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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 79 1010 960 438 404 280 24676

Fred Lurmann publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Fred Lurmann between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Fred Lurmann published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2021. 15 of the 286 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2021. 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 7 publications
1983 2025

286 publications in total across all disciplines

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Fred Lurmann: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 2
1984 1
1985 0
1986 2
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 1
1993 0
1994 1
1995 3
1996 0
1997 3
1998 0
1999 4
2000 1
2001 1
2002 2
2003 2
2004 3
2005 6
2006 11
2007 5
2008 9
2009 5
2010 15
2011 13
2012 11
2013 13
2014 18
2015 10
2016 21
2017 7
2018 21
2019 13
2020 13
2021 27
2022 19
2023 8
2024 8
2025 7
Total 286
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Fred Lurmann publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fred Lurmann sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 271–280 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 280 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155 280
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Fred Lurmann D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fred Lurmann sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 79 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52 79
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Fred Lurmann is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and has conducted extensive research primarily in environmental science with a focus on health and pollution. Their scholarly output includes numerous papers addressing air quality, pollution sources, and health impacts related to environmental exposures.

The researcher's publication record highlights several notable papers, including:

  • Air pollution exposure is linked with methylation of immunoregulatory genes, altered immune cell profiles, and increased blood pressure in children, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Contribution of tailpipe and non-tailpipe traffic sources to quasi-ultrafine, fine and coarse particulate matter in southern California, 2020, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
  • Asthma Disease Status, COPD, and COVID-19 Severity in a Large Multiethnic Population, 2021, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Ambient Air Pollutant Exposures and COVID-19 Severity and Mortality in a Cohort of Patients with COVID-19 in Southern California, 2022, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Association Between Ambient Air Pollution and Birth Weight by Maternal Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Stressors, 2022, JAMA Network Open

Fred Lurmann collaborates frequently with a number of other researchers, including:

  • Zhanghua Chen
  • Rima Habre
  • Sandrah P. Eckel
  • Frank D. Gilliland
  • Carrie V. Breton

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Health
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Fred Lurmann's research focuses primarily on environmental science, particularly in the subfields of health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Other areas of specialty include pollution, automotive engineering, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and environmental engineering.

Their main topics of study center on:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Best Publications

  • The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age.

    W. James Gauderman;Edward Avol;Frank Gilliland;Hita Vora

  • Association between Air Pollution and Lung Function Growth in Southern California Children

    W. J. Gauderman;R. McConnell;F. Gilliland;S. London

  • Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study

    W James Gauderman;Hita Vora;Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane

  • Traffic, Susceptibility, and Childhood Asthma

    Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane;Ling Yao;Michael Jerrett

  • Traffic-related air pollution, particulate matter, and autism.

    Heather E. Volk;Fred Lurmann;Bryan Penfold;Irva Hertz-Picciotto

  • Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California children: results from a second cohort.

    W. James Gauderman;W. James Gauderman;G. Frank Gilliland;G. Frank Gilliland;Hita Vora;Hita Vora;Edward Avol;Edward Avol

  • Association of Improved Air Quality with Lung Development in Children

    W. James Gauderman;Robert Urman;Edward Avol;Kiros Berhane

  • Childhood incident asthma and traffic-related air pollution at home and school

    Rob McConnell;Talat Islam;Ketan Shankardass;Michael Jerrett

  • Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide.

    W James Gauderman;Edward Avol;Fred Lurmann;Nino Kuenzli

  • A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. I. Prevalence of respiratory morbidity.

    J M Peters;E Avol;E Avol;W Navidi;W Navidi;S J London;S J London

  • A chemical mechanism for use in long‐range transport/acid deposition computer modeling

    Frederick W. Lurmann;Alan C. Lloyd;Roger Atkinson

  • Residential proximity to freeways and autism in the CHARGE study.

    Heather E. Volk;Irva Hertz-Picciotto;Lora Delwiche;Fred Lurmann

  • Birth Outcomes and Prenatal Exposure to Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, and Particulate Matter: Results from the Children’s Health Study

    Muhammad T. Salam;Joshua Millstein;Yu Fen Li;Frederick W. Lurmann

  • Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Asthma Onset in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study with Individual Exposure Measurement

    Michael Jerrett;Ketan Shankardass;Kiros Berhane;W. James Gauderman

  • Evaluation of the TEOM method for measurement of ambient particulate mass in urban areas.

    George Allen;Constantinos Sioutas;Petros Koutrakis;Richard Reiss

  • Health Effects of the 2003 Southern California Wildfires on Children

    Nino Künzli;Ed Avol;Jun Wu;W. James Gauderman

  • Components of air pollution and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults in Los Angeles

    Nicole M. Gatto;Victor W. Henderson;Howard N. Hodis;Jan A. St. John

  • Traffic-related air pollution and obesity formation in children: a longitudinal, multilevel analysis

    Michael Jerrett;Rob McConnell;Jennifer Wolch;Roger Chang

  • Early-Life air pollution and asthma risk in minority children the GALA II and SAGE II studies

    Katherine K. Nishimura;Joshua M. Galanter;Lindsey A. Roth;Sam S. Oh

  • Prospective Study of Air Pollution and Bronchitic Symptoms in Children with Asthma

    Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane;Frank Gilliland;Jassy Molitor

  • Comparison of Emission Inventory and Ambient Concentration Ratios of CO, NMOG, and NOx in California's South Coast Air Basin

    Eric M. Fujita;Bart E. Croes;Charles L. Bennett;Douglas R. Lawson

  • Air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic heart disease in persons with congestive heart failure or arrhythmia.

    Jennifer K Mann;Ira B Tager;Fred Lurmann;Mark Segal

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank D. Gilliland
Frank D. Gilliland University of Southern California
Rob McConnell
Rob McConnell University of Southern California
Edward L. Avol
Edward L. Avol University of Southern California
John R. Balmes
John R. Balmes University of California, Berkeley
Rajesh Kumar
Rajesh Kumar Lurie Children's Hospital
Nino Künzli
Nino Künzli University of Basel
Pedro C. Avila
Pedro C. Avila Northwestern University
S. Katharine Hammond
S. Katharine Hammond University of California, Berkeley
W. James Gauderman
W. James Gauderman University of Southern California
Celeste Eng
Celeste Eng University of California, San Francisco

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