John Peters

17.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
262 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

John Peters is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, John Peters has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 42 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 35 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in John Peters's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (46 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (26 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (24 papers). John Peters is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (46 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (26 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (24 papers). John Peters collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John Peters's co-authors include Frank D. Gilliland, W. James Gauderman, Edward L. Avol, Kiros Berhane, Rob McConnell, Duncan C. Thomas, Stephanie J. London, Helene G. Margolis, Edward B. Rappaport and Fred Lurmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

John Peters

245 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

The Effect of Air Pollution on Lung Development from 10 to 18 Years of Age

2004 1.0k citations W. James Gauderman, Edward L. Avol et al. profile →
We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change

1992 598 citations John Peters et al. profile →
Asthma in exercising children exposed to ozone: a cohort study

2002 584 citations Rob McConnell, Kiros Berhane et al. profile →
Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study

2007 568 citations W. James Gauderman, Hita Vora et al. profile →
Childhood Incident Asthma and Traffic-Related Air Pollution at Home and School

2010 467 citations Rob McConnell, Talat Islam et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Peters United States	52	5.5k	2.3k	2.1k	1.7k	1.3k	262	12.6k
Kiros Berhane United States	56	8.0k 1.5×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	3.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	188	13.1k
Ana V. Diez–Roux United States	55	7.1k 1.3×	483 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.8×	148	17.8k
Anthony J. McMichael Australia	76	7.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	663 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	3.3k 2.5×	293	22.4k
Nicole Probst‐Hensch Switzerland	60	4.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	368	13.8k
Peter James United States	52	5.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	709 0.4×	805 0.6×	207	11.4k
Howard Frumkin United States	47	7.4k 1.3×	216 0.1×	1.7k 0.8×	414 0.2×	764 0.6×	154	11.4k
Michelle C. Turner Canada	40	4.1k 0.7×	996 0.4×	340 0.2×	465 0.3×	570 0.4×	119	9.0k
Michael Greenstone United States	62	3.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	263 0.1×	419 0.2×	216 0.2×	215	17.8k
Lora E. Fleming United States	66	4.6k 0.8×	350 0.2×	807 0.4×	790 0.5×	991 0.7×	297	14.2k
Andrew Maynard United States	41	4.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	442 0.2×	155 0.1×	771 0.6×	138	12.9k

Countries citing papers authored by John Peters

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Peters

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Peters

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Peters, John, et al.. (2025). Biophysics-based protein language models for protein engineering. Nature Methods. 22(9). 1868–1879. 5 indexed citations

Peters, John. (2022). Jobs with Inequality. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Esser, Daniel E., John Peters, Tyler Ball, et al.. (2022). Robotic Curvilinear Laser Thermal Therapy Probe for Transforamenal Hippocampotomy. 105–106. 1 indexed citations

Peters, John, John E. Elliott, & Stephen Cullenberg. (2016). ECONOMIC TRANSITION AS A CRISIS OF VISION: CLASSICAL VERSUS NEOCLASSICAL THEORIES OF GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM. Eastern Economic Journal. 28(2). 217–240. 1 indexed citations

Peters, John. (2016). Air Navigation Facilities. American Legal Encyclopedia.

Peters, John. (2014). Department Of War. American Legal Encyclopedia.

Gilliland, Frank D., Talat Islam, Kiros Berhane, et al.. (2006). Regular Smoking and Asthma Incidence in Adolescents. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(10). 1094–1100. 156 indexed citations

Künzli, Nino, Ed Avol, Jun Wu, et al.. (2006). Health Effects of the 2003 Southern California Wildfires on Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 174(11). 1221–1228. 195 indexed citations

Avol, Edward L., W. James Gauderman, Sylvia Tan, Stephanie J. London, & John Peters. (2001). Respiratory Effects of Relocating to Areas of Differing Air Pollution Levels. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(11). 2067–2072. 203 indexed citations

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Gilliland, Frank D., Yufen Li, & John Peters. (2001). Effects of Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy and Environmental Tobacco Smoke on Asthma and Wheezing in Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 163(2). 429–436. 432 indexed citations

11.

McKay, Renée M., John Peters, & Jonathan M. Graff. (2001). The Casein Kinase I Family in Wnt Signaling. Developmental Biology. 235(2). 388–396. 97 indexed citations

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Li, Yufen, Frank D. Gilliland, Kiros Berhane, et al.. (2000). Effects of in Utero and Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure on Lung Function in Boys and Girls with and without Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(6). 2097–2104. 145 indexed citations

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Berhane, Kiros, Rob McConnell, Frank D. Gilliland, et al.. (2000). Sex-specific Effects of Asthma on Pulmonary Function in Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(5). 1723–1730. 49 indexed citations

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Peters, John, Edward L. Avol, W. James Gauderman, et al.. (1999). A Study of Twelve Southern California Communities with Differing Levels and Types of Air Pollution: II. Effects on Pulmonary Function. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(3). 768–775. 388 indexed citations

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Peters, John, Edward L. Avol, William Navidi, et al.. (1999). A Study of Twelve Southern California Communities with Differing Levels and Types of Air Pollution: I. Prevalence of Respiratory Morbidity. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(3). 760–767. 303 indexed citations

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Felling, Albert, et al.. (1996). De godsdienstigheid van ouders en de opvoeding van hun kinderen. 43(4). 246–263. 1 indexed citations

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Lowery, Jan T., John Peters, Dennis Deapen, & Stephanie J. London. (1991). Renal cell carcinoma among architects. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 20(1). 123–125. 9 indexed citations

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Scheepers, Peer, Albert Felling, & John Peters. (1989). Etnocentrisme in Nederland: Theoretische bijdragen empirisch getoetst. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 36(1). 31–47. 1 indexed citations

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Lounsbury, John W., Donna Young, & John Peters. (1979). CRITICAL ISSUES FACING COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 3(3). 265–283. 3 indexed citations

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Musk, A W, John Peters, David H. Wegman, & L J Fine. (1977). Pulmonary function in granite dust exposure: a four-year follow-up.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 115(5). 769–76. 17 indexed citations

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