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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
134
Citations
64818
World Ranking
58
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Gerard Hoek is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and focuses primarily on environmental science. Their research centers on the health impacts of air quality and pollution, encompassing topics such as climate change, noise management, and energy environment interactions.

The main fields of study associated with Gerard Hoek include Environmental Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, Pollution, Environmental Engineering, and Health.

Key research topics covered by their work include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Gerard Hoek has authored numerous papers, with notable publications being:

  • "Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within the ELAPSE project" (2022, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • "Association Between Cardiovascular Disease and Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution With the Risk of Dementia" (2020, JAMA Neurology)
  • "Long-term exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts within the ELAPSE project" (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • "Long-term low-level ambient air pollution exposure and risk of lung cancer - A pooled analysis of 7 European cohorts" (2020, Environment International)
  • "COVID-19: risk accumulation among biologically and socially vulnerable older populations" (2020, Ageing Research Reviews)

Their research is frequently published in several venues, highlighting consistent contributions in:

  • Environment International
  • Environmental Research
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • International Journal of Cancer

Gerard Hoek collaborates extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Massimo Stafoggia, Petter Ljungman, Debora Rizzuto, Göran Pershagen, and Zorana Jovanovic Andersen.

Best Publications

  • Association between mortality and indicators of traffic-related air pollution in the Netherlands: a cohort study

    Gerard Hoek;Bert Brunekreef;Sandra Goldbohm;Paul Fischer

  • Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts : Prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

    Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen;Rob Beelen;Evangelia Samoli

  • Long-term air pollution exposure and cardio- respiratory mortality: a review.

    Gerard Hoek;Ranjini M Krishnan;Rob Beelen;Annette Peters

  • A review of land-use regression models to assess spatial variation of outdoor air pollution

    Gerard Hoek;Rob Beelen;Kees de Hoogh;Danielle Vienneau

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • Development of Land Use Regression Models for PM2.5, PM2.5 Absorbance, PM10 and PMcoarse in 20 European Study Areas; Results of the ESCAPE Project

    Marloes Eeftens;Rob Beelen;Kees de Hoogh;Tom Bellander

  • Black carbon as an additional indicator of the adverse health effects of airborne particles compared with PM10 and PM2.5.

    Nicole A.H. Janssen;Gerard Hoek;Milena Simic-Lawson;Paul Douglas Fischer

  • Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks

    Jeroen J. de Hartog;Hanna Boogaard;Hans Nijland;Gerard Hoek

  • Development of NO2 and NOx land use regression models for estimating air pollution exposure in 36 study areas in Europe - The ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Gerard Hoek;Danielle Vienneau;Marloes Eeftens

  • Long-term exposure to PM and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Jie Chen;Gerard Hoek

  • Air pollution from traffic and the development of respiratory infections and asthmatic and allergic symptoms in children

    Michael Brauer;Gerard Hoek;Patricia Van Vliet;Kees Meliefste

  • Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease

    David E. Newby;Pier M. Mannucci;Grethe S. Tell;Andrea A. Baccarelli

  • Long-Term Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Mortality in a Dutch Cohort (NLCS-AIR Study)

    Rob Beelen;Gerard Hoek;Piet A. van den Brandt;R. Alexandra Goldbohm

  • Improving health through policies that promote active travel: a review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment

    Audrey de Nazelle;Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen;Josep M. Antó;Michael Brauer

  • Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of acute coronary events: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis in 11 European cohorts from the ESCAPE Project

    Giulia Cesaroni;Francesco Forastiere;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana J Andersen

  • Air pollution and development of asthma, allergy and infections in a birth cohort.

    M. Brauer;G. Hoek;H. A. Smit;J. C. de Jongste

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

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

  • Estimating long-term average particulate air pollution concentrations: application of traffic indicators and geographic information systems.

    Michael Brauer;Gerard Hoek;Patricia van Vliet;Kees Meliefste

  • Particulate Air Pollution and Risk of ST-Segment Depression During Repeated Submaximal Exercise Tests Among Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease The Exposure and Risk Assessment for Fine and Ultrafine Particles in Ambient Air (ULTRA) Study

    Juha Pekkanen;Annette Peters;Gerard Hoek;Pekka Tiittanen

  • Effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality in the Netherlands: the NLCS-AIR study.

    Bert Brunekreef;Rob Beelen;Gerard Hoek;Leo Schouten

  • Spatial variation of PM2.5, PM10, PM2.5 absorbance and PMcoarse concentrations between and within 20 European study areas and the relationship with NO2 - Results of the ESCAPE project

    Marloes Eeftens;Ming-Yi Tsai;Christophe Ampe;Bernhard Anwander

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Kees de Hoogh
Kees de Hoogh Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Rob Beelen
Rob Beelen Utrecht University
Marloes Eeftens
Marloes Eeftens Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Ming-Yi Tsai
Ming-Yi Tsai University of Washington
Kees Meliefste
Kees Meliefste Utrecht University
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Nicole A.H. Janssen
Nicole A.H. Janssen Wageningen University & Research
Ole Raaschou-Nielsen
Ole Raaschou-Nielsen Aarhus University

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