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2026

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171
Citations
113709
World Ranking
12
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jose L. Jimenez is a researcher affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their work spans several areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on atmospheric science and related subfields.

The main fields of study for Jose L. Jimenez include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, their research delves into subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Environmental Engineering

The scientist's work focuses on topics including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

Jose L. Jimenez has published numerous papers in prominent scientific journals. Some recent notable publications are:

  • "Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses", 2021, Science
  • "How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?", 2020, Environment International
  • "Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2", 2021, The Lancet
  • "Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event", 2020, Indoor Air
  • "Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)", 2021, Journal of Hospital Infection

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jose L. Jimenez include:

  • Pedro Campuzano-Jost
  • Benjamin A. Nault
  • Douglas A. Day
  • Hongyu Guo
  • Glenn S. Diskin

Their work appears regularly in several key publication venues such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Best Publications

  • The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

    Mattias Hallquist;J. C. Wenger;U. Baltensperger;Y. Rudich

  • Evolution of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere

    J. L. Jimenez;M. R. Canagaratna;N. M. Donahue;A. S. H. Prevot

  • Ubiquity and dominance of oxygenated species in organic aerosols in anthropogenically-influenced Northern Hemisphere midlatitudes

    Q. Zhang;Jose L. Jimenez;M. R. Canagaratna;J. D. Allan

  • Field-Deployable, High-Resolution, Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

    Peter F. DeCarlo;Joel R. Kimmel;Achim Trimborn;Megan J. Northway

  • Chemical and microphysical characterization of ambient aerosols with the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

    M. R. Canagaratna;J. T. Jayne;J. L. Jimenez;J. D. Allan

  • O/C and OM/OC Ratios of Primary, Secondary, and Ambient Organic Aerosols with High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    Allison C. Aiken;Peter F. DeCarlo;Jesse H. Kroll;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • Interpretation of organic components from Positive Matrix Factorization of aerosol mass spectrometric data

    I. M. Ulbrich;M. R. Canagaratna;Q. Zhang;D. R. Worsnop

  • Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses.

    Chia C. Wang;Chia C. Wang;Kimberly A. Prather;Josué Sznitman;Jose L. Jimenez;Jose L. Jimenez

  • How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?

    Lidia Morawska;Julian W. Tang;William Bahnfleth;Philomena M. Bluyssen

  • Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions.

    Brian C. McDonald;Brian C. McDonald;Joost A. De Gouw;Joost A. De Gouw;Jessica B. Gilman;Shantanu H. Jathar

  • Carbon oxidation state as a metric for describing the chemistry of atmospheric organic aerosol

    Jesse H. Kroll;Neil M. Donahue;Jose L. Jimenez;Sean H. Kessler

  • Secondary organic aerosol formation from anthropogenic air pollution: Rapid and higher than expected

    Rainer Volkamer;Rainer Volkamer;Jose L. Jimenez;Federico San Martini;Federico San Martini;Katja Dzepina

  • Particle Morphology and Density Characterization by Combined Mobility and Aerodynamic Diameter Measurements. Part 1: Theory

    Peter F. DeCarlo;Jay G. Slowik;Douglas R. Worsnop;Paul Davidovits

  • Ambient aerosol sampling using the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

    Jose L. Jimenez;Jose L. Jimenez;John T. Jayne;Quan Shi;Charles E. Kolb

  • Organic aerosol components observed in Northern Hemispheric datasets from Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    N.L. Ng;M.R. Canagaratna;Q. Zhang;Q. Zhang;J.L. Jimenez

  • Elemental ratio measurements of organic compounds using aerosol mass spectrometry: characterization, improved calibration, and implications

    M. R. Canagaratna;J. L. Jimenez;J. H. Kroll;Q. Chen

  • Recent advances in understanding secondary organic aerosol: Implications for global climate forcing

    Manish Shrivastava;Christopher D. Cappa;Jiwen Fan;Allen H. Goldstein

  • Evaluation of Composition-Dependent Collection Efficiencies for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer using Field Data

    Ann M. Middlebrook;Roya Bahreini;Jose L. Jimenez;Manjula R. Canagaratna

  • Understanding atmospheric organic aerosols via factor analysis of aerosol mass spectrometry: a review

    Qi Zhang;Jose L. Jimenez;Jose L. Jimenez;Manjula R. Canagaratna;Ingrid M. Ulbrich

  • Marine aerosol formation from biogenic iodine emissions

    Colin D. O'Dowd;Colin D. O'Dowd;Jose L. Jimenez;Richard C. Bahreini;Richard C. Flagan

  • Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Jose L Jimenez;Kimberly A Prather;Zeynep Tufekci

  • Ubiquity and Dominance of Oxygenated Species in Organic Aerosols in

    Q. Zhang;J. L. Jimenez;H. Coe;I. Ulbrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Campuzano-Jost
Pedro Campuzano-Jost University of Colorado Boulder
Douglas A. Day
Douglas A. Day University of Colorado Boulder
Weiwei Hu
Weiwei Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter F. DeCarlo
Peter F. DeCarlo Johns Hopkins University
Douglas R. Worsnop
Douglas R. Worsnop University of Helsinki
Patrick L. Hayes
Patrick L. Hayes University of Montreal
Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein University of California, Berkeley
Steven S. Brown
Steven S. Brown National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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