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117
Citations
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World Ranking
652
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393

Environmental Sciences

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D-Index
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Diane R. Gold publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Diane R. Gold sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 417 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Diane R. Gold D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Diane R. Gold sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Diane R. Gold is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Speech and Hearing, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Diane R. Gold has contributed to numerous scientific publications with recent papers including:

  • "The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort," 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Air pollution and lung function in children," 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Childhood Asthma Incidence, Early and Persistent Wheeze, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Factors in the ECHO/CREW Consortium," 2022, JAMA Pediatrics
  • "Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Risk of the Brazilian health care system over 5572 municipalities to exceed health care capacity due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Emily Oken, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Brent A. Coull, Andrés Cárdenas, and Marie-France Hivert.

Publication venues where Diane R. Gold has been frequently published include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Environment International
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Cetuximab-Induced Anaphylaxis and IgE Specific for Galactose-α-1,3-Galactose

    Christine H. Chung;Beloo Mirakhur;Emily Chan;Quynh Thu Le

  • Ambient Pollution and Heart Rate Variability

    Diane R. Gold;Augusto Litonjua;Joel Schwartz;Eric Lovett

  • Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age

    Carlos A Camargo;Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman;Augusto A Litonjua;Janet W Rich-Edwards

  • Air pollution and incidence of cardiac arrhythmia.

    Annette Peters;Emerson Liu;Richard Verrier;Joel Schwartz

  • Rotating shift work, sleep, and accidents related to sleepiness in hospital nurses.

    Diane R. Gold;Suzanne Rogacz;Naomi Bock;Tor D. Tosteson

  • Heart rate variability associated with particulate air pollution

    C.Arden Pope;Richard L. Verrier;Eric G. Lovett;Andrew C. Larson

  • Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Function in Adolescent Boys and Girls

    Diane R. Gold;Xiaobin Wang;David Wypij;Frank E. Speizer

  • The Outdoor Air Pollution and Brain Health Workshop

    Michelle L. Block;Alison Elder;Richard L. Auten;Staci D. Bilbo

  • POPULATION DISPARITIES IN ASTHMA

    Diane R. Gold;Rosalind Wright

  • Predictors of Asthma and Persistent Wheeze in a National Sample of Children in the United States. Association With Social Class, Perinatal Events, and Race

    Joel Schwartz;Diane Gold;Douglas W. Dockery;Scott T. Weiss

  • Insights Into the Mechanisms and Mediators of the Effects of Air Pollution Exposure on Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Healthy Humans

    Robert D. Brook;Bruce Urch;J. Timothy Dvonch;Robert L. Bard

  • Diabetes Enhances Vulnerability to Particulate Air Pollution-Associated Impairment in Vascular Reactivity and Endothelial Function

    Marie S. O’Neill;Aristidis Veves;Antonella Zanobetti;Jeremy A. Sarnat

  • Parental history and the risk for childhood asthma. Does mother confer more risk than father

    Augusto A. Litonjua;Vincent J. Carey;Harriet A. Burge;Scott T. Weiss

  • Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension May Enhance Associations between AirPollution and Markers of Systemic Inflammation

    Sara D. Dubowsky;Helen Suh;Joel David Schwartz;Brent Andrew Coull

  • Predictors of Asthma and Persistent Wheeze in a National Sample of Children in the United States

    Joel Schwartz;Diane Gold;Douglas W. Dockery;Scott T. Weiss

  • Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children

    Susan V. Lynch;Robert A. Wood;Homer Boushey;Leonard B. Bacharier

  • Cytokines, allergy, and asthma.

    Ly P. Ngoc;Diane R. Gold;Arthur O. Tzianabos;Scott T. Weiss

  • House dust endotoxin and wheeze in the first year of life.

    Ju-Hyeong Park;Diane R. Gold;Donna L. Spiegelman;Harriet A. Burge

  • Community violence and asthma morbidity: the Inner-City Asthma Study.

    Rosalind J. Wright;Herman Mitchell;Cynthia M. Visness;Sheldon Cohen

  • Ambient air pollution and the risk of acute ischemic stroke.

    Gregory A. Wellenius;Mary R. Burger;Brent A. Coull;Joel Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Augusto A. Litonjua
Augusto A. Litonjua University of Rochester Medical Center
Brent A. Coull
Brent A. Coull Harvard University
Wanda Phipatanakul
Wanda Phipatanakul Boston Children's Hospital
Emily Oken
Emily Oken Harvard University
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman
Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman Harvard University
Petros Koutrakis
Petros Koutrakis Harvard University
Murray A. Mittleman
Murray A. Mittleman Harvard University
Antonella Zanobetti
Antonella Zanobetti Harvard University

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