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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Zinc as a Mechanism-Based Strategy for Mitigation of Metals Toxicity	200
Interrupted Time Series Analysis in Environmental Epidemiology: A Review of Traditional and Novel Modeling Approaches	164
Mapping Heat Vulnerability and Heat Risk for Neighborhood Health Risk Management in Urban Environment? Challenges and Opportunities	100
Current Trends and Future Directions in Urban Social Prescribing	90
Artificial Intelligence in Environment and Human Health: Progress, Opportunities and Challenges	74
A Narrative Review of Spatial–Temporal Data Sources for Estimating Population-Level Exposures to Oil and Gas Development in the United States	50
Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Nuclear Power Plants: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression	50
Toxicological Effects of Air Pollutants on Human Airway Cell Models Using Air–liquid Interface Systems: A Systematic Review	48
Estimating Causal Effects of Interventions on Early-life Environmental Exposures Using Observational Data	45
A scoping review of multigenerational impacts of grandparental exposures on mental health in grandchildren	44
Mechanisms of Phthalate-Induced Accelerated Ovarian Aging in Experimental Models	44
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	42
Synthetic Chemicals: What We Have Learned and Still Need to Learn About Their Associations with Childhood Allergy and Asthma	42
Mortality Related to Climate Change and Environmental Hazards in the Mediterranean Region: A Scoping Review	38
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	36
Metabolic Perturbations Associated with both PFAS Exposure and Perinatal/Antenatal Depression in Pregnant Individuals: A Meet-in-the-Middle Scoping Review	36
Swimming Into View: Zebrafish Uncover Targets, Mechanisms, and Therapies for Cadmium Toxicity	35
Assessing Differential Variability of High-Throughput DNA Methylation Data	35
Control Banding and the Global Rise of Qualitative Risk Assessment Strategies	34
How Do We Know What We Know About Consumer Attitudes Towards Meat Sustainability? A Scoping Review of Studies Published Globally Between 2010–2022	32
How Can Communication about Plant-based Foods Support Sustainable Food System Transformation? Nine Recommendations for Government, Industry and Citizens	32
Airborne Exposure to Pollutants and Mental Health: A Review with Implications for United States Veterans	30
The Application of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Heat Island Mitigation in Asia: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations	30
Cooking, Food Agency and Pro- Health Behavior	30
Environmental Justice and Pesticides in the Global South–A Scoping Review	29

Pitfalls of Using Negative Control Outcomes in Environmental Epidemiology	28
Correction to: Social Equity in True Cost Accounting of Food	28
Consideration on the Intergenerational Ethics on Uranium Waste Disposal	28
Correction: Tear Fluid as a Matrix for Biomonitoring Environmental and Chemical Exposures	28
Dysregulation of Long Non-coding RNAs—the Novel lnc in Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis	27
An Overview of How the Built Environment Relates to Children’s Health	26
Current Understanding of Sex Differences in Metal-Induced Diseases	24
A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide	24
Encoding Justice with Data: Environmental Justice Screening Tools and the Limits of Quantification	23
Environmental Noise Exposure and Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	23
Epigenetic Responses to Nonchemical Stressors: Potential Molecular Links to Perinatal Health Outcomes	22
Hazardous Environmental Pollutants and Cancer Disparities: A Systematic Review on the Consideration of Race and Ethnicity in Environmental Epidemiology Research	19
Existing Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Drought and Health Research	18
The Environment and Headache: a Narrative Review	17
Correction to: Prenatal Diet as a Modifier of Environmental Risk Factors for Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Outcomes	17
Toxicological Effects of Inhaled Crude Oil Vapor	17
Air Pollution and Temperature: a Systematic Review of Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures and Sudden Cardiac Death	16
Beyond Genes: Mechanistic and Epidemiological Insights into Paternal Environmental Influence on Offspring Health	16
Opportunities and Challenges Associated with the Uptake of Residential Clean Fuel Usage	16
A Systematic Review of the Placental Translocation of Micro- and Nanoplastics	15
Toxic Metals and Metalloids in Food: Current Status, Health Risks, and Mitigation Strategies	15
