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Sotiris Vardoulakis

Sotiris Vardoulakis

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Environmental Sciences
Australia
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
62
Citations
15764
World Ranking
2582
National Ranking
98

Sotiris Vardoulakis 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 Sotiris Vardoulakis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 224 publications — 72nd percentile

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

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

Sotiris Vardoulakis 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 Sotiris Vardoulakis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Sotiris Vardoulakis is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on health-related subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pollution, and Global and Planetary Change.

The researcher's work spans topics including Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Energy and Environment Impacts, Noise Effects and Management, Global Health Care Issues, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, and COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies.

Recent papers by Sotiris Vardoulakis include:

  • Indoor Exposure to Selected Air Pollutants in the Home Environment: A Systematic Review (2020) published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Bushfire Smoke: Urgent Need for a National Health Protection Strategy (2020) published in The Medical Journal of Australia
  • Coronavirus Seasonality, Respiratory Infections and Weather (2021) published in BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Exposure to Urban Greenspace and Pathways to Respiratory Health: An Exploratory Systematic Review (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • A Systematic Review of the Development and Validation of the Heat Vulnerability Index: Major Factors, Methods, and Spatial Units (2021) published in Current Climate Change Reports

Frequent co-authors associated with Sotiris Vardoulakis include:

  • Fay H. Johnston
  • Geoffrey Morgan
  • Miranda Loh
  • Veronica Matthews
  • Nigel Goodman

The researcher's work has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (13 publications)
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts (12 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (7 publications)
  • The Medical Journal of Australia (6 publications)
  • Environmental Research (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Modelling air quality in street canyons : a review

    Sotiris Vardoulakis;Bernard E.A Fisher;Koulis Pericleous;Norbert Gonzalez-Flesca

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

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

  • The Urban Heat Island: Implications for Health in a Changing Environment.

    Clare Heaviside;Clare Heaviside;Clare Heaviside;Helen Macintyre;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis

  • Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment

    Jennifer A. Salmond;Marc Tadaki;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Katherine Arbuthnott;Katherine Arbuthnott

  • Climate change effects on human health: projections of temperature-related mortality for the UK during the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s

    Shakoor Hajat;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Clare Heaviside;Bernd Eggen

  • Indoor Exposure to Selected Air Pollutants in the Home Environment: A Systematic Review

    Sotiris Vardoulakis;Evanthia Giagloglou;Susanne Steinle;Alice Davis

  • Attributing human mortality during extreme heat waves to anthropogenic climate change

    Daniel Mitchell;Clare Heaviside;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Chris Huntingford

  • A review of the characteristics of nanoparticles in the urban atmosphere and the prospects for developing regulatory controls

    Prashant Kumar;Alan Robins;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Rex Britter

  • Dynamics and dispersion modelling of nanoparticles from road traffic in the urban atmospheric environment--A review

    Prashant Kumar;Matthias Ketzel;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Liisa Pirjola;Liisa Pirjola

  • Impact of climate change on the domestic indoor environment and associated health risks in the UK

    Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Chrysanthi Dimitroulopoulou;John Thornes;John Thornes;Ka Man Lai

  • Attribution of mortality to the urban heat island during heatwaves in the West Midlands, UK

    Clare Heaviside;Clare Heaviside;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Xiao-Ming Cai

  • Haze, public health and mitigation measures in China: A review of the current evidence for further policy response

    Jinghong Gao;Alistair Woodward;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sari Kovats

  • Comparative Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Heat- and Cold-Related Mortality in the United Kingdom and Australia

    Sotiris Vardoulakis;Keith Dear;Shakoor Hajat;Clare Heaviside

  • An integrated tool to assess the role of new planting in PM10 capture and the human health benefits: a case study in London.

    Abhishek Tiwary;Danielle Sinnett;Christopher Peachey;Zaid Chalabi

  • Sources and factors affecting PM10 levels in two European cities: Implications for local air quality management

    Sotiris Vardoulakis;Pavlos Kassomenos

  • Analysis of long-range transport influences on urban PM10 using two-stage atmospheric trajectory clusters

    Rafael Borge;Julio Lumbreras;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Pavlos Kassomenos

  • Changes in population susceptibility to heat and cold over time: assessing adaptation to climate change.

    Katherine Arbuthnott;Katherine Arbuthnott;Shakoor Hajat;Clare Heaviside;Clare Heaviside;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Sotiris Vardoulakis

  • Long-term exposure to ambient ozone and mortality: a quantitative systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence from cohort studies

    R. W. Atkinson;B. K. Butland;Chrysanthi Dimitroulopoulou;M. R. Heal

  • Assessing urban population vulnerability and environmental risks across an urban area during heatwaves - Implications for health protection.

    H. L. Macintyre;Clare Heaviside;Clare Heaviside;Clare Heaviside;J. Taylor;R Picetti

  • ‘Green’ on the ground but not in the air: Pro-environmental attitudes are related to household behaviours but not discretionary air travel

    Ian Alcock;Mathew P. White;Tim Taylor;Deborah F. Coldwell

  • Assessment of traffic-related air pollution in two street canyons in Paris: implications for exposure studies

    S Vardoulakis;N Gonzalez-Flesca;B.E.A Fisher;B.E.A Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Clare Heaviside
Clare Heaviside University College London
Paul Wilkinson
Paul Wilkinson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Shakoor Hajat
Shakoor Hajat London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Pavlos Kassomenos
Pavlos Kassomenos University of Ioannina
Efisio Solazzo
Efisio Solazzo European Food Safety Authority
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Rafael Borge
Rafael Borge Technical University of Madrid
Ben Armstrong
Ben Armstrong London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Klea Katsouyanni
Klea Katsouyanni National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Shilu Tong
Shilu Tong Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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