Gene E. Watson

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Gene E. Watson is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nutrition and Dietetics and Periodontics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gene E. Watson has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 17 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 15 papers in Periodontics. Recurrent topics in Gene E. Watson's work include Mercury impact and mitigation studies (38 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (28 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (19 papers). Gene E. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Mercury impact and mitigation studies (38 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (28 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (19 papers). Gene E. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Seychelles. Gene E. Watson's co-authors include Gary J. Myers, Hyun Koo, Conrad F. Shamlaye, Stacy Gregoire, Edwin van Wijngaarden, William H. Bowen, Philip W. Davidson, Sally W. Thurston, JJ Strain and Emeir M. McSorley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Gene E. Watson

83 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Symbiotic Relationship between Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans Synergizes Virulence of Plaque Biofilms In Vivo

2014 429 citations Megan L. Falsetta, Gene E. Watson et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gene E. Watson	923	799	670	455	329	86	3.1k
Jacqueline London	289 0.3×	643 0.8×	1.7k 2.5×	309 0.7×	605 1.8×	106	4.2k
Takashi Ohrui	151 0.2×	284 0.4×	860 1.3×	119 0.3×	1.2k 3.7×	104	4.3k
Gunilla Sandborgh‐Englund	968 1.0×	367 0.5×	206 0.3×	81 0.2×	188 0.6×	65	2.5k
James K. Friel	270 0.3×	148 0.2×	512 0.8×	1.6k 3.6×	261 0.8×	114	3.2k
Tatsuya Takeshita	325 0.4×	250 0.3×	621 0.9×	104 0.2×	356 1.1×	178	3.3k
Jonathan R. Powell	103 0.1×	295 0.4×	887 1.3×	866 1.9×	610 1.9×	106	3.3k
Mark R. Geier	1.3k 1.4×	36 0.0×	682 1.0×	552 1.2×	131 0.4×	163	4.7k
Bengt Larsson	206 0.2×	81 0.1×	912 1.4×	328 0.7×	643 2.0×	125	3.8k
Albert Tangerman	40 0.0×	482 0.6×	580 0.9×	385 0.8×	487 1.5×	101	3.2k
David A. Geier	1.2k 1.3×	33 0.0×	505 0.8×	510 1.1×	117 0.4×	143	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gene E. Watson

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Amin, M. R., Bruce P. Lanphear, R W Hornung, et al.. (2025). Childhood Lead Exposure and the Risk of Dental Caries in Permanent Teeth: The Cincinnati Lead Study. JDR Clinical & Translational Research. 11(2). 215–225.

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

Wu, Yanping, Tingting Li, Megan L. Falsetta, et al.. (2025). Effect of L. plantarum on Caries Prevention and the Oral–Gut Microbiome In Vivo. Journal of Dental Research. 104(9). 993–1002.

Popescu, Bogdan, Gary J. Myers, John L. O’Donoghue, et al.. (2023). Synchrotron X-ray methods in the study of mercury neurotoxicology. NeuroToxicology. 99. 129–138. 4 indexed citations

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

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

Love, Tanzy, Karin Wahlberg, Daniela Pineda, et al.. (2022). Contribution of child ABC-transporter genetics to prenatal MeHg exposure and neurodevelopment. NeuroToxicology. 91. 228–233. 7 indexed citations

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

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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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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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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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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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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Crowe, William, Gene E. Watson, David Armstrong, et al.. (2015). Mercury in Hair Is Inversely Related to Disease Associated Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13(1). 75–75. 13 indexed citations

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Strain, JJ, Alison J. Yeates, Edwin van Wijngaarden, et al.. (2015). Prenatal exposure to methyl mercury from fish consumption and polyunsaturated fatty acids: associations with child development at 20 mo of age in an observational study in the Republic of Seychelles. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 101(3). 530–537. 102 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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McAfee, Alison J., Maria S. Mulhern, Emeir M. McSorley, et al.. (2012). Intakes and adequacy of potentially important nutrients for cognitive development among 5-year-old children in the Seychelles Child Development and Nutrition Study. Public Health Nutrition. 15(9). 1670–1677. 14 indexed citations

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Billings, Ronald J., Robert J. Berkowitz, & Gene E. Watson. (2004). Teeth.. PubMed. 113(4 Suppl). 1120–7. 22 indexed citations

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Hersh, Elliot V., Lawrence M. Levin, Theodore A. Kiersch, et al.. (2004). Dose-ranging analgesic study of prosorb® diclofenac potassium in postsurgical dental pain. Clinical Therapeutics. 26(8). 1215–1227. 44 indexed citations

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Watson, Gene E., et al.. (1997). Influence of maternal lead ingestion on caries in rat pups. Nature Medicine. 3(9). 1024–1025. 54 indexed citations

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