Hans Orru

34.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Hans Orru is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Orru has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 20 papers in Speech and Hearing and 16 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hans Orru's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (52 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (31 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (20 papers). Hans Orru is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (52 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (31 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (20 papers). Hans Orru collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Sweden and Norway. Hans Orru's co-authors include Bertil Forsberg, Kati Orru, K. L. Ebi, Davide Geneletti, Oliver Heidrich, Efrén Feliú, Ajay Bhave, Eduardo Olazabal, Matthias Demuzere and Maija Faehnle and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Hans Orru

81 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Mitigating and adapting to climate change: Multi-functional and multi-scale assessment of green urban infrastructure

2014 675 citations Matthias Demuzere, Kati Orru et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans Orru Estonia	20	1.4k	779	685	251	227	85	2.5k
Pierpaolo Mudu Switzerland	22	1.6k 1.1×	506 0.6×	565 0.8×	270 1.1×	377 1.7×	80	2.5k
Larissa Larsen United States	21	1.8k 1.3×	946 1.2×	1.4k 2.0×	339 1.4×	277 1.2×	44	3.1k
Vivek Shandas United States	25	1.1k 0.8×	978 1.3×	945 1.4×	404 1.6×	231 1.0×	71	2.6k
M. Benjamin Sabath United States	12	1.4k 1.0×	617 0.8×	480 0.7×	91 0.4×	118 0.5×	13	1.9k
Clive E. Sabel United Kingdom	32	1.8k 1.2×	528 0.7×	668 1.0×	398 1.6×	338 1.5×	111	3.7k
David M. Hondula United States	33	2.5k 1.7×	647 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	332 1.3×	255 1.1×	99	3.6k
Matthew J. Bechle United States	21	1.8k 1.3×	406 0.5×	771 1.1×	175 0.7×	284 1.3×	40	2.3k
Weeberb J. Réquia Brazil	28	1.7k 1.2×	305 0.4×	609 0.9×	87 0.3×	229 1.0×	112	2.6k
Hung Chak Ho Hong Kong	35	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	1.8k 2.7×	240 1.0×	442 1.9×	159	4.2k
Ian Hamilton United Kingdom	32	1.6k 1.1×	340 0.4×	981 1.4×	190 0.8×	446 2.0×	85	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Hans Orru

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Orru

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Xu, Shanshan, Alessandro Marcon, Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen, et al.. (2025). Long-term exposure to air pollution and greenness in association with respiratory emergency room visits and hospitalizations: The Life-GAP project. Environmental Research. 270. 120938–120938. 2 indexed citations

Forastiere, Francesco, Hans Orru, Michał Krzyżanowski, & Joseph V. Spadaro. (2024). The last decade of air pollution epidemiology and the challenges of quantitative risk assessment. Environmental Health. 23(1). 98–98. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Juan, Christer Janson, Þórarinn Gíslason, et al.. (2024). Mold, bacteria, allergens, and volatile organic compounds in homes associated with tear film break-up time, oculo-nasal symptoms, and allergic rhinitis. Building and Environment. 264. 111923–111923. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Shanshan, Alessandro Marcon, Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen, et al.. (2024). Associations of long-term exposure to air pollution and greenness with incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Northern Europe: The Life-GAP project. Environmental Research. 257. 119240–119240. 8 indexed citations

Johannessen, Ane, Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen, Simone Accordini, et al.. (2024). Pregnancy outcomes as related to in utero exposure to air pollution and greenness: The Life-GAP Project. Environmental Epidemiology. 8(4). e318–e318. 1 indexed citations

Aunan, Kristin, Hans Orru, & Henrik Sjödin. (2024). Perspectives on connecting climate change and health. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 53(2). 219–222.

Xu, Shanshan, Alessandro Marcon, Randi Jacobsen Bertelsen, et al.. (2023). Long-term exposure to low-level air pollution and greenness and mortality in Northern Europe. The Life-GAP project. Environment International. 181. 108257–108257. 13 indexed citations

Pyko, Andrei, Hanne Krage Carlsen, Mathias Holm, et al.. (2023). Traffic noise in the bedroom in association with markers of obesity: a cross-sectional study and mediation analysis of the respiratory health in Northern Europe cohort. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1246–1246. 3 indexed citations

Gobiņa, Inese, et al.. (2022). Sickness Presenteeism among Employees Having Workplace Conflicts—Results from Pooled Analyses in Latvia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(17). 10525–10525. 2 indexed citations

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Baur, Xaver, Lygia Therese Budnik, João Paulo Teixeira, et al.. (2020). Outdoor air pollution from industrial chemicals causing new onset of asthma or COPD: a systematic review protocol. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. 15(1). 38–38. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Juan, Christer Janson, Torben Sigsgaard, et al.. (2019). Dampness, mould, onset and remission of adult respiratory symptoms, asthma and rhinitis. European Respiratory Journal. 53(5). 1801921–1801921. 37 indexed citations

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Orru, Kati, et al.. (2018). The role of perceived air pollution and health risk perception in health symptoms and disease: a population-based study combined with modelled levels of PM10. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 91(5). 581–589. 69 indexed citations

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Carlsen, Hanne Krage, Erik Bäck, Kristina Eneroth, et al.. (2017). Indicators of residential traffic exposure: Modelled NOX, traffic proximity, and self-reported exposure in RHINE III. Atmospheric Environment. 167. 416–425. 7 indexed citations

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Orru, Hans & Daniel Oudin Åström. (2016). Increases in external cause mortality due to high and low temperatures: evidence from northeastern Europe. International Journal of Biometeorology. 61(5). 963–966. 23 indexed citations

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Orru, Hans, et al.. (2014). Variation of Indoor/Outdoor Particulates in Tallinn, Estonia – the Role of Ventilation, Heating Systems and Lifestyle. 2(2). 52–57. 3 indexed citations

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Johannessen, Ane, Roberto de Marco, Trude Duelien Skorge, et al.. (2014). Self-reported traffic air pollution and respiratory symptoms among never-smokers and ever-smokers in a general population. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). P1950–P1950. 1 indexed citations

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Demuzere, Matthias, Maija Faehnle, Kati Orru, et al.. (2014). Evidence on the contribution of green urban infrastructure to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations

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Johannessen, Ane, Trude Duelien Skorge, Bertil Forsberg, et al.. (2013). Traffic air pollution and prevalence of respiratory symptoms. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). P1548–P1548. 1 indexed citations

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Orru, Hans, Argo Soon, Nino Künzli, et al.. (2010). Elemental composition and oxidative properties of PM2.5 in Estonia in relation to origin of air masses — results from the ECRHS II in Tartu. The Science of The Total Environment. 408(7). 1515–1522. 18 indexed citations

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Orru, Hans, et al.. (2009). Revegetation processes and environmental conditions in abandoned peat production fields in Estonia. EGUGA. 2767. 1 indexed citations

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