Barbara Hoffmann

28.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
240 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Barbara Hoffmann is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Hoffmann has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 48 papers in Speech and Hearing and 28 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Barbara Hoffmann's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (119 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (73 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (48 papers). Barbara Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (119 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (73 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (48 papers). Barbara Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Barbara Hoffmann's co-authors include Karl‐Heinz Jöckel, Susanne Moebus, Raimund Erbel, Stefan Möhlenkamp, Nino Künzli, Nico Dragano, Frauke Hennig, Tamara Schikowski, Kateryna Fuks and Andrea von Berg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Hoffmann

228 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease

2014 607 citations Francesco Forastiere, Barbara Hoffmann et al. profile →
Randomized Clinical Trial of Pressure-Controlled Inverse Ratio Ventilation and Extracorporeal CO2 Removal for Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1994 595 citations Barbara Hoffmann et al. profile →
Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Diabetes Mellitus in Europe and North America: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2015 442 citations Barbara Hoffmann, Tamara Schikowski et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Health effects of ultrafine particles: a systematic literature review update of epidemiological evidence

2019 319 citations Simone Ohlwein, Ron Kappeler et al. International Journal of Public Health profile →
The need for clean air: The way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma

2020 277 citations Barbara Hoffmann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Hoffmann Germany	52	5.4k	1.6k	1.3k	991	879	240	9.9k
Paul J. Villeneuve Canada	58	7.8k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.7×	723 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	284	12.8k
Wayne E. Cascio United States	57	6.5k 1.2×	762 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	405 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	200	13.0k
Chang‐Chuan Chan Taiwan	52	5.8k 1.1×	752 0.5×	1.8k 1.4×	806 0.8×	800 0.9×	260	9.2k
Renaud Vincent Canada	52	6.3k 1.2×	736 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	922 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	162	9.2k
Lung‐Chi Chen United States	70	9.5k 1.7×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	2.3k 2.6×	302	15.2k
H.‐Erich Wichmann Germany	63	5.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	1000 1.0×	856 1.0×	193	12.2k
Christian Schindler Switzerland	65	6.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	2.1k 2.1×	1.0k 1.1×	296	15.3k
Beate Ritz United States	63	7.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	778 0.6×	570 0.6×	2.1k 2.4×	312	13.6k
Anna Hansell United Kingdom	49	3.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	685 0.5×	2.3k 2.3×	511 0.6×	186	8.4k
Anders Blomberg Sweden	52	7.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	2.1k 1.6×	1.6k 1.6×	2.0k 2.3×	206	10.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Hoffmann

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Ogurtsova, Katherine, Grace M. Christensen, Martha Jokisch, et al.. (2025). Joint effects of environmental and neighborhood socioeconomic factors on cognitive function in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study. Environmental Research. 279(Pt 2). 121830–121830.

Kappeler, Ron, Hicran Altuğ, Hanna Boogaard, et al.. (2025). Systematic review and meta-analysis on short-term concentrations of ambient ultrafine particles and natural, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality. Environmental Research. 286(Pt 1). 122780–122780.

Wolf, Kathrin, Siqi Zhang, Marco Dallavalle, et al.. (2024). Sex-specific associations of environmental exposures with prevalent diabetes and obesity – Results from the KORA Fit study. Environmental Research. 252(Pt 3). 118965–118965. 9 indexed citations

Wolf, Kathrin, Tamara Schikowski, Marco Dallavalle, et al.. (2023). Environmental exposure assessment in the German National Cohort (NAKO). European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations

Peters, Annette, Caroline Herr, Gabriele Bolte, et al.. (2023). Gesundheitsschutz und Klimawandel erfordern ambitionierte Grenzwerte für Luftschadstoffe in Europa. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 66(9). 1030–1034. 1 indexed citations

Lucht, Sarah, Katherine Ogurtsova, Mònica López-Vicente, et al.. (2023). The Berlin-Brandenburg Air Study—A Methodological Study Paper of a Natural Experiment Investigating Health Effects Related to Changes in Airport-Related Exposures. International Journal of Public Health. 68. 1606096–1606096. 1 indexed citations

Kuenen, Jeroen, et al.. (2023). Environmental Burden of Disease due to Emissions of Hard Coal- and Lignite-Fired Power Plants in Germany. International Journal of Public Health. 68. 1606083–1606083.

Gronewold, Janine, Nils Lehmann, Andreas Stang, et al.. (2021). Population impact of different hypertension management guidelines based on the prospective population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall study. BMJ Open. 11(2). e039597–e039597. 4 indexed citations

Ávila-Palència, Ione, Michelle Laeremans, Barbara Hoffmann, et al.. (2019). Effects of physical activity and air pollution on blood pressure. Environmental Research. 173. 387–396. 24 indexed citations

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Lucht, Sarah, Frauke Hennig, Susanne Moebus, et al.. (2019). Air pollution and diabetes-related biomarkers in non-diabetic adults: A pathway to impaired glucose metabolism?. Environment International. 124. 370–392. 46 indexed citations

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Kubesch, Nadine, Jeanette T. Jørgensen, Barbara Hoffmann, et al.. (2018). Effects of Leisure‐Time and Transport‐Related Physical Activities on the Risk of Incident and Recurrent Myocardial Infarction and Interaction With Traffic‐Related Air Pollution: A Cohort Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 7(15). 55 indexed citations

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Hellack, Bryan, Dorothea Sugiri, Roel P. F. Schins, et al.. (2017). Land use regression modeling of oxidative potential of fine particles, NO2, PM2.5 mass and association to type two diabetes mellitus. Atmospheric Environment. 171. 181–190. 14 indexed citations

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Stafoggia, Massimo, Alexandra Schneider, Josef Cyrys, et al.. (2016). Association Between Short-term Exposure to Ultrafine Particles and Mortality in Eight European Urban Areas. Epidemiology. 28(2). 172–180. 70 indexed citations

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Ohlwein, Simone, Claudia Klümper, Mohammad Vossoughi, et al.. (2016). Air pollution and diastolic function in elderly women – Results from the SALIA study cohort. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 219(4-5). 356–363. 16 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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Czamara, Darina, Carla M. T. Tiesler, Dietrich Berdel, et al.. (2013). Children with ADHD Symptoms Have a Higher Risk for Reading, Spelling and Math Difficulties in the GINIplus and LISAplus Cohort Studies. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63859–e63859. 69 indexed citations

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Forastiere, Francesco, Giulia Cesaroni, Massimo Stafoggia, et al.. (2012). O-121. Epidemiology. 23. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Peinemann, Frank, Susanne Moebus, Nico Dragano, et al.. (2011). Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Coronary Artery Calcification among Nonsmoking Participants of a Population-Based Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119(11). 1556–1561. 27 indexed citations

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Dragano, Nico, Barbara Hoffmann, Andreas Stang, et al.. (2008). Subclinical coronary atherosclerosis and neighbourhood deprivation in an urban region. European Journal of Epidemiology. 24(1). 25–35. 47 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Barbara, Susanne Moebus, Andreas Michalsen, et al.. (2004). Gesundheitsbezogene Kontrollüberzeugung und Lebensqualität bei chronisch Kranken nach stationärer Behandlung mit Integrativer Medizin – eine Beobachtungsstudie. Complementary Medicine Research. 11(3). 159–170. 15 indexed citations

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