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Michelle L. Bell

Michelle L. Bell

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Environmental Sciences
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2026

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
124
Citations
187477
World Ranking
445
National Ranking
263

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
118
Citations
135060
World Ranking
133
National Ranking
61

Michelle L. Bell 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 Michelle L. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 457 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Michelle L. Bell 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 Michelle L. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Michelle L. Bell is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on the intersection of environmental factors and public health. Their extensive body of research addresses the health impacts of air quality, climate change, and environmental justice.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this domain, they frequently work in several subfields such as:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • General Health Professions
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Environmental Engineering

The core topics of their research emphasize the human health implications of environmental changes and pollutants. Topics include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Michelle L. Bell's frequently published venues illustrate the scholarly context of their work. These venues include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Research
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Environment International

The researcher collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors, indicating active engagement in multidisciplinary teams. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Whanhee Lee
  • Seulkee Heo
  • Ho Kim
  • Antonio Gasparrini
  • Yuming Guo

Some recent publications exemplify the scope and impact of Michelle L. Bell's work:

  • Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • Wildfires, Global Climate Change, and Human Health (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Associations Between Extreme Temperatures and Cardiovascular Cause-Specific Mortality: Results From 27 Countries (2022, Circulation)
  • Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries (2020, BMJ)

Best Publications

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Admission for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases

    Francesca Dominici;Roger D. Peng;Michelle L. Bell;Luu Pham

  • Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Masahiro Hashizume;Eric Lavigne

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities

    Cong Liu;Renjie Chen;Francesco Sera;Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera

  • Ozone and short-term mortality in 95 US urban communities, 1987-2000.

    Michelle L. Bell;Aidan McDermott;Scott L. Zeger;Jonathan M. Samet

  • Weather-related mortality: how heat, cold, and heat waves affect mortality in the United States.

    Brooke G. Anderson;Michelle L. Bell

  • Heat waves in the United States: mortality risk during heat waves and effect modification by heat wave characteristics in 43 U.S. communities.

    G. Brooke Anderson;Michelle L. Bell

  • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Yuming Guo;Francesco Sera;Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera

  • A Meta-Analysis of Time-Series Studies of Ozone and Mortality With Comparison to the National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study

    Michelle L. Bell;Francesca Dominici;Jonathan M. Samet

  • Reassessment of the lethal London fog of 1952: novel indicators of acute and chronic consequences of acute exposure to air pollution.

    Michelle L. Bell;Devra Lee Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesca Dominici
Francesca Dominici Harvard University
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Samath D Dharmaratne
Samath D Dharmaratne University of Peradeniya
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Juan Sanabria
Juan Sanabria Marshall University
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

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