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Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source
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Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

1476-069X

Published by: Springer

https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 162 91 117 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 387
Documents by Best Scientists*: 310
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 126
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.508
Impact Factor: 5.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Environmental Health?

Environmental Health mainly tackles studies in Environmental health, Public health, Environmental exposure, Internal medicine and Pregnancy. In addition to Environmental health research, Environmental Health aims to explore topics under Odds ratio, Epidemiology, Cross-sectional study, Air pollution and Risk assessment. It holds forums on Odds ratio that merges themes from other disciplines such as Logistic regression, Case-control study and Confidence interval.

In it, Particulates and Pollutant are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Air pollution research. It explores issues in Public health which can be linked to other research areas like Demography, Asthma and Occupational safety and health. The research on Environmental exposure featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Exposure assessment and Toxicology.

The research on Internal medicine discussed in Environmental Health draws on the closely related field of Endocrinology. The studies in Pregnancy featured incorporate elements of Cohort study, Physiology and Obstetrics. It links adjacent topics like Cohort study with Prospective cohort study.

  • Environmental health (40.63%)
  • Public health (22.70%)
  • Environmental exposure (19.51%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Long-term air pollution exposure and cardio- respiratory mortality: a review. (1080 citations)
  • High ambient temperature and mortality: a review of epidemiologic studies from 2001 to 2008. (724 citations)
  • Developmental Origins of Non-Communicable Disease: Implications for Research and Public Health (486 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Health:

The journal articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Environmental health, Environmental exposure, Public health, Internal medicine and Toxicology. While Environmental health is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Epidemiology, Cohort study, Cross-sectional study, Air pollution and Risk assessment. The most cited publications deal with Environmental exposure in conjunction with Confidence interval and similar fields in Confounding and Demography.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Ecology
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Public health, Environmental health, Confidence interval, Physiology and Demography. The studies on Public health discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Psychological intervention, Cancer, Incidence (epidemiology), Environmental exposure and Medical prescription. Environmental Health focuses on Environmental health but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Odds ratio, Epidemiology, Asthma, Air pollution and Confounding.

Air pollution research discussed connects with the study of Pollutant. It explores research in Cohort and overlapping concepts in Logistic regression and Gestation to expand the discourse in Confidence interval. The research on Physiology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Body mass index, Overweight and Pregnancy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Metabolomic signatures of the long-term exposure to air pollution and temperature (8 citations)
  • A review of health effects associated with exposure to jet engine emissions in and around airports. (6 citations)
  • Houston hurricane Harvey health (Houston-3H) study: assessment of allergic symptoms and stress after hurricane Harvey flooding. (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Environmental Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Joel Schwartz (39 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • Thomas Tenkate (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philippe Grandjean (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • David C. Christiani (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Brent A. Coull (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Environmental Health (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (192 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Boston University (71 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (66 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (63 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Southern Denmark (50 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 23.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.54% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.19% of all publications and 34.62% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Associations between prenatal maternal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and birth outcomes among pregnant women in San Francisco

    Stephanie M. Eick;Elizabeth K. Hom Thepaksorn;Monika A. Izano;Lara J. Cushing

    (2020)
    245 Citations
  • Synergistic health effects of air pollution, temperature, and pollen exposure: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence

    Susan C. Anenberg;Shannon Haines;Shannon Haines;Elizabeth Wang;Nicholas Nassikas

    (2020)
    215 Citations
  • Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement

    Jane Muncke;Anna Maria Andersson;Thomas Backhaus;Justin M. Boucher

    (2020)
    208 Citations
  • Associations between perfluoroalkyl substances and serum lipids in a Swedish adult population with contaminated drinking water.

    Ying Li;Lars Barregard;Lars Barregard;Yiyi Xu;Kristin Scott

    (2020)
    148 Citations
  • Road proximity, air pollution, noise, green space and neurologic disease incidence: a population-based cohort study.

    Weiran Yuchi;Hind Sbihi;Hugh Davies;Lillian Tamburic

    (2020)
    148 Citations
  • The impact of long-term PM2.5 exposure on specific causes of death: exposure-response curves and effect modification among 53 million U.S. Medicare beneficiaries.

    Bingyu Wang;Ki-Do Eum;Fatemeh Kazemiparkouhi;Cheng Li

    (2020)
    88 Citations
  • Mortality associated with wildfire smoke exposure in Washington state, 2006-2017: a case-crossover study

    Annie Doubleday;Jill Schulte;Lianne Sheppard;Matt Kadlec

    (2020)
    88 Citations
  • Metabolomic signatures of the long-term exposure to air pollution and temperature

    Feiby L. Nassan;Rachel S. Kelly;Anna Kosheleva;Petros Koutrakis

    (2021)
    61 Citations
  • Geospatial indicators of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity to assess neighbourhood variation in vulnerability to climate change-related health hazards.

    Jessica Yu;Kaitlin Castellani;Krista Forysinski;Paul Gustafson

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Biomarkers of environmental manganese exposure and associations with childhood neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Weiwei Liu;Yongjuan Xin;Qianwen Li;Yanna Shang

    (2020)
    55 Citations

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