Devon Payne-Sturges

3.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
53 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Devon Payne-Sturges is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Devon Payne-Sturges has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Devon Payne-Sturges's work include Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (26 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (17 papers). Devon Payne-Sturges is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (26 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (17 papers). Devon Payne-Sturges collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Devon Payne-Sturges's co-authors include Gilbert C. Gee, Meg Bruening, Melissa N. Laska, Amelia M. Arria, Kimberly M. Caldeira, Kathryn B. Vincent, Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá, Dina Huang, Hillary A. Craddock and Paul C. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Devon Payne-Sturges

52 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.

Environmental Health Disparities: A Framework Integrating Psychosocial and Environmental Concepts

2004 623 citations Gilbert C. Gee, Devon Payne-Sturges Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
The Struggle Is Real: A Systematic Review of Food Insecurity on Postsecondary Education Campuses

2017 291 citations Meg Bruening, Devon Payne-Sturges et al. profile →
Student Hunger on Campus: Food Insecurity Among College Students and Implications for Academic Institutions

2017 262 citations Devon Payne-Sturges et al. profile →
Trends in neonicotinoid pesticide residues in food and water in the United States, 1999–2015

2019 201 citations Hillary A. Craddock, Dina Huang et al. Environmental Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Devon Payne-Sturges United States	20	978	735	711	326	212	53	2.4k
Stephanie Williamson United States	30	2.4k 2.5×	323 0.4×	562 0.8×	576 1.8×	269 1.3×	84	4.2k
Maureen Y. Lichtveld United States	23	634 0.6×	595 0.8×	348 0.5×	150 0.5×	107 0.5×	137	2.2k
Ana M. García Spain	28	357 0.4×	883 1.2×	308 0.4×	301 0.9×	211 1.0×	151	2.5k
Carla Campbell United States	19	874 0.9×	191 0.3×	279 0.4×	248 0.8×	97 0.5×	36	1.7k
Petter Kristensen Norway	29	560 0.6×	471 0.6×	265 0.4×	392 1.2×	202 1.0×	101	2.6k
John Balbus United States	26	1.5k 1.5×	311 0.4×	300 0.4×	109 0.3×	139 0.7×	55	2.7k
Michelle C. Kondo United States	32	2.2k 2.2×	607 0.8×	883 1.2×	452 1.4×	501 2.4×	85	3.9k
Caterina Ledda Italy	30	769 0.8×	352 0.5×	160 0.2×	145 0.4×	405 1.9×	140	3.2k
Catherine J. Karr United States	31	2.8k 2.8×	260 0.4×	233 0.3×	326 1.0×	68 0.3×	142	4.1k
Roshini Peiris‐John New Zealand	21	304 0.3×	283 0.4×	156 0.2×	222 0.7×	119 0.6×	80	1.5k

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Payne-Sturges, Devon, et al.. (2025). Occupational heat exposure incidence and sociodemographic disparities for outdoor workers in the United States, 2010–2019. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.

Chartres, Nicholas, Max T. Aung, Susan L. Norris, et al.. (2025). Development of the Navigation Guide Evidence-to-Decision Framework for Environmental Health: Version 1.0. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(9). 4230–4244. 1 indexed citations

Sampath, Vanitha, et al.. (2025). Call to action: recognize and prevent the effects of extreme heat on early childhood development and health. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1654097–1654097. 1 indexed citations

Payne-Sturges, Devon, Ellis Ballard, & Janean E. Dilworth‐Bart. (2024). Systems approaches for uncovering mechanisms of structural racism impacting children's environmental health and development. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 69. S91–S101. 3 indexed citations

Bruening, Meg, et al.. (2024). Effects of Behavioral, Clinical, and Policy Interventions in Reducing Human Exposure to Bisphenols and Phthalates: A Scoping Review. Environmental Health Perspectives. 132(3). 36001–36001. 11 indexed citations

