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George D. Thurston

George D. Thurston

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
88
Citations
115681
World Ranking
632
National Ranking
279

George D. Thurston 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 George D. Thurston sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 251 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

George D. Thurston 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 George D. Thurston sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

George D. Thurston is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a specific focus on the intersection of air quality and health impacts. Their research primarily spans several related subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Speech and Hearing.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

Among George D. Thurston's recent publications are:

  • "Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations," 2020, published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • "Outdoor Air Pollution and New-Onset Airway Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report," 2020, Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  • "WHO Air Quality Guidelines 2021-Aiming for Healthier Air for all: A Joint Statement by Medical, Public Health, Scientific Societies and Patient Representative Organisations," 2021, International Journal of Public Health
  • "The Role of Fossil Fuel Combustion Metals in PM2.5 Air Pollution Health Associations," 2021, Atmosphere
  • "PM2.5 and Cardiovascular Health Risks," 2023, Current Problems in Cardiology

George D. Thurston frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Terry Gordon (12 collaborations)
  • Wuyue Yu (10 collaborations)
  • Mary B. Rice (8 collaborations)
  • Zorana Jovanovic Andersen (7 collaborations)
  • Md Mostafijur Rahman (6 collaborations)

The scientist has contributed publications to various scholarly venues, prominently including:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts (12 publications)
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (6 publications)
  • Annals of the American Thoracic Society (4 publications)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Environment International (3 publications)

George D. Thurston is also an author of a book titled Are All Air Pollution Particles Equal? How Constituents and Sources of Fine Air Pollution Particles (PM2.5) Affect Health, published in 2021 by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Lung Cancer, Cardiopulmonary Mortality, and Long-term Exposure to Fine Particulate Air Pollution

    C. Arden Pope;Richard T. Burnett;Michael J. Thun;Eugenia E. Calle

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Epidemiological Evidence of General Pathophysiological Pathways of Disease

    C. Arden Pope;Richard T. Burnett;George D. Thurston;Michael J. Thun

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter

    Richard Burnett;Hong Chen;Mieczysław Szyszkowicz;Neal Fann

  • Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Joan B Soriano;Joan B Soriano;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Semaw Ferede Abera

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Long-Term Ozone Exposure and Mortality

    Michael Jerrett;Richard T. Burnett;C. Arden Pope;Kazuhiko Ito

  • A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO INHALABLE PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION IN METROPOLITAN BOSTON

    George D. Thurston;John D. Spengler

  • Extended follow-up and spatial analysis of the American Cancer Society study linking particulate air pollution and mortality.

    Krewski D;Jerrett M;Burnett Rt;Ma R

  • Spatial analysis of air pollution and mortality in Los Angeles.

    Michael Jerrett;Richard T. Burnett;Renjun Ma;C. Arden Pope

  • Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases: A Review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' Environmental Committee, Part 2: Air Pollution and Organ Systems.

    Dean E. Schraufnagel;John R. Balmes;Clayton T. Cowl;Sara De Matteis

  • Exposure assessment for estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to outdoor air pollution.

    Michael Brauer;Markus Amann;Rick T. Burnett;Aaron Cohen

  • Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations.

    Michelle C. Turner;Zorana J. Andersen;Andrea Baccarelli;W. Ryan Diver

  • Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Stephen S Lim;Kate Allen;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • A joint ERS/ATS policy statement: what constitutes an adverse health effect of air pollution? An analytical framework

    George D. Thurston;Howard Kipen;Isabella Annesi-Maesano;John Balmes;John Balmes

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhiko Ito
Kazuhiko Ito New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Morton Lippmann
Morton Lippmann New York University
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
C. Arden Pope
C. Arden Pope Brigham Young University
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington

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