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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
131
Citations
68561
World Ranking
71
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Jos Lelieveld is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Germany. Their research predominantly spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on atmospheric processes and their impacts.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective, 2020, Cardiovascular Research
  • Climate Change and Weather Extremes in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, 2022, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19, 2020, Cardiovascular Research
  • Ambient Air Pollution Increases the Risk of Cerebrovascular and Neuropsychiatric Disorders through Induction of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Jos Lelieveld include:

  • Andrea Pozzer
  • Thomas Münzel
  • John N. Crowley
  • Jonathan Williams
  • Hartwig Harder

Common venues for publishing their work are:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Jos Lelieveld has contributed to the authorship of a book published by Springer International Publishing titled Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene: A New Epoch in Earth's History, released in 2021.

The main fields of study covered in their body of work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their research further encompasses the following subfields:

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

Key topics investigated by Jos Lelieveld involve:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability and models

In 2018, Jos Lelieveld was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale

    J. Lelieveld;Jamie S Evans;M. Fnais;D. Giannadaki

  • Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze

    V. Ramanathan;P. J. Crutzen;J. Lelieveld;A. P. Mitra

  • Role of mineral aerosol as a reactive surface in the global troposphere

    Frank J. Dentener;Gregory R. Carmichael;Yang Zhang;Jos Lelieveld

  • Global air pollution crossroads over the Mediterranean

    J. Lelieveld;H. Berresheim;S. Borrmann;P. J. Crutzen

  • Changing concentration, lifetime and climate forcing of atmospheric methane

    Jos Lelieveld;Paul J. Crutzen;Frank J. Dentener

  • COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines.

    Zander S. Venter;Kristin Aunan;Sourangsu Chowdhury;Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld

  • Atmospheric oxidation capacity sustained by a tropical forest

    J. Lelieveld;T. M. Butler;J. N. Crowley;T. J. Dillon

  • What controls tropospheric ozone

    Jos Lelieveld;Frank J. Dentener

  • Cardiovascular disease burden from ambient air pollution in Europe reassessed using novel hazard ratio functions.

    Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld;Klaus Klingmüller;Andrea Pozzer;Ulrich Pöschl

  • Effects of fossil fuel and total anthropogenic emission removal on public health and climate.

    J. Lelieveld;J. Lelieveld;K. Klingmüller;A. Pozzer;R. T. Burnett

  • The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia

    Jos Lelieveld;Paul J. Crutzen;V. Ramanathan;M. O. Andreae

  • Transient climate change simulations with a coupled atmosphere–ocean GCM including the tropospheric sulfur cycle

    E. Roeckner;Lennart Bengtsson;Johann Feichter;J. Lelieveld

  • Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective

    Jos Lelieveld;Jos Lelieveld;Andrea Pozzer;Ulrich Pöschl;Mohammed Fnais

  • Evaluation of emissions and air quality in megacities

    B. R. Gurjar;T. M. Butler;M. G. Lawrence;J. Lelieveld

  • Climate change and impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.

    J. Lelieveld;P. Hadjinicolaou;E. Kostopoulou;E. Kostopoulou;J. Chenoweth

  • Aerosol Health Effects from Molecular to Global Scales

    Manabu Shiraiwa;Kayo Ueda;Andrea Pozzer;Gerhard Lammel

  • A 1°×1° resolution data set of historical anthropogenic trace gas emissions for the period 1890–1990

    J. A. van Aardenne;F. J. Dentener;J. G. J. Olivier;C. G. M. Klein Goldewijk

  • Influences of cloud photochemical processes on tropospheric ozone

    J. Lelieveld;P. J. Crutzen

  • The atmospheric chemistry general circulation model ECHAM5/MESSy1: consistent simulation of ozone from the surface to the mesosphere

    P. Jöckel;H. Tost;A. Pozzer;C. Brühl

  • The role of clouds in tropospheric photochemistry

    J. Lelieveld;P. J. Crutzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Pozzer
Andrea Pozzer Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams Max Planck Society
John N. Crowley
John N. Crowley Max Planck Society
Hartwig Harder
Hartwig Harder Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Holger Tost
Holger Tost Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Paul J. Crutzen
Paul J. Crutzen Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Monica Martinez
Monica Martinez Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Panos Hadjinicolaou
Panos Hadjinicolaou Cyprus Institute
Herbert Fischer
Herbert Fischer Max Planck Society
Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies

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