Payne-Sturges, Devon, Tanya Khemet Taiwo, Kristie Ellickson, et al.. (2023). Disparities in Toxic Chemical Exposures and Associated Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Systematic Evidence Map of the Epidemiological Literature. Environmental Health Perspectives. 131(9). 96001–96001. 25 indexed citations

Hicken, Margaret T., et al.. (2023). Evaluating Race in Air Pollution and Health Research: Race, PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposure, and Mortality as a Case Study. Current Environmental Health Reports. 10(1). 1–11. 16 indexed citations

Woerden, Irene van, Devon Payne-Sturges, Corrie M. Whisner, & Meg Bruening. (2021). Dietary quality and bisphenols: trends in bisphenol A, F, and S exposure in relation to the Healthy Eating Index using representative data from the NHANES 2007–2016. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 114(2). 669–682. 14 indexed citations

Puett, Robin, et al.. (2020). Air Quality Assessment of Particulate Matter Near a Concrete Block Plant and Traffic in Bladensburg, Maryland. Environmental Justice. 13(3). 75–85. 2 indexed citations

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Craddock, Hillary A., Dina Huang, Paul C. Turner, Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá, & Devon Payne-Sturges. (2019). Trends in neonicotinoid pesticide residues in food and water in the United States, 1999–2015. Environmental Health. 18(1). 7–7. 201 indexed citations breakdown →

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Puett, Robin, et al.. (2019). Air Quality Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds Near a Concrete Block Plant and Traffic in Bladensburg, Maryland. Environmental Justice. 12(6). 250–260. 3 indexed citations

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Payne-Sturges, Devon, Madeleine K. Scammell, Jonathan I. Levy, et al.. (2018). Methods for Evaluating the Combined Effects of Chemical and Nonchemical Exposures for Cumulative Environmental Health Risk Assessment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(12). 2797–2797. 26 indexed citations

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Shenassa, Edmond D., Lauren M. Rossen, Jonathan Cohen, Rachel Morello‐Frosch, & Devon Payne-Sturges. (2016). Income Inequality and US Children’s Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Distinct Associations by Race–Ethnicity. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 19(11). ntw293–ntw293. 14 indexed citations

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Payne-Sturges, Devon, Katrina Smith Korfmacher, Deborah A. Cory‐Slechta, et al.. (2015). Engaging Communities in Research on Cumulative Risk and Social Stress-Environment Interactions: Lessons Learned from EPA's STAR Program. Environmental Justice. 8(6). 203–212. 19 indexed citations

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Payne-Sturges, Devon, et al.. (2012). A Review of State-Level Analytical Approaches for Evaluating Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts. Environmental Justice. 5(4). 173–187. 7 indexed citations

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Muennig, Peter, Xiaoyu Song, Devon Payne-Sturges, & Gilbert C. Gee. (2011). Blood and urine levels of long half-life toxicants by nativity among immigrants to the United States. The Science of The Total Environment. 412-413. 109–113. 12 indexed citations

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Gordon, Lauren, Devon Payne-Sturges, & Gilbert C. Gee. (2010). Environmental Health Disparities: Select Case Studies Related to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Environmental Justice. 3(1). 21–26. 9 indexed citations

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Payne-Sturges, Devon, et al.. (2006). Use of point-of-sale data to track usage patterns of residential pesticides: methodology development. Environmental Health. 5(1). 15–15. 21 indexed citations

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Payne-Sturges, Devon, Gilbert C. Gee, Charles Lee, et al.. (2006). Workshop Summary: Connecting social and environmental factors to measure and track environmental health disparities. Environmental Research. 102(2). 146–153. 41 indexed citations

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Payne-Sturges, Devon, Thomas A. Burke, Patrick N. Breysse, Marie Diener‐West, & Timothy J. Buckley. (2003). Personal exposure meets risk assessment: a comparison of measured and modeled exposures and risks in an urban community.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(5). 589–598. 143 indexed citations

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