Jonathan M. Samet

52.1k total citations · 18 hit papers
384 papers, 33.5k citations indexed

About

Jonathan M. Samet is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan M. Samet has authored 384 papers receiving a total of 33.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 117 papers in Physiology and 59 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jonathan M. Samet's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (119 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (97 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (57 papers). Jonathan M. Samet is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (119 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (97 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (57 papers). Jonathan M. Samet collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Jonathan M. Samet's co-authors include Scott L. Zeger, Michelle L. Bell, Francesca Dominici, Roger D. Peng, Francesca Dominici, Aidan McDermott, John D. Spengler, Frank C. Curriero, Luu Pham and William C. Hunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan M. Samet

373 papers receiving 32.0k citations

Hit Papers

Fine Particulate Air Poll... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2006 2004 2000 2003 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Admission for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
    2006 2.1k citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  2. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease
    2004 1.8k citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  3. Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in 20 U.S. Cities, 1987–1994
    2000 1.8k citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  4. Cancer risks attributable to low doses of ionizing radiation: Assessing what we really know
    2003 1.3k citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  5. Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study
    2009 1.1k citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  6. The Global Burden of Disease Due to Outdoor Air Pollution
    2005 822 citations Aaron Cohen, Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  7. Outdoor Particulate Matter Exposure and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2014 786 citations Ghassan B. Hamra, Neela Guha et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
  8. Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Initiation of Combustible Tobacco Product Smoking in Early Adolescence
    2015 724 citations Adam M. Leventhal, Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  9. Tobacco use in 3 billion individuals from 16 countries: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys
    2012 572 citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  10. Spatial and Temporal Variation in PM 2.5 Chemical Composition in the United States for Health Effects Studies
    2007 557 citations Francesca Dominici, Jonathan M. Samet et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
  11. Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations
    2020 556 citations Michelle C. Turner, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  12. Ventilation rates and health: multidisciplinary review of the scientific literature
    2010 541 citations W. S. Cain, Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  13. Epidemiology of Lung Cancer
    2013 534 citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  14. Smoking in China
    1999 530 citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  15. Wildfires, Global Climate Change, and Human Health
    2020 372 citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →
  16. E-Cigarettes and Future Cigarette Use
    2016 354 citations Jessica L. Barrington‐Trimis, Robert Urman et al. profile →
  17. Electronic Cigarette Use and Respiratory Symptoms in Adolescents
    2017 265 citations Rob McConnell, Jessica L. Barrington‐Trimis et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
  18. Estimates of global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5)
    2024 59 citations Jonathan M. Samet et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jonathan M. Samet 14.5k 8.0k 4.8k 3.7k 3.4k 384 33.5k
Frank D. Gilliland 11.0k 0.8× 4.2k 0.5× 6.0k 1.3× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 341 24.9k
Frank E. Speizer 13.5k 0.9× 11.7k 1.5× 8.0k 1.7× 3.3k 0.9× 12.8k 3.8× 340 64.2k
Joachim Heinrich 20.2k 1.4× 10.4k 1.3× 5.5k 1.1× 5.5k 1.5× 3.1k 0.9× 812 41.5k
Sanjay Rajagopalan 16.5k 1.1× 4.6k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 3.8k 1.0× 939 0.3× 498 36.9k
Murray A. Mittleman 15.0k 1.0× 3.4k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 4.1k 1.1× 3.5k 1.0× 511 40.8k
Annette Peters 22.5k 1.5× 4.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 6.5k 1.8× 2.4k 0.7× 876 41.0k
James H. Ware 8.8k 0.6× 2.6k 0.3× 4.0k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 164 32.2k
Sidney C. Smith 6.5k 0.4× 6.3k 0.8× 4.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 7.2k 2.1× 317 67.7k
Majid Ezzati 9.6k 0.7× 5.6k 0.7× 3.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 11.7k 3.4× 327 71.9k
Francesco Forastiere 13.1k 0.9× 3.0k 0.4× 3.0k 0.6× 3.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 463 21.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan M. Samet

