Antonella Zanobetti

46.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
266 papers, 25.3k citations indexed

About

Antonella Zanobetti is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonella Zanobetti has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 25.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 248 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 66 papers in General Health Professions and 42 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Antonella Zanobetti's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (226 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (203 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (64 papers). Antonella Zanobetti is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (226 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (203 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (64 papers). Antonella Zanobetti collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Italy. Antonella Zanobetti's co-authors include Joel Schwartz, Petros Koutrakis, Francesca Dominici, Joel Schwartz, Brent A. Coull, Alfésio Luı́s Ferreira Braga, Itai Kloog, Diane R. Gold, Joel Schwartz and Qian Di and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Antonella Zanobetti

261 papers receiving 24.5k citations

Hit Papers

Air Pollution and Mortali... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2017 2014 2000 2009 2009 250 500 750 1000
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. Air Pollution and Mortality in the Medicare Population
    2017 1.1k citations Qian Di, Antonella Zanobetti et al. profile →
  2. Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition
    2014 892 citations Antonella Zanobetti, Itai Kloog et al. profile →
  3. The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study. Part II: Morbidity and mortality from air pollution in the United States.
    2000 560 citations Francesca Dominici, Joel Schwartz et al. profile →
  4. The Effect of Fine and Coarse Particulate Air Pollution on Mortality: A National Analysis
    2009 528 citations Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
  5. Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles
    2009 511 citations Andrea Baccarelli, Robert O. Wright et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  6. The effect of weather on respiratory and cardiovascular deaths in 12 U.S. cities.
    2002 506 citations Antonella Zanobetti et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
  7. Association of Short-term Exposure to Air Pollution With Mortality in Older Adults
    2017 502 citations Qian Di, Antonella Zanobetti et al. profile →
  8. Climate change and cardiovascular disease: implications for global health
    2022 180 citations Antonella Zanobetti 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
Antonella Zanobetti United States 91 21.0k 4.7k 4.0k 3.8k 2.2k 266 25.3k
Haidong Kan China 85 21.6k 1.0× 6.1k 1.3× 3.1k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 628 27.7k
Robert D. Brook United States 73 18.0k 0.9× 4.8k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 3.8k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 301 27.1k
Brent A. Coull United States 89 21.5k 1.0× 5.3k 1.1× 1.6k 0.4× 4.4k 1.1× 3.3k 1.5× 664 32.8k
Klea Katsouyanni Greece 74 13.8k 0.7× 3.5k 0.8× 3.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 2.6k 1.2× 273 20.1k
Joel D. Kaufman United States 73 17.4k 0.8× 5.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.4× 3.2k 0.8× 2.8k 1.3× 417 23.7k
Yuming Guo China 79 15.6k 0.7× 3.9k 0.8× 3.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 831 25.4k
Francesco Forastiere Italy 82 13.1k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 2.6k 1.2× 463 21.4k
Patrick L. Kinney United States 77 14.3k 0.7× 3.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.5× 2.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 349 19.4k
Michelle L. Bell United States 75 19.4k 0.9× 5.0k 1.1× 3.1k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 1.8k 0.8× 376 23.7k
Jonathan M. Samet United States 85 14.5k 0.7× 3.7k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 2.9k 1.3× 384 33.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Antonella Zanobetti

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All Works

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Meade, Robert D., Ashley P. Akerman, Sean R. Notley, et al.. (2025). Meta-analysis of heat-induced changes in cardiac function from over 400 laboratory-based heat exposure studies. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2543–2543. 4 indexed citations
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Coull, Brent A., Stefania Papatheodorou, Heike Luttmann‐Gibson, et al.. (2024). Relative humidity, temperature, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Findings from the Project Viva cohort. Environmental Research. 257. 119211–119211.
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Klompmaker, Jochem O., Francine Laden, Francesca Dominici, et al.. (2024). Long-term exposure to air pollution, greenness and temperature and survival after a nonfatal myocardial infarction. Environmental Pollution. 355. 124236–124236. 1 indexed citations
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Klompmaker, Jochem O., Francine Laden, Peter James, et al.. (2023). Long-term exposure to summer specific humidity and cardiovascular disease hospitalizations in the US Medicare population. Environment International. 179. 108182–108182. 16 indexed citations
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Dey, Tanujit, Antonella Zanobetti, & Clas Linnman. (2023). The risk of being bitten by a dog is higher on hot, sunny, and smoggy days. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 8749–8749. 4 indexed citations
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Zanobetti, Antonella, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Ana Poblacion, et al.. (2022). Critical windows of susceptibility for the effects of prenatal exposure to heat and heat variability on gestational growth. Environmental Research. 216(Pt 2). 114607–114607. 13 indexed citations
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Rice, Mary B., Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman, Augusto A. Litonjua, et al.. (2015). Lifetime Exposure to Ambient Pollution and Lung Function in Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 193(8). 881–888. 114 indexed citations
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Zanobetti, Antonella, Heike Luttmann‐Gibson, Edward S. Horton, et al.. (2014). Brachial Artery Responses to Ambient Pollution, Temperature, and Humidity in People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Repeated-Measures Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 122(3). 242–248. 50 indexed citations
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Lange, Nancy E., Joanne E. Sordillo, Letizia Tarantini, et al.. (2012). Alu and LINE-1 methylation and lung function in the normative ageing study. BMJ Open. 2(5). e001231–e001231. 55 indexed citations
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Zanobetti, Antonella & Joel Schwartz. (2011). Ozone and Survival in Four Cohorts with Potentially Predisposing Diseases. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 184(7). 836–841. 72 indexed citations
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Zanobetti, Antonella, Susan Redline, Joel Schwartz, et al.. (2010). Associations of PM10 with Sleep and Sleep-disordered Breathing in Adults from Seven U.S. Urban Areas. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(6). 819–825. 166 indexed citations
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Baccarelli, Andrea, Robert O. Wright, Valentina Bollati, et al.. (2009). Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(7). 572–578. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baccarelli, Andrea, Antonella Zanobetti, Helen Suh, & Joel Schwartz. (2009). Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles: The Issue of Spatio-Temporal Factors. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 180(10). 1030–1031. 4 indexed citations
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Zanobetti, Antonella & Joel Schwartz. (2007). Mortality Displacement in the Association of Ozone with Mortality. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 177(2). 184–189. 131 indexed citations
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Baccarelli, Andrea, Antonella Zanobetti, Ida Martinelli, et al.. (2006). Air Pollution, Smoking, and Plasma Homocysteine. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(2). 176–181. 64 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Joel, Francine Laden, & Antonella Zanobetti. (2002). The concentration-response relation between PM(2.5) and daily deaths.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 110(10). 1025–1029. 329 indexed citations
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Zanobetti, Antonella & Joel Schwartz. (2001). Are Diabetics More Susceptible to the Health Effects of Airborne Particles?. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(5). 831–833. 139 indexed citations
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Zanobetti, Antonella, Joel Schwartz, & Diane R. Gold. (2000). Are there sensitive subgroups for the effects of airborne particles?. Environmental Health Perspectives. 108(9). 841–845. 167 indexed citations

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