María Foraster

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

María Foraster is a scholar working on Speech and Hearing, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, María Foraster has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Speech and Hearing, 62 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in María Foraster's work include Noise Effects and Management (71 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (49 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (17 papers). María Foraster is often cited by papers focused on Noise Effects and Management (71 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (49 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (17 papers). María Foraster collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Switzerland and Netherlands. María Foraster's co-authors include Xavier Basagaña, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Göran Pershagen, Elise van Kempen, Maribel Casas, Nicole Probst‐Hensch, Nino Künzli, Ikenna C. Eze, Martin Röösli and Jean Marc Wunderli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

María Foraster

94 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Effects: A Summary

2018 433 citations María Foraster et al. profile →
Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study

2015 418 citations Jordi Sunyer, Mikel Esnaola et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of María Foraster

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

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Unraveling the impact of prenatal air pollution for neonatal brain maturation 2025 ·Environment International ·Jesús Pujol, Gerard Martínez‐Vilavella, (unknown), Ioar Rivas, María Dolores Gómez‐Roig, Elisa Llurba, Laura Blanco‐Hinojo, Marta Cirach, (unknown), Xavier Querol, Mireia Gascón, María Foraster, Juan Domingo Gispert, Carles Falcón, Joan Deus, Payam Dadvand, Jordi Sunyer	0
2	Epigenome-wide association study of pregnancy exposure to green space and placental DNA methylation 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Marta Cosín‐Tomás, (unknown), (unknown), Olga Sánchez, (unknown), (unknown), María Foraster, Mireia Gascón, Ioar Rivas, Elisa Llurba, María Dolores Gómez‐Roig, Jordi Sunyer, Mariona Bustamante, Martine Vrijheid, (unknown)	0
3	Plasma proteomics discovery of mental health risk biomarkers in adolescents 2023 ·Nature Mental Health ·Izaque de Sousa Maciel, (unknown), Alexey М. Afonin, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jordi Júlvez, María Foraster, Irene van Kamp, Katja M. Kanninen	7
4	Long-term exposure to air pollution and severe COVID-19 in Catalonia: a population-based cohort study 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Otávio T. Ranzani, Anna Alari, (unknown), Carles Milà, (unknown), Joan Ballester, Xavier Basagaña, Carlos Chaccour, Payam Dadvand, Talita Duarte‐Salles, María Foraster, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Jordi Sunyer, Antònia Valentín, Manolis Kogevinas, Uxue Lazcano, Carla Avellaneda-Gómez, (unknown), Cathryn Tonne	24
5	The Interaction between Circulating Cell-Free Mitochondrial DNA and Inflammatory Cytokines in Predicting Human Mental Health Issue Risk in Adolescents: An Explorative Study 2023 ·Biomedicines ·(unknown), Izaque de Sousa Maciel, (unknown), (unknown), Irene van Kamp, María Foraster, Jordi Júlvez, Katja M. Kanninen	1
6	Association between residential exposure to road traffic noise and cognitive and motor function outcomes in children and preadolescents 2023 ·Environment International ·(unknown), Mònica López-Vicente, Antònia Valentín, Miguel Burgaleta, María Foraster, Henning Tiemeier, Mònica Guxens	4
7	Impact of road traffic noise on annoyance and preventable mortality in European cities: A health impact assessment 2022 ·Environment International ·Sasha Khomenko, Marta Cirach, Jose Barrera‐Gómez, Evelise Pereira Barboza, Tamara Iungman, Natalie Mueller, María Foraster, Cathryn Tonne, Meelan Thondoo, Calvin Jephcote, John Gulliver, James Woodcock, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen	56
8	Urban environment and physical activity and capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2022 ·Environmental Research ·Maria Koreny, Ane Arbillaga‐Etxarri, Magda Bosch de Basea, María Foraster, Anne‐Elie Carsin, Marta Cirach, Elena Gimeno‐Santos, Anael Barberán-García, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Pere Vall‐Casas, Robert Rodriguez-Roisín, Judith García‐Aymerich	12
