David Michaels

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

David Michaels is a scholar working on Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David Michaels has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in David Michaels's work include Occupational Health and Safety Research (14 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (11 papers) and Occupational exposure and asthma (6 papers). David Michaels is often cited by papers focused on Occupational Health and Safety Research (14 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (11 papers) and Occupational exposure and asthma (6 papers). David Michaels collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. David Michaels's co-authors include Howard Lasnik, Roger Martin, Juan Uriagereka, Stephen Zoloth, Matthew R. Jones, Gregory R. Wagner, Eugene R. Heyman, Matt Leavitt, Wendy Wagner and Laura S. Welch and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Michaels

74 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Step by step : essays on minimalist syntax in honor of Howard Lasnik

2000 1.2k citations Howard Lasnik, Roger Martin et al. MIT Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Michaels United States	19	1.2k	521	362	339	278	77	2.6k
Ning Yu United States	25	542 0.5×	65 0.1×	33 0.1×	1.1k 3.3×	46 0.2×	74	2.4k
Christopher D. Barr United States	20	138 0.1×	77 0.1×	144 0.4×	40 0.1×	82 0.3×	48	1.7k
Mark A. Hamilton United States	21	117 0.1×	89 0.2×	10 0.0×	101 0.3×	175 0.6×	65	2.2k
Lingxin Hao United States	28	106 0.1×	25 0.0×	293 0.8×	61 0.2×	467 1.7×	62	3.3k
Alison Lee United States	30	63 0.1×	22 0.0×	25 0.1×	47 0.1×	1.2k 4.3×	124	3.6k
Linda Birt United Kingdom	15	50 0.0×	41 0.1×	19 0.1×	50 0.1×	944 3.4×	51	3.0k
Thomas W. Mangione United States	28	58 0.1×	46 0.1×	14 0.0×	61 0.2×	794 2.9×	59	3.1k
Noah Webster United States	22	58 0.1×	22 0.0×	25 0.1×	70 0.2×	307 1.1×	91	1.5k
Jonathan P. Smith United States	14	48 0.0×	17 0.0×	8 0.0×	104 0.3×	277 1.0×	45	2.0k
James J. Murphy United Kingdom	27	75 0.1×	9 0.0×	14 0.0×	55 0.2×	31 0.1×	103	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Michaels

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20 of 20 papers shown

Alahmad, Barrak, et al.. (2025). A nationwide analysis of heat and workplace injuries in the United States. Environmental Health. 24(1). 65–65.

Lembke, Anna, David Michaels, Cecília Tomori, et al.. (2024). The opioid industry's use of scientific evidence to advance claims about prescription opioid safety and effectiveness. Health Affairs Scholar. 2(10). qxae119–qxae119. 5 indexed citations

Michaels, David, Emily A. Spieler, & Gregory R. Wagner. (2024). US workers during the covid-19 pandemic: uneven risks, inadequate protections, and predictable consequences. BMJ. 384. e076623–e076623. 3 indexed citations

Michaels, David, et al.. (2019). Helicopter versus ground ambulance: review of national database for outcomes in survival in transferred trauma patients in the USA. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 4(1). e000211–e000211. 24 indexed citations

Almahmoud, Khalid, Theresa Jackson, Anthony Cahill, et al.. (2017). Risky business? Investigating outcomes of patients undergoing urgent laparoscopic appendectomy on antithrombotic therapy. The American Journal of Surgery. 214(6). 1012–1015. 6 indexed citations

Michaels, David, et al.. (2008). How Litigation Shapes the Scientific Literature: Asbestos & Disease Among Automobile Mechanics. Journal of law and policy. 15(3). 23. 4 indexed citations

Michaels, David. (2007). Preface: Science for Regulation and Litigation. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(1). 116–116. 4 indexed citations

Welch, Laura S., Elizabeth Haile, John M. Dement, & David Michaels. (2007). Change in Prevalence of Asbestos-Related Disease Among Sheet Metal Workers 1986 to 2004. CHEST Journal. 131(3). 863–869. 22 indexed citations

Neutra, Raymond, Aaron J. Cohen, Tony Fletcher, et al.. (2006). Toward Guidelines for the Ethical Reanalysis and Reinterpretation of Another??s Research. Epidemiology. 17(3). 335–338. 7 indexed citations

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Michaels, David. (2006). Foreword: Sarbanes-Oxley for Science. Law and Contemporary Problems. 69(3). 1–20. 3 indexed citations

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Michaels, David, et al.. (2005). Scientific Evidence in the Regulatory System: Manufacturing Uncertainty and the Demise of the Formal Regulatory System. eYLS (Yale Law School). 13(1). 3. 16 indexed citations

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Michaels, David, et al.. (2005). Public health matters. Manufacturing uncertainty: contested science and the protection of the public's health and environment. American Journal of Public Health. 95. 1 indexed citations

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Lurie, Peter, et al.. (2003). Occupational exposure to beryllium. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 18. 4 indexed citations

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Lasnik, Howard, Roger Martin, David Michaels, & Juan Uriagereka. (2000). Step by step : essays on minimalist syntax in honor of Howard Lasnik. MIT Press eBooks. 1247 indexed citations breakdown →

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Michaels, David, et al.. (1997). Government Switching in Phonology. 언어. 22(2). 351–368. 2 indexed citations

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Michaels, David. (1995). When Science Isn't Enough: Wilhelm Hueper, Robert A. M. Case, and the Limits of Scientific Evidence in Preventing Occupational Bladder Cancer. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 1(3). 278–288. 7 indexed citations

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Zoloth, Stephen, Steven M. Safyer, Jay Rosen, et al.. (1993). Anergy compromises screening for tuberculosis in high-risk populations.. American Journal of Public Health. 83(5). 749–751. 12 indexed citations

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Michaels, David & Stephen Zoloth. (1991). Mortality among Urban Bus Drivers. International Journal of Epidemiology. 20(2). 399–404. 45 indexed citations

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Michaels, David & Rhonda Cockerill. (1989). Revenue generation and health promotion: a survey.. PubMed. 66(4). 14–6, 32. 1 indexed citations

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Solet, David, et al.. (1989). Patterns of Mortality in Pulp and Paper Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 31(7). 627–630. 20 indexed citations

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