2026 Jerome O. Nriagu: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	94	499	471	226	209	392	38218

Research.com Recognitions

1992 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Jerome O. Nriagu is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their work covers the fields of pollution, environmental chemistry, molecular biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's recent publications include a range of studies addressing heavy metal contamination and its impacts on health and the environment. Notable papers are:

Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health, 2025, published in Science
Epigenetic modifications from arsenic exposure: A comprehensive review, 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment
A combined strategy to mitigate the accumulation of arsenic and cadmium in rice (Oryza sativa L.), 2023, published in The Science of The Total Environment
Arsenic exposure from drinking water and staple food (rice): A field scale study in rural Bengal for assessment of human health risk, 2021, published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Cadmium exposure and the risk of prostate cancer among Nigerian men: Effect modification by zinc status, 2023, published in Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

The main topics explored in their research are:

Heavy metals in environment
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Arsenic contamination and mitigation
Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
Radioactivity and Radon Measurements

Frequent collaborators include Orish Ebere Orisakwe, Gang Li, Ruixia Han, Yong-Guan Zhu, and Arijit Chakraborty. Their research has been published repeatedly in journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Science, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, and Environmental Science & Technology.

In addition to articles, Jerome O. Nriagu has contributed to book publications. One such work is "The role of essential trace elements in health and disease," published by Frontiers Media in 2024.

Recognition for their scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1992, under the category of Academy of Science.

Best Publications

Quantitative assessment of worldwide contamination of air, water and soils by trace metals

Jerome O. Nriagu;Jozef M. Pacyna

6082
Citations
A global assessment of natural sources of atmospheric trace metals

Jerome O. Nriagu

2317
Citations
A History of Global Metal Pollution

Jerome O. Nriagu

1219
Citations
Global inventory of natural and anthropogenic emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere.

Jerome O. Nriagu

1151
Citations
Chromium in the natural and human environments

Jerome O. Nriagu;Evert Nieboer

855
Citations
A silent epidemic of environmental metal poisoning

Jerome O. Nriagu

788
Citations
Global Metal Pollution: Poisoning the Biosphere?

Jerome O. Nriagu

757
Citations
The rise and fall of leaded gasoline

Jerome O. Nriagu

602
Citations
Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in drinking water treatment and distribution systems.

Chuanwu Xi;Yongli Zhang;Carl F. Marrs;Wen Ye

595
Citations
Mercury removal from water using activated carbons derived from organic sewage sludge.

Fu-Shen Zhang;Jerome O. Nriagu;Hideaki Itoh

518
Citations
Oxidation of arsenite in groundwater using ozone and oxygen.

Myoung-Jin Kim;Jerome Nriagu

489
Citations
Lead and lead poisoning in antiquity

Jerome O Nriagu

477
Citations
The Biogeochemistry of lead in the environment

Jerome O. Nriagu

449
Citations
Encyclopedia of environmental health

Jerome O. Nriagu

445
Citations
Arsenic in the Environment Part I: Cycling and Characterization

Jerome O. Nriagu

433
Citations
The Biogeochemistry of mercury in the environment

Jerome O. Nriagu

415
Citations
Regional differences in worldwide emissions of mercury to the atmosphere

Nicola Pirrone;Gerald J. Keeler;Jerome O. Nriagu

403
Citations
Isotopic record of lead pollution in lake sediments from the northeastern United States

J.R. Graney;A.N. Halliday;G.J. Keeler;J.O. Nriagu

391
Citations
Arsenic in drinking water and cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease in Michigan: a standardized mortality ratio analysis

Jaymie R Meliker;Robert L Wahl;Lorraine L Cameron;Jerome O Nriagu

384
Citations
Lead orthophosphates—IV Formation and stability in the environment

Jerome O. Nriagu

364
Citations
Biogeochemistry of lead in the environment

Jerome O. Nriagu

138
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Debashis Chatterjee University of Kalyani

Prosun Bhattacharya Royal Institute of Technology

Niladri Basu McGill University

David Schottenfeld University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Gerald J. Keeler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Nicola Pirrone National Research Council (CNR)

Gunnar Jacks Royal Institute of Technology

Cliff I. Davidson Syracuse University

Jozef M. Pacyna AGH University of Science and Technology

Piotr Szefer Gdańsk Medical University

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