Paolo Boffetta

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Paolo Boffetta is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Boffetta has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 9 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Paolo Boffetta's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (10 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (6 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (5 papers). Paolo Boffetta is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (10 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (6 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (5 papers). Paolo Boffetta collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and United States. Paolo Boffetta's co-authors include Per Gustavsson, Lawrence Garfinkel, Andrew L. Milkowski, James R. Coughlin, Dominik D. Alexander, Nathan S. Bryan, Ralph J. Coates, Michael J. Thun, T. Byers and W. Dana Flanders and has published in prestigious journals such as JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Cancer Research and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Boffetta

33 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Cancer risk from occupational and environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

1997 815 citations Paolo Boffetta, Per Gustavsson et al. Cancer Causes & Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paolo Boffetta France	27	1.0k	659	490	434	431	34	2.8k
David H. Garabrant United States	37	1.4k 1.4×	745 1.1×	639 1.3×	330 0.8×	685 1.6×	112	4.1k
Marie‐Élise Parent Canada	37	1.6k 1.6×	521 0.8×	553 1.1×	350 0.8×	935 2.2×	153	4.0k
Vladimír Bencko Czechia	36	1.2k 1.2×	519 0.8×	385 0.8×	977 2.3×	504 1.2×	201	3.7k
Tomoyuki Hanaoka Japan	37	1.1k 1.1×	761 1.2×	415 0.8×	789 1.8×	393 0.9×	80	3.4k
Michael A. Kelsh United States	29	980 1.0×	328 0.5×	382 0.8×	291 0.7×	327 0.8×	88	3.2k
Eleonóra Fabiánová Czechia	27	522 0.5×	656 1.0×	455 0.9×	855 2.0×	533 1.2×	52	2.4k
Kenneth C. Johnson Canada	34	668 0.7×	430 0.7×	946 1.9×	292 0.7×	390 0.9×	92	3.1k
James Hopkins United Kingdom	18	889 0.9×	425 0.6×	291 0.6×	634 1.5×	275 0.6×	47	3.5k
Richard Clapp United States	25	594 0.6×	411 0.6×	1.3k 2.6×	340 0.8×	318 0.7×	68	3.4k
Lina Mu United States	32	870 0.9×	559 0.8×	382 0.8×	856 2.0×	258 0.6×	111	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Paolo Boffetta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paolo Boffetta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Paolo Boffetta. 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 Paolo Boffetta. The network helps show where Paolo Boffetta may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Boffetta

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

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Seyyedsalehi, Monireh Sadat, et al.. (2025). Occupational benzene exposure and skin cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Occupational Medicine. 75(3-4). 163–170. 1 indexed citations

Collatuzzo, Giulia, et al.. (2024). Gastrointestinal cancer and occupational diesel exhaust exposure: a meta-analysis of cohort studies. Occupational Medicine. 74(6). 438–448. 1 indexed citations

Gallus, Silvano, Alessandra Lugo, Carlo La Vecchia, et al.. (2014). Pricing Policies And Control of Tobacco in Europe (PPACTE) project. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 23(3). 177–185. 75 indexed citations

Frullanti, Elisa, Carlo La Vecchia, Paolo Boffetta, & Carlo Zocchetti. (2012). Vinyl chloride exposure and cirrhosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Digestive and Liver Disease. 44(9). 775–779. 10 indexed citations

Bryan, Nathan S., Dominik D. Alexander, James R. Coughlin, Andrew L. Milkowski, & Paolo Boffetta. (2012). Ingested nitrate and nitrite and stomach cancer risk: An updated review. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 50(10). 3646–3665. 251 indexed citations

Nicolich, Mark J., et al.. (2012). Lung cancer and diesel exhaust: an updated critical review of the occupational epidemiology literature. Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 42(7). 549–598. 41 indexed citations

Tramacere, Irene, Eva Negri, Vincenzo Bagnardi, et al.. (2010). A meta-analysis of alcohol drinking and oral and pharyngeal cancers. Part 1: Overall results and dose-risk relation. Oral Oncology. 46(7). 497–503. 81 indexed citations

Boffetta, Paolo, Valérie Gaborieau, Louise Nadon, et al.. (2001). Exposure to titanium dioxide and risk of lung cancer in a population-based study from Montreal. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 27(4). 227–232. 51 indexed citations

Boffetta, Paolo, Henrik Albert Kolstad, David Coggon, et al.. (1998). Mortality of Short-Term Workers in Two International Cohorts. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 40(12). 1120–1126. 26 indexed citations

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Nyberg, Fredrik, Antonio Agudo, Paolo Boffetta, et al.. (1998). A European validation study of smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure in nonsmoking lung cancer cases and controls. Cancer Causes & Control. 9(2). 173–182. 43 indexed citations

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Boffetta, Paolo, Vera Pompe‐Kirn, Давид Заридзе, et al.. (1998). Cancer occurrence among European mercury miners. Cancer Causes & Control. 9(6). 591–599. 38 indexed citations

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Stéfani, Eduardo De, Paolo Boffetta, Fernando Oreggia, et al.. (1998). Occupation and the risk of laryngeal cancer in Uruguay. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 33(6). 537–542. 42 indexed citations

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Stéfani, Eduardo De, Paolo Boffetta, Marı́a Mendilaharsu, Julio Carzoglio, & Hugo Deneo‐Pellegrini. (1998). Dietary nitrosamines, heterocyclic amines, and risk of gastric cancer: A case‐control study in Uruguay. Nutrition and Cancer. 30(2). 158–162. 89 indexed citations

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Boffetta, Paolo, et al.. (1997). Cancer risk from occupational and environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Cancer Causes & Control. 8(3). 444–472. 815 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boffetta, Paolo, Rodolfo Saracci, Pier Alberto Bertazzi, et al.. (1997). Cancer Mortality among Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers. Epidemiology. 8(3). 259–259. 63 indexed citations

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Boffetta, Paolo, et al.. (1997). Prognostic Factors and Survival of Laryngeal Cancer Patients from Turin, Italy: A Population-based Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 145(12). 1100–1105. 36 indexed citations

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Lynge, Elsebeth, Anne‐Marie Nybo Andersen, Ralph Nilsson, et al.. (1997). Risk of Cancer and Exposure to Gasoline Vapors. American Journal of Epidemiology. 145(5). 449–458. 100 indexed citations

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Welp, E, Manolis Kogevinas, Anne‐Marie Nybo Andersen, et al.. (1996). Exposure to Styrene and Mortality from Nervous System Diseases and Mental Disorders. American Journal of Epidemiology. 144(7). 623–633. 28 indexed citations

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Boffetta, Paolo, Franco Merletti, R K Winkelmann, et al.. (1993). Survival of breast cancer patients from Piedmont, Italy. Cancer Causes & Control. 4(3). 209–215. 23 indexed citations

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Thun, Michael J., E. E. Calle, W. Dana Flanders, et al.. (1992). Risk Factors for Fatal Colon Cancer in a Large Prospective Study. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 84(19). 1491–1500. 306 indexed citations

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