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Environmental Sciences

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140
Citations
61585
World Ranking
48
National Ranking
4

Medicine

D-Index
160
Citations
106301
World Ranking
779
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jordi Sunyer is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and has produced extensive research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine. Their work encompasses key subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Speech and Hearing, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications in leading venues with a focus on environmental and health-related issues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Environment International
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Jordi Sunyer's research topics cover a broad spectrum of environmental impacts on health, including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Several recent papers highlight diverse aspects of Sunyer's research agenda:

  • Early-Life Environmental Exposures and Childhood Obesity: An Exposome-Wide Approach (2020, Environmental Health Perspectives)
  • Association of maternal thyroid function with birthweight: a systematic review and individual-participant data meta-analysis (2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • Multi-omics signatures of the human early life exposome (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Impact of urban environmental exposures on cognitive performance and brain structure of healthy individuals at risk for Alzheimer's dementia (2020, Environment International)
  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age (2020, Genome Medicine)

Jordi Sunyer frequently collaborates with several co-authors, indicating strong research partnerships within their field. These frequent co-authors include:

  • Martine Vrijheid
  • Mariona Bustamante
  • Mark Nieuwenhuijsen
  • Xavier Basagaña
  • Jordi Júlvez

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA): Achievements in 10 years and future needs

    J. Bousquet;H. J. Schünemann;B. Samolinski;P. Demoly

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Short term effects of ambient sulphur dioxide and particulate matter on mortality in 12 European cities: Results from time series data from the APHEA project

    K Katsouyanni;G Touloumi;C Spix;J Schwartz

  • Variations in the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, self- reported asthma attacks, and use of asthma medication in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS)

    S. Chinn;C. Luczynska;D. Jarvis

  • Green spaces and cognitive development in primary schoolchildren

    Payam Dadvand;Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen;Mikel Esnaola;Joan Forns

  • Acute effects of particulate air pollution on respiratory admissions - Results from APHEA 2 project

    RW Atkinson;HR Anderson;J Sunyer;J Ayres

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Effects of Cold Weather on Mortality: Results From 15 European Cities Within the PHEWE Project

    Antonis Analitis;Klea Katsouyanni;Annibale Biggeri;Michela Baccini

  • Rhinitis and onset of asthma: a longitudinal population-based study

    Rafea Shaaban;Mahmoud Zureik;David Soussan;Catherine Neukirch

  • Cohort Profile: The INMA—INfancia y Medio Ambiente—(Environment and Childhood) Project

    Mònica Guxens;Ferran Ballester;Mercedes Espada;Mariana F Fernández

  • High Temperature and Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Causes in 12 European Cities

    Paola Michelozzi;Gabriele Accetta;Manuela De Sario;Daniela D'Ippoliti

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

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

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

  • Epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    J M Anto;P Vermeire;J Vestbo;J Sunyer

  • Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Jordi Sunyer;Mikel Esnaola;Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol;Joan Forns

  • Short-term effects of particulate air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in eight European cities

    A Le Tertre;S Medina;E Samoli;B Forsberg

  • Occupational asthma in Europe and other industrialised areas: a population-based study

    Manolis Kogevinas;Josep Maria Antó;Jordi Sunyer;Aurelio Tobias

  • Early life origins of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Cecilie Svanes;J. Sunyer;E. Plana;S. Dharmage

Frequent Co-Authors

Josep M. Antó
Josep M. Antó Pompeu Fabra University
Martine Vrijheid
Martine Vrijheid Pompeu Fabra University
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ferran Ballester
Ferran Ballester University of Valencia
Xavier Basagaña
Xavier Basagaña Pompeu Fabra University
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Jordi Julvez
Jordi Julvez HTC (Taiwan)
Deborah Jarvis
Deborah Jarvis Imperial College London
Manolis Kogevinas
Manolis Kogevinas Pompeu Fabra University

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