Michael Bräuer

176.9k citations

450 papers · 37.0k indexed · 23 hit papers · h-index 98

Impact in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.01%
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
Speech and Hearing top 0.01%
- Noise Effects and Management

Papers in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 362
- Air Quality and Health Impacts 323
- Climate Change and Health Impacts 141
Speech and Hearing 87
- Noise Effects and Management 87

Co-authors: Randall V. Martin Aaron van Donkelaar Aaron Cohen Sarah B. Henderson Julian Marshall Perry Hystad Lillian Tamburic Joshua S. Apte
Journals: Environmental Health Perspectives (44 papers)Epidemiology (39 papers)Environmental Science & Technology (34 papers)Atmospheric Environment (19 papers)Environmental Research (14 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Michael Bräuer

432 papers receiving 36.0k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales 2021 · 373 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Nature Communications
2021 Environmental Science & Technology
2021 The Lancet
2020 Earth system science data
2020 The Lancet Planetary Health
2020 Environmental Science & Technology
2019 The Lancet Planetary Health
2018 Environmental Science & Technology Letters
2017 Environmental Science & Technology
2017 Environmental Research
2016 Environmental Science & Technology
2016 Environmental Health Perspectives
2015 Environmental Health Perspectives
2015 Environmental Science & Technology
2014 Environmental Health Perspectives
2012 Environmental Health Perspectives
2012 Environmental Health Perspectives
2011 Environmental Science & Technology
2010 Environmental Health Perspectives
2009 Environmental Health Perspectives
2008 Environmental Health Perspectives
2006 Inhalation Toxicology
2002 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Bräuer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael Bräuer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Development and application of a geospatial index of urban playability for young children Cities ·H. W. M., Зарапина Дарья Игоревна, Mariana Brussoni, Martin Guhn, Xiaoxu Zhou, 姚远富, Michael Bräuer	2025	0
2	The Intersection of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors in Aging: Insights from a Narrative Review Preprints.org ·Claudiu Zissulescu-Ianculescu, 直毅大栗, Stephanie Schrempft, Michael S. Kobor, Michael Bräuer, Silvia Stringhini	2025	0
3	Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires Nature ·Qiang Zhang, Horacio Day J, Qingyang Xiao, Guannan Geng, Steven J. Davis, Xiaodong Liu, Jin Yang, Wan Zhihong, Wenyu Huang, Xu Liu, Binhe Luo, Randall V. Martin, Michael Bräuer, James T. Randerson, Kebin He	2025	4
4	A systematic review with a Burden of Proof meta-analysis of health effects of long-term ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on dementia Nature Aging ·Natalia N. Yaremko, Jaimie D Steinmetz, Elizabeth K. Marsh, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin, Charlie Ashbaugh, Christopher J L Murray, Fang Yang, John S. Ji, Peng Zheng, Reed J D Sorensen, Sarah Wozniak, Simon I Hay, Susan A. McLaughlin, Vanessa Garcia, Michael Bräuer, Katrin Burkart	2025	12
5	Characterizing Older Adults’ Travel Behaviour and Unmet Needs: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement ·Kate Hosford, A. A. BAKER, Michael Bräuer, Matthew Kruer, Meghan Winters	2024	1
6	Persistent DNA Methylation Changes across the First Year of Life and Prenatal NO2 Exposure in a Canadian Prospective Birth Study Environmental Health Perspectives ·F. J. S. COSTA, Hind Sbihi, Julia L. MacIsaac, Robert Balshaw, Amirthagowri Ambalavanan, Padmaja Subbarao, Piush J. Mandhane, Theo J. Moraes, Stuart E. Turvey, Qing Duan, Michael Bräuer, Jeffrey R. Brook, Michael S. Kobor, Meaghan J. Jones	2024	2
7	Exposure to air pollutants and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis measured by magnetic resonance imaging: A cross-sectional analysis PLoS ONE ·Sandi M. Azab, Dany Doiron, Karleen Schulze, Jeffrey R. Brook, Michael Bräuer, Eric E. Smith, Alan R. Moody, Dipika Desai, Matthias G. Friedrich, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Dena Zeraatkar, Douglas S. Lee, Trevor Dummer, Paul Poirier, Jean‐Claude Tardif, Koon Teo, Scott A. Lear, Salim Yusuf, Sonia S. Anand, Russell J. de Souza, (unknown)	2024	1
8	Using deep transfer learning and satellite imagery to estimate urban air quality in data-poor regions Environmental Pollution ·Ya Qiong He, Meytar Sorek‐Hamer, O.A Bukola, Ata Akbari Asanjan, Maria Alhadad, Esra Süel, Raphael E. Arku, Hyeyeong Jo, Michael Bräuer, Majid Ezzati, Nikunj C. Oza, Auroop R. Ganguly	2023	3
