David Sparrow

27.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
295 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

David Sparrow is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Sparrow has authored 295 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 73 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 70 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in David Sparrow's work include Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (70 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (61 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (58 papers). David Sparrow is often cited by papers focused on Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (70 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (61 papers) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (58 papers). David Sparrow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. David Sparrow's co-authors include Pantel Vokonas, Scott T. Weiss, Joel Schwartz, Augusto A. Litonjua, Howard Hu, Robert O. Wright, Laura D. Kubzansky, George O'connor, Andrea Baccarelli and Avron Spiro and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

David Sparrow

292 papers receiving 17.8k 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.

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 →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Sparrow United States	76	6.1k	4.2k	3.7k	2.9k	2.4k	295	18.5k
Pantel Vokonas United States	74	6.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.4×	1.2k 0.3×	3.6k 1.3×	3.2k 1.3×	264	18.0k
Eugenia E. Calle United States	76	4.7k 0.8×	5.4k 1.3×	3.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	5.8k 2.4×	163	31.1k
Yuling Hong United States	55	6.6k 1.1×	3.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	9.7k 3.4×	2.0k 0.8×	136	29.8k
Diane R. Gold United States	89	13.6k 2.2×	7.7k 1.8×	3.8k 1.0×	720 0.2×	1.9k 0.8×	414	27.2k
Aruni Bhatnagar United States	80	8.2k 1.4×	5.8k 1.4×	963 0.3×	2.5k 0.9×	6.6k 2.7×	423	25.5k
Jane Khoury United States	74	2.6k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	4.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	423	25.3k
Jonathan M. Samet United States	51	5.8k 0.9×	6.7k 1.6×	3.3k 0.9×	964 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	151	18.4k
Susan M. Gapstur United States	67	3.6k 0.6×	4.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	858 0.3×	5.2k 2.2×	264	22.5k
Anne Tjønneland Denmark	75	4.0k 0.7×	3.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.6×	3.8k 1.5×	579	22.7k
Derek G. Cook United Kingdom	87	2.7k 0.4×	5.3k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	343	23.1k

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Zhang, Jingzhou, Brian D. Hobbs, David Sparrow, et al.. (2025). Polygenic Risk Score Added to Conventional Case Finding to Identify Undiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. JAMA. 333(9). 784–784. 9 indexed citations

Ross, James C., Raúl San Jośe Estépar, Samuel Y. Ash, et al.. (2024). Dysanapsis is differentially related to lung function trajectories with distinct structural and functional patterns in COPD and variable risk for adverse outcomes. EClinicalMedicine. 68. 102408–102408. 9 indexed citations

Eckhardt, C., Haotian Wu, Diddier Prada, et al.. (2022). Predicting risk of lung function impairment and all-cause mortality using a DNA methylation-based classifier of tobacco smoke exposure. Respiratory Medicine. 200. 106896–106896. 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Jia, Akın Çayır, Letizia Trevisi, et al.. (2015). Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Blood Pressure, and Adaptive Response of Mitochondrial Abundance. Circulation. 133(4). 378–387. 72 indexed citations

Sparrow, David, et al.. (2015). Alcohol Consumption and Pulmonary Function. American Review of Respiratory Disease.

Lepeule, Johanna, Augusto A. Litonjua, Brent A. Coull, et al.. (2014). Long-Term Effects of Traffic Particles on Lung Function Decline in the Elderly. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 190(5). 542–548. 70 indexed citations

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

Peters, Junenette L., Laura D. Kubzansky, Ai Ikeda, et al.. (2011). Lead Concentrations in Relation to Multiple Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease: The Normative Aging Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 120(3). 361–366. 43 indexed citations

Hersh, Craig P., Edwin K. Silverman, Soumyaroop Bhattacharya, et al.. (2011). SOX5 Is a Candidate Gene for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Susceptibility and Is Necessary for Lung Development. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 183(11). 1482–1489. 53 indexed citations

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Arora, Manish, Jennifer Weuve, Marc G. Weisskopf, et al.. (2009). Cumulative Lead Exposure and Tooth Loss in Men: The Normative Aging Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 117(10). 1531–1534. 19 indexed citations

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Peters, Jean, et al.. (2008). Interaction of Stress and Lead Burden on Cognition in Older Men: The VA Normative Aging Study. Epidemiology. 19(6). 3 indexed citations

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Baccarelli, Andrea, Patricia A. Cassano, Augusto A. Litonjua, et al.. (2008). Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction. Circulation. 117(14). 1802–1809. 99 indexed citations

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Park, Sung Kyun, Marie S. O’Neill, Pantel Vokonas, et al.. (2008). Traffic-related Particles Are Associated with Elevated Homocysteine. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(3). 283–289. 69 indexed citations

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Perlstein, Todd S., Jennifer Weuve, Joel Schwartz, et al.. (2007). Cumulative Community-Level Lead Exposure and Pulse Pressure: The Normative Aging Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(12). 1696–1700. 29 indexed citations

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Chahine, Teresa, Andrea Baccarelli, Augusto A. Litonjua, et al.. (2007). Particulate Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress Genes, and Heart Rate Variability in an Elderly Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(11). 1617–1622. 144 indexed citations

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DeMeo, Dawn L., Craig P. Hersh, Eric A. Hoffman, et al.. (2007). Genetic Determinants of Emphysema Distribution in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 176(1). 42–48. 111 indexed citations

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Wu, Ming‐Tsang, Karl T. Kelsey, Joel Schwartz, et al.. (2002). A delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism may modify the relationship of low-level lead exposure to uricemia and renal function: the normative aging study.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 111(3). 335–341. 34 indexed citations

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Moy, Marilyn L., J. Woodrow Weiss, David Sparrow, Elliot Israel, & Richard M. Schwartzstein. (2000). Quality of Dyspnea in Bronchoconstriction Differs from External Resistive Loads. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(2). 451–455. 74 indexed citations

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O'connor, George, David Sparrow, Deborah A. DeMolles, et al.. (2000). Maximal and Partial Expiratory Flow Rates in a Population Sample of 10- to 11-yr-old Schoolchildren. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(2). 436–439. 17 indexed citations

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Litonjua, Augusto A., David Sparrow, Scott T. Weiss, et al.. (1997). Sensitization to Cat Allergen Is Associated with Asthma in Older Men and Predicts New-onset Airway Hyperresponsiveness. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 156(1). 23–27. 63 indexed citations

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