OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Environmental Health Reports is 7. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Fluoride in Drinking Water and Skeletal Fluorosis: a Review of the Global Impact	186
Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Their Effects on the Placenta, Pregnancy, and Child Development: a Potential Mechanistic Role for Placental Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptors (PPARs)	117
Microbial Indicators of Fecal Pollution: Recent Progress and Challenges in Assessing Water Quality	73
Climate Change and Mental Health	56
Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States	50
Biodiversity and Health in the Urban Environment	50
Breaking Down and Building Up: Gentrification, Its drivers, and Urban Health Inequality	46
Built Environment, Transport, and COVID-19: a Review	45
Cannabis Exposure During Critical Windows of Development: Epigenetic and Molecular Pathways Implicated in Neuropsychiatric Disease	44
Fine-Scale Air Pollution Models for Epidemiologic Research: Insights From Approaches Developed in the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air)	43
Power Outages and Community Health: a Narrative Review	43
Projections of Ambient Temperature- and Air Pollution-Related Mortality Burden Under Combined Climate Change and Population Aging Scenarios: a Review	41
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy and Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Commonly Used in Personal Care Products	41
Sex and Gender Differences in Occupational Hazard Exposures: a Scoping Review of the Recent Literature	40
A Review of the Effectiveness of Current US Policies on Antimicrobial Use in Meat and Poultry Production	40
Individual- and Household-Level Interventions to Reduce Air Pollution Exposures and Health Risks: a Review of the Recent Literature	35
Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 in Asia-Pacific: a Systematic Review of Cohort Studies	35
Combined Impacts of Prenatal Environmental Exposures and Psychosocial Stress on Offspring Health: Air Pollution and Metals	35
Climate Change, Migration, and Civil Strife	34
Fisheries and Policy Implications for Human Nutrition	33
Integrating DNA Methylation Measures of Biological Aging into Social Determinants of Health Research	32
Challenges for Safe and Healthy Drinking Water in China	31
Spatial Distribution and Ecological Risk Assessment of Residual Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in South American Marine Environments	31
Low-Level Cadmium Exposure and Atherosclerosis	29
Environmental Chemical Exposures and Mitochondrial Dysfunction: a Review of Recent Literature	29

Wildfire, Smoke Exposure, Human Health, and Environmental Justice Need to be Integrated into Forest Restoration and Management	28
The Changing Climate and Pregnancy Health	27
Cyanide Contamination of the Puyango-Tumbes River Caused by Artisanal Gold Mining in Portovelo-Zaruma, Ecuador	27
The Placental Epigenome as a Molecular Link Between Prenatal Exposures and Fetal Health Outcomes Through the DOHaD Hypothesis	27
Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, and Health Inequities: The Underlying Role of Structural Inequalities	27
Air Pollution and Adverse Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: Mediation Analysis Using Metabolomic Profiles	27
Cell Types in Environmental Epigenetic Studies: Biological and Epidemiological Frameworks	26
Prevalence and Implications of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Settled Dust	24
A State-of-the-Science Review on Metal Biomarkers	20
Assessing the Public Health Implications of the Food Preservative Propylparaben: Has This Chemical Been Safely Used for Decades	19
The Impact of Climate Change on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Insights From Current Research and New Directions	19
Use of Exposomic Methods Incorporating Sensors in Environmental Epidemiology	19
“I Can’t Breathe”: Examining the Legacy of American Racism on Determinants of Health and the Ongoing Pursuit of Environmental Justice	18
Use of Untargeted Metabolomics to Explore the Air Pollution-Related Disease Continuum	18
The gut microbiome and arsenic-induced disease—iAs metabolism in mice	18
Healthy Aging Requires a Healthy Home Care Workforce: the Occupational Safety and Health of Home Care Aides	17
Relationship Between the Physical Environment and Physical Activity Levels in Preschool Children: A Systematic Review	17
Environmental Exposures and Extracellular Vesicles: Indicators of Systemic Effects and Human Disease	16
A Scoping Review of Non-Occupational Exposures to Environmental Pollutants and Adult Depression, Anxiety, and Suicide	16
Environmental Exposures and Lung Aging: Molecular Mechanisms and Implications for Improving Respiratory Health	15
Nutrition Transition and Climate Risks in Nigeria: Moving Towards Food Systems Policy Coherence	15
Temporary Urbanisms as Policy Alternatives to Enhance Health and Well-Being in the Post-Pandemic City	15
Little to Give, Much to Gain—What Can You Do With a Dried Blood Spot?	15
Intrauterine Exposure to Acetaminophen and Adverse Developmental Outcomes: Epidemiological Findings and Methodological Issues	14
An Epidemiologic Review of Menstrual Blood Loss as an Excretion Route for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances	14
A Review on Climate, Air Pollution, and Health in North Africa	13
Evaluating Race in Air Pollution and Health Research: Race, PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, and Mortality as a Case Study	13
Minimally Invasive Biospecimen Collection for Exposome Research in Children’s Health	13
Environmental Metal Exposure, Neurodevelopment, and the Role of Iron Status: a Review	13
Early Cardiovascular Risk in E-cigarette Users: the Potential Role of Metals	13
Arsenic and Obesity: a Review of Causation and Interaction	13
Air Pollution and Environmental Justice in Latin America: Where Are We and How Can We Move Forward?	12
Genetics and Epigenetics of Manganese Toxicity	12
Climate Change and Health: Local Solutions to Local Challenges	12
Aquaculture Production and Value Chains in the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change on Women: a Scoping Review	11
What Is “Socioeconomic Position (SEP),” and How Might It Modify Air Pollution-Health Associations? Cohering Findings, Identifying Challenges, and Disentangling Effects of SEP and Race in US City Setti	11
Plastic Impacts in Argentina: a Critical Research Review Contributing to the Global Knowledge	11
Chemical Effects on Breast Development, Function, and Cancer Risk: Existing Knowledge and New Opportunities	10
The Effects of Environmental Contaminant Exposure on Reproductive Aging and the Menopause Transition	10
Assessing Exposure to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Strengths, Challenges, and Implications for Epidemiologic Research	10
Machine Learning Within Studies of Early-Life Environmental Exposures and Child Health: Review of the Current Literature and Discussion of Next Steps	10
Occupational Exposures to Engineered Nanomaterials: a Review of Workplace Exposure Assessment Methods	10
A Review of Dengue’s Historical and Future Health Risk from a Changing Climate	10
Circadian Rhythms in Environmental Health Sciences	9
Mitochondrial DNA Mutagenesis: Feature of and Biomarker for Environmental Exposures and Aging	9
A Systematic Review of the Placental Translocation of Micro- and Nanoplastics	8
Prenatal Diet as a Modifier of Environmental Risk Factors for Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Outcomes	8
Is Greenness Associated with Dementia? A Systematic Review and Dose–Response Meta-analysis	8
Sex Differences in Dopaminergic Vulnerability to Environmental Toxicants — Implications for Parkinson’s Disease	8

What Happens In Utero Does Not Stay In Utero: a Review of Evidence for Prenatal Epigenetic Programming by Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Infants, Children, and Adolescents	7
Comparison of Recreational Fish Consumption Advisories Across the USA	7
Impacts of Environmental Insults on Cardiovascular Aging	7
Mapping Thermal Physiology of Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate: Shifts in Geographic and Demographic Risk of Suitability	7
The Health Cost of Transport in Cities	7