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Ferran Ballester

Ferran Ballester

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
23294
World Ranking
16186
National Ranking
226

Ferran Ballester 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 Ferran Ballester sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 411 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ferran Ballester 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 Ferran Ballester sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ferran Ballester is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and focuses research efforts in the field of Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis as a main subfield, alongside contributions to Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research explores a range of topics, notably heavy metal exposure and toxicity, which constitutes a significant part of their publications. Additional topics of study include air quality and health impacts, mercury impact and mitigation studies, climate change and health impacts, health, environment, and cognitive aging, birth, development and health, as well as health disparities and outcomes.

Frequent publication venues for Ferran Ballester include Environmental Research, Gaceta Sanitaria, Environment International, Environmental Science & Technology, and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. These journals reflect the scope of environmental health and epidemiology central to Ballester's work.

Regular collaborators in their research include Sabrina Llop, Ana Esplugues, Raquel Soler-Blasco, Mario Murcia, and Jordi Sunyer, with coauthorship counts ranging from 16 to 29 works. This network indicates ongoing partnerships in addressing complex environmental health questions.

Recent published papers demonstrate Ballester's research interests and focus areas:

  • Advancing tools for human early lifecourse exposome research and translation (ATHLETE), 2021, Environmental Epidemiology
  • Exposure to metals and metalloids among pregnant women from Spain: Levels and associated factors, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Prenatal perfluoroalkyl substance exposure and neuropsychological development throughout childhood: The INMA Project, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Urban environment during early-life and blood pressure in young children, 2020, Environment International
  • Exposure to mercury among 9-year-old children and neurobehavioural function, 2020, Environment International

Best Publications

  • Confounding and effect modification in the short-term effects of ambient particles on total mortality: Results from 29 European cities within the APHEA2 project

    Klea Katsouyanni;Giota Touloumi;Evangelia Samoli;Alexandros Gryparis

  • Effects of Cold Weather on Mortality: Results From 15 European Cities Within the PHEWE Project

    Antonis Analitis;Klea Katsouyanni;Annibale Biggeri;Michela Baccini

  • Cohort Profile: The INMA—INfancia y Medio Ambiente—(Environment and Childhood) Project

    Mònica Guxens;Ferran Ballester;Mercedes Espada;Mariana F Fernández

  • High Temperature and Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Causes in 12 European Cities

    Paola Michelozzi;Gabriele Accetta;Manuela De Sario;Daniela D'Ippoliti

  • Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE)

    Marie Pedersen;Lise Giorgis-Allemand;Claire Bernard;Inmaculada Aguilera

  • Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis

    Ellis Voerman;Susana Santos;Bernadeta Patro Golab;Bernadeta Patro Golab;Pilar Amiano

  • Urinary concentrations of phthalates and phenols in a population of Spanish pregnant women and children.

    Lidia Casas;Mariana F. Fernández;Sabrina Llop;Mònica Guxens

  • Apheis: Health impact assessment of long-term exposure to PM(2.5) in 23 European cities.

    Elena Boldo;Sylvia Medina;Alain Le Tertre;Fintan Hurley

  • Birth weight and prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE): a meta-analysis within 12 European Birth Cohorts

    Eva Govarts;Mark Nieuwenhuijsen;Greet Schoeters;Greet Schoeters;Ferran Ballester

  • Mortality as a function of temperature. A study in Valencia, Spain, 1991-1993.

    F Ballester;D Corella;S Pérez-Hoyos;M Sáez

  • Exposure to ambient air pollution and prenatal and early childhood health effects.

    Marina Lacasaña;Ana Esplugues;Ferran Ballester

  • The association of daily sulfur dioxide air pollution levels with hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Europe (The Aphea-II study).

    Jordi Sunyer;Ferran Ballester;Alain Le Tertre;Richard Atkinson

  • Surrounding greenness and pregnancy outcomes in four Spanish birth cohorts.

    Payam Dadvand;Jordi Sunyer;Xavier Basagaña;Ferran Ballester

  • Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among pregnant women in a Mediterranean area

    Jesús Vioque;Eva-María Navarrete-Muñoz;Daniel Gimenez-Monzó;Manuela García-de-la-Hera

  • Hair mercury levels, fish consumption, and cognitive development in preschool children from Granada, Spain .

    Carmen Freire;Rosa Ramos;Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa;Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa;Sergi Díez

  • Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and thyroid function in pregnant women and children: A systematic review of epidemiologic studies.

    Virginia Ballesteros;Olga Costa;Carmen Iñiguez;Tony Fletcher

  • Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy (MeDALL): Introducing novel concepts in allergy phenotypes

    Josep M Antó;Jean Bousquet;Jean Bousquet;Mübeccel Akdis;Charles Auffray

  • MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy): an integrated approach from phenotypes to systems medicine

    J. Bousquet;J. Anto;C. Auffray;M. Akdis

  • A systematic review of neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal and postnatal organophosphate pesticide exposure.

    B. González-Alzaga;M. Lacasaña;C. Aguilar-Garduño;M. Rodríguez-Barranco

  • Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis

    Voerman E;antos S;Patro Golab B;Amiano P

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordi Sunyer
Jordi Sunyer Pompeu Fabra University
Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa
Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa University of Valencia
Martine Vrijheid
Martine Vrijheid Pompeu Fabra University
Jesús Vioque
Jesús Vioque Miguel Hernandez University
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Jordi Julvez
Jordi Julvez HTC (Taiwan)
John Wright
John Wright National Health Service
Manolis Kogevinas
Manolis Kogevinas Pompeu Fabra University
Xavier Basagaña
Xavier Basagaña Pompeu Fabra University

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