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90
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42282
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12003
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6153

Robert D. Brook 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 Robert D. Brook sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 415 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert D. Brook 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 Robert D. Brook sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert D. Brook is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research focuses heavily on environmental science and medicine, with primary expertise in health, toxicology, mutagenesis, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pollution, speech and hearing, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

Key subfields of study are:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pollution
  • Speech and Hearing
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Robert D. Brook's research covers multiple scientific topics, primarily:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Global Health Care Issues

The scientist has published extensively in various prestigious journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Hypertension
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • American Journal of Hypertension

Among recent notable papers are:

  • "Environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease: lessons learned from air pollution" (2020), Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • "Personal-Level Protective Actions Against Particulate Matter Air Pollution Exposure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association" (2020), Circulation
  • "Ambient Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis" (2020), Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • "Cardiopulmonary Impact of Particulate Air Pollution in High-Risk Populations" (2020), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Guidance to Reduce the Cardiovascular Burden of Ambient Air Pollutants: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association" (2020), Circulation

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Sanjay Rajagopalan
  • Sadeer Al-Kindi
  • Phillip D. Levy
  • Jennifer L. Peel
  • Nicholas Good

Best Publications

  • Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease An Update to the Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Robert D. Brook;Sanjay Rajagopalan;C. Arden Pope;Jeffrey R. Brook

  • Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science of the American Heart Association

    Robert D. Brook;Barry Franklin;Wayne Cascio;Yuling Hong

  • Long-term Air Pollution Exposure and Acceleration of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Inflammation in an Animal Model

    Qinghua Sun;Aixia Wang;Ximei Jin;Alex Natanzon

  • Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

    Sanjay Rajagopalan;Sadeer G. Al-Kindi;Robert D. Brook

  • Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease

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

  • Resistant Hypertension: Detection, Evaluation, and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Robert M. Carey;David A. Calhoun;George L. Bakris;Robert D. Brook

  • Ambient Air Pollution Exaggerates Adipose Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity

    Qinghua Sun;Peibin Yue;Jeffrey A. Deiuliis;Carey N. Lumeng

  • Variation in PCSK9 and HMGCR and risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes

    Brian A. Ference;Jennifer G. Robinson;Robert D. Brook;Alberico L. Catapano

  • Beyond Medications and Diet: Alternative Approaches to Lowering Blood Pressure A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Robert D. Brook;Lawrence J. Appel;Melvyn Rubenfire;Gbenga Ogedegbe

  • Air pollution and type 2 diabetes: mechanistic insights

    Sanjay Rajagopalan;Robert D. Brook

  • Insights Into the Mechanisms and Mediators of the Effects of Air Pollution Exposure on Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Healthy Humans

    Robert D. Brook;Bruce Urch;J. Timothy Dvonch;Robert L. Bard

  • Environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease: lessons learned from air pollution.

    Sadeer G. Al-Kindi;Robert D. Brook;Shyam Biswal;Sanjay Rajagopalan

  • A joint ERS/ATS policy statement: what constitutes an adverse health effect of air pollution? An analytical framework

    George D. Thurston;Howard Kipen;Isabella Annesi-Maesano;John Balmes;John Balmes

  • Ambient PM2.5, O3, and NO2 Exposures and Associations with Mortality over 16 Years of Follow-Up in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)

    Dan L. Crouse;Paul A. Peters;Perry Hystad;Jeffrey R. Brook;Jeffrey R. Brook

  • Fluticasone furoate and vilanterol and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with heightened cardiovascular risk (SUMMIT): a double-blind randomised controlled trial

    Jørgen Vestbo;Julie A Anderson;Robert D Brook;Peter M A Calverley

  • Effect of naturally random allocation to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on the risk of coronary heart disease mediated by polymorphisms in NPC1L1, HMGCR, or both: a 2 × 2 factorial Mendelian randomization study.

    Brian A. Ference;Faisal Majeed;Raju Penumetcha;John M. Flack

  • Acute blood pressure responses in healthy adults during controlled air pollution exposures.

    Bruce Urch;Frances Silverman;Paul Corey;Jeffrey R. Brook

  • Relationships Between Fine Particulate Air Pollution, Cardiometabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Mortality

    C. Arden Pope;Michelle C. Turner;Richard T. Burnett;Michael Jerrett

  • 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Robert D. Brook;Sanjay Rajagopalan

  • Preventive cardiology abstractInhalation of fine particulate air pollution and ozone causes acute arterial vasoconstriction in health adults

    R.D. Brook;J.R. Brook;B.U. Urch;R. Vincent

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanjay Rajagopalan
Sanjay Rajagopalan Case Western Reserve University
David E. Newby
David E. Newby University of Edinburgh
Fernando J. Martinez
Fernando J. Martinez University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Jørgen Vestbo
Jørgen Vestbo University of Manchester
Jack R. Harkema
Jack R. Harkema Michigan State University
Bartolome R. Celli
Bartolome R. Celli Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter M.A. Calverley
Peter M.A. Calverley University of Liverpool
Richard T. Burnett
Richard T. Burnett Health Canada
Jeffrey R. Brook
Jeffrey R. Brook University of Toronto
J. Timothy Dvonch
J. Timothy Dvonch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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