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78
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28207
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17878
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8917

W. James Gauderman 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 W. James Gauderman sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 256 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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W. James Gauderman 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 W. James Gauderman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Association of Improved Air Quality with Lung Development in Children

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

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

    W. James Gauderman

  • Sample Size Requirements for Association Studies of Gene-Gene Interaction

    W. James Gauderman

  • Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide.

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

  • Indoor time-microenvironment-activity patterns in seven regions of Europe

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Exploiting gene-environment interaction to detect genetic associations

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

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Gene-Environment Interaction in Genome-Wide Association Studies

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank D. Gilliland
Frank D. Gilliland University of Southern California
Edward L. Avol
Edward L. Avol University of Southern California
David V. Conti
David V. Conti University of Southern California
Rob McConnell
Rob McConnell University of Southern California
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen
Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen University of Copenhagen
Scott T. Weiss
Scott T. Weiss Harvard University
Stephanie J. London
Stephanie J. London National Institutes of Health
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu

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