2026 Robert O. Wright: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	92	11225	10550	5763	5330	616	34355

Overview

Robert O. Wright is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Medicine, with significant contributions spanning subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pollution, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their scholarly output centers on several key topics including:

Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Birth, Development, and Health
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
Trace Elements in Health
Noise Effects and Management

Notable recent papers authored by Robert O. Wright include:

"Defining the Scope of Exposome Studies and Research Needs from a Multidisciplinary Perspective," published in 2021 in Environmental Science & Technology Letters
"Associations of a Metal Mixture Measured in Multiple Biomarkers with IQ: Evidence from Italian Adolescents Living near Ferroalloy Industry," published in 2020 in Environmental Health Perspectives
"Prenatal PM2.5 exposure and behavioral development in children from Mexico City," published in 2020 in NeuroToxicology
"Lagged WQS regression for mixtures with many components," published in 2020 in Environmental Research
"Trends and Patterns of Phthalates and Phthalate Alternatives Exposure in Pregnant Women from Mexico City during 2007-2010," published in 2020 in Environmental Science & Technology

Throughout their career, they have collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Martha María Téllez-Rojo, Rosalind J. Wright, Elena Colicino, Allan C. Just, and Andrea Baccarelli.

Robert O. Wright has a substantial number of publications in various venues, with notable frequencies at:

ISEE Conference Abstracts
Environmental Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Environment International
SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

Bayesian kernel machine regression for estimating the health effects of multi-pollutant mixtures

Jennifer F. Bobb;Linda Valeri;Birgit Claus Henn;David C. Christiani

1233
Citations
Methemoglobinemia: etiology, pharmacology, and clinical management.

Robert O Wright;William J Lewander;Alan D Woolf

954
Citations
Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles

Andrea Baccarelli;Robert O. Wright;Valentina Bollati;Letizia Tarantini

781
Citations
Maternal Fish Consumption, Hair Mercury, and Infant Cognition in a U.S. Cohort

Emily Oken;Robert O. Wright;Ken Paul Kleinman;David C. Bellinger

696
Citations
Decline in genomic DNA methylation through aging in a cohort of elderly subjects.

Valentina Bollati;Joel Schwartz;Joel Schwartz;Robert Wright;Robert Wright;Augusto Litonjua

678
Citations
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Urinary Metabolites of Organophosphate Pesticides

Maryse F. Bouchard;David C. Bellinger;Robert O. Wright;Robert O. Wright;Marc G. Weisskopf;Marc G. Weisskopf

627
Citations
The Outdoor Air Pollution and Brain Health Workshop

Michelle L. Block;Alison Elder;Richard L. Auten;Staci D. Bilbo

580
Citations
Maternal Fish Intake During Pregnancy, Blood Mercury Levels, and Child Cognition at Age 3 Years in a US Cohort

Emily Oken;Jenny S. Radesky;Robert O. Wright;David C. Bellinger

525
Citations
Neuropsychological correlates of hair arsenic, manganese, and cadmium levels in school-age children residing near a hazardous waste site.

Robert O. Wright;Chitra Amarasiriwardena;Alan D. Woolf;Alan D. Woolf;Rebecca Jim

520
Citations
Association of Black Carbon with Cognition among Children in a Prospective Birth Cohort Study

S. Franco Suglia;A. Gryparis;R. O. Wright;R. O. Wright;J. Schwartz;J. Schwartz

495
Citations
Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke in Relation to Blood DNA Methylation

Andrea Baccarelli;Robert Wright;Valentina Bollati;Augusto Litonjua

404
Citations
Prenatal Particulate Air Pollution and Asthma Onset in Urban Children. Identifying Sensitive Windows and Sex Differences

Hsiao-Hsien Leon Hsu;Yueh-Hsiu Mathilda Chiu;Brent A. Coull;Itai Kloog

325
Citations
Longitudinal Associations Between Blood Lead Concentrations Lower Than 10 μg/dL and Neurobehavioral Development in Environmentally Exposed Children in Mexico City

Martha M Téllez-Rojo;David C Bellinger;David C Bellinger;Carmen Arroyo-Quiroz;Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa

318
Citations
Chronic caregiver stress and IgE expression, allergen-induced proliferation, and cytokine profiles in a birth cohort predisposed to atopy

Rosalind J. Wright;Patricia Finn;Johanna Paola Contreras;Sheldon Cohen

311
Citations
Influence of Prenatal Lead Exposure on Genomic Methylation of Cord Blood DNA

Rick Pilsner;Howard Hu;Adrienne Ettinger;Brisa Sanchez

298
Citations
Metals and neurotoxicology.

Robert O. Wright;Andrea Baccarelli;Andrea Baccarelli

298
Citations
Acute Pediatric Rhabdomyolysis: Causes and Rates of Renal Failure

Rebekah Mannix;Mei Lin Tan;Robert Wright;Marc Baskin

292
Citations
Perinatal and Childhood Exposure to Cadmium, Manganese, and Metal Mixtures and Effects on Cognition and Behavior: A Review of Recent Literature

Alison P. Sanders;Birgit Claus Henn;Robert O. Wright

285
Citations
Cadmium exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes in U.S. children.

Timothy Ciesielski;Jennifer Lynn Weuve;Jennifer Lynn Weuve;David C. Bellinger;David C. Bellinger;Joel David Schwartz

285
Citations
The Joint Effect of Prenatal Exposure to Metal Mixtures on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 20-40 Months of Age: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

Linda Valeri;Linda Valeri;Maitreyi M. Mazumdar;Maitreyi M. Mazumdar;Jennifer F. Bobb;Birgit Claus Henn

281
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Hu University of Southern California

David C. Bellinger Boston Children's Hospital

Andrea Baccarelli Columbia University

Joel Schwartz Harvard University

Rosalind J. Wright Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Brent A. Coull Harvard University

David Sparrow Boston University

Pantel S. Vokonas Boston University

David C. Christiani Harvard University

Avron Spiro Boston University

External Links

Personal website of Robert O. Wright

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