Indoor Environments Journal

The Official Journal of ISIAQ

Indoor Environments

Advancing research on the environments where people live, work, learn, and gather.

A society-owned, international, multidisciplinary, open-access journal dedicated to advancing indoor environmental science.

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Open Access Published by Elsevier ISSN 2950-3620
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About the Journal

Research for healthier, more resilient indoor environments

ISIAQ is proud to present Indoor Environments, published by Elsevier. As a society-owned international, multidisciplinary, and open-access journal, Indoor Environments is dedicated to advancing the field of indoor environmental sciences.

The journal serves as a platform for researchers, scholars, and professionals interested in all aspects of indoor environments, including health, comfort, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Contributions are welcomed from a wide array of disciplines, including engineering, architecture, public health, psychology, epidemiology, toxicology, chemistry, microbiology, physics, and related fields.

Research Scope

Exploring the full indoor environment

01

Air & Pollutants

Source characterization, monitoring, prediction, and evaluation of physical, chemical, and biological pollutants.

02

Ventilation & Control

Ventilation, air cleaning, and novel methods for controlling indoor environmental conditions.

03

Health & Exposure

Exposure science, health effects, epidemiology, and the relationship between indoor environments and human health.

04

Climate & Sustainability

Climate adaptation, sustainability, and the environmental impacts associated with indoor environments.

05

Thermal Comfort

Thermal comfort, occupant experience, and the creation of heat-resilient indoor environments.

06

Pathogen Transmission

Understanding transmission within indoor spaces and approaches to reducing risk.

07

Acoustics & Lighting

Research into the acoustic and lighting conditions that shape indoor environmental quality.

08

Novel Research Methods

New methodologies, measurement approaches, and interdisciplinary tools for studying indoor spaces.

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Editorial Leadership

Led by experts in indoor environmental science

Indoor Environments is guided by an international team of editors and researchers representing expertise across indoor environmental quality, health, engineering, building science, exposure, and related fields.

Editor-in-Chief

Yuguo Li, PhD

The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China

Editors

Joseph Allen, DSc Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gabriel Beko, PhD Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Richard de Dear, PhD The University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Orianne Dumas, PhD Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
Villejuif, France
Patrick Lee, PhD City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
Glenn Morrison, PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina, USA
Michael Waring, PhD Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Yingxin Zhu, PhD Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Jonathan Abbatt, PhD University of Toronto, Canada
Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, PhD Karlstad University, Sweden
Bert Brunekreef, PhD Utrecht University, Netherlands
Christopher Chao, PhD The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Ginger Chew, ScD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Richard Corsi, PhD University of California Davis, USA
Qihong Deng, PhD Zhengzhou University, China
Hugo Destaillats, Ph.D. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Jeroen Douwes, PhD Massey University, New Zealand
Delphine Farmer, PhD Colorado State University, USA
Andrea Ferro, PhD Clarkson University, USA
Dusan Licina, PhD EPFL, Switzerland
Li Liu, PhD Tsinghua University, China
Corinne Mandin, PhD Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety, France
Taubel Martin, PhD, Docent Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Mark J. Mendell, PhD California Department of Public Health, USA
Donald Milton, MD, DrPH University of Maryland, USA
Lidia Morawska, PhD Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Catherine Noakes, PhD, FREng, FIMechE, FIHEEM University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Jordan Peccia, PhD Yale University, USA
Andrew Persily, PhD National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Hua Qian, PhD Southeast University, China
Tiina Reponen, PhD University of Cincinnati, USA
Tunga Salthammer, Dr. rer. nat. habil. Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research WKI, Germany
Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D. University of Toronto, Canada
Brett Singer, PhD Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Brent Stephens, PhD Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Shin-ichi Tanabe, PhD Waseda University, Japan
Julian W Tang, BA MBChB MA PhD MRCP FRCPath FHKCPath FHKAM University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Kwok Wai Tham, PhD National University of Singapore, Singapore
Pawel Wargocki, PhD Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Charles Weschler, Ph.D. Rutgers University, USA
Chang-Yu Wu, PhD University of Miami, USA
Ying Xu, PhD Tsinghua University, China
Naomichi Yamamoto, PhD Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Yinping Zhang, PhD Tsinghua University School of Architecture, China

Meet the early career researchers contributing to the editorial leadership of Indoor Environments.

Chun Chen, PhD The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Nusrat Jung, D.Sc. Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Marco-Felipe King, PhD University of Leeds
United Kingdom
Nan "Nancy" Ma, PhD Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts, USA
Shanshan Shi, PhD Nanjing University
China
Marc Syndicus, PhD (Dr. phil.) RWTH Aachen University
Germany
Simone Torresin, PhD University of Trento
Italy
Wenjuan Wei, PhD Scientific and Technical Center for Building
France
Sungmin Yoon, PhD Sungkyunkwan University
Republic of Korea
Ran Zhao, PhD University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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