OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Environmental Health Reports is 21. 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
Exposure Assessment for Tropical Cyclone Epidemiology	164
Zinc as a Mechanism-Based Strategy for Mitigation of Metals Toxicity	122
Current Trends and Future Directions in Urban Social Prescribing	120
Mapping Heat Vulnerability and Heat Risk for Neighborhood Health Risk Management in Urban Environment? Challenges and Opportunities	102
A Narrative Review of Spatial–Temporal Data Sources for Estimating Population-Level Exposures to Oil and Gas Development in the United States	100
Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Nuclear Power Plants: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression	98
A scoping review of multigenerational impacts of grandparental exposures on mental health in grandchildren	96
Estimating Causal Effects of Interventions on Early-life Environmental Exposures Using Observational Data	74
Toxicological Effects of Air Pollutants on Human Airway Cell Models Using Air–liquid Interface Systems: A Systematic Review	67
Air Pollution and Environmental Justice in Latin America: Where Are We and How Can We Move Forward?	66
Synthetic Chemicals: What We Have Learned and Still Need to Learn About Their Associations with Childhood Allergy and Asthma	63
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	54
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	51
Assessing Differential Variability of High-Throughput DNA Methylation Data	46
Metabolic Perturbations Associated with both PFAS Exposure and Perinatal/Antenatal Depression in Pregnant Individuals: A Meet-in-the-Middle Scoping Review	45
Swimming Into View: Zebrafish Uncover Targets, Mechanisms, and Therapies for Cadmium Toxicity	40
Control Banding and the Global Rise of Qualitative Risk Assessment Strategies	38
Integrating DNA Methylation Measures of Biological Aging into Social Determinants of Health Research	38
The Application of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Heat Island Mitigation in Asia: Progress, Challenges, and Recommendations	38
How Can Communication about Plant-based Foods Support Sustainable Food System Transformation? Nine Recommendations for Government, Industry and Citizens	36
Airborne Exposure to Pollutants and Mental Health: A Review with Implications for United States Veterans	31
Correction: Tear Fluid as a Matrix for Biomonitoring Environmental and Chemical Exposures	31
Dysregulation of Long Non-coding RNAs—the Novel lnc in Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis	30
Current Understanding of Sex Differences in Metal-Induced Diseases	29
A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide	29

An Overview of How the Built Environment Relates to Children’s Health	29
Consideration on the Intergenerational Ethics on Uranium Waste Disposal	28
Epigenetic Responses to Nonchemical Stressors: Potential Molecular Links to Perinatal Health Outcomes	27
Existing Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Drought and Health Research	27
Correction to: Prenatal Diet as a Modifier of Environmental Risk Factors for Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Outcomes	26
Toxicological Effects of Inhaled Crude Oil Vapor	26
Opportunities and Challenges Associated with the Uptake of Residential Clean Fuel Usage	26
Air Pollution and Temperature: a Systematic Review of Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures and Sudden Cardiac Death	25
The Environment and Headache: a Narrative Review	25
Mechanisms of Metal-Induced Hepatic Inflammation	24
Beyond Genes: Mechanistic and Epidemiological Insights into Paternal Environmental Influence on Offspring Health	23
Toxic Metals and Metalloids in Food: Current Status, Health Risks, and Mitigation Strategies	22
A Systematic Review of the Placental Translocation of Micro- and Nanoplastics	22
Evaluating Race in Air Pollution and Health Research: Race, PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, and Mortality as a Case Study	21
Extreme Heat Hits Different Under Climate Change: A Review of Risks and Legal Protections for Agricultural Workers in Canada and the United States	21
Effects of Early-life PFAS Exposure on Child Neurodevelopment: A Review of the Evidence and Research gaps	21
Tear Fluid as a Matrix for Biomonitoring Environmental and Chemical Exposures	21