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Howard W. Mielke

Howard W. Mielke

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 46 6084 5838 2206 2044 137 8146

Howard W. Mielke publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Howard W. Mielke between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Howard W. Mielke published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 2.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 1989. 3 of the 140 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 1989. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 13 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 4 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
1970 2025

140 publications in total across all disciplines

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Howard W. Mielke: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 1
1983 1
1984 3
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 13
1990 1
1991 4
1992 0
1993 2
1994 1
1995 3
1996 3
1997 3
1998 1
1999 4
2000 1
2001 2
2002 4
2003 1
2004 2
2005 3
2006 3
2007 2
2008 8
2009 2
2010 4
2011 5
2012 6
2013 3
2014 3
2015 3
2016 4
2017 8
2018 6
2019 5
2020 10
2021 5
2022 2
2023 2
2024 2
2025 1
Total 140
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Howard W. Mielke 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 Howard W. Mielke 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, 131–140 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: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% 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
131–140 544 137
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
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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Howard W. Mielke 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 Howard W. Mielke 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, 46 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: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% 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 46
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
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

Howard W. Mielke is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Sociology and Political Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Speech and Hearing.

The scientist's research emphasizes topics related to Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Heavy metals in the environment, Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Noise Effects and Management.

Their publication record includes papers such as:

  • In vivo phytotoxicity, uptake, and translocation of PbS nanoparticles in maize (Zea mays L.) plants, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Lead in Air, Soil, and Blood: Pb Poisoning in a Changing World, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • COVID-19 and children's health in the United States: Consideration of physical and social environments during the pandemic, 2021, Environmental Research
  • The International Society for Children's Health and the Environment Commits to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint to Safeguard Children's Health, 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Snack foods and lead ingestion risks for school aged children: A comparative evaluation of potentially toxic metals and children's exposure response of blood lead, copper and zinc levels, 2020, Chemosphere

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Medical Research Archives
  • Environmental Research
  • Chemosphere

Collaborations feature several recurring coauthors including Sara Perl Egendorf, Christopher R. Gonzales, Eric T. Powell, Xiaoping Li, and Andrew D. Gailey.

Best Publications

  • Soil is an important pathway of human lead exposure.

    Howard W. Mielke;Patrick L. Reagan

  • The urban environment and children's health: soils as an integrator of lead, zinc, and cadmium in New Orleans, louisiana, U.S.A.

    H.W. Mielke;C.R. Gonzales;M.K. Smith;P.W. Mielke

  • Lead concentrations in inner-city soils as a factor in the child lead problem.

    H W Mielke;J C Anderson;K J Berry;P W Mielke

  • Seasonality and children's blood lead levels: developing a predictive model using climatic variables and blood lead data from Indianapolis, Indiana, Syracuse, New York, and New Orleans, Louisiana (USA).

    Mark A.S. Laidlaw;Howard W. Mielke;Gabriel M. Filippelli;David L. Johnson

  • Lead in the Inner Cities Policies to reduce children's exposure to lead may be overlooking a major source of lead in the environment

    Howard W. Mielke

  • LEAD IN THE INNER CITIES

    Howard Mielke

  • PAH and metal mixtures in New Orleans soils and sediments.

    H.W Mielke;G Wang;C.R Gonzales;B Le

  • PAHs and metals in the soils of inner-city and suburban New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

    Howard W. Mielke;Guangdi Wang;Christopher R. Gonzales;Eric T. Powell

  • The urban rise and fall of air lead (Pb) and the latent surge and retreat of societal violence

    Howard W. Mielke;Sammy Zahran

  • Re-suspension of lead contaminated urban soil as a dominant source of atmospheric lead in Birmingham, Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh, USA

    Mark A.S. Laidlaw;Sammy Zahran;Howard W. Mielke;Mark P. Taylor

  • Associations between soil lead and childhood blood lead in urban New Orleans and rural Lafourche Parish of Louisiana.

    H W Mielke;D Dugas;P W Mielke;K S Smith

  • Estimation of leaded (Pb) gasoline's continuing material and health impacts on 90 US urbanized areas

    Howard W. Mielke;Mark A.S. Laidlaw;Chris R. Gonzales

  • Case studies and evidence-based approaches to addressing urban soil lead contamination

    Mark A.S. Laidlaw;Gabriel M. Filippelli;Sally Brown;Jorge Paz-Ferreiro

  • Nonlinear association between soil lead and blood lead of children in metropolitan New Orleans, Louisiana: 2000-2005.

    Howard W. Mielke;Chris R. Gonzales;Eric Powell;Morten Jartun

  • Lead (Pb) legacy from vehicle traffic in eight California urbanized areas: continuing influence of lead dust on children's health.

    Howard W. Mielke;Mark A.S. Laidlaw;Chris Gonzales

  • THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY METAL EXPOSURE FROM URBAN GARDENS AND SOILS

    Rufus L. Chaney;Susan B. Sterrett;Howard W. Mielke

  • Quantities and associations of lead, zinc, cadmium, manganese, chromium, nickel, vanadium, and copper in fresh Mississippi delta alluvium and New Orleans alluvial soils.

    H.W. Mielke;C.R. Gonzales;M.K. Smith;P.W. Mielke

  • Lead in New Orleans soils: New images of an urban environment.

    Howard W. Mielke

  • Children's blood lead seasonality in Flint, Michigan (USA), and soil-sourced lead hazard risks

    Mark A S Laidlaw;Gabriel M Filippelli;Richard C Sadler;Christopher R Gonzales

  • Lead exposure at firing ranges-a review.

    Mark A. S. Laidlaw;Gabriel Filippelli;Howard Mielke;Brian Gulson

  • Mound building by pocket gophers (Geomyidae): their impact on soils and vegetation in North America

    Howard W. Mielke

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul W. Mielke
Paul W. Mielke Colorado State University
Gabriel M. Filippelli
Gabriel M. Filippelli Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Andrew S. Ball
Andrew S. Ball RMIT University
Mark Patrick Taylor
Mark Patrick Taylor Macquarie University
Bruce P. Lanphear
Bruce P. Lanphear Simon Fraser University
Sally Brown
Sally Brown University of Washington
Brian Gulson
Brian Gulson Macquarie University
Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Jorge Paz-Ferreiro
Jorge Paz-Ferreiro RMIT University
Brenda Eskenazi
Brenda Eskenazi University of California, Berkeley

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