Jean D. Brender

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Jean D. Brender is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean D. Brender has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Rheumatology, 19 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 18 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Jean D. Brender's work include Folate and B Vitamins Research (25 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (11 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (9 papers). Jean D. Brender is often cited by papers focused on Folate and B Vitamins Research (25 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (11 papers) and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (9 papers). Jean D. Brender collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Jean D. Brender's co-authors include Bernard T. Nolan, Mary H. Ward, Lucina Suarez, Peter J. Weyer, Rena R. Jones, Theo de Kok, Simone G. van Breda, Cristina M. Villanueva, Jayajit Chakraborty and Juliana Maantay and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, PEDIATRICS and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Jean D. Brender

64 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Drinking Water Nitrate and Human Health: An Updated Review

2018 985 citations Mary H. Ward, Jean D. Brender et al. profile →
Workgroup Report: Drinking-Water Nitrate and Health—Recent Findings and Research Needs

2005 662 citations Mary H. Ward, Patrick Levallois et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean D. Brender United States	30	826	627	543	535	514	64	3.9k
Kenneth P. Cantor United States	54	3.7k 4.5×	797 1.3×	187 0.3×	768 1.4×	377 0.7×	141	8.2k
Peter J. Weyer United States	21	709 0.9×	700 1.1×	142 0.3×	144 0.3×	537 1.0×	36	3.2k
Mary H. Ward United States	62	3.5k 4.2×	1.1k 1.7×	540 1.0×	1.5k 2.8×	1.0k 2.0×	266	13.4k
Qing Lan United States	56	2.9k 3.5×	168 0.3×	222 0.4×	319 0.6×	125 0.2×	352	10.1k
Chun‐Yuh Yang Taiwan	52	5.1k 6.2×	412 0.7×	428 0.8×	574 1.1×	247 0.5×	289	8.9k
Rena R. Jones United States	35	2.2k 2.7×	487 0.8×	150 0.3×	171 0.3×	402 0.8×	145	4.7k
Peter H. Langlois United States	36	1.5k 1.8×	111 0.2×	799 1.5×	851 1.6×	43 0.1×	176	4.4k
Anneclaire J. De Roos United States	42	1.7k 2.1×	93 0.1×	321 0.6×	190 0.4×	68 0.1×	144	5.4k
Terttu Vartiainen Finland	53	5.1k 6.2×	894 1.4×	209 0.4×	118 0.2×	109 0.2×	190	7.6k
Michael Bates United States	43	3.5k 4.3×	461 0.7×	147 0.3×	417 0.8×	92 0.2×	106	7.4k

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Brender, Jean D., Martha M. Werler, Mayura Shinde, et al.. (2012). Nitrosatable drug exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy and selected congenital malformations. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 94(9). 701–713. 26 indexed citations

Suarez, Lucina, Marilyn Felkner, Jean D. Brender, et al.. (2012). Neural tube defects on the Texas‐Mexico border: What we've learned in the 20 years since the Brownsville cluster. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 94(11). 882–892. 32 indexed citations

Brender, Jean D.. (2011). Topical Review:: Cluster Headache and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders. Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache. 291–297. 2 indexed citations

Brender, Jean D., Martha M. Werler, Katherine E. Kelley, et al.. (2011). Nitrosatable Drug Exposure During Early Pregnancy and Neural Tube Defects in Offspring. American Journal of Epidemiology. 174(11). 1286–1295. 40 indexed citations

Suarez, Lucina, Marilyn Felkner, Jean D. Brender, & Mark A. Canfield. (2011). Dieting to Lose Weight and Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects in Offspring of Mexican–American Women. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 16(4). 844–849. 10 indexed citations

Griesenbeck, Joachim, et al.. (2009). Development of estimates of dietary nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines for use with the short willet food frequency questionnaire. Nutrition Journal. 8(1). 16–16. 90 indexed citations

Felkner, Marilyn, Lucina Suarez, Mark A. Canfield, Jean D. Brender, & Qin Sun. (2009). Maternal serum homocysteine and risk for neural tube defects in a Texas‐Mexico border population. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 85(6). 574–581. 41 indexed citations

Langlois, Peter H., Jean D. Brender, Lucina Suarez, et al.. (2009). Maternal residential proximity to waste sites and industrial facilities and conotruncal heart defects in offspring. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 23(4). 321–331. 29 indexed citations

Brender, Jean D., et al.. (2008). Are Maternal Occupation and Residential Proximity to Industrial Sources of Pollution Related?. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 50(7). 834–839. 8 indexed citations

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Canfield, Mark A., Lisa K. Marengo, Tunu Ramadhani, et al.. (2008). The prevalence and predictors of anencephaly and spina bifida in Texas. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 23(1). 41–50. 41 indexed citations

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Brender, Jean D., Lucina Suarez, & Peter H. Langlois. (2008). Validity of parental work information on the birth certificate. BMC Public Health. 8(1). 95–95. 12 indexed citations

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Brender, Jean D., F. Benjamin Zhan, Peter H. Langlois, Lucina Suarez, & Angela E. Scheuerle. (2007). Residential proximity to waste sites and industrial facilities and chromosomal anomalies in offspring. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 211(1-2). 50–58. 40 indexed citations

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Ward, Mary H., Patrick Levallois, Jean D. Brender, et al.. (2005). Workgroup Report: Drinking-Water Nitrate and Health—Recent Findings and Research Needs. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(11). 1607–1614. 662 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brender, Jean D., Lucina Suarez, Marilyn Felkner, et al.. (2005). Maternal exposure to arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury and neural tube defects in offspring. Environmental Research. 101(1). 132–139. 81 indexed citations

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Suarez, Lucina, Zunera Gilani, Marilyn Felkner, et al.. (2005). Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Risk of Neural-tube Defects in a Mexican American Population. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 11(3). 233–237. 6 indexed citations

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Brender, Jean D., et al.. (2004). Dietary Nitrites and Nitrates, Nitrosatable Drugs, and Neural Tube Defects. Epidemiology. 15(3). 330–336. 132 indexed citations

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Brender, Jean D., et al.. (2003). Health Risks of Residential Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Archives of Environmental Health An International Journal. 58(2). 111–118. 15 indexed citations

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Brender, Jean D., et al.. (2002). Parental Occupation and Neural Tube Defect???Affected Pregnancies Among Mexican Americans. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 44(7). 650–656. 52 indexed citations

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Canfield, Mark A., J. F. Annegers, Jean D. Brender, S. P. Cooper, & Frank Greenberg. (1996). Hispanic Origin and Neural Tube Defects in Houston/Harris County, Texas: I. Descriptive Epidemiology. American Journal of Epidemiology. 143(1). 1–11. 57 indexed citations

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Brender, Jean D.. (1985). Is Childhood Appendicitis Familial?. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 139(4). 338–338. 13 indexed citations

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