Elaine Fuertes

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Elaine Fuertes is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elaine Fuertes has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 25 papers in Speech and Hearing and 14 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Elaine Fuertes's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (26 papers), Noise Effects and Management (25 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (15 papers). Elaine Fuertes is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (26 papers), Noise Effects and Management (25 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (15 papers). Elaine Fuertes collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Spain. Elaine Fuertes's co-authors include Joachim Heinrich, Iana Markevych, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Marie Standl, Sibylle Koletzko, Michael Bräuer, Dietrich Berdel, Donka Dimitrova, Julia Schoierer and Angel M. Dzhambov and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Elaine Fuertes

58 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance

2017 1.7k citations Iana Markevych, Julia Schoierer et al. Environmental Research profile →
The need for clean air: The way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma

2020 277 citations Ibon Eguíluz‐Gracia, Alexander G. Mathioudakis et al. Allergy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elaine Fuertes Germany	23	3.0k	1.4k	937	596	443	60	3.7k
Marie Standl Germany	28	2.2k 0.8×	978 0.7×	740 0.8×	505 0.8×	367 0.8×	124	3.9k
Iana Markevych Germany	40	5.1k 1.7×	2.3k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	1.0k 1.7×	789 1.8×	118	6.1k
Chih‐Da Wu Taiwan	27	2.3k 0.8×	561 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	467 0.8×	137 0.3×	151	3.0k
Catherine J. Karr United States	31	2.8k 0.9×	639 0.5×	359 0.4×	119 0.2×	326 0.7×	142	4.1k
Raquel García‐Esteban Spain	44	3.1k 1.0×	898 0.7×	412 0.4×	135 0.2×	142 0.3×	90	5.7k
James W. Quinn United States	36	1.8k 0.6×	657 0.5×	289 0.3×	324 0.5×	302 0.7×	86	4.0k
Donka Dimitrova Bulgaria	21	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	787 1.3×	556 1.3×	59	3.7k
Alet H. Wijga Netherlands	43	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	543 0.6×	165 0.3×	133 0.3×	142	6.1k
Dietrich Berdel Germany	41	1.5k 0.5×	770 0.6×	355 0.4×	148 0.2×	185 0.4×	185	5.4k
Syni‐An Hwang United States	34	2.2k 0.8×	419 0.3×	286 0.3×	109 0.2×	194 0.4×	103	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Elaine Fuertes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elaine Fuertes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elaine Fuertes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elaine Fuertes 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 Elaine Fuertes. Elaine Fuertes is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Zhao, Tianyu, Joachim Heinrich, Michael Bräuer, et al.. (2025). Urban greenspace under a changing climate: Benefit or harm for allergies and respiratory health?. Environmental Epidemiology. 9(2). e372–e372. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Gongbo, Wen Yue, Elaine Fuertes, et al.. (2025). Greenspace and respiratory diseases and symptoms in Chinese children: A large-scale study exploring joint associations with ozone. Sustainable Cities and Society. 124. 106329–106329. 2 indexed citations

Fuertes, Elaine, Deborah Jarvis, Holly Ching Yu Lam, et al.. (2023). Phl p 5 levels more strongly associated than grass pollen counts with allergic respiratory health. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 153(3). 844–851. 3 indexed citations

Valencia‐Hernández, Carlos A., Ulrike Gehring, Gerard H. Koppelman, et al.. (2023). The residential green environment and lung function into adolescence in European birth cohorts. A CADSET initiative. OA2519–OA2519. 2 indexed citations

Peralta, Gabriela P., Raquel Granell, Annabelle Bédard, et al.. (2022). Mid‐childhood fat mass and airflow limitation at 15 years: The mediating role of insulin resistance and C‐reactive protein. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 33(12). e13894–e13894. 2 indexed citations

Fuertes, Elaine, Alessandro Marcon, Laura Potts, et al.. (2021). Health impact assessment to predict the impact of tobacco price increases on COPD burden in Italy, England and Sweden. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 2311–2311. 4 indexed citations

Eguíluz‐Gracia, Ibon, Alexander G. Mathioudakis, Sabine Bartel, et al.. (2020). The need for clean air: The way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma. Allergy. 75(9). 2170–2184. 277 indexed citations breakdown →

Peralta, Gabriela P., Elaine Fuertes, Raquel Granell, et al.. (2019). Childhood Body Composition Trajectories and Adolescent Lung Function. Findings from the ALSPAC study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 200(1). 75–83. 34 indexed citations

Fuertes, Elaine, Anne‐Elie Carsin, Vanessa García-Larsen, et al.. (2019). The role of C-reactive protein levels on the association of physical activity with lung function in adults. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0222578–e0222578. 2 indexed citations

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Butland, Barbara K., H Ross Anderson, Aaron van Donkelaar, et al.. (2018). Ambient air pollution and the prevalence of rhinoconjunctivitis in adolescents: a worldwide ecological analysis. Air Quality Atmosphere & Health. 11(7). 755–764. 4 indexed citations

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Markevych, Iana, Julia Schoierer, Terry Hartig, et al.. (2017). Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance. Environmental Research. 158. 301–317. 1741 indexed citations breakdown →

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Luzak, Agnes, Elaine Fuertes, Claudia Flexeder, et al.. (2017). Which early life events or current environmental and lifestyle factors influence lung function in adolescents? – results from the GINIplus & LISAplus studies. Respiratory Research. 18(1). 138–138. 14 indexed citations

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Fuertes, Elaine, Marie Standl, Andrea von Berg, et al.. (2015). Parental allergic disease before and after child birth poses similar risk for childhood allergies. Allergy. 70(7). 873–876. 19 indexed citations

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Fuertes, Elaine, Johannes Bracher, Claudia Flexeder, et al.. (2015). Long-term air pollution exposure and lung function in 15 year-old adolescents living in an urban and rural area in Germany: The GINIplus and LISAplus cohorts. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 218(7). 656–665. 53 indexed citations

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Pei, Zhengcun, Claudia Flexeder, Elaine Fuertes, et al.. (2014). Food Intake and Overweight in School-Aged Children in Germany: Results of the GINIplus and LISAplus Studies. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 64(1). 60–70. 17 indexed citations

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Fuertes, Elaine, Cilla Söderhäll, Nathalie Acevedo, et al.. (2014). Associations between the 17q21 region and allergic rhinitis in five birth cohorts. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). P4786–P4786. 1 indexed citations

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Markevych, Iana, Elisabeth Thiering, Elaine Fuertes, et al.. (2014). A cross-sectional analysis of the effects of residential greenness on blood pressure in 10-year old children: results from the GINIplus and LISAplus studies. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 477–477. 118 indexed citations

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Markevych, Iana, Carla M. T. Tiesler, Elaine Fuertes, et al.. (2014). Access to urban green spaces and behavioural problems in children: Results from the GINIplus and LISAplus studies. Environment International. 71. 29–35. 182 indexed citations

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MacIntyre, Elaina, Elaine Fuertes, Anna Mölter, et al.. (2013). Traffic-related air pollution and respiratory infections during early childhood: an analysis of seven European birth cohorts within the ESCAPE project. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2013(1). 1 indexed citations

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McKay, Rachel, Linda Vrbova, Elaine Fuertes, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of the Do Bugs Need Drugs? Program in British Columbia: Can We Curb Antibiotic Prescribing?. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 22(1). 19–24. 37 indexed citations

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