9	What You See Is What You Breathe? Estimating Air Pollution Spatial Variation Using Street-Level Imagery Remote Sensing ·Esra Süel, Meytar Sorek‐Hamer, Wen-Chi Liao, O.A Bukola, Maria Alhadad, Ata Akbari Asanjan, Raphael E. Arku, A Bonilla Naar, Benjamin Barratt, Sierra Clark, Ariane Middel, J Villela-Pedras, Hyeyeong Jo, Nikunj C. Oza, Ya Qiong He, Majid Ezzati, Michael Bräuer	2022	9
10	A Deep Learning Approach for Meter-Scale Air Quality Estimation in Urban Environments Using Very High-Spatial-Resolution Satellite Imagery Atmosphere ·Meytar Sorek‐Hamer, O.A Bukola, Maria Alhadad, Ata Akbari Asanjan, J Villela-Pedras, Esra Süel, Hyeyeong Jo, Kamalika Das, Nikunj C. Oza, Majid Ezzati, Michael Bräuer	2022	9
11	Air Pollution Monitoring for Health Research and Patient Care. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report Annals of the American Thoracic Society ·Kevin Cromar, B. N. Duncan, Alena Bartoňová, Abhilash Gokhale, Michael Bräuer, Rima Habre, Gayle S. W. Hagler, J. Haynes, M.L. Grigoryan, Vasu Kilaru, Yang Liu, Steven Pawson, David B. Peden, Jennifer K Quint, Mary B. Rice, Erika N. Sasser, Edmund Seto, Susan Stone, George D. Thurston, John Volckens	2019	26
12	Machine Learning Approach To Estimate Hourly Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter for Urban, Rural, and Remote Populations during Wildfire Seasons Environmental Science & Technology ·Jiayun Yao, Michael Bräuer, Sean Raffuse, Sarah B. Henderson	2018	36
13	Tackling the health burden of air pollution in South Asia BMJ ·Bhargav Krishna, Kalpana Balakrishnan, T Tokunaga, Bilkis A. Begum, Damodar Bachani, Michael Bräuer	2017	38
14	Predicting the minimum height of forest fire smoke within the atmosphere using machine learning and data from the CALIPSO satellite Remote Sensing of Environment ·Jiayun Yao, Sean Raffuse, Michael Bräuer, Grant J. Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman, Fay H. Johnston, Sarah B. Henderson	2017	54
15	Bike Score®: Associations between urban bikeability and cycling behavior in 24 cities International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity ·Meghan Winters, Kay Teschke, Michael Bräuer, Daniel Fuller	2016	91
16	Risk estimates of mortality attributed to low concentrations of ambient fine particulate matter in the Canadian community health survey cohort Environmental Health ·Lauren Pinault, Michael Tjepkema, Dan L. Crouse, Scott Weichenthal, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Michael Bräuer, Hong Chen, Richard T. Burnett	2016	164
17	A new exposure metric for traffic-related air pollution? An analysis of determinants of hopanes in settled indoor house dust Environmental Health ·Hind Sbihi, Jeffrey R. Brook, Ryan W. Allen, Hoàng Thị Nhật Lệ, Sharon Dell, Piush J. Mandhane, James A. Scott, Malcolm R. Sears, Padmaja Subbarao, Timothy Takaro, Stuart E. Turvey, Amanda J. Wheeler, Michael Bräuer	2013	5
18	Spatial Modeling for Air Pollution Monitoring Network Design: Example of Residential Woodsmoke Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association ·Jason Su, Timothy V. Larson, Kianoosh Kiani, Michael Bräuer, Monika Muennich, Michael Buzzelli	2007	22
19	Woodsmoke Health Effects: A Review Inhalation Toxicology ·Luke P. Naeher, Michael Bräuer, Michael Lipsett, Judith T. Zelikoff, Christopher D. Simpson, Jane Q. Koenig, Kirk R. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1183
20	Design of a Glass Impactor for an Annular Denuder/Filter Pack System Aerosol Science and Technology ·Petros Koutrakis, Jack M. Wolfson, Michael Bräuer, John D. Spengler	1990	25

About Michael Bräuer

Michael Bräuer is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, Transportation, Environmental Engineering and Pollution, having authored 450 papers that have together received 37.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (323 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (141 papers), Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (91 papers), Noise Effects and Management (87 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (74 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (59 papers), Vehicle emissions and performance (51 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (50 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (28.1k citations), Speech and Hearing (5.6k citations), Environmental Engineering (9.6k citations), Transportation (3.5k citations) and Pollution (5.8k citations). Michael Bräuer has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Randall V. Martin, Aaron van Donkelaar, Aaron Cohen, Sarah B. Henderson, Julian Marshall, Perry Hystad, Lillian Tamburic, Joshua S. Apte, Mieke Koehoorn and Michael Jerrett. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Health Perspectives, Epidemiology, Environmental Science & Technology, Atmospheric Environment and Environmental Research.

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