Heather E. Volk

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Heather E. Volk is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather E. Volk has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 29 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 26 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Heather E. Volk's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (25 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (18 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (16 papers). Heather E. Volk is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (25 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (18 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (16 papers). Heather E. Volk collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Heather E. Volk's co-authors include Irva Hertz‐Picciotto, Rob McConnell, Fred Lurmann, Richard D. Todd, M. Daniele Fallin, Bryan Penfold, Lisa Croen, Christine Ladd‐Acosta, Craig J. Newschaffer and Kristen Lyall and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Reviews Genetics and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Heather E. Volk

83 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Changing Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders

2017 678 citations Kristen Lyall, Lisa Croen et al. profile →
Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Particulate Matter, and Autism

2012 463 citations Heather E. Volk, Fred Lurmann et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Heather E. Volk	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	635	555	88	3.5k
Kristen Lyall	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	770 0.8×	760 1.2×	587 1.1×	99	3.6k
Bung-Nyun Kim	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	618 1.0×	244 0.4×	199	4.0k
Rebecca J. Schmidt	1.2k 0.8×	859 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	277 0.4×	588 1.1×	130	3.7k
Megan M. Herting	1.7k 1.2×	560 0.5×	728 0.7×	706 1.1×	157 0.3×	99	4.5k
Min‐Sup Shin	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.6×	928 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	184 0.3×	185	4.2k
Heidi Aase	1.6k 1.1×	2.3k 2.1×	914 0.9×	632 1.0×	177 0.3×	98	4.7k
Ryan L. Muetzel	1.7k 1.2×	690 0.6×	582 0.6×	643 1.0×	180 0.3×	152	5.0k
Margaret Kurzius‐Spencer	1.8k 1.3×	711 0.6×	378 0.4×	902 1.4×	531 1.0×	37	3.0k
Paula Krakowiak	2.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	270 0.3×	659 1.0×	1.3k 2.4×	39	4.6k
Marcel Romanos	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	383 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	391 0.7×	189	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cioffredi, Leigh‐Anne, Heather H. Burris, Stephanie M. Engel, et al.. (2024). Assessing prenatal and early childhood social and environmental determinants of health in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (HBCD). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 69. 101429–101429. 5 indexed citations

Yao, Michael, Jason Daniels, Luke P. Grosvenor, et al.. (2024). Commonly used genomic arrays may lose information due to imperfect coverage of discovered variants for autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 16(1). 54–54.

Yu, Xinchun, John Dou, Heather E. Volk, et al.. (2024). Prenatal Metal Exposures and Child Social Responsiveness Scale Scores in 2 Prospective Studies. Environmental Health Insights. 18. 4 indexed citations

Kuiper, Jordan R., Aisha S. Dickerson, Jessie P. Buckley, et al.. (2024). Associations of a toenail metal mixture with attention and memory in the Gulf long-term follow-up (GuLF) study. The Science of The Total Environment. 935. 173387–173387.

Carey, Meghan E., Annamaria Mesaros, Stepan Melnyk, et al.. (2024). The association between prenatal oxidative stress levels measured by isoprostanes and offspring neurodevelopmental outcomes at 36 months. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 38. 100775–100775. 1 indexed citations

Kalb, Luther G., Calliope Holingue, Alison E. Pritchard, et al.. (2023). Association of Time in Bed, Social Jetlag, and Sleep Disturbances With Cognitive Performance in Children With ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders. 28(1). 99–108. 1 indexed citations

Stoddard, Joel, Elizabeth K. Reynolds, Ruth Paris, et al.. (2023). The Coronavirus Impact Scale: Construction, Validation, and Comparisons in Diverse Clinical Samples. PubMed. 1(1). 48–59. 28 indexed citations

Berger, Kimberly, Patrick T. Bradshaw, Darryl W. Eyles, et al.. (2023). Mixture of air pollution, brominated flame retardants, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and organochlorine pesticides in relation to vitamin D concentrations in pregnancy. Environmental Pollution. 340(Pt 2). 122808–122808. 9 indexed citations

Feinberg, Jason I., Rose Schrott, Christine Ladd‐Acosta, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic changes in sperm are associated with paternal and child quantitative autistic traits in an autism-enriched cohort. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(1). 43–53. 10 indexed citations

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Lee, Li‐Ching, Christine Ladd‐Acosta, Xiumei Hong, et al.. (2022). Association between atopic diseases and neurodevelopmental disabilities in a longitudinal birth cohort. Autism Research. 15(4). 740–750. 16 indexed citations

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Bandeen‐Roche, Karen, et al.. (2022). The association of unconventional natural gas development with diagnosis and treatment of internalizing disorders among adolescents in Pennsylvania using electronic health records. Environmental Research. 212(Pt A). 113167–113167. 6 indexed citations

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Song, Ashley, Jason I. Feinberg, Kelly M. Bakulski, et al.. (2022). Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Epigenetic Aging at Birth in Newborns. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 929416–929416. 15 indexed citations

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Pas, Elise T., et al.. (2021). Sitting on the Sidelines: Disparities in Social, Recreational, and Community Participation Among Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52(8). 3399–3412. 6 indexed citations

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O’Dell, Sean M., et al.. (2021). Geographic disparities in new onset of internalizing disorders in Pennsylvania adolescents using electronic health records. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. 41. 100439–100439. 3 indexed citations

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Ladd‐Acosta, Christine, Jason I. Feinberg, Shannon Brown, et al.. (2019). Epigenetic marks of prenatal air pollution exposure found in multiple tissues relevant for child health. Environment International. 126. 363–376. 68 indexed citations

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Mordaunt, Charles E., Bo Y. Park, Kelly M. Bakulski, et al.. (2019). A meta-analysis of two high-risk prospective cohort studies reveals autism-specific transcriptional changes to chromatin, autoimmune, and environmental response genes in umbilical cord blood. Molecular Autism. 10(1). 36–36. 16 indexed citations

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Kalkbrenner, Amy E., Gayle C. Windham, Cheng Zheng, et al.. (2018). Air Toxics in Relation to Autism Diagnosis, Phenotype, and Severity in a U.S. Family-Based Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 126(3). 37004–37004. 23 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Rebecca J., Janie F. Shelton, Lora D. Delwiche, et al.. (2017). Combined Prenatal Pesticide Exposure and Folic Acid Intake in Relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder. Environmental Health Perspectives. 125(9). 97007–97007. 78 indexed citations

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Volk, Heather E., Irva Hertz‐Picciotto, Lora D. Delwiche, Fred Lurmann, & Rob McConnell. (2010). Residential Proximity to Freeways and Autism in the CHARGE Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119(6). 873–877. 264 indexed citations

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Reich, Wendy, Rosalind J. Neuman, Heather E. Volk, Cynthia A. Joyner, & Richard D. Todd. (2005). Comorbidity Between ADHD and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder in a Community Sample of Children and Adolescents. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 8(5). 459–466. 25 indexed citations

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