Lara Cushing

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Lara Cushing is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Lara Cushing has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Lara Cushing's work include Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (16 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (11 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers). Lara Cushing is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (16 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (11 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers). Lara Cushing collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Lara Cushing's co-authors include Rachel Morello‐Frosch, Bill M. Jesdale, Jill Johnston, Diana Hernández, Carolyn B. Swope, Madeline Wander, Manuel Pastor, Joan A. Casey, Alique Berberian and David J. X. González and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lara Cushing

49 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The Relationship of Historical Redlining with Present-Day Neighborhood Environmental and Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model

2022 187 citations Carolyn B. Swope, Diana Hernández et al. Journal of Urban Health profile →
Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States

2022 142 citations Alique Berberian, David J. X. González et al. Current Environmental Health Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lara Cushing United States	24	1.1k	562	398	232	191	53	2.1k
John Balbus United States	26	1.5k 1.4×	300 0.5×	188 0.5×	57 0.2×	311 1.6×	55	2.7k
Víctor Hugo Borja‐Aburto Mexico	27	1.7k 1.6×	133 0.2×	108 0.3×	277 1.2×	296 1.5×	82	3.4k
David Mills United States	26	933 0.9×	269 0.5×	554 1.4×	193 0.8×	247 1.3×	45	2.6k
Gina Solomon United States	25	1.7k 1.6×	245 0.4×	172 0.4×	136 0.6×	274 1.4×	72	2.8k
Elaine Symanski United States	33	1.8k 1.7×	263 0.5×	193 0.5×	51 0.2×	143 0.7×	127	3.4k
Gary Adamkiewicz United States	33	2.2k 2.1×	296 0.5×	156 0.4×	66 0.3×	293 1.5×	107	3.5k
Peter H. Langlois United States	36	1.5k 1.4×	307 0.5×	106 0.3×	108 0.5×	216 1.1×	176	4.4k
Thomas J. Luben United States	27	1.9k 1.7×	225 0.4×	129 0.3×	67 0.3×	141 0.7×	82	2.5k
Christopher W. Tessum United States	25	1.6k 1.5×	456 0.8×	332 0.8×	68 0.3×	75 0.4×	50	2.7k
John L. Adgate United States	44	3.3k 3.1×	738 1.3×	1.2k 3.0×	559 2.4×	92 0.5×	130	5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lara Cushing

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cushing, Lara, et al.. (2025). Sea level rise and flooding of hazardous sites in marginalized communities across the United States. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9711–9711.

Yu, Qiao, Lara Cushing, Gregory Pierce, et al.. (2025). Equity and reliability of public electric vehicle charging stations in the United States. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5291–5291. 7 indexed citations

Eick, Stephanie M., Tracey J. Woodruff, Dana E. Goin, et al.. (2025). Experiences of multiple psychosocial stressors and associations with oxidative stress biomarkers during pregnancy. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 233. 70–76. 1 indexed citations

Cushing, Lara, et al.. (2024). PFAS-Contaminated Pesticides Applied near Public Supply Wells Disproportionately Impact Communities of Color in California. ACS ES&T Water. 4(6). 2495–2503. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Xinyue, Alique Berberian, Sophia Wang, & Lara Cushing. (2024). Hurricane Harvey and the risk of spontaneous preterm and early-term birth. Environmental Epidemiology. 8(3). e312–e312. 3 indexed citations

Cushing, Lara, et al.. (2022). High-resolution gridded estimates of population sociodemographics from the 2020 census in California. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0270746–e0270746. 14 indexed citations

Swope, Carolyn B., Diana Hernández, & Lara Cushing. (2022). The Relationship of Historical Redlining with Present-Day Neighborhood Environmental and Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model. Journal of Urban Health. 99(6). 959–983. 187 indexed citations breakdown →

Cushing, Lara, et al.. (2022). Historical red-lining is associated with fossil fuel power plant siting and present-day inequalities in air pollutant emissions. Nature Energy. 8(1). 52–61. 54 indexed citations

Berberian, Alique, David J. X. González, & Lara Cushing. (2022). Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States. Current Environmental Health Reports. 9(3). 451–464. 142 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eick, Stephanie M., Dana E. Goin, Jessica Trowbridge, et al.. (2021). Dietary predictors of prenatal per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances exposure. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 33(1). 32–39. 40 indexed citations

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Eick, Stephanie M., Dana E. Goin, Lara Cushing, et al.. (2021). Mixture effects of prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and polybrominated diphenyl ethers on maternal and newborn telomere length. Environmental Health. 20(1). 76–76. 23 indexed citations

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Eick, Stephanie M., Dana E. Goin, Lara Cushing, et al.. (2021). Joint effects of prenatal exposure to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and psychosocial stressors on corticotropin-releasing hormone during pregnancy. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 32(1). 27–36. 36 indexed citations

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Eick, Stephanie M., Elizabeth Hom, Monika A. Izano, et al.. (2020). Associations between prenatal maternal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and birth outcomes among pregnant women in San Francisco. Environmental Health. 19(1). 100–100. 62 indexed citations

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Tran, Kathy, Joan A. Casey, Lara Cushing, & Rachel Morello‐Frosch. (2020). Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Birth Outcomes in California: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 2006–2015 Births. Environmental Health Perspectives. 128(6). 67001–67001. 52 indexed citations

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Johnston, Jill & Lara Cushing. (2020). Chemical Exposures, Health, and Environmental Justice in Communities Living on the Fenceline of Industry. Current Environmental Health Reports. 7(1). 48–57. 100 indexed citations

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Cushing, Lara, et al.. (2020). Flaring from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development and Birth Outcomes in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. Environmental Health Perspectives. 128(7). 77003–77003. 54 indexed citations

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Izano, Monika A., Lara Cushing, Jue Lin, et al.. (2020). The association of maternal psychosocial stress with newborn telomere length. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0242064–e0242064. 14 indexed citations

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Eick, Stephanie M., Dana E. Goin, Monika A. Izano, et al.. (2020). Relationships between psychosocial stressors among pregnant women in San Francisco: A path analysis. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0234579–e0234579. 33 indexed citations

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Cushing, Lara, et al.. (2018). Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence from California’s cap-and-trade program (2011–2015). PLoS Medicine. 15(7). e1002604–e1002604. 74 indexed citations

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Jesdale, Bill M., Rachel Morello‐Frosch, & Lara Cushing. (2013). The Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Heat Risk–Related Land Cover in Relation to Residential Segregation. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(7). 811–817. 201 indexed citations

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