Aerosol and Air Quality Research (AAQR) is an independently-run non-profit journal dedicated to serve the worldwide scientific community through publication of high-quality and high-impact scholarly, multi- and inter-disciplinary research that broadly resides in the fields of aerosol and air quality. AAQR is committed to provide a platform that disseminates scholarly work, findings and knowledge promptly, openly and freely to all, and thus promote academic and public discussion and communication. By this, AAQR strives to be one of the leading aerosol and air quality journals in the world.