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, Viorel Atudorei, Z. D. Sharp, Jacob N. Finkelstein, Pratim Biswas, Jingkun Jiang 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

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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.

Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Particles to the Brain

2004 1.9k citations Günter Oberdörster, Z. D. Sharp et al. Inhalation Toxicology profile →
Translocation of Inhaled Ultrafine Manganese Oxide Particles to the CentralNervous System

2006 827 citations Alison Elder, Robert Gelein et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
EXTRAPULMONARY TRANSLOCATION OF ULTRAFINE CARBON PARTICLES FOLLOWING WHOLE-BODY INHALATION EXPOSURE OF RATS

2002 783 citations Günter Oberdörster, Z. D. Sharp et al. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						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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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

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

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

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

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

Stone, Vicki, Mark R. Miller, Martin J. D. Clift, et al.. (2016). Nanomaterials Versus Ambient Ultrafine Particles: An Opportunity to Exchange Toxicology Knowledge. Environmental Health Perspectives. 125(10). 106002–106002. 287 indexed citations

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

Corson, Nancy, et al.. (2014). Equivalent titanium dioxide nanoparticle deposition by intratracheal instillation and whole body inhalation: the effect of dose rate on acute respiratory tract inflammation. Particle and Fibre Toxicology. 11(1). 5–5. 122 indexed citations

Sotiriou, Georgios A., Christa Watson, Thomas H. Darrah, et al.. (2014). Engineering safer-by-design silica-coated ZnO nanorods with reduced DNA damage potential. Environmental Science Nano. 1(2). 144–144. 76 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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Bonner, James C., Rona M. Silva, Alexia J. Taylor, et al.. (2013). Interlaboratory Evaluation of Rodent Pulmonary Responses to Engineered Nanomaterials: The NIEHS Nano GO Consortium. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(6). 676–682. 97 indexed citations

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Gillespie, Patricia A., Alison Elder, Robert Gelein, et al.. (2010). Pulmonary response after exposure to inhaled nickel hydroxide nanoparticles: Short and long-term studies in mice. Nanotoxicology. 4(1). 106–119. 60 indexed citations

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Chen, Da‐Ren, Chaolong Qi, Robert Gelein, et al.. (2009). A nanoparticle dispersion method forin vitroandin vivonanotoxicity study. Nanotoxicology. 4(1). 42–51. 53 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). A70–A71. 1 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 & Catherine Paterson. (2006). Sharps injuries in UK health care: a review of injury rates, viral transmission and potential efficacy of safety devices. Occupational Medicine. 56(8). 566–574. 126 indexed citations

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Johnston, Carl J., Jacqueline P. Williams, Alison Elder, Eric Hernady, & Jacob N. Finkelstein. (2004). INFLAMMATORY CELL RECRUITMENT FOLLOWING THORACIC IRRADIATION. Experimental Lung Research. 30(5). 369–382. 85 indexed citations

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Kittelson, David B., Winthrop F. Watts, J. Johnson, et al.. (2004). On-Road Exposure to Highway Aerosols. 1. Aerosol and Gas Measurements. Inhalation Toxicology. 16(sup1). 31–39. 72 indexed citations

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Sams, Reeder, Jeff Inmon, Robert Gelein, et al.. (2003). Formation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine in rat lung DNA following subchronic inhalation of carbon black. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 190(3). 224–231. 40 indexed citations

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Oberdörster, Günter, Z. D. Sharp, Viorel Atudorei, et al.. (2002). EXTRAPULMONARY TRANSLOCATION OF ULTRAFINE CARBON PARTICLES FOLLOWING WHOLE-BODY INHALATION EXPOSURE OF RATS. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 65(20). 1531–1543. 783 indexed citations breakdown →

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