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D-Index
92
Citations
27848
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11408
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5847

Ellen K. Silbergeld 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 Ellen K. Silbergeld sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 391 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ellen K. Silbergeld 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 Ellen K. Silbergeld sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Industrial Food Animal Production, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Human Health

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

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

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

  • Lead, Cadmium, Smoking, and Increased Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease

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

  • Arsenic Exposure and Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes in US Adults

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

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

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

  • Blood lead levels and mortality.

    Mark Lustberg;Ellen Silbergeld

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

    E K Silbergeld

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

    Ellen K. Silbergeld;Joel Schwartz;Kathryn Mahaffey

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

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

  • 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

  • Cadmium exposure and incident cardiovascular disease.

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Cadmium Levels in Urine and Mortality among U.S. Adults

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

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

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

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

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

  • Biological markers in environmental health research

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliseo Guallar
Eliseo Guallar Johns Hopkins University
Kevin A. Francesconi
Kevin A. Francesconi University of Graz
Lance B. Price
Lance B. Price George Washington University
Walter Goessler
Walter Goessler University of Graz
Barbara V. Howard
Barbara V. Howard MedStar Health
Philip J. Landrigan
Philip J. Landrigan Boston College
Brian S. Schwartz
Brian S. Schwartz Johns Hopkins University
Jodi A. Flaws
Jodi A. Flaws University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thaddeus K. Graczyk
Thaddeus K. Graczyk Johns Hopkins University
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong

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