OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Current Environmental Health Reports is 6. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Exposure Assessment for Tropical Cyclone Epidemiology	159
Mapping Heat Vulnerability and Heat Risk for Neighborhood Health Risk Management in Urban Environment? Challenges and Opportunities	115
Zinc as a Mechanism-Based Strategy for Mitigation of Metals Toxicity	111
Current Trends and Future Directions in Urban Social Prescribing	101
A Narrative Review of Spatial–Temporal Data Sources for Estimating Population-Level Exposures to Oil and Gas Development in the United States	98
Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Nuclear Power Plants: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression	95
Air Pollution and Environmental Justice in Latin America: Where Are We and How Can We Move Forward?	88
A scoping review of multigenerational impacts of grandparental exposures on mental health in grandchildren	72
Estimating Causal Effects of Interventions on Early-life Environmental Exposures Using Observational Data	66
Toxicological Effects of Air Pollutants on Human Airway Cell Models Using Air–liquid Interface Systems: A Systematic Review	62
Synthetic Chemicals: What We Have Learned and Still Need to Learn About Their Associations with Childhood Allergy and Asthma	60
Validity of Geolocation and Distance to Exposure Sources from Geographical Information Systems for Environmental Monitoring of Toxic Metal Exposures Based on Correlation with Biological Samples: a Sys	50
Correction: The Health-Related and Learning Performance Effects of Air Pollution and Other Urban-Related Environmental Factors on School-Age Children and Adolescents—A Scoping Review of Systematic Rev	49
Assessing Differential Variability of High-Throughput DNA Methylation Data	45
Metabolic Perturbations Associated with both PFAS Exposure and Perinatal/Antenatal Depression in Pregnant Individuals: A Meet-in-the-Middle Scoping Review	43
Swimming Into View: Zebrafish Uncover Targets, Mechanisms, and Therapies for Cadmium Toxicity	39
Integrating DNA Methylation Measures of Biological Aging into Social Determinants of Health Research	37
Control Banding and the Global Rise of Qualitative Risk Assessment Strategies	35
Airborne Exposure to Pollutants and Mental Health: A Review with Implications for United States Veterans	34
How Can Communication about Plant-based Foods Support Sustainable Food System Transformation? Nine Recommendations for Government, Industry and Citizens	32
The Application of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Heat Island Mitigation in Asia: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations	30
Correction: Tear Fluid as a Matrix for Biomonitoring Environmental and Chemical Exposures	29
Current Understanding of Sex Differences in Metal-Induced Diseases	27
A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide	27
Dysregulation of Long Non-coding RNAs—the Novel lnc in Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis	27

Consideration on the Intergenerational Ethics on Uranium Waste Disposal	27
Toxicological Effects of Inhaled Crude Oil Vapor	26
An Overview of How the Built Environment Relates to Children’s Health	26
Epigenetic Responses to Nonchemical Stressors: Potential Molecular Links to Perinatal Health Outcomes	26
Correction to: Prenatal Diet as a Modifier of Environmental Risk Factors for Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Outcomes	26
Existing Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Drought and Health Research	26
The Environment and Headache: a Narrative Review	25
Opportunities and Challenges Associated with the Uptake of Residential Clean Fuel Usage	24
Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Hepatic Inflammation	24
Effects of Early-life PFAS Exposure on Child Neurodevelopment: A Review of the Evidence and Research gaps	23
Toxic Metals and Metalloids in Food: Current Status, Health Risks, and Mitigation Strategies	23
A Systematic Review of the Placental Translocation of Micro- and Nanoplastics	22
Air Pollution and Temperature: a Systematic Review of Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures and Sudden Cardiac Death	22
Tear Fluid as a Matrix for Biomonitoring Environmental and Chemical Exposures	21
Evaluating Race in Air Pollution and Health Research: Race, PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, and Mortality as a Case Study	21
