OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health is 27. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Preconception mitochondrial DNA copy number plays a crucial role in linking prenatal air pollution with the risk of preterm birth	218
Household air pollution from wood-burning cookstoves and C-reactive protein among women in rural Honduras	83
Estimating ambient air pollutant levels in Suzhou through the SPDE approach with R-INLA	78
Drinking water sources, quality, and associated health outcomes in Appalachian Virginia: A risk characterization study in two counties	78
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	71
Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: Results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016–2020 (FLEHS IV)	66
Temporal trend and cross-sectional characterization of urinary concentrations of glyphosate in Japanese children from 2006 to 2015	61
Traffic exposure, air pollution and children's physical activity at early childhood education and care	59
Effect of neighbourhood greenness on the association between air pollution and risk of stroke first onset: A case-crossover study in shandong province, China	51
Prenatal exposure to solvents and fetal outcomes in a Canadian pregnancy cohort	49
Higher serum concentrations of PFAS among pesticide exposed female greenhouse workers	46
Occurrence and genetic characteristics of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates co-harboring antimicrobial resistance genes and metal tolerance genes in aquatic ecosystems	42
Air pollution exposure and social responsiveness in childhood: The cincinnati combined childhood cohorts	41
Biomarkers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Sub-Arctic and Arctic communities in Canada	40
Domestic water security in the Arctic: A scoping review	36
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
How to use human biomonitoring in chemical risk assessment: Methodological aspects, recommendations, and lessons learned from HBM4EU	34
Self-reported oil spill exposure and birth outcomes among southern Louisiana women at the time of the Gulf oil spill: The GROWH study	33
Occupational health outcomes among sanitation workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent environmental chemicals and fetal growth outcomes in Western Australia	32
Associations between exposure to blue spaces and natural and cause-specific mortality in Greece: An ecological study	31
Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalate acid esters and gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study	30
Measurement in the study of human exposure to animal feces: A systematic review and audit	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	29

Individual and joint effects of organophosphate esters and hypertension or diabetes on renal injury among Chinese adults	28
Gestational exposure to organophosphate esters and adiposity measures of children up to 6 years: Effect modification by breastfeeding	28
Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR): A model for incorporating the exposome into health studies	27
Biomonitoring for workplace exposure to copper and its compounds is currently not interpretable	27