Paolo Vineis

99.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
551 papers, 22.3k citations indexed

About

Paolo Vineis is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Vineis has authored 551 papers receiving a total of 22.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 134 papers in Molecular Biology and 117 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Paolo Vineis's work include Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (79 papers), Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (73 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (71 papers). Paolo Vineis is often cited by papers focused on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (79 papers), Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging (73 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (71 papers). Paolo Vineis collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Paolo Vineis's co-authors include Christopher P. Wild, Carlotta Sacerdote, Marc Chadeau‐Hyam, Giuseppe Matullo, Roel Vermeulen, Silvia Polidoro, Aneire Khan, ­Rosario ­Tumino, C. Malaveille and Salvatore Panico and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Vineis

525 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

Outdoor Particulate Matter Exposure and Lung Ca... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2014 2016 2013 2004 2020 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Outdoor Particulate Matter Exposure and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2014 786 citations Paolo Vineis et al. profile →
  2. Mutational signatures associated with tobacco smoking in human cancer
    2016 680 citations Paolo Vineis et al. profile →
  3. Global cancer patterns: causes and prevention
    2013 510 citations Paolo Vineis et al. profile →
  4. Tobacco and Cancer: Recent Epidemiological Evidence
    2004 500 citations Paolo Vineis et al. profile →
  5. GrimAge Outperforms Other Epigenetic Clocks in the Prediction of Age-Related Clinical Phenotypes and All-Cause Mortality
    2020 287 citations Giovanni Fiorito, Silvia Polidoro et al. profile →
  6. The contribution of health behaviors to socioeconomic inequalities in health: A systematic review
    2018 275 citations Murielle Bochud, Mika Kivimäki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paolo Vineis Italy 79 7.3k 5.2k 4.3k 3.2k 3.0k 551 22.3k
Nathaniel Rothman United States 69 6.3k 0.9× 3.6k 0.7× 4.4k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 2.6k 0.9× 403 17.3k
Dale P. Sandler United States 87 3.8k 0.5× 7.2k 1.4× 3.6k 0.8× 3.6k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 720 27.6k
Susan M. Gapstur United States 67 5.2k 0.7× 3.6k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 3.5k 1.1× 6.8k 2.3× 264 22.5k
Kurt Straíf France 66 3.6k 0.5× 5.7k 1.1× 3.3k 0.8× 3.2k 1.0× 5.3k 1.8× 212 26.4k
Martyn T. Smith United States 79 8.3k 1.1× 6.2k 1.2× 5.4k 1.2× 2.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 366 22.9k
Anne Tjønneland Denmark 75 3.8k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 5.5k 1.7× 2.8k 0.9× 579 22.7k
Daniel O. Stram United States 69 5.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 3.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 2.8k 0.9× 286 18.8k
Karl T. Kelsey United States 83 13.8k 1.9× 3.3k 0.6× 4.9k 1.1× 1.3k 0.4× 3.5k 1.2× 434 24.1k
Richard B. Hayes United States 95 9.4k 1.3× 4.3k 0.8× 5.5k 1.3× 3.7k 1.2× 6.3k 2.1× 496 30.6k
James R. Cerhan United States 85 4.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.4× 3.1k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 9.1k 3.0× 612 26.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Paolo Vineis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paolo Vineis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Vineis

