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39
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12784
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8220
National Ranking
2932

Wayne R. Ott publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wayne R. Ott sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 113 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Wayne R. Ott D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wayne R. Ott sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wayne R. Ott was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily contributed to the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with a notable focus on several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Speech and Hearing.

Their work addressed key topics such as Air Quality and Health Impacts, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Noise Effects and Management, and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.

Among their recent publications, the following papers were included:

  • Measuring indoor fine particle concentrations, emission rates, and decay rates from cannabis use in a residence, 2021, Atmospheric Environment X
  • Calibration of low-cost PurpleAir outdoor monitors using an improved method of calculating PM, 2021, Atmospheric Environment
  • Secondhand exposure from vaping marijuana: Concentrations, emissions, and exposures determined using both research-grade and low-cost monitors, 2020, Atmospheric Environment X
  • Characteristics of secondhand cannabis smoke from common smoking methods: Calibration factor, emission rate, and particle removal rate, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • PM2.5 exposure close to marijuana smoking and vaping: A case study in residential indoor and outdoor settings, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist frequently published in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Atmospheric Environment X
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Sensors
  • Preprints.org

Frequent co-authors included:

  • Lance Wallace
  • Kai-Chung Cheng
  • Lynn M. Hildemann
  • Tongke Zhao
  • Jianzhao Bi

Best Publications

  • The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants.

    Neil E Klepeis;Neil E Klepeis;William C Nelson;Wayne R Ott;John P Robinson

  • Environmental indices : theory and practice

    Wayne R. Ott

  • A Physical Explanation of the Lognormality of Pollutant Concentrations

    Wayne R. Ott

  • Environmental Statistics and Data Analysis

    Wayne R. Ott

  • Concepts of human exposure to air pollution

    Wayne R. Ott

  • Personal exposure to ultrafine particles

    Lance Wallace;Wayne Ott

  • The effect of opening windows on air change rates in two homes.

    Cynthia Howard-Reed;Lance A. Wallace;Wayne R. Ott

  • Real-time measurement of outdoor tobacco smoke particles.

    Neil E. Klepeis;Wayne R. Ott;Paul Switzer

  • Air change rates of motor vehicles and in-vehicle pollutant concentrations from secondhand smoke

    Wayne Ott;Neil Klepeis;Paul Switzer

  • Particle Concentrations Inside a Tavern Before and After Prohibition of Smoking: Evaluating the Performance of an Indoor Air Quality Model

    Wayne Ott;Paul Switzer;John Robinson

  • Total human exposure

    Wayne R. Ott

  • Everyday exposure to toxic pollutants.

    Wayne R. Ott;John W. Roberts

  • Calibration of low-cost PurpleAir outdoor monitors using an improved method of calculating PM2.5

    Lance Wallace;Jianzhao Bi;Wayne R. Ott;Jeremy Sarnat

  • VALIDATION OF THE SIMULATION OF HUMAN ACTIVITY AND POLLUTANT EXPOSURE (SHAPE) MODEL USING PAIRED DAYS FROM THE DENVER, CO, CARBON MONOXIDE FIELD STUDY

    Wayne Ott;Jacob Thomas;David Mage;Lance Wallace

  • Predicting particulate (PM10) personal exposure distributions using a random component superposition statistical model.

    Wayne Ott;Lance Wallace;David Mage

  • Using multiple continuous fine particle monitors to characterize tobacco, incense, candle, cooking, wood burning, and vehicular sources in indoor, outdoor, and in-transit settings

    Wayne R. Ott;Hans C. Siegmann

  • Investigations of the proximity effect for pollutants in the indoor environment.

    Sandra J Mcbride;Andrea R Ferro;Wayne R Ott;Paul Switzer

  • Determination of response of real-time SidePak AM510 monitor to secondhand smoke, other common indoor aerosols, and outdoor aerosol

    Ruo-Ting Jiang;Viviana Acevedo-Bolton;Kai-Chung Cheng;Neil E. Klepeis;Neil E. Klepeis

  • Personal Monitors: A State-of-the-Art Survey

    Lance A. Wallace;Wayne R. Ott

  • Human exposure assessment: the birth of a new science.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn M. Hildemann
Lynn M. Hildemann Stanford University
Lance Wallace
Lance Wallace Environmental Protection Agency
Charles J. Weschler
Charles J. Weschler Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John P. Robinson
John P. Robinson University of Maryland, College Park
Jeremy A. Sarnat
Jeremy A. Sarnat Emory University
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer University of British Columbia
William W. Nazaroff
William W. Nazaroff University of California, Berkeley
Anne Steinemann
Anne Steinemann University of Melbourne
Charles Rodes
Charles Rodes RTI International
Oliver B. Fringer
Oliver B. Fringer Stanford University

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