Miquel Porta

23.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
221 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Miquel Porta is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Miquel Porta has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 49 papers in Oncology and 41 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Miquel Porta's work include Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (47 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (41 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (33 papers). Miquel Porta is often cited by papers focused on Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (47 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (41 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (33 papers). Miquel Porta collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Italy. Miquel Porta's co-authors include David R. Jacobs, Núria Malats, Duk‐Hee Lee, José Pumarega, Laura N. Vandenberg, Esteve Fernández, Tomás López‐Jiménez, Francisco X. Real, Magda Gasull and Leonardo Trasande and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Miquel Porta

209 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

A dictionary of epidemiology 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 400 800 1.2k
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. A dictionary of epidemiology
    2008 1.3k citations Miquel Porta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Miquel Porta Spain 47 2.6k 1.4k 1.2k 994 884 221 8.1k
Peter Lee United Kingdom 47 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 803 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 905 1.0× 272 8.9k
Heiko Becher Germany 49 1.2k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 996 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 389 0.4× 310 8.8k
John E. Vena United States 52 2.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 831 0.7× 1.8k 1.9× 281 0.3× 203 8.1k
Victoria Persky United States 46 2.1k 0.8× 756 0.5× 474 0.4× 731 0.7× 383 0.4× 146 7.7k
Peggy Reynolds United States 58 3.3k 1.3× 2.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 266 0.3× 208 9.1k
Jack Siemiatycki Canada 54 3.5k 1.3× 849 0.6× 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 450 0.5× 223 9.1k
Shelia Hoar Zahm United States 52 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 2.5k 2.1× 1.5k 1.5× 413 0.5× 195 9.4k
Dario Consonni Italy 62 2.6k 1.0× 875 0.6× 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 435 13.2k
Antonio Russo Italy 50 1.4k 0.5× 3.1k 2.2× 1.1k 1.0× 788 0.8× 1.6k 1.8× 250 9.8k
Clark W. Heath United States 40 2.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 772 0.7× 1.8k 1.9× 1.2k 1.4× 95 11.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Miquel Porta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miquel Porta

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All Works

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Pumarega, José, et al.. (2023). Supporting legislative action: Urinary levels of phthalates and phenols among influencers in the ‘Plastics in the spotlight’ advocacy initiative. Environmental Research. 231(Pt 2). 116205–116205. 1 indexed citations
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Porta, Miquel, José Pumarega, Magda Gasull, et al.. (2023). Individual blood concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and chemical elements, and COVID-19: A prospective cohort study in Barcelona. Environmental Research. 223. 115419–115419. 9 indexed citations
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Posso, Margarita, Javier Louro, Marta Román, et al.. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer screening indicators in a Spanish population-based program: a cohort study. eLife. 11. 14 indexed citations
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Trasande, Leonardo, et al.. (2022). Exposures to pesticides and risk of cancer: Evaluation of recent epidemiological evidence in humans and paths forward. International Journal of Cancer. 152(5). 879–912. 66 indexed citations
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Larrea-Killinger, Cristina, et al.. (2014). Social discourse concerning pollution and contamination in Spain: Analysis of online comments by digital press readers. 10(1). 35–47. 11 indexed citations
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Gallo, V., Matthias Egger, Valerie McCormack, et al.. (2011). STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology – Molecular Epidemiology (STROBE‐ME): An extension of the STROBE statement. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 42(1). 1–16. 56 indexed citations
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Porta, Miquel. (2010). El sufrimiento del dolor: cuerpo, ser y sociedad. Hispana. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Duk‐Hee, David R. Jacobs, & Miquel Porta. (2009). Hypothesis: a Unifying Mechanism for Nutrition and Chemicals as Lifelong Modulators of DNA Hypomethylation. Environmental Health Perspectives. 117(12). 1799–1802. 106 indexed citations
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Aguiló, Rafael, et al.. (2008). Multiple independent primary cancers do not adversely affect survival of the lung cancer patient. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 34(5). 1075–1080. 52 indexed citations
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Crous‐Bou, Marta, Miquel Porta, Tomás López‐Jiménez, et al.. (2007). Lifetime History of Tobacco Consumption and K-ras Mutations in Exocrine Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreas. 35(2). 135–141. 20 indexed citations
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Porta, Miquel & Ildefonso Hernández‐Aguado. (2007). Hacer más o hacer mejor lo que hay que hacer. 6–11. 1 indexed citations
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Porta, Miquel, et al.. (2006). Concentraciones de compuestos tóxicos persistentes en la población general española: Criterios para un diagnóstico de la situación actual. Hispana. 6 indexed citations
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Porta, Miquel. (2006). A dictionary of epidemiology, 5th edition. A call for submissions through an innovative wiki. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 60(8). 653–653. 1 indexed citations
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Porta, Miquel, Manuel Jariod, Tomás López‐Jiménez, et al.. (2006). In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma coffee intake and serum concentrations of some organochlorine compounds are independently associated with the mutational activation of the K-ras oncogene.. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers. 15. 1 indexed citations
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Porta, Miquel. (2005). La secuencia del genoma es una partitura de jazz. Claves de razón práctica. 71–74.
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Barros, Henrique & Miquel Porta. (2004). Bridging Worlds—The European Congress of Epidemiology. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 58. 1 indexed citations
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Porta, Miquel. (2000). Mutaciones en el gen K-RAS y concentraciones séricas de DDT, DDE, PCBs y otros compuestos organoclorados en el cáncer de páncreas exocrino. 24–29.
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Malats, Núria, Miquel Porta, Josep Lluís Piñol, et al.. (1995). Ki-ras mutations as a prognostic factor in extrahepatic bile system cancer. PANK-ras I Project Investigators.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 13(7). 1679–1686. 41 indexed citations

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