John E. Vena

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
203 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

John E. Vena is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oncology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Vena has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 28 papers in Oncology and 27 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John E. Vena's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (36 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (32 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (30 papers). John E. Vena is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (36 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (32 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (30 papers). John E. Vena collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Peru. John E. Vena's co-authors include Jo L. Freudenheim, Saxon Graham, Mya Swanson, Maria Zielezny, John M. Violanti, Steven P. Hooker, Peter A. Rogerson, James R. Marshall, Brent Hutto and Germaine M. Buck Louis and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John E. Vena

200 papers receiving 7.7k citations

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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.

Patterns of Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

2017 360 citations Keith M. Diaz, Virginia J. Howard et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John E. Vena United States	52	2.6k	1.8k	1.5k	1.2k	831	203	8.1k
W. Lawrence Beeson United States	46	1.6k 0.6×	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	547 0.7×	114	7.1k
Scott Davis United States	53	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	913 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	874 1.1×	246	9.8k
Victoria Persky United States	46	2.1k 0.8×	731 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	756 0.6×	474 0.6×	146	7.7k
Peggy Reynolds United States	58	3.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	607 0.4×	2.2k 1.8×	1.1k 1.4×	208	9.1k
Lauren A. Wise United States	62	1.8k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	851 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	352 0.4×	454	12.4k
Andrew Rundle United States	62	4.0k 1.6×	3.0k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	904 0.8×	842 1.0×	331	14.0k
Peter Lee United Kingdom	47	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	803 1.0×	272	8.9k
Elizabeth E. Hatch United States	49	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	457 0.3×	813 0.7×	482 0.6×	237	8.8k
Rodolfo Saracci France	47	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	874 0.6×	699 0.6×	1.3k 1.5×	159	6.8k
Miquel Porta Spain	47	2.6k 1.0×	994 0.5×	387 0.3×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	221	8.1k

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Darvishian, Maryam, Philip Awadalla, Philippe Broët, et al.. (2025). Provincial Variation in Adherence to Breast Cancer Screening in Canada: Evidence From the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow's Health. Cancer Medicine. 14(6). e70543–e70543.

Moreland, Angela D., Jamison S. Bottomley, Sandro Galea, et al.. (2024). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Adults in Communities With Mass Violence Incidents. JAMA Network Open. 7(7). e2423539–e2423539. 3 indexed citations

Malek, Angela M., Jeanine M. Buchanich, Vincent C. Arena, et al.. (2023). Exposure to ambient air toxicants and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): A matched case control study. Environmental Research. 242. 117719–117719. 7 indexed citations

Gerona, Roy, et al.. (2023). Glyphosate exposure and preterm birth: A nested case-control pilot study. Reproductive Toxicology. 117. 108350–108350. 7 indexed citations

Diaz, Keith M., Virginia J. Howard, Brent Hutto, et al.. (2017). Patterns of Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Annals of Internal Medicine. 8 indexed citations

Hughes, Ashley M., P. Daniel Patterson, Matthew D. Weaver, et al.. (2017). Teammate Familiarity, Teamwork, and Risk of Workplace Injury in Emergency Medical Services Teams. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 43(4). 339–346. 10 indexed citations

svendsen, erik, et al.. (2012). S-011. Epidemiology. 23. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Adetona, Olorunfemi, et al.. (2012). O-015. Epidemiology. 23. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Helen, Gideon St., John T. Bernert, Daniel B. Hall, et al.. (2012). Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Outside of a Bar and a Restaurant and Tobacco Exposure Biomarkers in Nonsmokers. Environmental Health Perspectives. 120(7). 1010–1016. 38 indexed citations

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Wirth, Michael D., et al.. (2012). The epidemiology of cancer among police officers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 56(4). 439–453. 31 indexed citations

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svendsen, erik, et al.. (2010). GRACE: Public Health Recovery Methods Following an Environmental Disaster. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 65(2). 77–85. 21 indexed citations

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Bloom, Michael S., Germaine M. Buck Louis, Enrique F. Schisterman, Paul J. Kostyniak, & John E. Vena. (2008). Changes in maternal serum chlorinated pesticide concentrations across critical windows of human reproduction and development. Environmental Research. 109(1). 93–100. 16 indexed citations

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Nie, Jing, Jan Beyea, Matthew R. Bonner, et al.. (2005). Environmental exposure to traffic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Research. 65. 513–513. 1 indexed citations

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Beehler, Gregory P., Bridget M. McGuinness, & John E. Vena. (2001). Polluted Fish, Sources of Knowledge, and the Perception of Risk: Contextualizing African American Anglers’ Sport Fishing Practices. Human Organization. 60(3). 288–297. 43 indexed citations

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Bandera, Elisa V., Jo L. Freudenheim, & John E. Vena. (2001). Alcohol Consumption and Lung Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 10(8). 813–821. 3 indexed citations

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Moysich, Kirsten B., Peter G. Shields, Jo L. Freudenheim, et al.. (1999). Polychlorinated biphenyls, cytochrome P4501A1 polymorphism, and postmenopausal breast cancer risk.. PubMed. 8(1). 41–4. 121 indexed citations

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Egenhofer, Max J., et al.. (1999). Spatio-Temporal GIS Analysis for Environmental Health. 5 indexed citations

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Mendola, Pauline, Germaine M. Buck Louis, L.E. Sever, M Zielezny, & John E. Vena. (1997). Consumption of PCB-contaminated Freshwater Fish and Shortened Menstrual Cycle Length. American Journal of Epidemiology. 146(11). 955–960. 98 indexed citations

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Moysich, Kirsten B., Christine B. Ambrosone, John E. Vena, et al.. (1996). DIETARY CORRELATES OF SERUM DDE AND HCB LEVELS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN. Epidemiology. 7(Supplement). S90–S90. 1 indexed citations

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Violanti, John M., John E. Vena, James R. Marshall, & Sandra A. Petralia. (1996). A Comparative Evaluation of Police Suicide Rate Validity. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 26(1). 79–85. 26 indexed citations

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