John Molitor

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

John Molitor is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Molitor has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 12 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John Molitor's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (25 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (20 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers). John Molitor is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (25 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (20 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (7 papers). John Molitor collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. John Molitor's co-authors include Paul Marjoram, Vincent Plagnol, Simon Tavaré, Carmen J. Marsit, E. Andrés Houseman, Michael Jerrett, Duncan C. Thomas, Sylvia Richardson, Michail Papathomas and Keyan Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

John Molitor

56 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

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    2003 709 citations Paul Marjoram, John Molitor et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Molitor United States 26 894 714 692 419 412 59 3.1k
William Navidi United States 35 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 728 1.1× 167 0.4× 183 0.4× 88 4.9k
Haibo Zhou United States 36 960 1.1× 300 0.4× 113 0.2× 856 2.0× 250 0.6× 166 3.6k
Daniel Wartenberg United States 34 772 0.9× 161 0.2× 427 0.6× 101 0.2× 227 0.6× 108 3.8k
Edward J. Bedrick United States 35 314 0.4× 314 0.4× 256 0.4× 553 1.3× 69 0.2× 152 4.8k
Olivier Thas Belgium 35 163 0.2× 1.6k 2.2× 266 0.4× 450 1.1× 267 0.6× 185 4.5k
Fred A. Wright United States 50 677 0.8× 3.7k 5.1× 1.8k 2.5× 176 0.4× 308 0.7× 195 8.2k
Thomas W. Yee New Zealand 25 106 0.1× 430 0.6× 350 0.5× 442 1.1× 217 0.5× 48 3.2k
Sonja Greven Germany 25 401 0.4× 179 0.3× 157 0.2× 836 2.0× 54 0.1× 64 2.6k
Matthew Johnson United States 35 976 1.1× 177 0.2× 331 0.5× 389 0.9× 174 0.4× 169 4.3k
Thomas R. Fears United States 44 539 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 482 0.7× 192 0.5× 109 0.3× 109 6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by John Molitor

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Molitor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Molitor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Molitor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Molitor based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Molitor. John Molitor is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Paul, Kimberly C., John Molitor, Yu Yu, et al.. (2025). Investigating the Aliso Canyon gas blowout disaster and adverse birth outcomes: A quasiexperimental approach. Science Advances. 11(37). eadr6684–eadr6684.
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Sun, Yi, Anqi Jiao, Jeff Slezak, et al.. (2024). Association of Postpartum Temperature Exposure with Postpartum Depression: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Southern California. Environmental Health Perspectives. 132(11). 117004–117004. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Yi, Anqi Jiao, Chantal Avila, et al.. (2024). Association between particulate air pollution and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: A retrospective cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 21(4). e1004395–e1004395. 11 indexed citations
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Molitor, John, Yi Sun, Virgilio Gómez‐Rubio, et al.. (2023). Modeling spatially varying compliance effects of PM2.5 exposure reductions on gestational diabetes mellitus in southern California: Results from electronic health record data of a large pregnancy cohort. Environmental Research. 231(Pt 2). 116091–116091. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Yi, John Molitor, Tarik Benmarhnia, et al.. (2023). Association between urban green space and postpartum depression, and the role of physical activity: a retrospective cohort study in Southern California. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 21. 100462–100462. 22 indexed citations
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Jiao, Anqi, Yi Sun, Chantal Avila, et al.. (2023). Analysis of Heat Exposure During Pregnancy and Severe Maternal Morbidity. JAMA Network Open. 6(9). e2332780–e2332780. 20 indexed citations
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Coker, Eric S., John Molitor, Silvia Liverani, et al.. (2022). Bayesian profile regression to study the ecologic associations of correlated environmental exposures with excess mortality risk during the first year of the Covid-19 epidemic in lombardy, Italy. Environmental Research. 216(Pt 1). 114484–114484. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Yi, Xia Li, Tarik Benmarhnia, et al.. (2021). Exposure to air pollutant mixture and gestational diabetes mellitus in Southern California: Results from electronic health record data of a large pregnancy cohort. Environment International. 158. 106888–106888. 67 indexed citations
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Sterrantino, Anna Freni, Silvia Liverani, Marta Blangiardo, et al.. (2019). Associations between metal constituents of ambient particulate matter and mortality in England: an ecological study. BMJ Open. 9(12). e030140–e030140. 21 indexed citations
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Coker, Eric S., Silvia Liverani, Jo Kay Ghosh, et al.. (2016). Multi-pollutant exposure profiles associated with term low birth weight in Los Angeles County. Environment International. 91. 1–13. 62 indexed citations
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Sovio, Ulla, Marika Kaakinen, Ioanna Tzoulaki, et al.. (2013). How do changes in body mass index in infancy and childhood associate with cardiometabolic profile in adulthood? Findings from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study. International Journal of Obesity. 38(1). 53–59. 62 indexed citations
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Papathomas, Michail, John Molitor, Sylvia Richardson, Elio Ríboli, & Paolo Vineis. (2010). Examining the Joint Effect of Multiple Risk Factors Using Exposure Risk Profiles: Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119(1). 84–91. 43 indexed citations
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Jerrett, Michael, Ketan Shankardass, Kiros Berhane, et al.. (2008). Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Asthma Onset in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study with Individual Exposure Measurement. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(10). 1433–1438. 255 indexed citations
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Little, Mark P., David G. Hoel, John Molitor, et al.. (2008). New Models for Evaluation of Radiation-Induced Lifetime Cancer Risk and its Uncertainty Employed in the UNSCEAR 2006 Report. Radiation Research. 169(6). 660–676. 57 indexed citations
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Kim, Sung Hoon, Keyan Zhao, Rong Jiang, et al.. (2006). Association Mapping With Single-Feature Polymorphisms. Genetics. 173(2). 1125–1133. 29 indexed citations
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Molitor, John, Michael Jerrett, Rob McConnell, et al.. (2006). Bayesian Modeling of Air Pollution Health Effects with Missing Exposure Data. American Journal of Epidemiology. 164(1). 69–76. 31 indexed citations
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Molitor, John, Keyan Zhao, & Paul Marjoram. (2005). Fine mapping – 19th century style. BMC Genetics. 6(S1). S63–S63. 4 indexed citations
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Thomas, Duncan C., Daniel O. Stram, David V. Conti, John Molitor, & Paul Marjoram. (2003). Bayesian Spatial Modeling of Haplotype Associations. Human Heredity. 56(1-3). 32–40. 35 indexed citations
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Molitor, John, Bruce S. Chertow, & Bruce L. Fariss. (1973). Long-Term Follow-up of a Patient with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Failure of Testicular Development. Fertility and Sterility. 24(4). 319–323. 12 indexed citations

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