Topic · Air Quality and Health Impacts
Most cited papers in Air Quality and Health Impacts
What are the most cited papers in Air Quality and Health Impacts?
The most cited paper in Air Quality and Health Impacts is "Toxic Potential of Materials at the Nanolevel" (André E. Nel, Tian Xia, Lutz Mädler et al., 2006), with 9,332 citations. Next come "Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution" (8,639) and "Occurrence of the potent mutagens 2- nitrobenzanthrone and 3-nitrobenzanthrone in fine airborne particles" (8,534).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,735 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toxic Potential of Materials at the Nanolevel André E. Nel, Tian Xia, Lutz Mädler et al. · Science | 2 Feb 2006 | 9,332 |
| 2 | Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution C. Arden Pope · JAMA | 6 Mar 2002 | 8,639 |
| 3 | Occurrence of the potent mutagens 2- nitrobenzanthrone and 3-nitrobenzanthrone in fine airborne particles Aldenor Gomes Santos, Gisele O. da Rocha, Jaílson B. de Andrade · Scientific Reports | 3 Jan 2019 | 8,534 |
| 4 | An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities Douglas W. Dockery, C. Arden Pope, Xiping Xu et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 9 Dec 1993 | 8,197 |
| 5 | Nanotoxicology: An Emerging Discipline Evolving from Studies of Ultrafine Particles Günter Oberdörster, Eva Oberdörster, Jan Oberdörster · Environmental Health Perspectives | 22 Mar 2005 | 7,918 |
| 6 | Health Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution: Lines that Connect C. Arden Pope, Douglas W. Dockery · Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association | Jun 2006 | 6,809 |
| 7 | Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 Aaron J. Cohen et al. · The Lancet | 10 Apr 2017 | 6,772 |
| 8 | The contribution of outdoor air pollution sources to premature mortality on a global scale Jos Lelieveld, John S. Evans, Mohammed S. Fnais et al. · Nature | Sep 2015 | 6,216 |
| 9 | Environmental and Health Impacts of Air Pollution: A Review Ioannis Manisalidis, Elisavet Stavropoulou, Agathangelos Stavropoulos et al. · Frontiers in Public Health | 20 Feb 2020 | 5,270 |
| 10 | The Lancet Commission on pollution and health Philip J. Landrigan et al. · The Lancet | 19 Oct 2017 | 4,954 |
| 11 | High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China Ru‐Jin Huang et al. · Nature | 16 Sep 2014 | 4,848 |
| 12 | The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants Neil E. Klepeis, William C. Nelson, Wayne R. Ott et al. · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology | Jul 2001 | 4,843 |
| 13 | Air pollution and health Bert Brunekreef, Stephen T. Holgate · The Lancet | Oct 2002 | 4,730 |
| 14 | The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues Mattias Hallquist et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics | 29 Jul 2009 | 4,585 |
| 15 | Human health effects of air pollution Marilena Kampa, Elias Castanas · Environmental Pollution | 24 Jul 2007 | 4,567 |
| 16 | Spirometric Reference Values from a Sample of the General U.S. Population John Hankinson, John R. Odencrantz, Kathleen B. Fedan · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 1999 | 4,284 |
| 17 | Nanomaterials and nanoparticles: Sources and toxicity Cristina Buzea, Ivan I. Pacheco, Kevin Robbie · Biointerphases | Dec 2007 | 3,780 |
| 18 | Atmospheric chemistry of VOCs and NOx Roger Atkinson · Atmospheric Environment | 2000 | 3,697 |
| 19 | Atmospheric Degradation of Volatile Organic Compounds Roger Atkinson, Janet Arey · Chemical Reviews | 29 Oct 2003 | 3,261 |
| 20 | Impact of regional climate change on human health Jonathan A. Patz, Diarmid H. Campbell-Lendrum, Tracey Holloway et al. · Nature | Nov 2005 | 3,119 |
| 21 | Trends in China's anthropogenic emissions since 2010 as the consequence of clean air actions Bo Zheng, Dan Tong, Meng Li et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics | 4 Oct 2018 | 3,017 |
| 22 | A review on the human health impact of airborne particulate matter Ki‐Hyun Kim, Ehsanul Kabir, Shamin Kabir · Environment International | 24 Oct 2014 | 3,006 |
| 23 | Ubiquity and dominance of oxygenated species in organic aerosols in anthropogenically‐influenced Northern Hemisphere midlatitudes Q. Zhang et al. · Geophysical Research Letters | 6 Jul 2007 | 2,920 |
| 24 | A review of the pathways of human exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and present understanding of health effects Elsie M. Sunderland, Xindi C. Hu, Clifton Dassuncao et al. · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology | 23 Nov 2018 | 2,803 |
