Frederica P. Perera

36.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
327 papers, 23.8k citations indexed

About

Frederica P. Perera is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cancer Research and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederica P. Perera has authored 327 papers receiving a total of 23.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 89 papers in Cancer Research and 59 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Frederica P. Perera's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (164 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (87 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (58 papers). Frederica P. Perera is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (164 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (87 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (58 papers). Frederica P. Perera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and China. Frederica P. Perera's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frederica P. Perera

325 papers receiving 23.1k 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.

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

2017 831 citations Frederica P. Perera International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frederica P. Perera United States	86	14.5k	4.1k	3.7k	2.9k	2.8k	327	23.8k
Daniel Krewski Canada	86	15.3k 1.1×	2.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	3.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.4×	557	29.9k
Roel Vermeulen Netherlands	69	10.0k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	675	20.5k
Steffen Loft Denmark	88	11.6k 0.8×	4.1k 1.0×	5.9k 1.6×	3.4k 1.2×	761 0.3×	460	26.9k
Philippe Grandjean Denmark	92	21.1k 1.5×	1.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	3.4k 1.2×	491	33.9k
Dale P. Sandler United States	87	7.2k 0.5×	3.6k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	720	27.6k
Robert O. Wright United States	74	13.8k 1.0×	877 0.2×	3.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	3.3k 1.2×	498	22.1k
Brenda Eskenazi United States	90	11.9k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	4.0k 1.5×	443	27.0k
Andrea Baccarelli United States	91	13.6k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	13.4k 3.6×	3.4k 1.2×	5.3k 1.9×	634	33.7k
Irva Hertz‐Picciotto United States	82	7.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	2.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	380	22.5k
Tim S. Nawrot Belgium	77	11.3k 0.8×	866 0.2×	2.0k 0.5×	3.2k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	523	20.4k

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

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Yang, H. J., Jonathan D. Cohen, David Pagliaccio, et al.. (2025). Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, reduced hippocampal subfield volumes, and word reading. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 72. 101508–101508. 2 indexed citations

Marcelle, Enitan T., H. J. Yang, J Cohen, et al.. (2024). 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. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 71. 101491–101491. 1 indexed citations

Widen, Elizabeth M., Michael J. Daniels, Amy R. Nichols, et al.. (2022). Gestational weight change and childhood body composition trajectories from pregnancy to early adolescence. Obesity. 30(3). 707–717. 7 indexed citations

Jung, Kyung Hwa, Matthew S. Perzanowski, Steven N. Chillrud, et al.. (2021). Personal Exposure to Black Carbon at School and Levels of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide in New York City. Environmental Health Perspectives. 129(9). 97005–97005. 10 indexed citations

Perera, Frederica P.. (2017). Pollution from Fossil-Fuel Combustion is the Leading Environmental Threat to Global Pediatric Health and Equity: Solutions Exist. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(1). 16–16. 831 indexed citations breakdown →

Hoepner, Lori, Abeer Hassoun, Sharon E. Oberfield, et al.. (2015). Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates and Childhood Body Size in an Urban Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(4). 514–520. 96 indexed citations

Tang, Wan‐Yee, Linda Levin, Glenn Talaska, et al.. (2012). Maternal Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and 5’-CpG Methylation of Interferon-γ in Cord White Blood Cells. Environmental Health Perspectives. 120(8). 1195–1200. 111 indexed citations

Just, Allan C., Robin M. Whyatt, Rachel L. Miller, et al.. (2012). Children’s Urinary Phthalate Metabolites and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide in an Urban Cohort. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 186(9). 830–837. 63 indexed citations

Perzanowski, Matthew S., Robin M. Whyatt, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, et al.. (2011). Relationship between maternal demoralization, wheeze, and immunoglobulin E among inner-city children. Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. 107(1). 42–49.e1. 44 indexed citations

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Patel, Molini M., James W. Quinn, Kyung Hwa Jung, et al.. (2011). 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. Environmental Research. 111(8). 1222–1229. 96 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Inge F., Luis Acosta, Adnan Divjan, et al.. (2011). Neighborhood differences in exposure and sensitization to cockroach, mouse, dust mite, cat, and dog allergens in New York City. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 128(2). 284–292.e7. 83 indexed citations

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Whyatt, Robin M., Xinhua Liu, Virginia Rauh, et al.. (2011). Maternal Prenatal Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Child Mental, Psychomotor, and Behavioral Development at 3 Years of Age. Environmental Health Perspectives. 120(2). 290–295. 234 indexed citations

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Millman, Alexander J., Deliang Tang, & Frederica P. Perera. (2008). Air Pollution Threatens the Health of Children in China. PEDIATRICS. 122(3). 620–628. 87 indexed citations

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Choi, Hyunok, Frederica P. Perera, Agnieszka Pac, et al.. (2008). Estimating Individual-Level Exposure to Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons throughout the Gestational Period Based on Personal, Indoor, and Outdoor Monitoring. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(11). 1509–1518. 71 indexed citations

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Rauh, Virginia, Robin M. Whyatt, Robin Garfinkel, et al.. (2004). Developmental effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and material hardship among inner-city children. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 26(3). 373–385. 162 indexed citations

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Perera, Frederica P., LaVerne A. Mooney, Christopher Dickey, et al.. (1996). Molecular epidemiology in environmental carcinogenesis.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 104(suppl 3). 441–443. 28 indexed citations

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Schulte, Paul A. & Frederica P. Perera. (1993). Molecular epidemiology : principles and practices. Academic Press eBooks. 184 indexed citations

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Brenner, Diane, Louise Latriano, Dorothy Warburton, et al.. (1991). Biomarkers in styrene-exposed boatbuilders. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology. 261(3). 225–236. 50 indexed citations

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Perera, Frederica P., Timothy J. Brennan, & James R. Fouts. (1989). Comment on the significance of positive carcinogenicity studies using gavage as the route of exposure.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 79. 315–321. 11 indexed citations

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Latriano, Louise, Frederica P. Perera, D. J. Brenner, & A.M. Jeffrey. (1988). Comparison of ethylene oxide and 4 aminobiphenyl hemoglobin adducts in cigarette smokers. 196. 77. 1 indexed citations

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