OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Health is 31. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Maternal exposure to housing renovation during the periconceptional period and the risk of offspring with isolated congenital heart disease: a case-control study	162
Impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Hohhot, Northern China: characteristics, sources, and source-specific health risks	72
Association between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and thyroid nodules in school-aged children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Eastern China	69
Occupational exposure to organic solvents during pregnancy and child behavior from early childhood to adolescence	60
Arsenic modifies the effect of folic acid in spina bifida prevention, a large hospital-based case-control study in Bangladesh	58
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in circulation in a Canadian population: their association with serum-liver enzyme biomarkers and piloting a novel method to reduce serum-PFAS	57
The changing health effects of air pollution exposure for respiratory diseases: a multicity study during 2017–2022	56
A science-based agenda for health-protective chemical assessments and decisions: overview and consensus statement	52
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and adherence to Mediterranean diet in an adult population: the Mediterranean diet index as a pollution level index	49
World Health Organization repository of systematic reviews on interventions in environment, climate change and health: a new resource for decision makers, intervention implementers, and researchers	48
A co-created citizen science project on the short term effects of outdoor residential woodsmoke on the respiratory health of adults in the Netherlands	45
Association of physical activity and air pollution exposure with the risk of type 2 diabetes: a large population-based prospective cohort study	43
Study Protocol. Evaluating the life-course health impact of a city-wide system approach to improve air quality in Bradford, UK: A quasi-experimental study with implementation and process evaluation	41
Association of mold exposure and solid household fuel use with depression and anxiety among older adults in China	41
Modification of associations between ambient PM2.5 and vital signs by β-blocker prescription status among individuals with heart failure	40
Relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones and brain tumor: meta-analyses using various proxies for RF-EMR exposure-outcome assessment	38
Ambient nitrogen dioxide is associated with emergency hospital visits for atrial fibrillation: a population-based case-crossover study in Reykjavik, Iceland	37
Improvement of several stress response and sleep quality hormones in men and women after sleeping in a bed that protects against electromagnetic fields	37
The association between newborn cord blood steroids and ambient prenatal exposure to air pollution: findings from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort	37
Prenatal ambient air pollution and maternal depression at 12 months postpartum in the MADRES pregnancy cohort	37
Exposing additional authors who suppress evidence about radiation-induced thyroid cancer in children: a Comment adding to Tsuda et al.’s response to Schüz et al. (2023)	36
PM2.5 constituent exposures and maternal circulatory homocysteine in early pregnancy	36
Association between increasing agricultural use of 2,4-D and population biomarkers of exposure: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2014	36
Industrial odour pollution and human health: a systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Long-term exposure to PM2.5 air pollution and mental health: a retrospective cohort study in Ireland	34

Correction: Childhood mercury exposure and early death in Grassy Narrows First Nation, Canada: a retrospective study	32
Occupational factors and miscarriages in the US fire service: a cross-sectional analysis of women firefighters	31
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Dose-response relationship between lung function and chest imaging response to silica exposures in artificial stone manufacturing workers	31
Maternal urinary concentrations of bisphenol A during pregnancy and birth size in children from the Odense Child Cohort	31
Serum concentrations of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Danish pregnant women—temporal trends during pregnancy, correlations with partners, associations with physical activity, and bloo	31
Correction: Relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones and brain tumor: meta-analyses using various proxies for RF-EMR exposure-outcome assessment	31
Correction: Epidemiologic and clinical features of cyanobacteria harmful algal bloom exposures reported to the National Poison Data System, United States, 2010–2022: a descriptive analysis	31
What is the carbon footprint of primary care practices? A retrospective life-cycle analysis in Switzerland	31