2026 Steffen Loft: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	115	4592	4306	49	46	561	43782

Overview

Steffen Loft is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has a substantial body of research within Environmental Science, with a focus on health-related impacts of environmental factors.

The primary areas of study for Steffen Loft include:

Environmental Science

More specifically, their research spans several subfields, including:

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Speech and Hearing
Environmental Engineering
Pollution
Global and Planetary Change

The main topics of work cover crucial environmental and health intersections, featuring:

Air Quality and Health Impacts
Noise Effects and Management
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
Energy and Environment Impacts
COVID-19 impact on air quality
Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control

Steffen Loft has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

ISEE Conference Abstracts
Environment International
SSRN Electronic Journal
Environmental Pollution
Environmental Research

Their recent scientific publications include:

Long-term exposure to air pollution and stroke incidence: A Danish Nurse cohort study, 2020, Environment International
Long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality in a Danish nationwide administrative cohort study: Beyond mortality from cardiopulmonary disease and lung cancer, 2022, Environment International
Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Myocardial Infarction: A Danish Nurse Cohort Study, 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and road traffic noise and asthma incidence in adults: The Danish Nurse cohort, 2021, Environment International
Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with early life immune perturbations, 2022, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Frequent collaborators with Steffen Loft include:

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen
Tom Cole-Hunter
Youn-Hee Lim
Laust Hvas Mortensen
Jørgen Brandt

Best Publications

Cancer risk and oxidative DNA damage in man

Steffen Loft;H E Poulsen

1319
Citations
Oxidative stress-induced DNA damage by particulate air pollution.

Lotte Risom;Peter Møller;Steffen Loft

1113
Citations
Oxidative DNA damage estimated by 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine excretion in humans: influence of smoking, gender and body mass index.

Steffen Loft;Kirsten Vistisen;Marianne Ewertz;Anne Tjønneland

756
Citations
Role of oxidative DNA damage in cancer initiation and promotion.

H E Poulsen;H Prieme;S Loft

535
Citations
The Comet Assay as a Rapid Test in Biomonitoring Occupational Exposure to DNA-damaging Agents and Effect of Confounding Factors

Peter Møller;Lisbeth E. Knudsen;Steffen Loft;Håkan Wallin

526
Citations
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Cohort Study

Zorana J. Andersen;Martin Hvidberg;Steen S. Jensen;Matthias Ketzel

505
Citations
Fluvoxamine is a potent inhibitor of cytochrome P4501A2

Kim Brøsen;Erik Skjelbo;Birgitte B. Rasmussen;Henrik E. Poulsen

454
Citations
Personal PM2.5 exposure and markers of oxidative stress in blood.

Mettte Sørensen;Bahram Daneshvar;Max Hansen;Lars Ove Dragsted

444
Citations
Genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, and reactive oxygen species induced by single-walled carbon nanotubes and C(60) fullerenes in the FE1-Mutatrade markMouse lung epithelial cells.

Nicklas Raun Jacobsen;Giulio Pojana;Paul White;Peter Møller

438
Citations
Dose-dependent inhibition of CYP1A2, CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 by citalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine and paroxetine.

U. Jeppesen;L. F. Gram;K. Vistisen;S. Loft

423
Citations
Oxidative stress and inflammation generated DNA damage by exposure to air pollution particles

Peter Møller;Pernille Høgh Danielsen;Dorina Gabriela Karottki;Kim Jantzen

392
Citations
Lung inflammation and genotoxicity following pulmonary exposure to nanoparticles in ApoE-/- mice

Nicklas Raun Jacobsen;Peter Møller;Keld Alstrup Jensen;Ulla Birgitte Vogel

389
Citations
In vivo toxicity of cationic micelles and liposomes.

Kristina Bram Knudsen;Kristina Bram Knudsen;Helle Northeved;Pramod Kumar Ek;Anders Permin

378
Citations
Personal Exposure to Ultrafine Particles and Oxidative DNA Damage

Peter S. Vinzents;Peter Møller;Mette Sørensen;Lisbeth E. Knudsen

358
Citations
Air Pollution, oxidative damage to DNA, and carcinogenesis

Peter Møller;Janne Kjærsgaard Folkmann;Lykke Forchhammer;Elvira Vaclavik Bräuner

334
Citations
Acute hypoxia and hypoxic exercise induce DNA strand breaks and oxidative DNA damage in humans

Peter Møller;Steffen Loft;Carsten Lundby;Niels Vidiendal Olsen

319
Citations
Effect of a wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) drink intervention on markers of oxidative stress, inflammation and endothelial function in humans with cardiovascular risk factors

Patrizia Riso;Dorothy Klimis-Zacas;Cristian Del Bo;Daniela Martini

304
Citations
Oxidatively damaged DNA in rats exposed by oral gavage to C60 fullerenes and single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Janne K. Folkmann;Lotte Risom;Nicklas R. Jacobsen;Håkan Wallin

302
Citations
Exposure to ambient concentrations of particulate air pollution does not influence vascular function or inflammatory pathways in young healthy individuals.

Elvira V Bräuner;Peter Møller;Lars Barregard;Lars O Dragsted

136
Citations
Traffic Related Air Pollution Associated with Mild Stroke Hospital Admissions in Copenhagen, Denmark

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen;Tom Skyhøj Olsen;Klaus Kaae Andersen;Steffen Loft

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Møller University of Copenhagen

Henrik E. Poulsen University of Copenhagen

Ole Raaschou-Nielsen Aarhus University

Håkan Wallin National Institute of Occupational Health

Ulla Vogel Technical University of Denmark

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen University of Copenhagen

Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen

Matthias Ketzel University of Surrey

Kim Overvad Aarhus University

Ole Hertel Aarhus University

External Links

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