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C. Arden Pope 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 C. Arden Pope sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 172 publications — 52nd percentile

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

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

C. Arden Pope 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 C. Arden Pope sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

C. Arden Pope is affiliated with Brigham Young University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and medicine, with a significant concentration on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis among other subfields.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Environment International
  • Environmental Research
  • CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by C. Arden Pope include:

  • "Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations," 2020, CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • "Reducing Mortality from Air Pollution in the United States by Targeting Specific Emission Sources," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Fine Particulate Matter Exposure and Cancer Incidence: Analysis of SEER Cancer Registry Data from 1992-2016," 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • "Cancer mortality risk, fine particulate air pollution, and smoking in a large, representative cohort of US adults," 2020, Cancer Causes & Control
  • "Spatial decomposition analysis of NO2 and PM2.5 air pollution in the United States," 2020, Atmospheric Environment

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Allen L. Robinson
  • Julian Marshall
  • Nathan Coleman
  • Richard T. Burnett
  • Zachari A. Pond

C. Arden Pope has contributed to book publications, notably:

  • "Particles of Truth," published by The MIT Press, 2025

Best Publications

  • Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution

    C. Arden Pope;Richard T. Burnett;Michael J. Thun;Eugenia E. Calle

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect

    C. Arden Pope;Douglas W. Dockery

  • Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease An Update to the Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Robert D. Brook;Sanjay Rajagopalan;C. Arden Pope;Jeffrey R. Brook

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015

    Aaron J Cohen;Michael Brauer;Richard Burnett;H Ross Anderson

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Epidemiological Evidence of General Pathophysiological Pathways of Disease

    C. Arden Pope;Richard T. Burnett;George D. Thurston;Michael J. Thun

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Fine-particulate air pollution and life expectancy in the United States.

    C. Arden Pope;Majid Ezzati;Douglas W. Dockery;Abstr Act

  • Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter

    Richard Burnett;Hong Chen;Mieczysław Szyszkowicz;Neal Fann

  • 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

  • Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality

    Michael Jerrett;Richard T. Burnett;C. Arden Pope;Kazuhiko Ito

  • Spatial analysis of air pollution and mortality in Los Angeles.

    Michael Jerrett;Richard T. Burnett;Renjun Ma;C. Arden Pope

  • REVIEW OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF HEALTH EFFECTS OF PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION

    C. Arden Pope;Douglas W. Dockery;Joel Schwartz

  • Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality in a Large Prospective Study

    Michelle C. Turner;Michael Jerrett;C. Arden Pope;Daniel Krewski

  • Respiratory Health and PM10 Pollution: A Daily Time Series Analysis

    C. Arden Pope;Douglas W. Dockery;John D. Spengler;Mark E. Raizenne

  • Cardiovascular mortality and exposure to airborne fine particulate matter and cigarette smoke: shape of the exposure-response relationship.

    C. Arden Pope;Richard T. Burnett;Daniel Krewski;Michael Jerrett

  • Lung cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality associated with ambient air pollution and cigarette smoke: shape of the exposure-response relationships

    C. Arden Pope;Richard T. Burnett;Michelle C. Turner;Aaron Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard T. Burnett
Richard T. Burnett Health Canada
Daniel Krewski
Daniel Krewski University of Ottawa
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Douglas W. Dockery
Douglas W. Dockery Harvard University
Michael Jerrett
Michael Jerrett University of California, Los Angeles
George D. Thurston
George D. Thurston New York University
Susan M. Gapstur
Susan M. Gapstur American Cancer Society
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Michael J. Thun
Michael J. Thun Emory University
Julian D. Marshall
Julian D. Marshall University of Washington

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