Gerard Hoek

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
214 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Gerard Hoek is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerard Hoek has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 65 papers in Environmental Engineering and 52 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Gerard Hoek's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (185 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (72 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (59 papers). Gerard Hoek is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (185 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (72 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (59 papers). Gerard Hoek collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Switzerland. Gerard Hoek's co-authors include Bert Brunekreef, Nicole Janssen, Ulrike Gehring, Paul Fischer, Kees Meliefste, Jochem O. Klompmaker, Lizan D. Bloemsma, Erik Lebret, Menno Keuken and Flemming R. Cassee and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Gerard Hoek

203 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Black Carbon as an Additional Indicator of the Adverse Health Effects of Airborne Particles Compared with PM ₁₀ and PM _2.5

2011 868 citations Nicole Janssen, Gerard Hoek et al. profile →
Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment

2021 334 citations Kees de Hoogh, Gerard Hoek et al. profile →

Peers

Gerard Hoek

HTM

Josef Cyrys Germany

Kees de Hoogh Switzerland

Matthias Ketzel Denmark

Rob Beelen Netherlands

Paul Fischer Netherlands

Nicole Janssen Netherlands

Jonathan I. Levy United States

Scott Weichenthal Canada

Lucas Neas United States

Helen Suh United States

Josef Cyrys Germany

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Countries citing papers authored by Gerard Hoek

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerard Hoek

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Vienneau, Danielle, Benjamin Flückiger, Nicole Probst‐Hensch, et al.. (2025). Associations between long-term air pollution exposure and mortality and cardiovascular morbidity: A comparison of mobility-integrated and residential-only exposure assessment. Environment International. 198. 109387–109387. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiawei, Rina So, Zhebin Yu, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults: Danish Nationwide Evidence. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 22(9). 1305–1313. 1 indexed citations

Brink, H.M. ten, Gerard Hoek, & R. Hitzenberger. (2025). Standard Black Smoke data in developing countries as (a first) proxy for “Elemental Carbon”. The Science of The Total Environment. 976. 179226–179226. 1 indexed citations

Brits, Martin, M.H. Lamoree, Laura Caiazzo, et al.. (2025). Comparison of traffic-related micro- and nanoplastic concentrations at three urban locations. Atmospheric Environment. 355. 121257–121257. 2 indexed citations

Schmitz, Oliver, Kees de Hoogh, Nicole Probst‐Hensch, et al.. (2025). A computational framework for agent-based assessment of multiple environmental exposures. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 36(2). 231–243.

Naddafi, Kazem, Masud Yunesian, Gerard Hoek, et al.. (2024). Comparison of PM2.5 around 1893 elementary schools and kindergartens in Tehran over different time windows. Urban Climate. 59. 102249–102249.

Voogt, M.H., P. Zandveld, Pim van den Bulk, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the applicability of a model for aviation-related ultrafine particle concentrations for use in epidemiological studies. Atmospheric Environment. 309. 119884–119884. 4 indexed citations

Karssenberg, Derek, Maartje P. Poelman, Diederick E. Grobbee, et al.. (2022). Associations between the fast-food environment and diabetes prevalence in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 22 indexed citations

Hoogh, Kees de, Oliver Schmitz, Nicholas Clinton, et al.. (2022). Europe-wide air pollution modeling from 2000 to 2019 using geographically weighted regression. Environment International. 168. 107485–107485. 54 indexed citations

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Wel, Luuk van, Paula van Dommelen, Moniek Zuurbier, et al.. (2021). Exploring the Effects of Environmental Factors on the Development of 0–4-Year Old Children in The Netherlands. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(15). 7782–7782. 3 indexed citations

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Karssenberg, Derek, Ilonca Vaartjes, Diederick E. Grobbee, et al.. (2021). A comparison of associations with childhood lung function between air pollution exposure assessment methods with and without accounting for time-activity patterns. Environmental Research. 202. 111710–111710. 15 indexed citations

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Markevych, Iana, Simone Accordini, Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen, et al.. (2020). Associations of Preconception Exposure to Air Pollution and Greenness with Offspring Asthma and Hay Fever. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(16). 5828–5828. 63 indexed citations

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Nunen, Erik van, Gerard Hoek, Ming‐Yi Tsai, et al.. (2020). Short-term personal and outdoor exposure to ultrafine and fine particulate air pollution in association with blood pressure and lung function in healthy adults. Environmental Research. 194. 110579–110579. 23 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Oliver, Rob Beelen, Maciej Strak, et al.. (2019). High resolution annual average air pollution concentration maps for the Netherlands. Scientific Data. 6(1). 190035–190035. 33 indexed citations

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Nkosi, Vusumuzi, Gerard Hoek, Janine Wichmann, & Kuku Voyi. (2016). Acute respiratory health effects of air pollution on asthmatic adolescents residing in a community in close proximity to-mine dump in South Africa : panel study. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 3(11). 2 indexed citations

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Forastiere, Francesco, Giulia Cesaroni, Massimo Stafoggia, et al.. (2012). O-121. Epidemiology. 23. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Gehring, Ulrike, S Pattenden, Hana Šlachtová, et al.. (2005). Parental education and children's respiratory and allergic symptoms in the Pollution and the Young (PATY) study. European Respiratory Journal. 27(1). 95–107. 48 indexed citations

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Englert, Norbert, Wolfgang Babisch, & Gerard Hoek. (1998). Air pollution and respiratory health of children: the PEACE panel study in Berlin., Germany.. European Respiratory Review. 8(52). 53–60. 4 indexed citations

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Dockery, Douglas W., Gerard Hoek, J. Schwartz, & Lucas Neas. (1996). What is about air pollution in Philadelphia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 153. 2 indexed citations

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Zee, Saskia C. van der, Bert Brunekreef, Gerard Hoek, Marjan Kerkhof, & J.H. van Wijnen. (1995). Effects of winter air pollution on children and adults in an urban and a rural area in the Netherlands.. Epidemiology. 6. 1 indexed citations

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