Environmental Health Perspectives

Top Research Topics at Environmental Health Perspectives?

Environmental health, Environmental exposure, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Toxicology are among the topics commonly tackled in Environmental Health Perspectives. The work on Environmental health tackled in Environmental Health Perspectives brings together disciplines like Epidemiology, Cohort study, Public health, Air pollution and Risk assessment. The in-depth study on Air pollution also explores topics in the intersecting field of Particulates.

It explores topics in Environmental exposure which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Environmental chemistry, Pregnancy and Physiology.

• Environmental health (19.58%)
• Environmental exposure (16.27%)
• Internal medicine (11.01%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Nanotoxicology: An Emerging Discipline Evolving from Studies of Ultrafine Particles (5866 citations)
• Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: agents of subtle change? (3628 citations)
• Developmental effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in wildlife and humans. (3049 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Health Perspectives:

The journal publications focus on Environmental exposure, Environmental health, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Environmental chemistry. The journal articles focus on Environmental exposure but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Toxicology, Confidence interval, Pesticide, Urine and Physiology. Issues in Environmental health were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Asthma, Public health, Air pollution, Pediatrics and Risk assessment.

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

• Internal medicine
• Disease
• Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates areas of study like Environmental health, MEDLINE, Air pollution, Physiology and Computational biology. The studies in Environmental health featured incorporate elements of Affect (psychology), Public health and Cadmium. In addition to MEDLINE research, Environmental Health Perspectives aims to explore topics under Perspective (graphical), Breast cancer, Data science and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

While the journal focused on Air pollution, it was also able to explore topics like Epidemiology, Dementia and Cohort.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Use of Shotgun Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Evaluate the Impact of Glyphosate or Roundup MON 52276 on the Gut Microbiota and Serum Metabolome of Sprague-Dawley Rats. (26 citations)
• Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via Breathing, Speaking, Singing, Coughing, and Sneezing. (16 citations)
• Redlines and Greenspace: The Relationship between Historical Redlining and 2010 Greenspace across the United States. (14 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.

Top authors and change over time

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

• Carol Potera (208 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Julia R. Barrett (200 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Charles W. Schmidt (195 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Erin E. Dooley (191 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Joel Schwartz (176 papers) absent at the last 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• National Institutes of Health (759 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Harvard University (525 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• United States Environmental Protection Agency (352 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (305 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Johns Hopkins University (290 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 18.13% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 38.57% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.14% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.57% of all publications and 25.71% 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.