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All Works

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Tseng, Chiu-Chen, Timothy V. Larson, Juan Yang, et al.. (2024). Association between Airport Ultrafine Particles and Lung Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 33(5). 703–711. 1 indexed citations
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Kelly‐Reif, Kaitlin, Stephen Bertke, Estelle Rage, et al.. (2023). Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 80(7). 385–391. 11 indexed citations
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Tackett, Alayna P., Robert Urman, Jessica L. Barrington‐Trimis, et al.. (2023). Prospective study of e-cigarette use and respiratory symptoms in adolescents and young adults. Thorax. 79(2). 163–168. 19 indexed citations
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Paulin, Laura M., Jonathan M. Samet, & Mary B. Rice. (2023). Gas Stoves and Respiratory Health: Decades of Data, but Not Enough Progress. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 20(12). 1697–1699. 2 indexed citations
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Cheng, Iona, Anna H. Wu, Timothy V. Larson, et al.. (2023). Examining ultrafine particle pollution and lung cancer risk in a large, diverse cohort.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). 8532–8532. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Iona, Juan Yang, Chiu-Chen Tseng, et al.. (2022). Traffic-related Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Incidence: The California Multiethnic Cohort Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 206(8). 1008–1018. 45 indexed citations
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Kodros, John K., Katelyn O’Dell, Jonathan M. Samet, et al.. (2021). Quantifying the Health Benefits of Face Masks and Respirators to Mitigate Exposure to Severe Air Pollution. GeoHealth. 5(9). e2021GH000482–e2021GH000482. 52 indexed citations
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Rage, Estelle, David B. Richardson, Paul A. Demers, et al.. (2020). PUMA – pooled uranium miners analysis: cohort profile. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 77(3). 194–200. 26 indexed citations
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Turner, Michelle C., Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Andrea Baccarelli, et al.. (2020). Outdoor air pollution and cancer: An overview of the current evidence and public health recommendations. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 70(6). 460–479. 556 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rice, Mary B., Thomas A. Burke, Deborah L. Swackhamer, & Jonathan M. Samet. (2019). Threats to Science Advising at the Environmental Protection Agency. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 17(3). 267–270. 1 indexed citations
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Rice, Mary B. & Jonathan M. Samet. (2017). Environmental Health: Lessons from the Past and Looking to the Future. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 14(9). 1378–1382. 1 indexed citations
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Hamra, Ghassan B., Neela Guha, Aaron Cohen, et al.. (2014). Outdoor Particulate Matter Exposure and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives. 122(9). 906–911. 786 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jones, Miranda R., Benjamin J. Apelberg, María Téllez-Plaza, Jonathan M. Samet, & Ana Navas‐Acién. (2012). Menthol Cigarettes, Race/Ethnicity, and Biomarkers of Tobacco Use in U.S. Adults: The 1999–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 22(2). 224–232. 48 indexed citations
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Rudin, Charles M., Érika Ávila-Tang, Curtis C. Harris, et al.. (2009). Lung Cancer in Never Smokers: Molecular Profiles and Therapeutic Implications. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(18). 5646–5661. 123 indexed citations
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Kim, Sungroul, Heather Wipfli, Ana Navas‐Acién, et al.. (2009). Determinants of Hair Nicotine Concentrations in Nonsmoking Women and Children: A Multicountry Study of Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Homes. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 18(12). 3407–3414. 31 indexed citations
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Samet, Jonathan M.. (2001). An Air of Uncertainty: Epidemiological Studies of the Impact of Air-Borne Pollutants on Human Health Provide a Foundation for Sound Public Policy. 16(3). 92. 1 indexed citations
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Samet, Jonathan M.. (2000). What Constitutes an Adverse Health Effect of Air Pollution?: This Official Statement of the American Thoracic Society Was Adopted by the ATS Board of Directors, July 1999. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(2). 665–673. 130 indexed citations
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Bosken, Carol H., William C. Hunt, William E. Lambert, & Jonathan M. Samet. (2000). A Parental History of Asthma Is a Risk Factor for Wheezing and Nonwheezing Respiratory Illnesses in Infants Younger than 18 Months of Age. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(6). 1810–1815. 19 indexed citations
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Cain, W. S., Jonathan M. Samet, & Michael J. Hodgson. (1995). The quest for negligible health risk from indoor air. ASHRAE journal. 37(7). 38–44. 11 indexed citations
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Coultas, David, Henry Gong, Roni Grad, et al.. (1994). Respiratory Diseases in Minorities of the United States. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 149(3_Part_2). S93–S131. 86 indexed citations

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