John Nairn

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

John Nairn is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Nairn has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 20 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in John Nairn's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (33 papers), Global Health Care Issues (18 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (15 papers). John Nairn is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (33 papers), Global Health Care Issues (18 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (15 papers). John Nairn collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Ethiopia and China. John Nairn's co-authors include Sarah Perkins‐Kirkpatrick, Lisa V. Alexander, Robert Fawcett, Peng Bi, Monika Nitschke, Bertram Ostendorf, Le Jian, Susan Williams, Alana Hansen and Dino Pisaniello and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Geophysical Research Letters and International Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

John Nairn

37 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Extreme heat and heatwaves: hazard awareness and impact mitigation 2025 ·The Lancet Planetary Health ·John Nairn, Simon J. Mason	3
2	Determining the Impact of Heatwaves on Emergency Ambulance Calls in Queensland: A Retrospective Population-Based Study 2023 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), Amy E. Peden, Kerrianne Watt, Emma Bosley, Gerard FitzGerald, John Nairn, (unknown), (unknown), Richard C. Franklin	8
3	Heatwaves and mortality in Queensland 2010–2019: implications for a homogenous state-wide approach 2023 ·International Journal of Biometeorology ·Richard C. Franklin, (unknown), (unknown), Amy E. Peden, John Nairn, (unknown), Kerrianne Watt, Gerard FitzGerald	16
4	Understanding current and projected emergency department presentations and associated healthcare costs in a changing thermal climate in Adelaide, South Australia 2022 ·Occupational and Environmental Medicine ·Berhanu Yazew Wondmagegn, Jianjun Xiang, Keith Dear, Susan Williams, Alana Hansen, Dino Pisaniello, Monika Nitschke, John Nairn, (unknown), Alex Xiao, Le Jian, Michael Tong, Hilary Bambrick, Jonathan Karnon, Peng Bi	6
5	A framework for the mitigation and adaptation from heat-related risks to infrastructure 2022 ·Sustainable Cities and Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Holger R. Maier, Bertram Ostendorf, John Nairn, Hedwig van Delden, Michael Evan Goodsite	7
6	Australia's black summer heatwave impacts 2021 ·Australian Journal of Emergency Management ·John Nairn, (unknown), Blesson M. Varghese	2
7	Evaluating cost benefits from a heat health warning system in Adelaide, South Australia 2021 ·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health ·Susan Williams, Monika Nitschke, Berhanu Yazew Wondmagegn, Michael Tong, Jianjun Xiang, Alana Hansen, John Nairn, Jonathan Karnon, Peng Bi	11
8	Increasing impacts of temperature on hospital admissions, length of stay, and related healthcare costs in the context of climate change in Adelaide, South Australia 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Berhanu Yazew Wondmagegn, Jianjun Xiang, Keith Dear, Susan Williams, Alana Hansen, Dino Pisaniello, Monika Nitschke, John Nairn, (unknown), Alex Xiao, Le Jian, Michael Tong, Hilary Bambrick, Jonathan Karnon, Peng Bi	40
9	Heat-attributable hospitalisation costs in Sydney: Current estimations and future projections in the context of climate change 2021 ·Urban Climate ·Michael Tong, Berhanu Yazew Wondmagegn, Jianjun Xiang, Susan Williams, Alana Hansen, Keith Dear, Dino Pisaniello, Blesson M. Varghese, Jianguo Xiao, Le Jian, (unknown), Monika Nitschke, John Nairn, Hilary Bambrick, Jonathan Karnon, Peng Bi	8
10	Hospital healthcare costs attributable to heat and future estimations in the context of climate change in Perth, Western Australia 2021 ·Advances in Climate Change Research ·Michael Tong, Berhanu Yazew Wondmagegn, Susan Williams, Alana Hansen, Keith Dear, Dino Pisaniello, Jianjun Xiang, Jianguo Xiao, Le Jian, (unknown), Monika Nitschke, John Nairn, Hilary Bambrick, Jonathan Karnon, Peng Bi	20
11	Characterising the impact of heatwaves on work-related injuries and illnesses in three Australian cities using a standard heatwave definition- Excess Heat Factor (EHF) 2019 ·Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology ·Blesson M. Varghese, Adrian Barnett, Alana Hansen, Peng Bi, John Nairn, (unknown), Monika Nitschke, Scott Hanson‐Easey, Jane Heyworth, Malcolm Sim, Dino Pisaniello	45
12	Using the excess heat factor to indicate heatwave-related urinary disease: a case study in Adelaide, South Australia 2019 ·International Journal of Biometeorology ·Matthew Borg, Monika Nitschke, Susan Williams, Stephen P. McDonald, John Nairn, Peng Bi	41
13	Heatwave and work-related injuries and illnesses in Adelaide, Australia: a case-crossover analysis using the Excess Heat Factor (EHF) as a universal heatwave index 2018 ·International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health ·Blesson M. Varghese, Alana Hansen, Monika Nitschke, John Nairn, Scott Hanson‐Easey, Peng Bi, Dino Pisaniello	45
14	Regional morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in South Australia 2018 ·International Journal of Biometeorology ·Susan Williams, Kamalesh Venugopal, Monika Nitschke, John Nairn, Robert Fawcett, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Bi	44
15	Heat-health warnings in regional Australia: examining public perceptions and responses 2018 ·Environmental Hazards ·Susan Williams, Scott Hanson‐Easey, Monika Nitschke, Stuart Howell, John Nairn, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Bi	17
16	Variation in Population Vulnerability to Heat Wave in Western Australia 2017 ·Frontiers in Public Health ·Jianguo Xiao, (unknown), Le Jian, (unknown), (unknown), John Nairn, Robert Fawcett, Andrew Robertson, Tarun Weeramanthri	54
17	Extreme climatic conditions and health service utilisation across rural and metropolitan New South Wales 2017 ·International Journal of Biometeorology ·Edward Jegasothy, (unknown), John Nairn, Robert Fawcett, (unknown)	53
18	Accounting for adaptation and intensity in projecting heat wave-related mortality 2017 ·Environmental Research ·Yan Wang, Francesco Nordio, John Nairn, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz	54
19	Responding to heatwave intensity: Excess Heat Factor is a superior predictor of health service utilisation and a trigger for heatwave plans 2015 ·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), Le Jian, Jianguo Xiao, John Nairn, Andrew Robertson, Tarun Weeramanthri	72
20	Using the Excess Heat Factor (EHF) to predict the risk of heat related deaths 2013 ·Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine ·Neil E. I. Langlois, Jonathon Herbst, (unknown), John Nairn, Roger W. Byard	55

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