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China
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
79
Citations
25308
World Ranking
562
National Ranking
97

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award

Overview

Yuguo Li is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, focusing primarily on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Modeling and Simulation, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research addresses a range of topics including:

  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Infection Control in Healthcare

Among Yuguo Li's notable recent papers are:

  • "Probable airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a poorly ventilated restaurant," 2021, Building and Environment
  • "Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?," 2020, Environment International
  • "Indoor transmission of SARS-CoV-2," 2020, Indoor Air
  • "Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)," 2021, Journal of Hospital Infection

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Nan Zhang
  • Hua Qian
  • Wei Jia
  • Hui-Ling Yen
  • Julian W. Tang

Yuguo Li's research has been published predominantly in these venues:

  • Building and Environment
  • Indoor Air
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition

Best Publications

  • Evidence of Airborne Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus

    Ignatius Tak Sun Yu;Yuguo Li;Tze Wai Wong;Wilson Tam

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

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

  • How far droplets can move in indoor environments--revisiting the Wells evaporation-falling curve.

    X. Xie;Y. Li;A. T. Y. Chwang;P. L. Ho

  • Characterization of expiration air jets and droplet size distributions immediately at the mouth opening

    Christopher Chao;Man Wan;Lidia Morawska;Graham Johnson

  • Recognition of aerosol transmission of infectious agents: a commentary

    Raymond Tellier;Yuguo Li;Benjamin J. Cowling;Julian W. Tang;Julian W. Tang

  • Factors involved in the aerosol transmission of infection and control of ventilation in healthcare premises

    Jw W. Tang;Y. Li;I. Eames;Pks K. S. Chan

  • Modality of human expired aerosol size distributions

    Graham Johnson;Lidia Morawska;Zoran Ristovski;Megan Hargreaves

  • Exhaled droplets due to talking and coughing

    Xiaojian Xie;Yuguo Li;Hequan Sun;Li Liu

  • Airborne spread of infectious agents in the indoor environment

    Jianjian Wei;Yuguo Li

  • Natural Ventilation for Infection Control in Health-care Settings

    James Atkinson;Yves Chartier;Carmen Lúcia Pessoa-Silva;Paul Jensen

  • The influence of building height variability on pollutant dispersion and pedestrian ventilation in idealized high-rise urban areas

    Jian Hang;Jian Hang;Yuguo Li;Mats Sandberg;Riccardo Buccolieri

  • An Experimental Investigation of a Solar Chimney model with Uniform Wall Heat Flux

    Z.D. Chen;P. Bandopadhayay;J. Halldorsson;C. Byrjalsen

  • Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

    JW Tang;WP Bahnfleth;PM Bluyssen;G Buonanno

  • Dispersion of exhaled droplet nuclei in a two-bed hospital ward with three different ventilation systems.

    H. Qian;Y. Li;P. V. Nielsen;C. E. Hyldgaard

  • Short-range airborne transmission of expiratory droplets between two people.

    Li Liu;Li Liu;Yuguo Li;Peter Vilhelm Nielsen;Jianjian Wei

  • Evaporation and dispersion of respiratory droplets from coughing.

    Li Liu;Jianjian Wei;Yuguo Li;Andrew Ooi

  • Enhanced spread of expiratory droplets by turbulence in a cough jet

    Jianjian Wei;Yuguo Li

  • Can commonly-used fan-driven air cleaning technologies improve indoor air quality? A literature review

    Yinping Zhang;Jinhan Mo;Yuguo Li;Jan Sundell;Jan Sundell

  • Natural ventilation induced by combined wind and thermal forces

    Yuguo Li;Angelo Delsante

  • A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection.

    Lidia Morawska;Joseph Allen;William Bahnfleth;Philomena M. Bluyssen

  • Particle deposition in the human lung: Health implications of particulate matter from different sources.

    Qihong Deng;Linjing Deng;Yufeng Miao;Xilong Guo

  • Can commonly-used active air cleaning technologies improve indoor air quality? A literature review

    Yinping Zhang;Jinhan Mo;Yuguo Li;Jan Sundell;Jan Sundell

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter V. Nielsen
Peter V. Nielsen Aalborg University
Jian Hang
Jian Hang Sun Yat-sen University
Mats Sandberg
Mats Sandberg Royal Institute of Technology
Hui-Ling Yen
Hui-Ling Yen University of Hong Kong
Julian W. Tang
Julian W. Tang University of Leicester
Qihong Deng
Qihong Deng Zhengzhou University
Benjamin J. Cowling
Benjamin J. Cowling University of Hong Kong
Paul Jensen
Paul Jensen University of Queensland
Per Heiselberg
Per Heiselberg Aalborg University
Pak Wai Chan
Pak Wai Chan Hong Kong Observatory

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