9	Exposure to road traffic noise and cognitive development in schoolchildren in Barcelona, Spain: A population-based cohort study 2022 ·PLoS Medicine ·María Foraster, Mikel Esnaola, Mònica López-Vicente, Ioar Rivas, Mar Álvarez‐Pedrerol, (unknown), Núria Sebastián‐Gallés, Jesús Pujol, Payam Dadvand, Jordi Sunyer	30
10	Sons al Balcó, a Citizen Science Approach to Map the Soundscape of Catalonia 2021 ·MDPI (MDPI AG) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), María Foraster, (unknown), (unknown), Roger Mallol, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xavier Sevillano, Rosa Ma Alsina‐Pagès	5
11	Multilevel Annoyance Modelling of Short Environmental Sound Recordings 2021 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), Andrew Mitchell, (unknown), Francesco Aletta, Rosa Ma Alsina‐Pagès, María Foraster	10
12	Sons al balcó: Soundscape Map of the Confinement in Catalonia 2020 ·DAU - Digital Archive of URL ·Rosa Ma Alsina‐Pagès, (unknown), Roger Mallol, (unknown), (unknown), María Foraster	9
13	Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in Peripheral Blood and Long-Term Exposure to Source-Specific Transportation Noise and Air Pollution: The SAPALDIA Study 2020 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Ikenna C. Eze, Ayoung Jeong, Emmanuel Schaffner, Faisal I. Rezwan, Akram Ghantous, María Foraster, Danielle Vienneau, Florian Kronenberg, Zdenko Herceg, Paolo Vineis, Mark Brink, Jean Marc Wunderli, Christian Schindler, Christian Cajochen, Martin Röösli, John W. Holloway, Medea Imboden, Nicole Probst‐Hensch	59
14	Adverse impact of nocturnal transportation noise on glucose regulation in healthy young adults: Effect of different noise scenarios 2018 ·Environment International ·Laurie Thiesse, Franziska Rudzik, Karine Spiegel, Rachel Leproult, Reto Pieren, Jean Marc Wunderli, María Foraster, Harris Héritier, Ikenna C. Eze, (unknown), Danielle Vienneau, Mark Brink, Nicole Probst‐Hensch, Martin Röösli, Christian Cajochen	28
15	Diurnal variability of transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: A nationwide cohort study from Switzerland 2018 ·International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health ·Harris Héritier, Danielle Vienneau, María Foraster, Ikenna C. Eze, Emmanuel Schaffner, Laurie Thiesse, (unknown), Manuel Habermacher, (unknown), Reto Pieren, Arno Schmidt‐Trucksäss, Mark Brink, Christian Cajochen, Jean Marc Wunderli, Nicole Probst‐Hensch, Martin Röösli	44
16	Socio-environmental correlates of physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 2017 ·Thorax ·Ane Arbillaga‐Etxarri, Elena Gimeno‐Santos, Anael Barberán-García, Marta Benet, (unknown), Payam Dadvand, María Foraster, Alicia Marín, Mónica Monteagudo, Robert Rodriguez-Roisín, (unknown), Jordi Vilaró, Judith García‐Aymerich	42
17	Impact of traffic-related air pollution on acute changes in cardiac autonomic modulation during rest and physical activity: a cross-over study 2015 ·Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology ·Tom Cole‐Hunter, Scott Weichenthal, Nadine Kubesch, María Foraster, Glòria Carrasco‐Turigas, Laura Bouso, David Martínez, Dane Westerdahl, Audrey de Nazelle, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen	50
18	Traffic-Related Air Pollution, Noise at School, and Behavioral Problems in Barcelona Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study 2015 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Joan Forns, Payam Dadvand, María Foraster, Mar Álvarez‐Pedrerol, Ioar Rivas, Mònica López-Vicente, Elisabet Suades-González, Raquel García‐Esteban, Mikel Esnaola, Marta Cirach, James Grellier, Xavier Basagaña, Xavier Querol, Mònica Guxens, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Jordi Sunyer	133
19	Association of Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution with Blood Pressure and Hypertension in an Adult Population–Based Cohort in Spain (the REGICOR Study) 2014 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·María Foraster, Xavier Basagaña, Inmaculada Aguilera, Marcela Rivera, David Agis, Laura Bouso, Alexandre Deltell, Jaume Marrugat, Rafel Ramos, Jordi Sunyer, Joan Vila, Roberto Elosúa, Nino Künzli	73
20	Association between Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The REGICOR Study 2012 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Marcela Rivera, Xavier Basagaña, Inmaculada Aguilera, María Foraster, David Agis, Eric de Groot, Laura Pérez, Michelle A. Méndez, Laura Bouso, (unknown), Rafel Ramos, Joan Sala, Jaume Marrugat, Roberto Elosúa, Nino Künzli	49

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