Joel Schwartz

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Joel Schwartz is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Schwartz has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 11 papers in Speech and Hearing and 9 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Joel Schwartz's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (39 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (34 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (13 papers). Joel Schwartz is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (39 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (34 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (13 papers). Joel Schwartz collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Joel Schwartz's co-authors include Douglas W. Dockery, Antonella Zanobetti, Francine Laden, Johanna Lepeule, John D. Spengler, Jennifer Nguyen, Diane R. Gold, Brent A. Coull, Petros Koutrakis and Itai Kloog and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Joel Schwartz

72 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Chronic Exposure to Fine Particles and Mortality: An Extended Follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities Study from 1974 to 2009

2012 745 citations Francine Laden, Douglas W. Dockery et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Air pollution and daily mortality: Associations with particulates and acid aerosols

1992 476 citations Douglas W. Dockery, Joel Schwartz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joel Schwartz United States	31	4.0k	1.1k	768	607	447	74	5.1k
Wei Huang China	40	4.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	839 1.1×	694 1.1×	463 1.0×	173	6.4k
Li Chen China	38	3.0k 0.7×	832 0.8×	654 0.9×	589 1.0×	417 0.9×	194	5.3k
Álvaro Osornio-Vargas Canada	40	3.2k 0.8×	760 0.7×	788 1.0×	525 0.9×	362 0.8×	166	5.3k
John J. Godleski United States	46	5.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	967 1.3×	595 1.0×	588 1.3×	173	9.4k
Xiaohui Xu United States	40	4.1k 1.0×	991 0.9×	765 1.0×	366 0.6×	470 1.1×	111	4.9k
Renaud Vincent Canada	52	6.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	1.5k 2.0×	505 0.8×	736 1.6×	162	9.2k
Denis Zmirou France	27	3.3k 0.8×	910 0.8×	668 0.9×	304 0.5×	481 1.1×	74	4.4k
Xinbiao Guo China	43	4.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	683 0.9×	485 0.8×	650 1.5×	152	5.4k
Fernando Holguín United States	25	5.9k 1.5×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	639 1.1×	981 2.2×	33	7.2k
Shao Lin United States	48	4.4k 1.1×	784 0.7×	463 0.6×	394 0.6×	712 1.6×	242	7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Joel Schwartz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joel Schwartz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel Schwartz

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schwartz, Joel, et al.. (2025). Oral SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection and Risk for Long Covid. Reviews in Medical Virology. 35(2). e70029–e70029. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Xin, Carrie Karvonen‐Gutierrez, Peter Mancuso, et al.. (2024). Exposure to air pollution is associated with adipokines in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. The Science of The Total Environment. 956. 177334–177334. 3 indexed citations

Capistrano, Kristelle J., et al.. (2024). Herpesviruses and SARS-CoV-2: Viral Association with Oral Inflammatory Diseases. Pathogens. 13(1). 58–58. 10 indexed citations

Hsu, Hsiao‐Hsien Leon, Ander Wilson, Joel Schwartz, et al.. (2023). Prenatal Ambient Air Pollutant Mixture Exposure and Early School-age Lung Function. Environmental Epidemiology. 7(2). e249–e249. 11 indexed citations

Link, Mark S., Joel Schwartz, Heike Luttmann‐Gibson, et al.. (2020). Exposure to Air Pollution and Particle Radioactivity With the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias. Circulation. 142(9). 858–867. 24 indexed citations

Schwartz, Joel, Alina Vodonos, Eloïse A. Marais, Melissa P. Sulprizio, & Loretta J. Mickley. (2019). The Impact of Fossil Fuel Combustion on Global Health. Environmental Epidemiology. 3(Supplement 1). 356–356.

Blanes‐Vidal, Victoria & Joel Schwartz. (2016). Wind turbines and idiopathic symptoms: The confounding effect of concurrent environmental exposures. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 55. 50–57. 13 indexed citations

Driscoll, Charles T., Jonathan J. Buonocore, Jonathan I. Levy, et al.. (2015). US power plant carbon standards and clean air and health co-benefits. Nature Climate Change. 5(6). 535–540. 165 indexed citations

Bottino, Clement J., Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman, Ken Kleinman, et al.. (2012). The association of urbanicity with infant sleep duration. Health & Place. 18(5). 1000–1005. 37 indexed citations

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Halonen, Jaana I., Antonella Zanobetti, David Sparrow, Pantel Vokonas, & Joel Schwartz. (2010). Relationship between outdoor temperature and blood pressure. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 68(4). 296–301. 115 indexed citations

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Roy, Ananya, David Bellinger, Howard Hu, et al.. (2009). Lead Exposure and Behavior among Young Children in Chennai, India. Environmental Health Perspectives. 117(10). 1607–1611. 132 indexed citations

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Baccarelli, Andrea, Antonella Zanobetti, Helen Suh, & Joel Schwartz. (2009). Rapid DNA Methylation Changes after Exposure to Traffic Particles: The Issue of Spatio-Temporal Factors. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 180(10). 1030–1031. 4 indexed citations

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Tonne, Cathryn, Jeff D. Yanosky, Alexandros Gryparis, et al.. (2009). Traffic particles and occurrence of acute myocardial infarction: a case–control analysis. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 66(12). 797–804. 18 indexed citations

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Roy, Ananya, Howard Hu, David C. Bellinger, et al.. (2009). Predictors of Blood Lead in Children in Chennai, India (2005–2006). International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 15(4). 351–359. 15 indexed citations

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Suglia, Shakira F., Robert O. Wright, Joel Schwartz, & Rosalind J. Wright. (2008). Association Between Lung Function and Cognition Among Children in a Prospective Birth Cohort Study. Psychosomatic Medicine. 70(3). 356–362. 21 indexed citations

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Gerbase, Margaret W., Christian Schindler, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, et al.. (2006). Respiratory Effects of Environmental Tobacco Exposure are Enhanced by Bronchial Hyperreactivity. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(10). 1125–1131. 15 indexed citations

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Rajan, Pradeep, Karl T. Kelsey, Joel Schwartz, et al.. (2005). INTERACTION OF THE δ-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID DEHYDRATASE (ALAD) POLYMORPHISM AND LEAD EXPOSURE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION: THE NORMATIVE AGING STUDY. Epidemiology. 16(5). S123–S124. 1 indexed citations

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Zanobetti, Antonella, Joel Schwartz, & Diane R. Gold. (2000). Are there sensitive subgroups for the effects of airborne particles?. Environmental Health Perspectives. 108(9). 841–845. 167 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Joel & Antonella Zanobetti. (2000). Using Meta-Smoothing to Estimate Dose-Response Trends across Multiple Studies, with Application to Air Pollution and Daily Death. Epidemiology. 11(6). 666–672. 107 indexed citations

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Sands, Kenneth, David W. Bates, Paul N. Lanken, et al.. (1998). Epidemiology of Sepsis Syndrome in 8 Academic Medical Centers. Survey of Anesthesiology. 42(4). 196–196. 52 indexed citations

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