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

Article	Citations
Exposure Assessment for Tropical Cyclone Epidemiology	205
Interrupted Time Series Analysis in Environmental Epidemiology: A Review of Traditional and Novel Modeling Approaches	150
Zinc as a Mechanism-Based Strategy for Mitigation of Metals Toxicity	137
Current Trends and Future Directions in Urban Social Prescribing	126
Mapping Heat Vulnerability and Heat Risk for Neighborhood Health Risk Management in Urban Environment? Challenges and Opportunities	116
A Narrative Review of Spatial–Temporal Data Sources for Estimating Population-Level Exposures to Oil and Gas Development in the United States	114
Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Nuclear Power Plants: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression	86
Artificial Intelligence in Environment and Human Health: Progress, Opportunities and Challenges	79
Air Pollution and Environmental Justice in Latin America: Where Are We and How Can We Move Forward?	77
A scoping review of multigenerational impacts of grandparental exposures on mental health in grandchildren	75
Toxicological Effects of Air Pollutants on Human Airway Cell Models Using Air–liquid Interface Systems: A Systematic Review	68
Estimating Causal Effects of Interventions on Early-life Environmental Exposures Using Observational Data	58
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	55
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	54
Assessing Differential Variability of High-Throughput DNA Methylation Data	42
Mortality Related to Climate Change and Environmental Hazards in the Mediterranean Region: A Scoping Review	41
Metabolic Perturbations Associated with both PFAS Exposure and Perinatal/Antenatal Depression in Pregnant Individuals: A Meet-in-the-Middle Scoping Review	41
Synthetic Chemicals: What We Have Learned and Still Need to Learn About Their Associations with Childhood Allergy and Asthma	38
Integrating DNA Methylation Measures of Biological Aging into Social Determinants of Health Research	38
Swimming Into View: Zebrafish Uncover Targets, Mechanisms, and Therapies for Cadmium Toxicity	37
How Can Communication about Plant-based Foods Support Sustainable Food System Transformation? Nine Recommendations for Government, Industry and Citizens	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	34
The Application of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Heat Island Mitigation in Asia: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations	33
Pitfalls of Using Negative Control Outcomes in Environmental Epidemiology	32

