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D-Index
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Citations
28026
World Ranking
2287
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49

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Chemical Institute of Canada Medal
  • 1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1984 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Howard Alper is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields, focusing primarily on medicine, health professions, and psychology. Their work incorporates several subfields including occupational therapy, clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, emergency medicine, and emergency medical services.

The main topics addressed in their research include occupational health and performance, posttraumatic stress disorder research, injury epidemiology and prevention, trauma and emergency care studies, disaster response and management, traffic and road safety, and migration, health, and trauma.

Howard Alper has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits Among World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and Survivors, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Injury Severity and Psychological Distress Sustained in the Aftermath of the Attacks of 11 September 2001 Predict Somatic Symptoms in World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees Sixteen Years Later, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Trajectories of psychological distress among individuals exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster, 2021, Psychological Medicine
  • Post-9/11 Mental Health Comorbidity Predicts Self-Reported Confusion or Memory Loss in World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Stroke hospitalizations, posttraumatic stress disorder, and 9/11-related dust exposure: Results from the World Trade Center Health Registry, 2021, American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Frequent coauthors in Howard Alper's collaborations include Robert M. Brackbill, Jennifer Brite, Shengchao Yu, Sean Locke, and James E. Cone.

The most common venues for their publications are the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Psychological Medicine, JAMA Network Open, and the Journal of Asthma.

Howard Alper has been recognized by various awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1984 (Academy of Science)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1985
  • Chemical Institute of Canada Medal, 1997
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2003

Best Publications

  • Transformations of Chloroarenes, Catalyzed by Transition-Metal Complexes

    Vladimir V. Grushin;Howard Alper

  • Metal supported on dendronized magnetic nanoparticles: highly selective hydroformylation catalysts.

    Raed Abu-Reziq;Howard Alper;Dashan Wang;Michael L Post

  • Asymmetric synthesis of acids by the palladium-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of olefins in the presence of (R)-(-)- or (S)-(+)-1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-diyl hydrogen phosphate

    Howard Alper;Nathalie Hamel

  • Activation of Unreactive Bonds and Organic Synthesis

    Shinji Murai;H. Alper;R. A. Gossage;V. V. Grushin

  • Alkali-induced disproportionation of palladium(II) tertiary phosphine complexes, [L2PdCl2], to LO and palladium(O). Key intermediates in the biphasic carbonylation of ArX catalyzed by [L2PdCl2]

    Vladimir V. Grushin;Howard Alper

  • Computer simulations of the dielectric properties of water: Studies of the simple point charge and transferrable intermolecular potential models

    Howard E. Alper;Ronald M. Levy

  • Transition Metal Mediated Carbonylative Ring Expansion of Heterocyclic Compounds

    Kanjai Khumtaveeporn;Howard Alper

  • Enantiospecific and stereospecific rhodium(I)-catalyzed carbonylation and ring expansion of aziridines. Asymmetric synthesis of .beta.-lactams and the kinetic resolution of aziridines

    Serge Calet;Fabio Urso;Howard Alper

  • Regioselective Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Five- or Seven-Membered Ring Lactones and Five-, Six- or Seven-Membered Ring Lactams by Cyclocarbonylation Methodology

    Bassam El Ali;Kazumi Okuro;Giuseppe Vasapollo;Howard Alper

  • Platinum Nanoparticles Supported on Ionic Liquid-Modified Magnetic Nanoparticles: Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts

    Raed Abu-Reziq;Dashan Wang;Michael Post;Howard Alper

  • P,S Ligands for the Asymmetric Construction of Quaternary Stereocenters in Palladium‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative [4+2] Cycloadditions

    Yi Wei;Liang-Qiu Lu;Tian-Ren Li;Bin Feng

  • Hydroformylation Reactions Using Recyclable Rhodium-Complexed Dendrimers on Silica

    S. Christine Bourque and;Howard Alper;Leo E. ManzerPrabhat Arya

  • Magnetic nanoparticle-supported proline as a recyclable and recoverable ligand for the CuI catalyzed arylation of nitrogen nucleophiles.

    Unknown

  • Palladium-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of alkynes with formic acid

    Davit Zargarian;Howard Alper

  • Hydroformylation Reactions with Rhodium-Complexed Dendrimers on Silica

    Unknown

  • Periodic Mesoporous Silica-Supported Recyclable Rhodium-Complexed Dendrimer Catalysts

    Jan P. K. Reynhardt;Yong Yang;and Abdelhamid Sayari;Howard Alper

  • Highly Ligand-Controlled Regioselective Pd-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation of Styrenes with Aminophenols.

    Unknown

  • Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cycloaddition of Vinyloxiranes with Heterocumulenes Using Chiral Phosphine Ligands: An Effective Route to Highly Enantioselective Vinyloxazolidine Derivatives

    Chitchamai Larksarp;Howard Alper

  • Mechanism of Solute Diffusion through Lipid Bilayer Membranes by Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    Donna Bassolino-Klimas;Howard E. Alper;Terry R. Stouch

  • Solute diffusion in lipid bilayer membranes: an atomic level study by molecular dynamics simulation.

    Unknown

  • Regiospecific metal-catalyzed ring expansion of aziridines to .beta.-lactams

    Howard Alper;Fabio Urso;David J. H. Smith

  • A NEW, EFFICIENT, AND IN SOME CASES HIGHLY REGIOSELECTIVE WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER RHODIUM CATALYST FOR OLEFIN HYDROFORMYLATION

    Abdelaziz Nait Ajjou;Howard Alper

  • Separable Catalysts in One-Pot Syntheses for Greener Chemistry

    Raed Abu-Reziq;Dashan Wang;Michael Post;Howard Alper

  • Novel palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of organic halides by chloroform and alkali

    Vladimir V. Grushin;Howard Alper

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir V. Grushin
Vladimir V. Grushin DuPont (United States)
Giuseppe Vasapollo
Giuseppe Vasapollo University of Salento
Anthony C. Willis
Anthony C. Willis Australian National University
Dominique Roberto
Dominique Roberto University of Milan
Cathleen M. Crudden
Cathleen M. Crudden Queen's University
Wen-Jing Xiao
Wen-Jing Xiao Central China Normal University
Wing-Yiu Yu
Wing-Yiu Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Roland Boese
Roland Boese University of Duisburg-Essen
Davit Zargarian
Davit Zargarian University of Montreal
Ferenc Joó
Ferenc Joó University of Debrecen

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