2026 Ellen K. Silbergeld: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	92	11409	10725	5848	5409	391	27848

Research.com Recognitions

1993 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Ellen K. Silbergeld is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with notable emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their key research areas include:

Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
Heavy metals in environment
Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
Weed Control and Herbicide Applications

Several recent publications demonstrate their contributions in these fields. These include:

"An updated systematic review on the association between Cd exposure, blood pressure and hypertension," 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
"Blood cadmium levels and sources of exposure in an adult urban population in southern Brazil," 2020, Environmental Research
"Comparative Evaluation of the Cytotoxicity of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides and Glycine in L929 and Caco2 Cells," 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
"Multidrug-Resistant and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Hog Slaughter and Processing Plant Workers and Their Community in North Carolina (USA)," 2020, UNC Libraries
"Heritability and Preliminary Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis of Arsenic Metabolites in Urine," 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

Airton C. Martins
Ana Carolina B. Almeida Lopes
Mariana Ragassi Urbano
Maria F. Carvalho
Ana Maria R. Silva

Common publication venues where their work appears are:

UNC Libraries
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Environmental Research
Frontiers in Public Health

Their body of work predominantly falls under the umbrella of environmental science, addressing subfields such as health, toxicology, mutagenesis, pollution, plant science, and public health related to environmental and occupational conditions.

Ellen K. Silbergeld was recognized as a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1993.

Best Publications

Lead exposure and cardiovascular disease--a systematic review.

Ana Navas-Acien;Eliseo Guallar;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Stephen J. Rothenberg

1206
Citations
Industrial Food Animal Production, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Human Health

Ellen K. Silbergeld;Jay Graham;Lance B. Price

837
Citations
Blood Lead Below 0.48 μmol/L (10 μg/dL) and Mortality Among US Adults

Andy Menke;Paul Muntner;Vecihi Batuman;Ellen K. Silbergeld

559
Citations
Lead, Cadmium, Smoking, and Increased Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease

Ana Navas-Acien;Elizabeth Selvin;A. Richey Sharrett;Emma Calderon-Aranda

554
Citations
Arsenic Exposure and Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in US Adults

Ana Navas-Acien;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Roberto Pastor-Barriuso;Eliseo Guallar

544
Citations
Arsenic Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence

Ana Navas-Acien;A. Richey Sharrett;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Brian S. Schwartz

478
Citations
Blood lead levels and mortality.

Mark Lustberg;Ellen Silbergeld

437
Citations
Lead in bone: implications for toxicology during pregnancy and lactation.

E K Silbergeld

417
Citations
Lead and osteoporosis: Mobilization of lead from bone in postmenopausal women

Ellen K. Silbergeld;Joel Schwartz;Kathryn Mahaffey

407
Citations
Blood Cadmium and Lead and Chronic Kidney Disease in US Adults: A Joint Analysis

Ana Navas-Acien;Maria Tellez-Plaza;Eliseo Guallar;Paul Muntner

402
Citations
Arsenic Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of the Experimental and Epidemiologic Evidence

Ana Navas-Acien;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Robin A. Streeter;Jeanne M. Clark

382
Citations
Cadmium exposure and incident cardiovascular disease.

Maria Tellez-Plaza;Eliseo Guallar;Barbara V. Howard;Barbara V. Howard;Jason G. Umans;Jason G. Umans

377
Citations
Evaluation of the association between arsenic and diabetes: A National Toxicology Program workshop review

Elizabeth A. Maull;Habibul Ahsan;Joshua Edwards;Matthew P. Longnecker

371
Citations
World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals.

Awa Aidara-Kane;Frederick J. Angulo;John M. Conly;Yuki Minato

356
Citations
Lead as a carcinogen: experimental evidence and mechanisms of action.

Ellen K. Silbergeld;Michael Waalkes;Jerry M. Rice

340
Citations
The long-term effects of exposure to low doses of lead in childhood

Michael I. Good;Claire B. Ernhart;Tom Greene;Thomas A. Boyd

340
Citations
Cadmium Levels in Urine and Mortality among U.S. Adults

Andy Menke;Paul Muntner;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Elizabeth A. Platz

337
Citations
Meeting Report: Hazard Assessment for Nanoparticles—Report from an Interdisciplinary Workshop

John M. Balbus;Andrew D. Maynard;Vicki L. Colvin;Vincent Castranova

325
Citations
Blood lead, blood pressure, and hypertension in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Denis Nash;Laurence Magder;Mark Lustberg;Roger W. Sherwin;Roger W. Sherwin

313
Citations
Biological markers in environmental health research

B. Goldstein;J. Gibson;R. Henderson;J. Hobbie

294
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliseo Guallar Johns Hopkins University

Kevin A. Francesconi University of Graz

Lance B. Price George Washington University

Walter Goessler University of Graz

Barbara V. Howard MedStar Health

Philip J. Landrigan Boston College

Brian S. Schwartz Johns Hopkins University

Jodi A. Flaws University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thaddeus K. Graczyk Johns Hopkins University

Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong

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