Airborne Exposure to Pollutants and Mental Health: A Review with Implications for United States Veterans	32
Consideration on the Intergenerational Ethics on Uranium Waste Disposal	31
Dysregulation of Long Non-coding RNAs—the Novel lnc in Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis	30
A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide	30
Current Understanding of Sex Differences in Metal-Induced Diseases	30
An Overview of How the Built Environment Relates to Children’s Health	30
Correction: Tear Fluid as a Matrix for Biomonitoring Environmental and Chemical Exposures	30
Environmental Noise Exposure and Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	28
Epigenetic Responses to Nonchemical Stressors: Potential Molecular Links to Perinatal Health Outcomes	27
Hazardous Environmental Pollutants and Cancer Disparities: A Systematic Review on the Consideration of Race and Ethnicity in Environmental Epidemiology Research	27
Toxicological Effects of Inhaled Crude Oil Vapor	26
Correction to: Prenatal Diet as a Modifier of Environmental Risk Factors for Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Outcomes	26
Existing Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Drought and Health Research	26
Beyond Genes: Mechanistic and Epidemiological Insights into Paternal Environmental Influence on Offspring Health	25
The Environment and Headache: a Narrative Review	25
Opportunities and Challenges Associated with the Uptake of Residential Clean Fuel Usage	25
Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Hepatic Inflammation	23
Air Pollution and Temperature: a Systematic Review of Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures and Sudden Cardiac Death	23
Toxic Metals and Metalloids in Food: Current Status, Health Risks, and Mitigation Strategies	22
Effects of Early-life PFAS Exposure on Child Neurodevelopment: A Review of the Evidence and Research gaps	21
A Systematic Review of the Placental Translocation of Micro- and Nanoplastics	21
Early Environment and Telomeres: a Long-Term Toxic Relationship	20
Open Air Quality Data Platforms for Environmental Health Research and Action	19
Extreme Heat Hits Different Under Climate Change: A Review of Risks and Legal Protections for Agricultural Workers in Canada and the United States	19
Tear Fluid as a Matrix for Biomonitoring Environmental and Chemical Exposures	18
What Is “Socioeconomic Position (SEP),” and How Might It Modify Air Pollution-Health Associations? Cohering Findings, Identifying Challenges, and Disentangling Effects of SEP and Race in US City Setti	18
Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article “Open Air Quality Data Platforms for Environmental Health Research and Action”	18
Evaluating Race in Air Pollution and Health Research: Race, PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, and Mortality as a Case Study	18
Methods for Evaluating Environmental Health Impacts at Different Stages of the Policy Process in Cities	17
Environmental Exposure Disparities and Neurodevelopmental Risk: a Review	17
Comparison of Methods for Analyzing Environmental Mixtures Effects on Survival Outcomes	17
Childhood Trauma and Epigenetics: State of the Science and Future	16
Strengthening Rigor and Reproducibility in Epigenome-Wide Association Studies of Social Exposures and Brain-Based Health Outcomes	16
The Association Between High Ambient Temperature and Mortality in the Mediterranean Basin: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	15
The Association Between Personal Air Pollution Exposures and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO): A Systematic Review	14
Navigating the AI Frontier in Toxicology: Trends, Trust, and Transformation	14
Correction: Carcinogenic Mechanisms of Hexavalent Chromium: from DNA Breaks to Chromosome Instability and Neoplastic Transformation	13
Influence of Air Pollution Exposures on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: a Review	13
Occupational Heat Exposure & Mental Health Outcomes: A Review and Framework Incorporating Social Determinants of Health to Guide Future Research	12
Does Home and Wild Food Procurement Enhance Food Security in High-Income Countries?	12
Parking and Public Health	11
Impacts of Environmental Insults on Cardiovascular Aging	11
Endocrine and Reproductive Health Considerations of Sunscreen UV Filters: Insights from a Comprehensive Review 2014–2024	11
Air (ine)quality in the European Union	11
A Review on Climate, Air Pollution, and Health in North Africa	10
Supporting Decarbonization of Health Systems—A Review of International Policy and Practice on Health Care and Climate Change	10
A Review on The Role of Environmental Exposures in IgG4-Related Diseases	10
Prenatal Maternal Smoke, DNA Methylation, and Multi-omics of Tissues and Child Health	10
Air Pollution and Lung Cancer: Contributions of Extracellular Vesicles as Pathogenic Mechanisms and Clinical Utility	9
Prenatal Exposure to Nitrate in Drinking Water and Adverse Health Outcomes in the Offspring: a Review of Current Epidemiological Research	9

Dairy and Plant-Based Milks: Implications for Nutrition and Planetary Health	9
Integrating Health in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Comprehensive Review of Interdependencies, Challenges, and Future Research Opportunities	9
Occupational Heat Stress Among Migrant and Ethnic Minority Outdoor Workers: A Scoping Review	9
Challenges of Air Pollution and Health in East Asia	8
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
Springer Open Access Publication Current Environmental Health Report Social Equity in True Cost Accounting of Food	8
Exposure to Synthetic Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Relation to Maternal and Fetal Sex Steroid Hormones: A Scoping Review	8
Hurricanes and Health Equity: A Review of Structural Determinants of Vulnerability for Climate and Health Research	7
Reproductive and Social Policies, Sociopolitical Stress, and Implications for Maternal and Child Health Equity	7
Prenatal Diet as a Modifier of Environmental Risk Factors for Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Outcomes	7
The Use of Virtual Reality to Alter Physical Activity by Targeting the Built Environment	7
Deconstructing the Livestock Manure Digester and Biogas Controversy	7
Environmental Metal Exposure, Neurodevelopment, and the Role of Iron Status: a Review	6
Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, and Health Inequities: The Underlying Role of Structural Inequalities	6
A Review of the Interactive Effects of Climate and Air Pollution on Human Health in China	6
Genetics and Epigenetics of Manganese Toxicity	6
Using Geovisualizations to Educate the Public About Environmental Health Hazards: What Works and Why	6
The Utility of Machine Learning Models for Predicting Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water: Promise, Challenges, and Opportunities	6
The Role of Community Science in Addressing Policy Change: A Critical Review of Air Pollution Literature	6
Assessing Exposure to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Strengths, Challenges, and Implications for Epidemiologic Research	6
Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States	6