| 25 | Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet | 12 Sep 2015 | 2,766 |
| 26 | Particulate Air Pollution as a Predictor of Mortality in a Prospective Study of U.S. Adults C. Arden Pope, Michael J. Thun, Mohan M. Namboodiri et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | Mar 1995 | 2,765 |
| 27 | Atmospheric Aerosols: Composition, Transformation, Climate and Health Effects Ulrich Pöschl · Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 21 Nov 2005 | 2,710 |
| 28 | Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Admission for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Francesca Dominici, Roger D. Peng, Michelle Lee Bell et al. · JAMA | 7 Mar 2006 | 2,702 |
| 29 | A technology‐based global inventory of black and organic carbon emissions from combustion Tami C. Bond, David G. Streets, K. F. Yarber et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 23 Jul 2004 | 2,698 |
| 30 | Field-Deployable, High-Resolution, Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer P. F. DeCarlo, Joel R. Kimmel, A. Trimborn et al. · Analytical Chemistry | 11 Nov 2006 | 2,662 |
| 31 | Review of the Governing Equations, Computational Algorithms, and Other Components of the Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System Daewon W. Byun, Kenneth L. Schere · Applied Mechanics Reviews | Mar 2006 | 2,655 |
| 32 | Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot study Craig A. Poland, Rodger Duffin, Ian A. Kinloch et al. · Nature Nanotechnology | 20 May 2008 | 2,641 |
| 33 | Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Source attribution, emission factors and regulation Khaiwal Ravindra, Ranjeet S. Sokhi, R Vangrieken · Atmospheric Environment | 4 Mar 2008 | 2,639 |
| 34 | Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution C. Arden Pope, Richard T. Burnett, George D. Thurston et al. · Circulation | 15 Dec 2003 | 2,631 |
| 35 | Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles to the Brain Günter Oberdörster, Z. D. Sharp, Viorel N. Atudorei et al. · Inhalation Toxicology | 2004 | 2,612 |
| 36 | Climate change and human health: present and future risks Anthony John McMichael, Rosalie Woodruff, Simon Hales · The Lancet | 10 Feb 2006 | 2,611 |
| 37 | Distributed lag non‐linear models Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Michael G. Kenward · Statistics in Medicine | 7 May 2010 | 2,589 |
| 38 | Formation and growth rates of ultrafine atmospheric particles: a review of observations Markku Kulmala, Hanna Vehkamäki, Tuukka Petäjä et al. · Journal of Aerosol Science | 4 Dec 2003 | 2,588 |
| 39 | Air pollution in mega cities in China Chak Keung Chan, Xiaohong Yao · Atmospheric Environment | 15 Sep 2007 | 2,571 |
| 40 | Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter Richard T. Burnett et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 4 Sep 2018 | 2,561 |
| 41 | A review of airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their human health effects Ki‐Hyun Kim, Shamin Ara Jahan, Ehsanul Kabir et al. · Environment International | 6 Sep 2013 | 2,460 |
| 42 | Air pollution removal by urban trees and shrubs in the United States David J. Nowak, Daniel E. Crane, Jack C. Stevens · Urban forestry & urban greening | 10 Feb 2006 | 2,432 |
| 43 | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research Suzanne E. Fenton, ALAN M. DUCATMAN, Alan R. Boobis et al. · Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | 5 Oct 2020 | 2,426 |
| 44 | Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease Robert D. Brook, Barry A. Franklin, Wayne E. Cascio et al. · Circulation | Jun 2004 | 2,403 |
| 45 | The Toxicology of Mercury and Its Chemical Compounds Thomas William Clarkson, Laszlo Magos · Critical Reviews in Toxicology | 2006 | 2,382 |
| 46 | Fine-Particulate Air Pollution and Life Expectancy in the United States C. Arden Pope, Majid Ezzati, Douglas W. Dockery · New England Journal of Medicine | 21 Jan 2009 | 2,327 |
| 47 | Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement Corinne Le Quéré, Robert B. Jackson, Matthew W. Jones et al. · Nature Climate Change | 19 May 2020 | 2,324 |
| 48 | Engines and nanoparticles David B. Kittelson · Journal of Aerosol Science | Jun 1998 | 2,312 |
| 49 | Drivers of improved PM 2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017 Qiang Zhang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 18 Nov 2019 | 2,283 |
| 50 | A large source of low-volatility secondary organic aerosol Mikael Ehn et al. · Nature | Feb 2014 | 2,281 |
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