Joseph L. Jacobson

18.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
245 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Joseph L. Jacobson is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph L. Jacobson has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 53 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 38 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Joseph L. Jacobson's work include Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (124 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (69 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (48 papers). Joseph L. Jacobson is often cited by papers focused on Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (124 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (69 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (48 papers). Joseph L. Jacobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Canada. Joseph L. Jacobson's co-authors include Sandra W. Jacobson, Robert J. Sokol, Gina Muckle, Christopher D. Molteno, Pierre Ayotte, Greta G. Fein, Pamela M. Schwartz, Harold E. B. Humphrey, Éric Dewailly and Jeffrey K. Dowler and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Joseph L. Jacobson

241 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Intellectual Impairment in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Utero

1996 885 citations Joseph L. Jacobson, Sandra W. Jacobson profile →
Effects of in utero exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and related contaminants on cognitive functioning in young children

1990 470 citations Joseph L. Jacobson, Sandra W. Jacobson et al. profile →
Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls: Effects on birth size and gestational age

1984 357 citations Joseph L. Jacobson, Sandra W. Jacobson et al. profile →
The Effect of Intrauterine PCB Exposure on Visual Recognition Memory

1985 353 citations Sandra W. Jacobson, Joseph L. Jacobson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph L. Jacobson United States	61	6.2k	4.7k	1.7k	1.4k	961	245	13.3k
Sandra W. Jacobson United States	69	7.0k 1.1×	4.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	263	14.3k
Irva Hertz‐Picciotto United States	82	2.6k 0.4×	7.3k 1.5×	1.2k 0.7×	653 0.5×	1.9k 2.0×	380	22.5k
Anders Juul Denmark	90	5.0k 0.8×	3.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	441 0.3×	5.0k 5.2×	655	29.8k
Germaine M. Buck Louis United States	67	4.6k 0.7×	4.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.7×	401 0.3×	3.0k 3.1×	366	15.6k
Tina Kold Jensen Denmark	72	3.7k 0.6×	5.7k 1.2×	969 0.6×	495 0.3×	3.8k 4.0×	301	17.9k
Carmen J. Marsit United States	71	5.0k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	243 0.2×	1.4k 1.5×	360	18.7k
Helle Margrete Meltzer Norway	58	2.4k 0.4×	2.8k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	289 0.2×	3.1k 3.3×	222	10.7k
Katharina M. Main Denmark	74	3.3k 0.5×	6.9k 1.4×	666 0.4×	212 0.1×	2.8k 3.0×	294	18.5k
Gayle C. Windham United States	51	1.9k 0.3×	3.0k 0.6×	739 0.4×	328 0.2×	1.3k 1.3×	174	9.7k
Aleksander Giwercman Sweden	73	2.5k 0.4×	4.6k 1.0×	373 0.2×	602 0.4×	5.3k 5.5×	375	22.9k

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Muckle, Gina, Pierre Ayotte, Neil C. Dodge, et al.. (2025). Developmental exposure to legacy environmental contaminants, medial temporal lobe volumes and spatial navigation memory in late adolescents. Environmental Research. 268. 120830–120830.

Ryan, Louise, Richard J. Cook, R. Colin Carter, et al.. (2024). Benchmark dose profiles for bivariate exposures. Risk Analysis. 44(10). 2415–2428. 1 indexed citations

Jacobson, Joseph L., Sandra W. Jacobson, Claire D. Coles, et al.. (2024). A dose–response analysis of the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on cognitive development. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 48(4). 623–639. 2 indexed citations

Carter, R. Colin, Sandra W. Jacobson, Joseph L. Jacobson, et al.. (2024). Genetic admixture predictors of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in a South African population. Gene. 931. 148854–148854. 2 indexed citations

Cook, Richard J., et al.. (2024). Semi-parametric benchmark dose analysis with monotone additive models. Biometrics. 80(3). 1 indexed citations

Lesseur, Corina, Haoxiang Cheng, Qian Li, et al.. (2023). RNA-seq analysis reveals prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with placental inflammatory cells and gene expression. Gene. 894. 147951–147951. 4 indexed citations

Dodge, Neil C., Joseph L. Jacobson, Leslie H. Lundahl, & Sandra W. Jacobson. (2023). Prenatal alcohol exposure and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder independently predict greater substance use in young adulthood. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 47(6). 1143–1155. 3 indexed citations

Ryan, Louise, et al.. (2023). Bayesian outcome selection modeling. Stat. 12(1). 2 indexed citations

Deyssenroth, Maya A., Sandra W. Jacobson, Joseph L. Jacobson, et al.. (2023). Alterations in Placental Inflammation-Related Gene Expression Partially Mediate the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Consumption on Maternal Iron Homeostasis. Nutrients. 15(19). 4105–4105. 5 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sandra W., Joseph L. Jacobson, Pierre Ayotte, et al.. (2023). Pre- and postnatal exposure to legacy environmental contaminants and sensation seeking in Inuit adolescents from Nunavik. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(10). e0002478–e0002478. 1 indexed citations

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Dodge, Neil C., Christopher M. R. Warton, Christopher D. Molteno, et al.. (2022). Compromised interhemispheric transfer of information partially mediates cognitive function deficits in adolescents with fetal alcohol syndrome. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 46(4). 517–529. 5 indexed citations

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Yu, Xi, Sandra W. Jacobson, Christopher D. Molteno, et al.. (2022). Distinctive neural correlates of phonological and reading impairment in fetal alcohol-exposed adolescents with and without facial dysmorphology. Neuropsychologia. 169. 108188–108188. 7 indexed citations

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Lindinger, Nadine M., Joseph L. Jacobson, Neil C. Dodge, et al.. (2022). Stability and change in the interpretation of facial emotions in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders from childhood to adolescence. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 46(7). 1268–1281. 7 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Joseph L., Louise Ryan, Neil C. Dodge, et al.. (2021). Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on cognitive and behavioral development: Findings from a hierarchical meta‐analysis of data from six prospective longitudinal U.S. cohorts. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 45(10). 2040–2058. 26 indexed citations

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Molteno, Christopher D., Christopher M. R. Warton, Pia Wintermark, et al.. (2021). Maternal choline supplementation mitigates alcohol exposure effects on neonatal brain volumes. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 45(9). 1762–1774. 37 indexed citations

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Warton, Christopher M. R., Nadine M. Lindinger, Catherine E. Lewis, et al.. (2018). Reductions in Corpus Callosum Volume Partially Mediate Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on IQ. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 11. 132–132. 27 indexed citations

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Thomas, Kevin G. F., et al.. (2018). Prenatal alcohol exposure affects brain function during place learning in a virtual environment differently in boys and girls. Brain and Behavior. 8(11). e01103–e01103. 16 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sandra W., R. Colin Carter, Christopher D. Molteno, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of Maternal Choline Supplementation During Pregnancy in Mitigating Adverse Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Growth and Cognitive Function: A Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Clinical Trial. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 42(7). 1327–1341. 115 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sandra W. & Joseph L. Jacobson. (2003). FAS/FAE and Its Impact on Psychosocial Child Development. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 11(5). 355–65. 1 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Joseph L., Sandra W. Jacobson, Robert J. Sokol, & Joel W. Ager. (1998). Relation of Maternal Age and Pattern of Pregnancy Drinking to Functionally Significant Cognitive Deficit in Infancy. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 22(2). 345–351. 142 indexed citations

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