Mediterranean Basin

    X. Querol;J. Pey;M. Pandolfi;A. Alastuey

  • Sources and variability of inhalable road dust particles in three European cities

    F. Amato;M. Pandolfi;T. Moreno;M. Furger

  • Geochemical variations in aeolian mineral particles from the Sahara-Sahel Dust Corridor.

    Teresa Moreno;Xavier Querol;Sonia Castillo;Andrés Alastuey

  • A Fast Method for Recycling Fly Ash: Microwave-Assisted Zeolite Synthesis

    Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey;Angel López-Soler;Felicià Plana

  • A European aerosol phenomenology-3: Physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter from 60 rural, urban, and kerbside sites across Europe

    J. P. Putaud;R. Van Dingenen;A. Alastuey;H. Bauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Mar Viana
Mar Viana Spanish National Research Council
Teresa Moreno
Teresa Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Jorge Pey
Jorge Pey Spanish National Research Council
Marco Pandolfi
Marco Pandolfi Spanish National Research Council
Noemí Pérez
Noemí Pérez Spanish National Research Council
Fulvio Amato
Fulvio Amato Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Cristina Reche
Cristina Reche Spanish National Research Council
María Cruz Minguillón
María Cruz Minguillón Spanish National Research Council
Sergio Rodríguez
Sergio Rodríguez Spanish National Research Council

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