Frederica P. Perera

36.5k citations

327 papers · 23.8k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 86

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.01%
Cancer Research top 0.2%
Molecular Biology top 2%
Pollution top 0.1%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 0.2%

Co-authors: Robin M. Whyatt Virginia Rauh Deliang Tang David Camann Lori Hoepner Julie B. Herbstman Rachel L. Miller Wiesław Jędrychowski
Topics: Air Quality and Health Impacts (164 papers)Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (87 papers)Noise Effects and Management (58 papers)
Cited by: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Speech and Hearing Cancer Research
Journals: Science New England Journal of Medicine Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Poland China

In The Last Decade

Frederica P. Perera

325 papers receiving 23.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Pollution from Fossil-Fuel Combustion is the Leading Environmental Threat to Global Pediatric Health and Equity: Solutions Exist

2017 831 citations Frederica P. Perera profile →
Prenatal Exposure to PBDEs and Neurodevelopment

2010 544 citations Julie B. Herbstman, Virginia Rauh et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Environment and Cancer: Who Are Susceptible?

1997 522 citations Frederica P. Perera profile →
Prenatal environmental exposures, epigenetics, and disease

2011 452 citations Frederica P. Perera, Julie B. Herbstman profile →
Prenatal exposure to antibiotics, cesarean section and risk of childhood obesity

2014 337 citations Robin M. Whyatt, Lori Hoepner et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederica P. Perera