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Imamura, Atsushi, Adrian P. Butler, Christopher Millett, et al.. (2025). Adverse health outcomes associated with drinking highly saline water: a systematic review. European Journal of Epidemiology. 40(11). 1307–1322. 1 indexed citations
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Pirard, Catherine, Corinne Charlier, Gary Frost, et al.. (2025). Paraben exposures and satiety hormones in preschool children: an ENVIRONAGE study. Environmental Research. 285(Pt 1). 122300–122300.
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Frydas, Ilias, N. Papaioannou, Marcelo Macedo Rogero, et al.. (2025). Effects of minimal arsenic, lead, and cadmium exposure on biological pathways in Brazilian informal workers welding fashion jewelry. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 89. 127660–127660.
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Francavilla, A., Giulio Ferrero, Barbara Pardini, et al.. (2023). Gluten-free diet affects fecal small non-coding RNA profiles and microbiome composition in celiac disease supporting a host-gut microbiota crosstalk. Gut Microbes. 15(1). 2172955–2172955. 19 indexed citations
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Grigoryan, Hasmik, Carlotta Sacerdote, Giovanna Masala, et al.. (2023). HSA Adductomics Reveals Sex Differences in NHL Incidence and Possible Involvement of Microbial Translocation. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 32(9). 1217–1226. 2 indexed citations
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Handakas, Evangelos, Pekka Keski‐Rahkonen, Lida Chatzi, et al.. (2021). Cord blood metabolic signatures predictive of childhood overweight and rapid growth. International Journal of Obesity. 45(10). 2252–2260. 20 indexed citations
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Robinson, Oliver, Marc Chadeau‐Hyam, İbrahim Karaman, et al.. (2020). Determinants of accelerated metabolomic and epigenetic aging in a UK cohort. Aging Cell. 19(6). e13149–e13149. 110 indexed citations
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Nunen, Erik van, Gerard Hoek, Ming‐Yi Tsai, et al.. (2020). Short-term personal and outdoor exposure to ultrafine and fine particulate air pollution in association with blood pressure and lung function in healthy adults. Environmental Research. 194. 110579–110579. 23 indexed citations
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Grigoryan, Hasmik, Courtney Schiffman, Marc J. Gunter, et al.. (2019). Cys34 Adductomics Links Colorectal Cancer with the Gut Microbiota and Redox Biology. Cancer Research. 79(23). 6024–6031. 25 indexed citations
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Georgiadis, Panagiotis, Panu Rantakokko, Maria Botsivali, et al.. (2019). DNA methylation profiling implicates exposure to PCBs in the pathogenesis of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Environment International. 126. 24–36. 27 indexed citations
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Castagné, Raphaële, Marc Chadeau‐Hyam, Murielle Bochud, et al.. (2019). Multi-cohort study identifies social determinants of systemic inflammation over the life course. Nature Communications. 10(1). 773–773. 78 indexed citations
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Mostafavi, Nahid, Roel Vermeulen, Akram Ghantous, et al.. (2018). Acute changes in DNA methylation in relation to 24 h personal air pollution exposure measurements: A panel study in four European countries. Environment International. 120. 11–21. 45 indexed citations
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Allione, Alessandra, Barbara Pardini, Clara Viberti, et al.. (2018). The prognostic value of basal DNA damage level in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients affected by bladder cancer. Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations. 36(5). 241.e15–241.e23. 11 indexed citations
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Vlaanderen, Jelle, Max Leenders, Marc Chadeau‐Hyam, et al.. (2017). Exploring the nature of prediagnostic blood transcriptome markers of chronic lymphocytic leukemia by assessing their overlap with the transcriptome at the clinical stage. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 239–239. 1 indexed citations
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Ricceri, Fulvio, Marı́a Teresa Giraudo, Sabina Sieri, et al.. (2017). [Dietary habits and social differences: the experience of EPIC-Italy].. PubMed. 39(5-6). 315–21. 5 indexed citations
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Russo, Alessia, Simonetta Guarrera, Giovanni Fiorito, et al.. (2014). Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Independently Associated with Poor Survival in Patients with Bladder Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 23(11). 2439–2446. 29 indexed citations
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Brennan, Kevin, Montserrat García‐Closas, Nick Orr, et al.. (2012). Intragenic ATM Methylation in Peripheral Blood DNA as a Biomarker of Breast Cancer Risk. Cancer Research. 72(9). 2304–2313. 118 indexed citations
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Vermeulen, Roel, Fatemeh Saberi Hosnijeh, Lützen Portengen, et al.. (2011). Circulating Soluble CD30 and Future Risk of Lymphoma; Evidence from Two Prospective Studies in the General Population. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 20(9). 1925–1927. 17 indexed citations
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Schöllnberger, Helmut, Niko Beerenwinkel, Rudolf T. Hoogenveen, & Paolo Vineis. (2010). Cell Selection as Driving Force in Lung and Colon Carcinogenesis. Cancer Research. 70(17). 6797–6803. 29 indexed citations
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Miligi, Lucia, Adele Seniori Costantini, Alessandra Benvenuti, et al.. (2006). Occupational Exposure to Solvents and the Risk of Lymphomas. Epidemiology. 17(5). 552–561. 61 indexed citations

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