Alison Elder

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Alison Elder is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Elder has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Alison Elder's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (40 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (22 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (11 papers). Alison Elder is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (40 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (22 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (11 papers). Alison Elder collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Alison Elder's co-authors include Günter Oberdörster, Robert Gelein, Christopher Cox, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Z. D. Sharp, Viorel Atudorei, Jacob N. Finkelstein, Jingkun Jiang, Pratim Biswas and Amber Rinderknecht and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alison Elder

65 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles to the Brain 2002 2026 2010 2018 2004 2006 2002 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles to the Brain
    2004 1.9k citations Günter Oberdörster, Z. D. Sharp et al. Inhalation Toxicology profile →
  2. Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Manganese Oxide Particles to the CentralNervous System
    2006 827 citations Alison Elder, Robert Gelein et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
  3. EXTRAPULMONARY TRANSLOCATION OF ULTRAFINE CARBON PARTICLES FOLLOWING WHOLE-BODY INHALATION EXPOSURE OF RATS
    2002 783 citations Günter Oberdörster, Z. D. Sharp et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alison Elder United States 41 4.2k 3.5k 1.3k 1.0k 898 66 8.5k
Robert Gelein United States 37 4.4k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 930 0.7× 908 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 75 7.9k
Ken Donaldson United Kingdom 32 5.3k 1.2× 3.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 949 1.1× 46 9.6k
Meiying Wang China 38 3.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 949 0.9× 633 0.7× 147 8.0k
Roel P. F. Schins Germany 57 5.9k 1.4× 4.2k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 2.1k 2.1× 1.6k 1.8× 186 11.9k
Paul J. A. Borm Netherlands 57 5.5k 1.3× 2.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 2.0k 2.3× 170 11.5k
Philip Demokritou United States 60 3.0k 0.7× 4.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 841 0.9× 219 9.8k
Keld Alstrup Jensen Denmark 49 3.0k 0.7× 3.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 588 0.7× 148 6.9k
Shinji Takenaka Japan 44 3.0k 0.7× 3.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.6× 219 9.0k
Eva Oberdörster United States 22 3.8k 0.9× 5.4k 1.5× 2.1k 1.6× 1.3k 1.3× 650 0.7× 31 9.6k
Anthony Seaton United Kingdom 44 4.7k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 2.9k 3.3× 186 13.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alison Elder

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Elder

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Berger, Andrew J., et al.. (2025). Assessment of household settled dust via silicon nanomembrane analysis pipeline (SNAP). Environmental Technology & Innovation. 38. 104106–104106. 1 indexed citations
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DeLouise, Lisa A., et al.. (2024). Understanding Human Health Impacts Following Microplastic Exposure Necessitates Standardized Protocols. Current Protocols. 4(7). e1104–e1104. 2 indexed citations
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Hussain, Rashad, Uschi M. Graham, Alison Elder, & Maiken Nedergaard. (2023). Air pollution, glymphatic impairment, and Alzheimer's disease. Trends in Neurosciences. 46(11). 901–911. 29 indexed citations
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Chalupa, David, et al.. (2020). Diesel exhaust particle exposure reduces expression of the epithelial tight junction protein Tricellulin. Particle and Fibre Toxicology. 17(1). 52–52. 28 indexed citations
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Riediker, Michael, Daniele Zink, Wolfgang G. Kreyling, et al.. (2019). Particle toxicology and health - where are we?. Particle and Fibre Toxicology. 16(1). 19–19. 153 indexed citations
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Morris‐Schaffer, Keith, Alyssa Merrill, Candace Wong, et al.. (2019). Effects of neonatal inhalation exposure to ultrafine carbon particles on pathology and behavioral outcomes in C57BL/6J mice. Particle and Fibre Toxicology. 16(1). 10–10. 31 indexed citations
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Lerner, Chad A., et al.. (2016). Electronic cigarette aerosols and copper nanoparticles induce mitochondrial stress and promote DNA fragmentation in lung fibroblasts. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 477(4). 620–625. 126 indexed citations
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Lerner, Chad A., Isaac K. Sundar, Richard M. Watson, et al.. (2015). Environmental health hazards of e-cigarettes and their components: Oxidants and copper in e-cigarette aerosols. Environmental Pollution. 198. 100–107. 175 indexed citations
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Butala, John H., Janet M. Carter, Alison Elder, et al.. (2014). Workshop report: Strategies for setting occupational exposure limits for engineered nanomaterials. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 68(3). 305–311. 32 indexed citations
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Mortensen, Luke J., Robert Gelein, Anna De Benedetto, et al.. (2012). Quantification of quantum dot murine skin penetration with UVR barrier impairment. Nanotoxicology. 7(8). 1386–1398. 26 indexed citations
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Lucchini, Roberto G., David C. Dorman, Alison Elder, & Bellina Veronesi. (2011). Neurological impacts from inhalation of pollutants and the nose–brain connection. NeuroToxicology. 33(4). 838–841. 196 indexed citations
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Oberdörster, Günter & Alison Elder. (2007). Metal Particles and Extrapulmonary Transport: Oberdörster and Elder Respond. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(2). 3 indexed citations
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Elder, Alison, Jean‐Philippe Couderc, Robert Gelein, et al.. (2006). Effects of On-Road Highway Aerosol Exposures on Autonomic Responses in Aged, Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Inhalation Toxicology. 19(1). 1–12. 61 indexed citations
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Elder, Alison, Robert Gelein, Vanessa Silva, et al.. (2006). Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Manganese Oxide Particles to the CentralNervous System. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(8). 1172–1178. 827 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carter, Janet M., Nancy Corson, Kevin E. Driscoll, et al.. (2006). A Comparative Dose-Related Response of Several Key Pro- and Antiinflammatory Mediators in the Lungs of Rats, Mice, and Hamsters After Subchronic Inhalation of Carbon Black. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 48(12). 1265–1278. 41 indexed citations
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Silva, Vanessa M., Nancy Corson, Alison Elder, & Günter Oberdörster. (2005). The Rat Ear Vein Model for Investigating In Vivo Thrombogenicity of Ultrafine Particles (UFP). Toxicological Sciences. 85(2). 983–989. 65 indexed citations
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Oberdörster, Günter, Z. D. Sharp, Viorel Atudorei, et al.. (2004). Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles to the Brain. Inhalation Toxicology. 16(6-7). 437–445. 1863 indexed citations breakdown →
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Elder, Alison, Robert Gelein, Jacob N. Finkelstein, Christopher Cox, & Günter Oberdörster. (2000). PULMONARY INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO INHALED ULTRAFINE PARTICLES IS MODIFIED BY AGE, OZONE EXPOSURE, AND BACTERIAL TOXIN. Inhalation Toxicology. 12(sup4). 227–246. 77 indexed citations

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