David Paolella

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
4 papers, 844 citations indexed

About

David Paolella is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, David Paolella has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 844 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in David Paolella's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (4 papers), Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (3 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (2 papers). David Paolella is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (4 papers), Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (3 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (2 papers). David Paolella collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Paolella's co-authors include Joshua S. Apte, Julian Marshall, Jason Hill, Christopher W. Tessum, Sarah Chambliss, Nicholas Z. Muller, Andrew L. Goodkind, Sumil K Thakrar, Stephen Polasky and Kimberley A. Mullins and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science Advances and Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Paolella

4 papers receiving 828 citations

Hit Papers

PM 2.5 polluters disproportionately and systemically affe... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2021 2019 100 200 300
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. PM 2.5 polluters disproportionately and systemically affect people of color in the United States
    2021 390 citations Christopher W. Tessum, David Paolella et al. Science Advances profile →
  2. Inequity in consumption of goods and services adds to racial–ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure
    2019 382 citations Christopher W. Tessum, Joshua S. Apte et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Paolella United States 3 577 266 136 96 89 4 844
Lara P. Clark United States 10 703 1.2× 354 1.3× 84 0.6× 142 1.5× 143 1.6× 17 1.0k
Denis Bard France 18 596 1.0× 196 0.7× 109 0.8× 65 0.7× 75 0.8× 40 1.2k
Sarah Chambliss United States 9 687 1.2× 202 0.8× 91 0.7× 96 1.0× 246 2.8× 16 877
Jo Barnes United Kingdom 15 345 0.6× 103 0.4× 82 0.6× 93 1.0× 126 1.4× 55 673
Adelaide Cássia Nardocci Brazil 16 278 0.5× 93 0.3× 133 1.0× 66 0.7× 56 0.6× 54 732
Sharon E. Edwards United States 17 592 1.0× 217 0.8× 135 1.0× 40 0.4× 63 0.7× 31 1.1k
Dominic Odwa Atari Canada 12 706 1.2× 76 0.3× 151 1.1× 133 1.4× 250 2.8× 19 975
Susan A. Perlin United States 5 470 0.8× 262 1.0× 39 0.3× 76 0.8× 159 1.8× 7 757
Jaime Madrigano United States 19 1.1k 2.0× 201 0.8× 183 1.3× 147 1.5× 292 3.3× 56 1.8k
Amy D. Kyle United States 11 651 1.1× 387 1.5× 91 0.7× 34 0.4× 41 0.5× 16 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David Paolella

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Paolella

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Paolella. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Paolella. The network helps show where David Paolella may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Paolella

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Paolella. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Paolella based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Paolella. David Paolella is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

4 of 4 papers shown
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Tessum, Christopher W., David Paolella, Sarah Chambliss, et al.. (2021). PM 2.5 polluters disproportionately and systemically affect people of color in the United States. Science Advances. 7(18). 390 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tessum, Christopher W., Joshua S. Apte, Andrew L. Goodkind, et al.. (2019). Inequity in consumption of goods and services adds to racial–ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(13). 6001–6006. 382 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tessum, Christopher W., Joshua S. Apte, Andrew L. Goodkind, et al.. (2018). Air Pollution-Related Health and Health Equity Effects of the United States Economy: 1997-2015. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2018(1). 1 indexed citations
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Paolella, David, Christopher W. Tessum, P. J. Adams, et al.. (2018). Effect of Model Spatial Resolution on Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter Exposure and Exposure Disparities in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 5(7). 436–441. 71 indexed citations

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