Extreme Heat Hits Different Under Climate Change: A Review of Risks and Legal Protections for Agricultural Workers in Canada and the United States	20
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	20
Early Environment and Telomeres: a Long-Term Toxic Relationship	19
Open Air Quality Data Platforms for Environmental Health Research and Action	18
Methods for Evaluating Environmental Health Impacts at Different Stages of the Policy Process in Cities	18
The Association Between High Ambient Temperature and Mortality in the Mediterranean Basin: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	17
Influence of Air Pollution Exposures on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: a Review	17
Environmental Exposure Disparities and Neurodevelopmental Risk: a Review	17
Strengthening Rigor and Reproducibility in Epigenome-Wide Association Studies of Social Exposures and Brain-Based Health Outcomes	17
Occupational Heat Exposure & Mental Health Outcomes: A Review and Framework Incorporating Social Determinants of Health to Guide Future Research	16
Childhood Trauma and Epigenetics: State of the Science and Future	16
The Association Between Personal Air Pollution Exposures and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO): A Systematic Review	16
Correction: Carcinogenic Mechanisms of Hexavalent Chromium: from DNA Breaks to Chromosome Instability and Neoplastic Transformation	15
Air (ine)quality in the European Union	15
A Review on The Role of Environmental Exposures in IgG4-Related Diseases	14
Prenatal Maternal Smoke, DNA Methylation, and Multi-omics of Tissues and Child Health	14
Air Pollution and Lung Cancer: Contributions of Extracellular Vesicles as Pathogenic Mechanisms and Clinical Utility	12
Parking and Public Health	12
A Review on Climate, Air Pollution, and Health in North Africa	12
Dairy and Plant-Based Milks: Implications for Nutrition and Planetary Health	11
Supporting Decarbonization of Health Systems—A Review of International Policy and Practice on Health Care and Climate Change	11
Impacts of Environmental Insults on Cardiovascular Aging	11
Exposure to Synthetic Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Relation to Maternal and Fetal Sex Steroid Hormones: A Scoping Review	11
The Health-Related and Learning Performance Effects of Air Pollution and Other Urban-Related Environmental Factors on School-Age Children and Adolescents—A Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews	10
Challenges of Air Pollution and Health in East Asia	10
Occupational Heat Stress Among Migrant and Ethnic Minority Outdoor Workers: A Scoping Review	10
Prenatal Exposure to Nitrate in Drinking Water and Adverse Health Outcomes in the Offspring: a Review of Current Epidemiological Research	10
Hurricanes and Health Equity: A Review of Structural Determinants of Vulnerability for Climate and Health Research	9
Reproductive and Social Policies, Sociopolitical Stress, and Implications for Maternal and Child Health Equity	9
Prenatal Diet as a Modifier of Environmental Risk Factors for Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Outcomes	9
Using Geovisualizations to Educate the Public About Environmental Health Hazards: What Works and Why	9
The Role of Community Science in Addressing Policy Change: A Critical Review of Air Pollution Literature	9
Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States	8
Environmental Metal Exposure, Neurodevelopment, and the Role of Iron Status: a Review	8
Genetics and Epigenetics of Manganese Toxicity	8

Prevalence and Implications of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Settled Dust	8
Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, and Health Inequities: The Underlying Role of Structural Inequalities	8
The Utility of Machine Learning Models for Predicting Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water: Promise, Challenges, and Opportunities	7
Assessing Exposure to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Strengths, Challenges, and Implications for Epidemiologic Research	7
A Review of the Interactive Effects of Climate and Air Pollution on Human Health in China	6
Occurrence and Risks of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Shellfish	6
Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change on Women: a Scoping Review	6
Association between Asbestos Exposure and the Incidence of Kidney Cancer: a Weight-of-Evidence Evaluation and Meta-analysis	6
A State-of-the-Science Review on Metal Biomarkers	6
Role of Climate Change in Changing Hepatic Health Maps	6