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5765
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Vincent Castranova 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 Vincent Castranova sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 497 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vincent Castranova 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 Vincent Castranova 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.

Overview

Vincent Castranova is affiliated with West Virginia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans fields including Environmental Science, Materials Science, and Medicine, with a focus that intersects key subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Environmental Engineering, and Physiology.

Their scholarly work addresses several main topics including Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases, Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Spaceflight Effects on Biology, and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites.

Vincent Castranova has contributed to multiple research articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Inhalation of printer-emitted particles impairs cardiac conduction, hemodynamics, and autonomic regulation and induces arrhythmia and electrical remodeling in rats (2020) in Particle and Fibre Toxicology
  • Comparative pulmonary toxicities of lunar dusts and terrestrial dusts (TiO2 & SiO2) in rats and an assessment of the impact of particle-generated oxidants on the dusts' toxicities (2022) in Inhalation Toxicology
  • Bridging international approaches on nanoEHS (2021) in Nature Nanotechnology
  • A review of pulmonary neutrophilia and insights into the key role of neutrophils in particle-induced pathogenesis in the lung from animal studies of lunar dusts and other poorly soluble dust particles (2023) in Critical Reviews in Toxicology

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Castranova include Chiu-Wing Lam, Patti C. Zeidler-Erdely, Roger A. Renne, Robert L. Hunter, and Richard McCluskey. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagement across toxicology, pulmonary medicine, and materials science.

The main venues for their published research are:

  • Particle and Fibre Toxicology
  • Inhalation Toxicology
  • Critical Reviews in Toxicology
  • Nature Nanotechnology

Best Publications

  • Principles for characterizing the potential human health effects from exposure to nanomaterials: elements of a screening strategy.

    Günter Oberdörster;Andrew Maynard;Ken Donaldson;Vincent Castranova

  • Titanium dioxide nanoparticles: a review of current toxicological data

    Hongbo Shi;Ruth Magaye;Vincent Castranova;Jinshun Zhao

  • Unusual inflammatory and fibrogenic pulmonary responses to single-walled carbon nanotubes in mice

    Anna A. Shvedova;Elena R. Kisin;Robert Mercer;Ashley R. Murray

  • Exposure to Carbon Nanotube Material: Assessment of Nanotube Cytotoxicity using Human Keratinocyte Cells

    Anna A Shvedova;Vincent Castranova;Elena R Kisin;Diane Schwegler-Berry

  • Exposure to carbon nanotube material: aerosol release during the handling of unrefined single-walled carbon nanotube material

    Andrew D. Maynard;Paul A. Baron;Michael Foley;Anna A. Shvedova

  • Inhalation vs. aspiration of single-walled carbon nanotubes in C57BL/6 mice: inflammation, fibrosis, oxidative stress, and mutagenesis

    Anna A. Shvedova;Elena R. Kisin;Ashley R. Murray;Victor J Johnson

  • Evaluating the toxicity of airborne particulate matter and nanoparticles by measuring oxidative stress potential--a workshop report and consensus statement.

    Jon G. Ayres;Paul Borm;Flemming R. Cassee;Vincent Castranova

  • Mouse pulmonary dose- and time course-responses induced by exposure to multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Dale W Porter;Ann F Hubbs;Robert R Mercer;Robert R Mercer;Nianqiang Wu

  • Health impacts of coal and coal use: Possible solutions

    Robert B Finkelman;William Orem;Vincent Castranova;Calin A Tatu

  • Silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis.

    Vincent Castranova;Val Vallyathan

  • Inhibition of Activator Protein-1, NF-κB, and MAPKs and Induction of Phase 2 Detoxifying Enzyme Activity by Chlorogenic Acid

    Rentian Feng;Yongju Lu;Linda L. Bowman;Yong Qian

  • Raw Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Induce Oxidative Stress and Activate MAPKs, AP-1, NF-κB, and Akt in Normal and Malignant Human Mesothelial Cells

    Maricica Pacurari;Xuejun J. Yin;Jinshun Zhao;Ming Ding

  • Iron oxide nanoparticles induce human microvascular endothelial cell permeability through reactive oxygen species production and microtubule remodeling

    Patrick L Apopa;Patrick L Apopa;Yong-Gang Qian;Rong Shao;Nancy Lan Guo

  • Decreased Dissolution of ZnO by Iron Doping Yields Nanoparticles with Reduced Toxicity in the Rodent Lung and Zebrafish Embryos

    Tian Xia;Yan Zhao;Tina Sager;Saji George

  • Generation of free radicals from freshly fractured silica dust. Potential role in acute silica-induced lung injury.

    Val Vallyathan;Xianglin Shi;Nar S. Dalal;William Irr

  • Cyanidin-3-glucoside, a Natural Product Derived from Blackberry, Exhibits Chemopreventive and Chemotherapeutic Activity

    Min Ding;Rentian Feng;Shiow Y. Wang;Linda Bowman

  • Oxidative stress and inflammatory response in dermal toxicity of single-walled carbon nanotubes

    A.R. Murray;E. Kisin;S.S. Leonard;S.H. Young

  • REDUCTION OF CHROMIUM (VI) AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CARCINOGENESIS

    X Shi;A Chiu;C T Chen;B Halliwell

  • Oxygen radical-mediated pulmonary toxicity induced by some cationic liposomes.

    Sujatha Dokka;David Toledo;Xianglin Shi;Vincent Castranova

  • Mechanisms of pulmonary toxicity and medical applications of carbon nanotubes: Two faces of Janus?

    Anna A. Shvedova;Elena R. Kisin;Dale W. Porter;Dale W. Porter;Paul A. Schulte

Frequent Co-Authors

Xianglin Shi
Xianglin Shi University of Kentucky
Val Vallyathan
Val Vallyathan National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Liying Wang
Liying Wang National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Yon Rojanasakul
Yon Rojanasakul West Virginia University
Anna A. Shvedova
Anna A. Shvedova National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Stephen S. Leonard
Stephen S. Leonard National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Min Ding
Min Ding National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Philip Demokritou
Philip Demokritou Harvard University
Valerian E. Kagan
Valerian E. Kagan University of Pittsburgh
Chuanshu Huang
Chuanshu Huang New York University

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