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2023

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Medicine

D-Index
109
Citations
44342
World Ranking
5775
National Ranking
72

Nino Künzli publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nino Künzli sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 464 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Nino Künzli D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nino Künzli sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Nino Künzli is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of air quality and public health, as demonstrated by their numerous publications and collaborations.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to air pollution and its health impacts, including:

  • Long-term air pollution exposure is associated with increased severity of rhinitis in 2 European cohorts, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The role of burden of disease assessment in tracking progress towards achieving WHO global air quality guidelines, 2020, International Journal of Public Health
  • The association between ambient NO2 and PM2.5 with the respiratory health of school children residing in informal settlements: A prospective cohort study, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Multiple air pollutant exposure and lung cancer in Tehran, Iran, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Short-Term Joint Effects of PM10, NO2 and SO2 on Cardio-Respiratory Disease Hospital Admissions in Cape Town, South Africa, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Künzli's frequent coauthors include Martin Röösli, Kees de Hoogh, Heresh Amini, Nicole Probst-Hensch, and Zahra Khorrami, indicating strong collaborative efforts within the environmental health research community.

Their work is published predominantly in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Public Health
  • Environmental Research
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Pollution

The scope of their research spans the fields of Environmental Science with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Environmental Engineering, General Health Professions, and Health.

Main topics explored throughout their publications include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Best Publications

  • Public-health impact of outdoor and traffic-related air pollution: a European assessment

    N. Künzli;R. Kaiser;S. Medina;M. Studnicka

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • The Global Burden of Disease Due to Outdoor Air Pollution

    Aaron J Cohen;H Ross Anderson;Bart Ostro;Kiran Dev Pandey

  • 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

  • Ambient air pollution and atherosclerosis in Los Angeles.

    Nino Künzli;Michael Jerrett;Wendy J. Mack;Bernardo Beckerman

  • Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study

    W James Gauderman;Hita Vora;Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane

  • Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease

    David E. Newby;Pier M. Mannucci;Grethe S. Tell;Andrea A. Baccarelli

  • Traffic, Susceptibility, and Childhood Asthma

    Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane;Ling Yao;Michael Jerrett

  • Childhood incident asthma and traffic-related air pollution at home and school

    Rob McConnell;Talat Islam;Ketan Shankardass;Michael Jerrett

  • Indoor time-microenvironment-activity patterns in seven regions of Europe

    Christian Schweizer;Rufus David Edwards;Lucy Bayer-Oglesby;William James Gauderman

  • Public health importance of triggers of myocardial infarction: a comparative risk assessment

    Tim S Nawrot;Laura Perez;Nino Künzli;Elke Munters

  • Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Diabetes Mellitus in Europe and North America: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Ikenna Collins Eze;Lars G. Hemkens;Heiner C. Bucher;Barbara Hoffmann

  • Lung function and long term exposure to air pollutants in Switzerland. Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) Team.

    U Ackermann-Liebrich;P Leuenberger;J Schwartz;C Schindler

  • Exposure to substances in the workplace and new-onset asthma: an international prospective population-based study (ECRHS-II)

    Manolis Kogevinas;Jan-Paul Zock;Debbie Jarvis;H Kromhout

  • Sleep problems and work injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Katrin Uehli;Katrin Uehli;Amar J. Mehta;David Miedinger;Kerstin Hug;Kerstin Hug

  • Reduced exposure to PM10 and attenuated age-related decline in lung function.

    Sara H Downs;Christian Schindler;L-J Sally Liu;Dirk Keidel

  • Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Asthma Onset in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study with Individual Exposure Measurement

    Michael Jerrett;Ketan Shankardass;Kiros Berhane;W. James Gauderman

  • Long-Term Ambient Air Pollution and Respiratory Symptoms in Adults (SAPALDIA Study)

    Elizabeth Zemp;Serge Elsasser;Christian Schindler;Nino Künzli

  • Public-health impact of outdoor and traffic-related air pollution: a European assessment

    P. Filliger;M. Herry;F. Horak;V. Puybonnieux-Texier

  • Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age : a cohort study. Commentary

    Thomas Sandström;Bert Brunekreef;W. James Gauderman;Hita Vora

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Schindler
Christian Schindler Columbia University
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Ming-Yi Tsai
Ming-Yi Tsai University of Washington
Joachim Heinrich
Joachim Heinrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Harish C. Phuleria
Harish C. Phuleria Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Deborah Jarvis
Deborah Jarvis Imperial College London
Jordi Sunyer
Jordi Sunyer Pompeu Fabra University
Kees de Hoogh
Kees de Hoogh Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Bert Brunekreef
Bert Brunekreef Utrecht University
Bertil Forsberg
Bertil Forsberg Umeå University

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