OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health is 29. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Preconception mitochondrial DNA copy number plays a crucial role in linking prenatal air pollution with the risk of preterm birth	200
Air pollution exposure and social responsiveness in childhood: The cincinnati combined childhood cohorts	86
Household air pollution from wood-burning cookstoves and C-reactive protein among women in rural Honduras	81
Drinking water sources, quality, and associated health outcomes in Appalachian Virginia: A risk characterization study in two counties	74
Estimating ambient air pollutant levels in Suzhou through the SPDE approach with R-INLA	73
Occurrence and genetic characteristics of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates co-harboring antimicrobial resistance genes and metal tolerance genes in aquatic ecosystems	66
Effect of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention on reported menstrual hygiene practices and symptoms of urogenital infections in rural Odisha, India	65
Self-reported oil spill exposure and birth outcomes among southern Louisiana women at the time of the Gulf oil spill: The GROWH study	61
Prenatal exposure to solvents and fetal outcomes in a Canadian pregnancy cohort	59
Temporal trend and cross-sectional characterization of urinary concentrations of glyphosate in Japanese children from 2006 to 2015	56
How to use human biomonitoring in chemical risk assessment: Methodological aspects, recommendations, and lessons learned from HBM4EU	52
Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: Results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016–2020 (FLEHS IV)	51
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent environmental chemicals and fetal growth outcomes in Western Australia	49
Occupational health outcomes among sanitation workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	46
Traffic exposure, air pollution and children's physical activity at early childhood education and care	43
Higher serum concentrations of PFAS among pesticide exposed female greenhouse workers	41
Domestic water security in the Arctic: A scoping review	41
Biomarkers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Sub-Arctic and Arctic communities in Canada	39
Effect of neighbourhood greenness on the association between air pollution and risk of stroke first onset: A case-crossover study in shandong province, China	39
Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014–2021)	35
Inhalation and dermal absorption as dominant pathways of PCB exposure for residents of contaminated apartment buildings	35
Harmonization of acronyms for volatile organic compound metabolites using a standardized naming system	33
Associations between exposure to blue spaces and natural and cause-specific mortality in Greece: An ecological study	32
Microbiological survey and occurrence of bacterial foodborne pathogens in raw and ready-to-eat green leafy vegetables marketed in Tehran, Iran	31
Heat waves and mortality in the Brazilian Amazon: Effect modification by heat wave characteristics, population subgroup, and cause of death	31

Gestational exposure to organophosphate esters and adiposity measures of children up to 6 years: Effect modification by breastfeeding	30
Fine particulate matter components and reproductive hormones in female adults: A 15-year longitudinal cohort study	30
Longitudinal measures of phthalate exposure and asthma exacerbation in a rural agricultural cohort of Latino children in Yakima Valley, Washington	30
Urinary parabens and their potential sources of exposure among Korean children and adolescents: Korean National Environmental Health Survey 2015–2017	30