Kevin Cromar

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kevin Cromar is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Cromar has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 13 papers in Environmental Engineering and 6 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Kevin Cromar's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (33 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (20 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (13 papers). Kevin Cromar is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (33 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (20 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (13 papers). Kevin Cromar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Kevin Cromar's co-authors include Jiyoung Ahn, Richard B. Hayes, George D. Thurston, Michael Jerrett, Yongzhao Shao, Harmony R. Reynolds, Yikyung Park, Debra T. Silverman, Chris Lim and Yilong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Environmental Health Perspectives and Atmospheric Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Cromar

38 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. PM2.5 air pollution and cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality
    2019 422 citations Richard B. Hayes, Chris Lim et al. International Journal of Epidemiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kevin Cromar United States 17 1.1k 335 184 144 136 41 1.3k
Markey Johnson Canada 20 953 0.9× 310 0.9× 168 0.9× 136 0.9× 86 0.6× 43 1.2k
Stefanie Ebelt United States 18 990 0.9× 323 1.0× 131 0.7× 113 0.8× 192 1.4× 62 1.2k
Frans Fierens Belgium 18 1.1k 1.0× 252 0.8× 322 1.8× 200 1.4× 159 1.2× 36 1.4k
Paolo Lauriola Italy 22 842 0.8× 234 0.7× 100 0.5× 108 0.8× 106 0.8× 72 1.3k
Lingzhen Dai United States 13 1.3k 1.2× 357 1.1× 232 1.3× 206 1.4× 120 0.9× 16 1.5k
Orly Brion Canada 10 1.2k 1.1× 378 1.1× 273 1.5× 205 1.4× 150 1.1× 14 1.4k
Feng Lu China 13 850 0.8× 298 0.9× 139 0.8× 155 1.1× 107 0.8× 34 1.1k
Zhijing Lin China 21 1.7k 1.6× 525 1.6× 290 1.6× 141 1.0× 135 1.0× 38 2.0k
Janine Wichmann South Africa 24 1.2k 1.2× 341 1.0× 287 1.6× 156 1.1× 105 0.8× 84 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin Cromar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Cromar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kevin Cromar. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kevin Cromar. The network helps show where Kevin Cromar may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Cromar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kevin Cromar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kevin Cromar 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 Kevin Cromar. Kevin Cromar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thurston, George D., Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Kristine Belesova, et al.. (2025). Transitioning from climate ambitions to climate actions through public health policy initiatives. Environmental Epidemiology. 9(2). e373–e373.
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Nassikas, Nicholas J., Meredith C. McCormack, Gary Ewart, et al.. (2024). Indoor Air Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution: Health Consequences, Policy, and Recommendations: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 21(3). 365–376. 21 indexed citations
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Cromar, Kevin, et al.. (2023). Adverse Health Impacts of Outdoor Air Pollution, Including from Wildland Fires, in the United States: “Health of the Air,” 2018–2020. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 21(1). 76–87. 11 indexed citations
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Cromar, Kevin, et al.. (2023). Respiratory Health Impacts of Outdoor Air Pollution and the Efficacy of Local Risk Communication in Quito, Ecuador. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(14). 6326–6326. 3 indexed citations
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Rice, Mary B., Sarah B. Henderson, Allison Lambert, et al.. (2021). Respiratory Impacts of Wildland Fire Smoke: Future Challenges and Policy Opportunities. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 18(6). 921–930. 53 indexed citations
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Duncan, B. N., Carl Malings, K. Emma Knowland, et al.. (2021). Augmenting the Standard Operating Procedures of Health and Air Quality Stakeholders With NASA Resources. GeoHealth. 5(9). e2021GH000451–e2021GH000451. 7 indexed citations
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Cromar, Kevin, et al.. (2021). Communicating respiratory health risk among children using a global air quality index. Environment International. 159. 107023–107023. 13 indexed citations
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Cromar, Kevin, et al.. (2021). Excess Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Air Pollution above American Thoracic Society Recommended Standards, 2017–2019. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 19(4). 603–613. 10 indexed citations
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Laumbach, Robert, Kevin Cromar, Gary Adamkiewicz, et al.. (2021). Personal Interventions for Reducing Exposure and Risk for Outdoor Air Pollution: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 18(9). 1435–1443. 28 indexed citations
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Hayes, Richard B., Chris Lim, Yilong Zhang, et al.. (2019). PM2.5 air pollution and cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology. 49(1). 25–35. 422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cromar, Kevin, B. N. Duncan, Alena Bartoňová, et al.. (2019). Air Pollution Monitoring for Health Research and Patient Care. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 16(10). 1207–1214. 26 indexed citations
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Cromar, Kevin, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of the Air Quality Index As a Risk Communication Tool. Journal of environmental health. 81(6). 8–15. 3 indexed citations
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Cromar, Kevin, et al.. (2019). Trends in Excess Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Air Pollution above American Thoracic Society–Recommended Standards, 2008–2017. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 16(7). 836–845. 45 indexed citations
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Borbet, Timothy C., et al.. (2018). Assessing air quality index awareness and use in Mexico City. BMC Public Health. 18(1). 538–538. 40 indexed citations
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Thurston, George D., Jiyoung Ahn, Kevin Cromar, et al.. (2015). Ambient Particulate Matter Air Pollution Exposure and Mortality in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(4). 484–490. 168 indexed citations
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Stieb, David M., et al.. (2015). Accuracy of quantification of risk using a single-pollutant Air Quality Index. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 27(1). 24–32. 23 indexed citations
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Judd, Allan M., et al.. (2004). Formation of Transient Non-Protein Calcium Pores by Lysophospholipids in S49Lymphoma cells. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 200(1). 25–33. 21 indexed citations

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