Gary J. Myers

13.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Gary J. Myers is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary J. Myers has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 54 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 34 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Gary J. Myers's work include Mercury impact and mitigation studies (96 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (65 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (55 papers). Gary J. Myers is often cited by papers focused on Mercury impact and mitigation studies (96 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (65 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (55 papers). Gary J. Myers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Seychelles and United Kingdom. Gary J. Myers's co-authors include Thomas W. Clarkson, Philip W. Davidson, L. Magós, Conrad F. Shamlaye, Elsa Cernichiari, Christopher Cox, Jean Sloane-Reeves, Philip W. Davidson, T. W. Clarkson and JJ Strain and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Gary J. Myers

175 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Toxicology of Mercury... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2003 1998 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. The Toxicology of Mercury — Current Exposures and Clinical Manifestations
    2003 1.4k citations Thomas W. Clarkson, Gary J. Myers et al. profile →
  2. Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Methylmercury Exposure From Fish Consumption on Neurodevelopment
    1998 543 citations Philip W. Davidson, Gary J. Myers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary J. Myers United States 47 5.4k 1.3k 1.3k 708 561 179 8.5k
Pál Weihe Faroe Islands 64 9.9k 1.8× 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 671 0.9× 332 0.6× 221 14.1k
Thomas W. Clarkson United States 51 10.7k 2.0× 2.3k 1.8× 602 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 959 1.7× 131 13.5k
David C. Dorman United States 42 2.8k 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 357 0.3× 564 0.8× 78 0.1× 184 5.9k
George J. Brewer United States 69 4.0k 0.7× 7.2k 5.6× 1.3k 1.0× 2.8k 3.9× 337 0.6× 300 14.5k
Pierre Ayotte Canada 58 6.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 791 0.6× 618 0.9× 88 0.2× 264 10.3k
Anatoly V. Skalny Russia 41 2.2k 0.4× 2.1k 1.6× 427 0.3× 719 1.0× 91 0.2× 252 5.6k
Fróði Debes Faroe Islands 24 3.5k 0.6× 578 0.4× 404 0.3× 249 0.4× 263 0.5× 42 4.4k
Elsa Cernichiari United States 40 4.2k 0.8× 664 0.5× 425 0.3× 260 0.4× 125 0.2× 62 5.5k
Patrick J. Parsons United States 42 4.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 358 0.3× 501 0.7× 173 0.3× 236 6.9k
Shunqing Xu China 46 4.5k 0.8× 663 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 872 1.2× 63 0.1× 264 7.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary J. Myers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stajnko, Anja, Daniela Pineda, Tanzy Love, et al.. (2025). Associations of Prenatal Mercury Exposure and PUFA with Telomere Length and mtDNA Copy Number in 7-Year-Old Children in the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition Cohort 2. Environmental Health Perspectives. 133(2). 27002–27002. 3 indexed citations
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Dolgova, Natalia V., Muhammad Qureshi, Dimosthenis Sokaras, et al.. (2023). Synchrotron speciation of umbilical cord mercury and selenium after environmental exposure in Niigata. NeuroToxicology. 100. 117–123. 5 indexed citations
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Yeates, Alison J., Tanzy Love, Daniel L. Weller, et al.. (2023). Maternal fish consumption and child neurodevelopment in Nutrition 1 Cohort: Seychelles Child Development Study. British Journal Of Nutrition. 130(8). 1366–1372. 6 indexed citations
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Love, Tanzy, Daniela Pineda, Gene E. Watson, et al.. (2023). KEAP1 polymorphisms and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with exposure to prenatal MeHg from the Seychelles Child Development Study Nutrition Cohort 2. NeuroToxicology. 99. 177–183. 2 indexed citations
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Allsopp, Philip J., Alison J. Yeates, Maria S. Mulhern, et al.. (2021). Serum cytokines are associated with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and not with methylmercury measured in infant cord blood in the Seychelles child development study. Environmental Research. 204(Pt A). 112003–112003. 2 indexed citations
