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GeoHealth
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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 148 113 136 29
Earth Science 286 29 34 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 215
Documents by Best Scientists*: 211
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 15
SCIMAGO H-index: 40
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.308
Impact Factor: 3.8

Top Publications

  • Mortality Attributable to Ambient Air Pollution: A Review of Global Estimates

    Unknown

    (2022)
    174 Citations
  • Estimated Mortality and Morbidity Attributable to Smoke Plumes in the United States: Not Just a Western US Problem

    Katelyn O’Dell;Kelsey Bilsback;Bonne Ford;Sheena E. Martenies

    (2021)
    133 Citations
  • Human Vulnerability to Landslides.

    William Pollock;Joseph Wartman

    (2020)
    107 Citations
  • Global Observations and CMIP6 Simulations of Compound Extremes of Monthly Temperature and Precipitation.

    Yi Wu;Chiyuan Miao;Ying Sun;Amir AghaKouchak

    (2021)
    79 Citations
  • The Effects of Heat Exposure on Human Mortality Throughout the United States.

    Drew Shindell;Drew Shindell;Yuqiang Zhang;Melissa Scott;Muye Ru

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Worldwide, Poverty, and the Associated Health Impacts.

    Franklin W. Schwartz;Sangsuk Lee;Thomas H. Darrah

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Air Pollution From Forest and Vegetation Fires in Southeast Asia Disproportionately Impacts the Poor.

    Carly L. Reddington;Luke Conibear;Suzanne Robinson;Christoph Knote

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Premature Deaths in Brazil Associated With Long-Term Exposure to PM2.5 From Amazon Fires Between 2016 and 2019.

    M. O. Nawaz;D. K. Henze

    (2020)
    62 Citations

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