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, reduced hippocampal subfield volumes, and word reading 2025 ·Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience ·H. J. Yang,Jonathan D. Cohen,David Pagliaccio,Bruce Ramphal,Virginia Rauh,Frederica P. Perera,Bradley S. Peterson,Howard Andrews,Andrew Rundle,Julie B. Herbstman,Amy Margolis	2
2	Children’s health impacts from a proposed decarbonization policy in the transportation sector in the Eastern United States 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Alique Berberian,Frederica P. Perera,Saravanan Arunachalam,Jonathan I. Levy,(unknown),Calvin A Arter,(unknown),Jonathan J. Buonocore	4
3	Health benefits to the pediatric population from reduction of ambient particulate matter in Krakow, Poland 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Agnieszka Pac,Renata Majewska,(unknown),Elżbieta Sochacka-Tatara,Frederica P. Perera	2
4	The role of the hippocampus in working memory and word reading: Novel neural correlates of reading among youth living in the context of economic disadvantage 2024 ·Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience ·Enitan T. Marcelle,H. J. Yang,J Cohen,Bruce Ramphal,David Pagliaccio,Virginia Rauh,Bradley S. Peterson,Frederica P. Perera,Howard Andrews,Andrew Rundle,Julie B. Herbstman,Amy Margolis	1
5	Trajectory analysis of rhinitis in a birth cohort from lower-income New York City neighborhoods 2023 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·(unknown),Stephanie Lovinsky‐Desir,Adnan Divjan,Lori Hoepner,(unknown),Rachel L. Miller,Julie B. Herbstman,Frederica P. Perera,Matthew S. Perzanowski,Qixuan Chen	1
6	Characterizing changes in behaviors associated with chemical exposures during the COVID-19 pandemic 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·Julie B. Herbstman,Megan E. Romano,(unknown),Lisa P. Jacobson,Amy Margolis,Ghassan B. Hamra,Deborah H. Bennett,Joseph M. Braun,Jessie P. Buckley,Trina Colburn,Sean Deoni,Lori Hoepner,Rachel Morello‐Frosch,(unknown),Sheela Sathyanarayana,Susan L. Schantz,Leonardo Trasande,Tracey J. Woodruff,Frederica P. Perera,Margaret R. Karagas,(unknown)	3
7	Gestational weight change and childhood body composition trajectories from pregnancy to early adolescence 2022 ·Obesity ·Elizabeth M. Widen,(unknown),Michael J. Daniels,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Amy R. Nichols,Lori Hoepner,Eliza W. Kinsey,(unknown),Abeer Hassoun,Frederica P. Perera,Radek Bukowski,Andrew Rundle	7
8	Assessment of the health benefits to children of a transportation climate policy in New York City 2022 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown),Jonathan J. Buonocore,Jonathan I. Levy,Calvin A Arter,Saravanan Arunachalam,(unknown),Alique Berberian,(unknown),Frederica P. Perera	16
9	Lung function growth trajectories in non-asthmatic children aged 4–9 in relation to prenatal exposure to airborne particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons – Krakow birth cohort study 2018 ·Environmental Research ·Renata Majewska,Agnieszka Pac,Elżbieta Mróz,John D. Spengler,David Camann,Dorota Mrozek‐Budzyn,Agata Sowa,Ryszard Jacek,(unknown),Frederica P. Perera	21
10	Impact of Housing Instability on Child Behavior at Age 7 Years 2018 ·(unknown),Whitney Cowell,Lori Hoepner,Frederica P. Perera,Virginia Rauh,Julie B. Herbstman	2
11	Relationship between maternal demoralization, wheeze, and immunoglobulin E among inner-city children 2011 ·Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology ·(unknown),Matthew S. Perzanowski,Robin M. Whyatt,Elizabeth A. Kelvin,Andrew Rundle,Diurka Díaz,Lori Hoepner,Frederica P. Perera,Virginia Rauh,Rachel L. Miller	44
12	Traffic density and stationary sources of air pollution associated with wheeze, asthma, and immunoglobulin E from birth to age 5 years among New York City children 2011 ·Environmental Research ·Molini M. Patel,James W. Quinn,Kyung Hwa Jung,Lori Hoepner,Diurka Díaz,Matthew S. Perzanowski,Andrew Rundle,Patrick L. Kinney,Frederica P. Perera,Rachel L. Miller	96
13	Neighborhood differences in exposure and sensitization to cockroach, mouse, dust mite, cat, and dog allergens in New York City 2011 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·(unknown),Inge F. Goldstein,Luis Acosta,Adnan Divjan,Andrew Rundle,Ginger L. Chew,Robert B. Mellins,Lori Hoepner,Howard Andrews,Sara López‐Pintado,James W. Quinn,Frederica P. Perera,Rachel L. Miller,Judith S. Jacobson,Matthew S. Perzanowski	83
14	Maternal Prenatal Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Child Mental, Psychomotor, and Behavioral Development at 3 Years of Age 2011 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Robin M. Whyatt,Xinhua Liu,Virginia Rauh,Antonia M. Calafat,Allan C. Just,Lori Hoepner,Diurka Díaz,James W. Quinn,Jennifer J. Adibi,Frederica P. Perera,Pam Factor‐Litvak	234
15	Air Pollution Threatens the Health of Children in China 2008 ·PEDIATRICS ·Alexander J. Millman,Deliang Tang,Frederica P. Perera	87
16	Variability of total exposure to PM2.5 related to indoor and outdoor pollution sources 2005 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Wiesław Jędrychowski,Frederica P. Perera,Agnieszka Pac,Ryszard Jacek,Robin M. Whyatt,John D. Spengler,Thomas Dumyahn,Elżbieta Sochacka-Tatara	31
17	Recent Developments in Molecular Epidemiology: A Study of the Effects of Environmental Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Birth Outcomes in Poland 1998 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·Frederica P. Perera,Robin M. Whyatt,Wiesław Jędrychowski,V. Rauh,D Manchester,Regina M. Santella,Ruth Ottman	217
18	Molecular epidemiology : principles and practices 1993 ·Academic Press eBooks ·Paul A. Schulte,Frederica P. Perera	184
19	Biomarkers in styrene-exposed boatbuilders 1991 ·Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology ·Diane Brenner,(unknown),Louise Latriano,(unknown),Dorothy Warburton,(unknown),Ronald W. Pero,Leslie Andrews,(unknown),Frederica P. Perera	50
20	Comparison of ethylene oxide and 4 aminobiphenyl hemoglobin adducts in cigarette smokers 1988 ·Louise Latriano,Frederica P. Perera,D. J. Brenner,A.M. Jeffrey	1

About Frederica P. Perera

Frederica P. Perera is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing and Cancer Research, having authored 327 papers that have together received 23.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (164 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (87 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (58 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (14.5k citations), Speech and Hearing (1.8k citations) and Cancer Research (4.1k citations). Frederica P. Perera has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Poland and China. Frequent co-authors include Robin M. Whyatt, Virginia Rauh, Deliang Tang, David Camann, Lori Hoepner, Julie B. Herbstman, Rachel L. Miller, Wiesław Jędrychowski, Andrew Rundle and Patrick L. Kinney. Their work appears in journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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