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Yeates, Alison J., Sally W. Thurston, Emeir M. McSorley, et al.. (2020). Maternal Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Status, Methylmercury Exposure, and Birth Outcomes in a High-Fish-Eating Mother–Child Cohort. Journal of Nutrition. 150(7). 1749–1756. 9 indexed citations
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O’Donoghue, John L., Gene E. Watson, Rubell Brewer, et al.. (2020). Neuropathology associated with exposure to different concentrations and species of mercury: A review of autopsy cases and the literature. NeuroToxicology. 78. 88–98. 31 indexed citations
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Orlando, Mark, Adam Dziorny, Tanzy Love, et al.. (2020). Association of Audiometric Measures with plasma long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in a high-fish eating population: The Seychelles Child Development Study. NeuroToxicology. 77. 137–144. 6 indexed citations
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Davidson, Philip W., Edwin van Wijngaarden, Conrad F. Shamlaye, JJ Strain, & Gary J. Myers. (2019). Putting findings from the Seychelles Child Development Study into perspective: The importance of a historical special issue of the Seychelles Medical and Dental Journal. NeuroToxicology. 76. 111–113. 3 indexed citations
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Irwin, Jessica L., Alison J. Yeates, Maria S. Mulhern, et al.. (2018). Maternal gestational immune response and autism spectrum disorder phenotypes at 7 years of age in the Seychelles Child Development Study. Annals of Epidemiology. 28(9). 656–656. 1 indexed citations
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Mulhern, Maria S., Emeir M. McSorley, Edwin van Wijngaarden, et al.. (2018). Dietary Determinants of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) Status in a High Fish-Eating Cohort during Pregnancy. Nutrients. 10(7). 927–927. 16 indexed citations
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Laird, Éamon, Sally W. Thurston, Edwin van Wijngaarden, et al.. (2017). Maternal Vitamin D Status and the Relationship with Neonatal Anthropometric and Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: Results from the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition Study. Nutrients. 9(11). 1235–1235. 28 indexed citations
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Yeates, Alison J., Sally W. Thurston, Huiqi Li, et al.. (2017). PUFA Status and Methylmercury Exposure Are Not Associated with Leukocyte Telomere Length in Mothers or Their Children in the Seychelles Child Development Study. Journal of Nutrition. 147(11). 2018–2024. 22 indexed citations
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Périard, Daniel, Daniel Hayoz, Bharathi Viswanathan, et al.. (2015). Associations of Baroreflex Sensitivity, Heart Rate Variability, and Initial Orthostatic Hypotension with Prenatal and Recent Postnatal Methylmercury Exposure in the Seychelles Child Development Study at Age 19 Years. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12(3). 3395–3405. 10 indexed citations
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Orlando, Mark, Adam Dziorny, Donald Harrington, et al.. (2014). Associations between prenatal and recent postnatal methylmercury exposure and auditory function at age 19 years in the Seychelles Child Development Study. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 46. 68–76. 10 indexed citations
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Watson, Gene E., Miranda L. Lynch, Gary J. Myers, et al.. (2011). Prenatal exposure to dental amalgam. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 142(11). 1283–1294. 22 indexed citations
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Wallace, Julie, Maxine P. Bonham, JJ Strain, et al.. (2008). Homocysteine concentration, related B vitamins, and betaine in pregnant women recruited to the Seychelles Child Development Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87(2). 391–397. 40 indexed citations
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D’Angio, Carl T., Patricia R. Chess, Robert A. Sinkin, et al.. (2005). Pressure-Regulated Volume Control Ventilation vs Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 159(9). 868–868. 48 indexed citations
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Myers, Gary J. & Philip W. Davidson. (1998). Prenatal methylmercury exposure and children: neurologic, developmental, and behavioral research.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 106(suppl 3). 841–847. 145 indexed citations
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Pless, Barry, et al.. (1974). Areas of Responsibility in the Health Care of Multiply Handicapped Children. PEDIATRICS. 54(6). 779–785. 62 indexed citations

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