Elsa Cernichiari

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Elsa Cernichiari is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Elsa Cernichiari has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 6 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Elsa Cernichiari's work include Mercury impact and mitigation studies (52 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (36 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (21 papers). Elsa Cernichiari is often cited by papers focused on Mercury impact and mitigation studies (52 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (36 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (21 papers). Elsa Cernichiari collaborates with scholars based in United States, Seychelles and Argentina. Elsa Cernichiari's co-authors include Gary J. Myers, Conrad F. Shamlaye, Thomas W. Clarkson, Christopher Cox, L. Muscatine, Jean Sloane-Reeves, T. W. Clarkson, Philip W. Davidson, Philip W. Davidson and M Berlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Elsa Cernichiari

62 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Methylmercury Exposure ... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Methylmercury Exposure From Fish Consumption on Neurodevelopment
    1998 543 citations Philip W. Davidson, Gary J. Myers et al. JAMA profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elsa Cernichiari United States 40 4.2k 664 651 425 318 62 5.5k
Anna L. Choi United States 30 3.0k 0.7× 482 0.7× 450 0.7× 257 0.6× 298 0.9× 46 4.0k
Mineshi Sakamoto Japan 37 3.6k 0.8× 639 1.0× 546 0.8× 241 0.6× 578 1.8× 118 4.8k
Thomas M. Burbacher United States 32 1.7k 0.4× 362 0.5× 153 0.2× 640 1.5× 150 0.5× 84 3.2k
Janneche Utne Skaare Norway 55 7.2k 1.7× 193 0.3× 2.0k 3.0× 162 0.4× 1.3k 4.1× 199 8.9k
Hannu Kiviranta Finland 47 4.8k 1.1× 259 0.4× 184 0.3× 566 1.3× 709 2.2× 186 6.5k
Pierre Ayotte Canada 58 6.5k 1.5× 1.3k 1.9× 346 0.5× 791 1.9× 701 2.2× 264 10.3k
Per‐Erik Olsson Sweden 44 2.5k 0.6× 940 1.4× 306 0.5× 79 0.2× 1.1k 3.3× 157 5.7k
Hirokatsu Akagi Japan 34 2.5k 0.6× 206 0.3× 362 0.6× 91 0.2× 669 2.1× 90 3.0k
José G. Dórea Brazil 39 2.7k 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 354 0.5× 350 0.8× 509 1.6× 162 4.9k
Eduardo Pásaro Spain 38 1.4k 0.3× 250 0.4× 92 0.1× 106 0.2× 706 2.2× 114 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elsa Cernichiari

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elsa Cernichiari

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Myers, Gary J., Sally W. Thurston, Alexander T. Pearson, et al.. (2009). Postnatal exposure to methyl mercury from fish consumption: A review and new data from the Seychelles Child Development Study. NeuroToxicology. 30(3). 338–349. 99 indexed citations
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Strain, James J., Philip W. Davidson, Maxine P. Bonham, et al.. (2008). Associations of maternal long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, methyl mercury, and infant development in the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition Study. NeuroToxicology. 29(5). 776–782. 174 indexed citations
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Davidson, Philip W., JJ Strain, Gary J. Myers, et al.. (2008). Neurodevelopmental effects of maternal nutritional status and exposure to methylmercury from eating fish during pregnancy. NeuroToxicology. 29(5). 767–775. 158 indexed citations
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Zaręba, Grażyna, Elsa Cernichiari, Lowell A. Goldsmith, & Thomas W. Clarkson. (2007). Validity of methyl mercury hair analysis: mercury monitoring in human scalp/nude mouse model. Journal of Applied Toxicology. 28(4). 535–542. 30 indexed citations
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Davidson, Philip W., Gary J. Myers, Christopher Cox, et al.. (2006). Methylmercury and neurodevelopment: Longitudinal analysis of the Seychelles child development cohort. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 28(5). 529–535. 62 indexed citations
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Wijngaarden, Edwin van, Christopher A. Beck, Conrad F. Shamlaye, et al.. (2006). Benchmark concentrations for methyl mercury obtained from the 9-year follow-up of the Seychelles Child Development Study. NeuroToxicology. 27(5). 702–709. 46 indexed citations
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Bellinger, David C., Felicia Trachtenberg, Lars Barregård, et al.. (2006). Neuropsychological and Renal Effects of Dental Amalgam in Children. JAMA. 295(15). 1775–1775. 165 indexed citations
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Weiss, Bernard, Sander Stern, Elsa Cernichiari, & Robert Gelein. (2005). Methylmercury Contamination of Laboratory Animal Diets. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(9). 1120–1122. 22 indexed citations
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Burbacher, Thomas M., et al.. (2005). Comparison of Blood and Brain Mercury Levels in Infant Monkeys Exposed to Methylmercury or Vaccines Containing Thimerosal. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(8). 1015–1021. 191 indexed citations
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Myers, Gary J., Philip W. Davidson, Christopher Cox, et al.. (2003). Prenatal methylmercury exposure from ocean fish consumption in the Seychelles child development study. The Lancet. 361(9370). 1686–1692. 446 indexed citations
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Myers, Gary J., Philip W. Davidson, Christopher Cox, et al.. (2000). Twenty-Seven Years Studying the Human Neurotoxicity of Methylmercury Exposure. Environmental Research. 83(3). 275–285. 113 indexed citations
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Forman, Joel, Jacqueline Moline, Elsa Cernichiari, et al.. (2000). A cluster of pediatric metallic mercury exposure cases treated with meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA). Environmental Health Perspectives. 108(6). 575–577. 48 indexed citations
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Axtell, Catherine D., Gary J. Myers, Philip W. Davidson, et al.. (1998). Semiparametric modeling of age at achieving developmental milestones after prenatal exposure to methylmercury in the Seychelles child development study.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 106(9). 559–563. 31 indexed citations
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Nierenberg, David W., Richard E. Nordgren, Richard W. Siegler, et al.. (1998). Delayed Cerebellar Disease and Death after Accidental Exposure to Dimethylmercury. New England Journal of Medicine. 338(23). 1672–1676. 131 indexed citations
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Davidson, Philip W., Gary J. Myers, C. Cox, et al.. (1998). Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Methylmercury Exposure From Fish Consumption on Neurodevelopment. JAMA. 280(8). 701–701. 543 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boischio, Ana & Elsa Cernichiari. (1998). Longitudinal Hair Mercury Concentration in Riverside Mothers along the Upper Madeira River (Brazil). Environmental Research. 77(2). 79–83. 39 indexed citations
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Zaręba, Grażyna, Elsa Cernichiari, Lowell A. Goldsmith, & T W Clarkson. (1995). Biological monitoring of iodine, a water disinfectant for long-term space missions.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 103(11). 1032–1035. 10 indexed citations
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Davis, Larry E., Mario Kornfeld, Kathleen Y. Haaland, et al.. (1994). Methylmercury poisoning: Long‐term clinical, radiological, toxicological, and pathological studies of an affected family. Annals of Neurology. 35(6). 680–688. 143 indexed citations

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