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Nelson Gouveia publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nelson Gouveia sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 194 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Nelson Gouveia D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nelson Gouveia sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nelson Gouveia is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their published work spans several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Transportation, General Health Professions, and Health.

The main topics addressed in their research encompass Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Urban Green Space and Health, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Global Health Care Issues, and COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies.

Gouveia's recent publications include:

  • Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • City-level impact of extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Geographic access to COVID-19 healthcare in Brazil using a balanced float catchment area approach, 2021, Social Science & Medicine
  • Higher risk of death from COVID-19 in low-income and non-White populations of São Paulo, Brazil, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Ambient fine particulate matter in Latin American cities: Levels, population exposure, and associated urban factors, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Daniel A. Rodrı́guez
  • Josiah L. Kephart
  • Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa
  • Brisa N. Sánchez
  • Ana V. Diez Roux

Gouveia publishes often in venues such as ISEE Conference Abstracts, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Science of The Total Environment, The Lancet Planetary Health, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Health, Wealth, and Air Pollution: Advancing Theory and Methods

    Marie S O'Neill;Michael Jerrett;Aaron J Cohen;Nelson Gouveia

  • International study of temperature,heat and urban mortality: the ‘ISOTHURM’ project

    Anthony J. McMichael;Paul Wilkinson;R. Sari Kovats;Sam Pattenden

  • Resíduos sólidos urbanos: impactos socioambientais e perspectiva de manejo sustentável com inclusão social

    Nelson da Cruz Gouveia

  • Maternal Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution and Term Birth Weight: A Multi-Country Evaluation of Effect and Heterogeneity

    Payam Dadvand;Jennifer Parker;Michelle L. Bell;Matteo Bonzini

  • Time series analysis of air pollution and mortality: effects by cause, age and socioeconomic status

    Nelson Gouveia;Tony Fletcher

  • Mortality Displacement of Heat-Related Deaths: A Comparison of Delhi, Sao Paulo, and London

    Shakoor Hajat;Ben G Armstrong;Nelson Gouveia;Paul Wilkinson

  • Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil.

    William Marciel de Souza;Lewis Fletcher Buss;Darlan da Silva Candido;Darlan da Silva Candido;Jean Paul Carrera

  • Vulnerability to heat-related mortality in Latin America: a case-crossover study in São Paulo, Brazil, Santiago, Chile and Mexico City, Mexico

    Michelle L Bell;Marie S O’Neill;Nalini Ranjit;Victor H Borja-Aburto

  • Association between ambient air pollution and birth weight in São Paulo, Brazil

    N Gouveia;S A Bremner;H M D Novaes

  • Comportamentos de saúde entre jovens estudantes das redes pública e privada da área metropolitana do Estado de São Paulo

    Beatriz Carlini-Cotrim;Cynthia Gazal-Carvalho;Nélson Gouveia

  • Socioeconomic differentials in the temperature–mortality relationship in São Paulo, Brazil

    Nelson Gouveia;Shakoor Hajat;Ben Armstrong

  • The avoidable health effects of air pollution in three Latin American cities: Santiago, São Paulo, and Mexico City

    Michelle L. Bell;Devra L. Davis;Nelson Gouveia;Víctor H. Borja-Aburto

  • Multicity study of air pollution and mortality in Latin America (the ESCALA study).

    Romieu I;Gouveia N;Cifuentes La;de Leon Ap

  • Hidden Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

    Luis Cifuentes;Victor H. Borja-Aburto;Nelson Gouveia;George Thurston

  • Life expectancy and mortality in 363 cities of Latin America.

    Usama Bilal;Philipp Hessel;Carolina Perez-Ferrer;Yvonne L. Michael

  • Respiratory diseases in children and outdoor air pollution in São Paulo, Brazil: a time series analysis

    Nelson da Cruz Gouveia;Tony Fletcher

  • Assessing the health benefits of urban air pollution reductions associated with climate change mitigation (2000-2020): Santiago, São Paulo, México City, and New York City.

    Luis Cifuentes;Victor H. Borja-Aburto;Nelson Gouveia;George Thurston

  • City-level impact of extreme temperatures and mortality in Latin America

    Unknown

  • Saúde e meio ambiente nas cidades: os desafios da saúde ambiental

    Nelson Gouveia

  • Gender-based violence and socioeconomic inequalities: Does living in more deprived neighbourhoods increase women's risk of intimate partner violence?

    Ligia Kiss;Lilia Blima Schraiber;Lori Heise;Cathy Zimmerman

  • Respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations associated with air pollution in the city of São Paulo, Brazil

    Nelson da Cruz Gouveia;Clarice Umbelino de Freitas;Lourdes Conceição Martins;Izabel Oliva Marcilio

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University
Daniel A. Rodriguez
Daniel A. Rodriguez University of California, Berkeley
Nuno Rodrigues Faria
Nuno Rodrigues Faria Imperial College London
Ana V. Diez Roux
Ana V. Diez Roux Drexel University
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva
Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva Universidade de São Paulo
Shakoor Hajat
Shakoor Hajat London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Marie S. O'Neill
Marie S. O'Neill University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul Wilkinson
Paul Wilkinson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ester C. Sabino
Ester C. Sabino Universidade de São Paulo
Isabelle Romieu
Isabelle Romieu Emory University

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