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Douglas W. Dockery

Douglas W. Dockery

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
117
Citations
84088
World Ranking
4111
National Ranking
2250

Douglas W. Dockery publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas W. Dockery sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 271 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Douglas W. Dockery D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas W. Dockery sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Douglas W. Dockery is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Surgery, and Pollution.

The scientist's research topics reflect a concentration on air quality and its health impacts as well as broader environmental and climate health concerns. The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Vehicle Emissions and Performance
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Douglas W. Dockery has contributed to various scientific publications, with frequent venues for their work being:

  • Circulation
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • Risk Analysis
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Selected recent papers include:

  • Guidance to Reduce the Cardiovascular Burden of Ambient Air Pollutants: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association, 2020, Circulation
  • The Need for a Tighter Particulate-Matter Air-Quality Standard, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Exposure to Air Pollution and Particle Radioactivity With the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias, 2020, Circulation
  • Mortality Benefits and Control Costs of Improving Air Quality in Mexico City: The Case of Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles, 2020, Risk Analysis
  • The Threat to Air Pollution Health Studies Behind the Environmental Protection Agency's Cloak of Science Transparency, 2020, American Journal of Public Health

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • John R. Balmes
  • Francine Laden
  • Joel D. Kaufman
  • Mitchell S.V. Elkind
  • Aruni Bhatnagar

Best Publications

  • An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities

    D W Dockery;C A Pope rd;X Xu;J D Spengler

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

    C. Arden Pope;Douglas W. Dockery

  • Particulate air pollution as a predictor of mortality in a prospective study of U.S. adults.

    C A Pope rd;M J Thun;M M Namboodiri;D W Dockery

  • ACUTE RESPIRATORY EFFECTS OF PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION

    D. W. Dockery;C. A. Pope

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

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

  • Reduction in fine particulate air pollution and mortality : Extended Follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities Study

    Francine Laden;Joel Schwartz;Frank E. Speizer;Douglas W. Dockery

  • Increased Particulate Air Pollution and the Triggering of Myocardial Infarction

    Annette Peters;Douglas W. Dockery;James E. Muller;Murray A. Mittleman

  • Association of fine particulate matter from different sources with daily mortality in six U.S. cities.

    Francine Laden;Lucas M. Neas;Douglas W. Dockery;Joel Schwartz

  • Exposure measurement error in time-series studies of air pollution: concepts and consequences.

    Scott L. Zeger;Duncan Thomas;Francesca Dominici;Jonathan M. Samet

  • Chronic exposure to fine particles and mortality: an extended follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities study from 1974 to 2009.

    Johanna Lepeule;Francine Laden;Francine Laden;Douglas W. Dockery;Douglas W. Dockery;Joel David Schwartz;Joel David Schwartz

  • Increased mortality in Philadelphia associated with daily air pollution concentrations.

    Joel Schwartz;Douglas W. Dockery

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

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

  • The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study. Part II: Morbidity and mortality from air pollution in the United States.

    J M Samet;S L Zeger;F Dominici;F Curriero

  • Effects of inhalable particles on respiratory health of children.

    Douglas W. Dockery;Frank E. Speizer;Daniel O. Stram;James H. Ware

  • Effect of air-pollution control on death rates in Dublin, Ireland: an intervention study.

    Luke Clancy;Pat Goodman;Hamish Sinclair;Douglas W Dockery

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

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

  • Air pollution and incidence of cardiac arrhythmia.

    Annette Peters;Emerson Liu;Richard Verrier;Joel Schwartz

  • Health effects of outdoor air pollution

    Rebecca Bascom;Philip A. Bromberg;Daniel L. Costa;Robert Devlin

  • Pulmonary function between 6 and 18 years of age.

    Xiaobin Wang;Douglas W. Dockery;David Wypij;Martha E. Fay

  • HEALTH EFFECTS OF FINE PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION: LINE THAT CONNECT

    D W Dockery

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank E. Speizer
Frank E. Speizer Harvard University
Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Francine Laden
Francine Laden Harvard University
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University
John D. Spengler
John D. Spengler Harvard University
C. Arden Pope
C. Arden Pope Brigham Young University
James H. Ware
James H. Ware Harvard University
Murray A. Mittleman
Murray A. Mittleman Harvard University
Mark S. Link
Mark S. Link The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Petros Koutrakis
Petros Koutrakis Harvard University

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