2026 W. James Gauderman: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	78	17878	16806	8917	8243	256	28207

Overview

W. James Gauderman is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and environmental science. Within these broad areas, they have contributed extensively to genetics, health toxicology and mutagenesis, molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics such as genetic associations and epidemiology, air quality and health impacts, climate change and health impacts, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, bioinformatics and genomic networks, nutrition, genetics and disease, and BRCA gene mutations in cancer.

Gauderman has published frequently in several scientific venues, with a notable concentration of work appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), where they have nine publications. Other frequent publication venues include Cancer Research with seven papers, UNC Libraries with four, Scientific Reports with three, and Environmental Health with two publications.

Among their recent papers are:

Genetic architectures of proximal and distal colorectal cancer are partly distinct, 2021, Gut
A Cross-Sectional Study Examining the Seroprevalence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Antibodies in a University Student Population, 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health
Asthma and its relationship to mitochondrial copy number: Results from the Asthma Translational Genomics Collaborative (ATGC) of the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program, 2020, PLoS ONE
Gene-lifestyle interactions in the genomics of human complex traits, 2022, European Journal of Human Genetics
An approach to identify gene-environment interactions and reveal new biological insight in complex traits, 2024, Nature Communications

Gauderman often collaborates with other researchers, notably with Peter T. Campbell, David V. Conti, Juan Pablo Lewinger, Ulrike Peters, and Marc J. Gunter, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age.

W. James Gauderman;Edward Avol;Frank Gilliland;Hita Vora

1872
Citations
Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

1170
Citations
Asthma in exercising children exposed to ozone: a cohort study.

Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane;Frank Gilliland;Stephanie J London

1062
Citations
Association between Air Pollution and Lung Function Growth in Southern California Children

W. J. Gauderman;R. McConnell;F. Gilliland;S. London

1051
Citations
Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study

W James Gauderman;Hita Vora;Rob McConnell;Kiros Berhane

1011
Citations
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations

Dara G. Torgerson;Dara G. Torgerson;Elizabeth J. Ampleford;Grace Y. Chiu;W. James Gauderman

964
Citations
Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California children: results from a second cohort.

W. James Gauderman;W. James Gauderman;G. Frank Gilliland;G. Frank Gilliland;Hita Vora;Hita Vora;Edward Avol;Edward Avol

751
Citations
Association of Improved Air Quality with Lung Development in Children

W. James Gauderman;Robert Urman;Edward Avol;Kiros Berhane

750
Citations
Sample size requirements for matched case‐control studies of gene–environment interaction

W. James Gauderman

723
Citations
Sample Size Requirements for Association Studies of Gene-Gene Interaction

W. James Gauderman

714
Citations
Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide.

W James Gauderman;Edward Avol;Fred Lurmann;Nino Kuenzli

669
Citations
Indoor time-microenvironment-activity patterns in seven regions of Europe

Christian Schweizer;Rufus David Edwards;Lucy Bayer-Oglesby;William James Gauderman

647
Citations
Obesity and the Risk of Newly Diagnosed Asthma in School-age Children

Frank D. Gilliland;Kiros Berhane;Talat Islam;Rob McConnell

627
Citations
A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. I. Prevalence of respiratory morbidity.

J M Peters;E Avol;E Avol;W Navidi;W Navidi;S J London;S J London

531
Citations
Exploiting gene-environment interaction to detect genetic associations

Peter Kraft;Yu-Chun Yen;Daniel O. Stram;John Morrison

489
Citations
Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

486
Citations
A study of twelve Southern California communities with differing levels and types of air pollution. II. Effects on pulmonary function.

John M. Peters;John M. Peters;Edward Avol;Edward Avol;W. James Gauderman;W. James Gauderman;William S. Linn;William S. Linn

473
Citations
Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Asthma Onset in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study with Individual Exposure Measurement

Michael Jerrett;Ketan Shankardass;Kiros Berhane;W. James Gauderman

426
Citations
Gene-Environment Interaction in Genome-Wide Association Studies

Cassandra E. Murcray;Juan Pablo Lewinger;W. James Gauderman

420
Citations
Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age : a cohort study. Commentary

Thomas Sandström;Bert Brunekreef;W. James Gauderman;Hita Vora

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank D. Gilliland University of Southern California

Edward L. Avol University of Southern California

David V. Conti University of Southern California

Rob McConnell University of Southern California

Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen University of Copenhagen

Scott T. Weiss Harvard University

Stephanie J. London National Institutes of Health

Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center

Tonu Esko University of Tartu

External Links

Personal website of W. James Gauderman

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