Tear Fluid as a Matrix for Biomonitoring Environmental and Chemical Exposures	14
Effects of Early-life PFAS Exposure on Child Neurodevelopment: A Review of the Evidence and Research gaps	14
Early Environment and Telomeres: a Long-Term Toxic Relationship	14
Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Hepatic Inflammation	14
Itching to know: the Microbiome, Allergic Disease, and Antimicrobial Chemicals	14
Evaluating Race in Air Pollution and Health Research: Race, PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, and Mortality as a Case Study	13
A Review of R Packages for Bayesian Model-based Clustering of High-dimensional Multivariate Environmental Exposures	13
Open Air Quality Data Platforms for Environmental Health Research and Action	13
Extreme Heat Hits Different Under Climate Change: A Review of Risks and Legal Protections for Agricultural Workers in Canada and the United States	13
Comparison of Methods for Analyzing Environmental Mixtures Effects on Survival Outcomes	12
Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article “Open Air Quality Data Platforms for Environmental Health Research and Action”	12
The Association Between High Ambient Temperature and Mortality in the Mediterranean Basin: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	11
Environmental Exposure Disparities and Neurodevelopmental Risk: a Review	11
Childhood Trauma and Epigenetics: State of the Science and Future	11
The Association Between Personal Air Pollution Exposures and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO): A Systematic Review	10
Air Pollution and Lung Cancer: Contributions of Extracellular Vesicles as Pathogenic Mechanisms and Clinical Utility	10
A Review on The Role of Environmental Exposures in IgG4-Related Diseases	10
Influence of Air Pollution Exposures on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: a Review	10
Correction: Carcinogenic Mechanisms of Hexavalent Chromium: from DNA Breaks to Chromosome Instability and Neoplastic Transformation	10
Strengthening Rigor and Reproducibility in Epigenome-Wide Association Studies of Social Exposures and Brain-Based Health Outcomes	10
Navigating the AI Frontier in Toxicology: Trends, Trust, and Transformation	10
Parking and Public Health	10
Occupational Heat Exposure & Mental Health Outcomes: A Review and Framework Incorporating Social Determinants of Health to Guide Future Research	9
Prenatal Maternal Smoke, DNA Methylation, and Multi-omics of Tissues and Child Health	9
Ambient PM2.5 Exposure Modeling in LMICs: An Example from Peru	9
Does Home and Wild Food Procurement Enhance Food Security in High-Income Countries?	9
Endocrine and Reproductive Health Considerations of Sunscreen UV Filters: Insights from a Comprehensive Review 2014–2024	9
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	8
Dairy and Plant-Based Milks: Implications for Nutrition and Planetary Health	8

Supporting Decarbonization of Health Systems—A Review of International Policy and Practice on Health Care and Climate Change	8
Integrating Health in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Comprehensive Review of Interdependencies, Challenges, and Future Research Opportunities	7
Social Equity in True Cost Accounting of Food	7
Prenatal Exposure to Nitrate in Drinking Water and Adverse Health Outcomes in the Offspring: a Review of Current Epidemiological Research	7
Occupational Heat Stress Among Migrant and Ethnic Minority Outdoor Workers: A Scoping Review	7
Challenges of Air Pollution and Health in East Asia	7
Exposure to Synthetic Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Relation to Maternal and Fetal Sex Steroid Hormones: A Scoping Review	7
Oil and Gas Development and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Qualitative and Quantitative Bias Analysis of the Epidemiologic Literature	7
The Use of Virtual Reality to Alter Physical Activity by Targeting the Built Environment	7
Hurricanes and Health Equity: A Review of Structural Determinants of Vulnerability for Climate and Health Research	6
The Utility of Machine Learning Models for Predicting Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water: Promise, Challenges, and Opportunities	6
Environmental Metal Exposure, Neurodevelopment, and the Role of Iron Status: a Review	6
Deconstructing the Livestock Manure Digester and Biogas Controversy	6
The Role of Community Science in Addressing Policy Change: A Critical Review of Air Pollution Literature	6
Using Geovisualizations to Educate the Public About Environmental Health Hazards: What Works and Why	6
Ethical Challenges in Scientific Studies Within One Health	6
Genetics and Epigenetics of Manganese Toxicity	6
Reproductive and Social Policies, Sociopolitical Stress, and Implications for Maternal and Child Health Equity	6