OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Health is 32. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Hohhot, Northern China: characteristics, sources, and source-specific health risks	175
Maternal exposure to housing renovation during the periconceptional period and the risk of offspring with isolated congenital heart disease: a case-control study	80
Arsenic modifies the effect of folic acid in spina bifida prevention, a large hospital-based case-control study in Bangladesh	77
The changing health effects of air pollution exposure for respiratory diseases: a multicity study during 2017–2022	65
Association between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and thyroid nodules in school-aged children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Eastern China	64
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	63
A science-based agenda for health-protective chemical assessments and decisions: overview and consensus statement	60
Occupational exposure to organic solvents during pregnancy and child behavior from early childhood to adolescence	55
Association of mold exposure and solid household fuel use with depression and anxiety among older adults in China	51
Modification of associations between ambient PM2.5 and vital signs by β-blocker prescription status among individuals with heart failure	49
Relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones and brain tumor: meta-analyses using various proxies for RF-EMR exposure-outcome assessment	45
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	45
Ambient nitrogen dioxide is associated with emergency hospital visits for atrial fibrillation: a population-based case-crossover study in Reykjavik, Iceland	44
Association of physical activity and air pollution exposure with the risk of type 2 diabetes: a large population-based prospective cohort study	43
A co-created citizen science project on the short term effects of outdoor residential woodsmoke on the respiratory health of adults in the Netherlands	42
Impact of prenatal and postnatal household air pollution exposure on respiratory morbidity and lung function in sub-Saharan African children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	42
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	42
The association between newborn cord blood steroids and ambient prenatal exposure to air pollution: findings from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort	41
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and adherence to Mediterranean diet in an adult population: the Mediterranean diet index as a pollution level index	40
Prenatal ambient air pollution and maternal depression at 12 months postpartum in the MADRES pregnancy cohort	40
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)	38
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 sugar industry’s efforts to manipulate research on fluoride effectiveness and toxicity: a ninety-year history	37
PM2.5 constituent exposures and maternal circulatory homocysteine in early pregnancy	35
Correction: Childhood mercury exposure and early death in Grassy Narrows First Nation, Canada: a retrospective study	34

Maternal urinary concentrations of bisphenol A during pregnancy and birth size in children from the Odense Child Cohort	34
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
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	33
Long-term exposure to PM2.5 air pollution and mental health: a retrospective cohort study in Ireland	33
Occupational factors and miscarriages in the US fire service: a cross-sectional analysis of women firefighters	33
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	32
Correction: Relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones and brain tumor: meta-analyses using various proxies for RF-EMR exposure-outcome assessment	32
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	32
Association and mediation analyses among multiple metals exposure, plasma folate, and community-based impaired estimated glomerular filtration rate in central Taiwan	32
Integrated analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and plasma lipidomics profiles in multi-ethnic Asian subjects for exposome research	32
Association between acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants in France	32