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Annette Prüss-Ustün

Annette Prüss-Ustün

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
24648
World Ranking
4616
National Ranking
116

Annette Prüss-Ustün publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Annette Prüss-Ustün sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 67 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Annette Prüss-Ustün D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Annette Prüss-Ustün sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Annette Prüss-Ustün is affiliated with the World Health Organization in Switzerland and conducts research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The researcher's investigations address significant topics such as Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Workplace Health and Well-being, Employment and Welfare Studies, Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue, and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues.

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Annette Prüss-Ustün are Jennyfer Wolf, Robert Bain, Thomas Clasen, John M. Colford, and Matthew C. Freeman. These partnerships have contributed to a body of work published across several venues.

Key publication venues for this researcher include UNC Libraries, The Lancet, Environment International, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Annette Prüss-Ustün include:

  • Global, regional, and national burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours for 194 countries, 2000-2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, 2021, Environment International
  • Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, The Lancet
  • Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes, 2023, The Lancet
  • Towards Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review, 2020, UNC Libraries

This researcher's publication record highlights a detailed focus on environmental and public health concerns, child nutrition, and health risks associated with sanitation and workplace conditions. Their work integrates global data analyses and systematic reviews to assess health outcomes and interventions.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide burden of disease from exposure to second-hand smoke: a retrospective analysis of data from 192 countries.

    Mattias Öberg;Maritta S Jaakkola;Alistair Woodward;Armando Peruga

  • An Integrated Risk Function for Estimating the Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure

    Richard T. Burnett;C. Arden Pope;Majid Ezzati;Casey Olives

  • Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: Towards an Estimate of the Environmental Burden of Disease

    Annette Prüss-Üstün;Carlos F. Corvalán

  • Safer water, better health: costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health.

    Annette Prüss-Üstün;Robert Bos;Fiona Gore;Jamie Bartram

  • Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries

    Annette Prüss-Ustün;Jamie K. Bartram;Thomas Clasen;John M. Colford

  • Estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to contaminated sharps injuries among health‐care workers

    Annette Prüss-Üstün;Elisabetta Rapiti;Yvan Hutin

  • Contributions to cities' ambient particulate matter (PM): a systematic review of local source contributions at global level

    Federico Karagulian;Claudio A. Belis;Carlos Francisco C. Dora;Annette M. Prüss-Ustün

  • Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks

    A Prüss-Ustün;J Wolf;C Corvalán

  • Solid fuel use for household cooking: country and regional estimates for 1980-2010.

    Sophie Bonjour;Heather Adair-Rohani;Jennyfer Wolf;Nigel G. Bruce

  • Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene for selected adverse health outcomes: An updated analysis with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

    Annette Prüss-Ustün;Jennyfer Wolf;Jamie Bartram;Thomas Clasen

  • Global assessment of exposure to faecal contamination through drinking water based on a systematic review

    Robert Es Bain;Ryan Cronk;Rifat Hossain;Sophie Bonjour

  • Hygiene and health: systematic review of handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects

    Matthew C Freeman;Meredith E Stocks;Oliver Cumming;Aurelie Jeandron

  • Knowns and unknowns on burden of disease due to chemicals: a systematic review

    Annette Prüss-Ustün;Carolyn Vickers;Pascal Haefliger;Roberto Bertollini

  • Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income settings: systematic review and meta-regression.

    Jennyfer Wolf;Jennyfer Wolf;Jennyfer Wolf;Annette Prüss-Ustün;Oliver Cumming;Jamie Bartram

  • Assessing Household Solid Fuel Use: Multiple Implications for the Millennium Development Goals

    Eva Rehfuess;Sumi Mehta;Annette Prüss-Üstün

  • Impact of drinking water, sanitation and handwashing with soap on childhood diarrhoeal disease: updated meta-analysis and meta-regression

    Jennyfer Wolf;Paul R. Hunter;Paul R. Hunter;Matthew C. Freeman;Oliver Cumming

  • The global burden of disease due to occupational carcinogens.

    Timothy Driscoll;Deborah Imel Nelson;Deborah Imel Nelson;Kyle Steenland;James Leigh

  • Global, regional, and national burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours for 194 countries, 2000-2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury.

    Frank Pega;Bálint Náfrádi;Natalie C Momen;Yuka Ujita

  • Estimating the global burden of disease of mild mental retardation and cardiovascular diseases from environmental lead exposure.

    L.J Fewtrell;A Prüss-Üstün;P Landrigan;J.L Ayuso-Mateos;J.L Ayuso-Mateos

  • Introduction and methods: assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels.

    Prüss-Üstün A;Mathers C;Corvalán C;Woodward A

  • Indoor smoke from solid fuels Assessing the environmental burden of disease at national and local levels

    Manish A. Desai;Sumi Mehta;Kirk R. Smith;Annette Prüss-Üstün

Frequent Co-Authors

Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum
Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum World Health Organization
Alistair Woodward
Alistair Woodward University of Auckland
Thomas Clasen
Thomas Clasen Emory University
Matthew C. Freeman
Matthew C. Freeman Emory University
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer University of British Columbia
Jamie Bartram
Jamie Bartram University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Julian P T Higgins
Julian P T Higgins University of Bristol
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Nigel Bruce
Nigel Bruce University of Liverpool
Kirk R. Smith
Kirk R. Smith University of California, Berkeley

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