Phil Brown

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
159 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Phil Brown is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Phil Brown has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 42 papers in General Health Professions and 38 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Phil Brown's work include Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (48 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (21 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (17 papers). Phil Brown is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (48 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (21 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (17 papers). Phil Brown collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and United Kingdom. Phil Brown's co-authors include Stephen Zavestoski, Rachel Morello‐Frosch, Alissa Cordner, Julia Green Brody, Sabrina McCormick, Edwin J. Mikkelsen, Ruthann A. Rudel, Brian Mayer, Rebecca Gasior Altman and Lauren Richter and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Phil Brown

153 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Guideline levels for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water: the role of scientific uncertainty, risk assessment decisions, and social factors

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Phil Brown United States	41	2.6k	1.6k	1.3k	721	527	159	6.1k
Rachel Morello‐Frosch United States	55	3.9k 1.5×	5.5k 3.5×	1.3k 1.0×	653 0.9×	612 1.2×	208	10.0k
Kelvyn Jones United Kingdom	49	3.2k 1.2×	393 0.2×	2.3k 1.8×	94 0.1×	536 1.0×	208	11.4k
Marina Pollán Spain	50	546 0.2×	1.8k 1.1×	442 0.3×	207 0.3×	947 1.8×	328	10.2k
James Allen United States	49	767 0.3×	540 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	62 0.1×	432 0.8×	288	7.2k
Simon Watts United Kingdom	22	853 0.3×	296 0.2×	469 0.4×	47 0.1×	278 0.5×	48	4.6k
John Gibson New Zealand	43	2.8k 1.1×	204 0.1×	698 0.5×	63 0.1×	134 0.3×	322	7.6k
David Webb United States	41	609 0.2×	548 0.3×	532 0.4×	75 0.1×	463 0.9×	176	5.3k
Lawrence C. Hamilton United States	43	4.2k 1.6×	389 0.2×	724 0.6×	58 0.1×	93 0.2×	150	7.3k
Jason Corburn United States	31	1.1k 0.4×	790 0.5×	940 0.7×	30 0.0×	259 0.5×	61	3.9k
Howard Frumkin United States	47	1.6k 0.6×	7.4k 4.7×	1.5k 1.1×	46 0.1×	764 1.4×	154	11.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Phil Brown

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Fields of papers citing papers by Phil Brown

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Phil Brown

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Boronow, Katherine E., John D. Meeker, Akram N. Alshawabkeh, et al.. (2023). Mi PROTECT: A personalized smartphone platform to report back results to participants of a maternal-child and environmental health research cohort program in Puerto Rico. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). e0000172–e0000172. 2 indexed citations

Tormos‐Aponte, Fernando, Phil Brown, Dana R. Fisher, et al.. (2023). Pathways for diversifying and enhancing science advocacy. Science Advances. 9(20). eabq4899–eabq4899. 8 indexed citations

Poudrier, Grace, Phil Brown, Linda S. Birnbaum, et al.. (2022). Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 9(11). 983–990. 100 indexed citations

Powers, Martha, et al.. (2022). Federal PFAS Testing and Tribal Public Water Systems. Environmental Health Perspectives. 130(12). 127701–127701. 9 indexed citations

Brody, Julia Green, Phil Brown, Katherine E. Boronow, et al.. (2022). Perspectives of peripartum people on opportunities for personal and collective action to reduce exposure to everyday chemicals: Focus groups to inform exposure report-back. Environmental Research. 212(Pt A). 113173–113173. 10 indexed citations

Manjourides, Justin, Emily Zimmerman, Deborah J. Watkins, et al.. (2020). Cohort profile: Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico. BMJ Open. 10(7). e036389–e036389. 13 indexed citations

Watkins, Deborah J., Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Zaira Rosario, et al.. (2020). Investigating the impact of Hurricane Maria on an ongoing birth cohort in Puerto Rico. Population and Environment. 42(1). 95–111. 20 indexed citations

Welton, Michael, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Zaira Rosario, et al.. (2019). Impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on Puerto Rico Maternal and Child Health Research Programs. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 24(1). 22–29. 13 indexed citations

Brown, Phil, Carmen M. Vélez-Vega, Michael Welton, et al.. (2018). Hurricanes and the Environmental Justice Island: Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico. Environmental Justice. 11(4). 148–153. 36 indexed citations

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Dillon, Lindsey, Nicholas Shapiro, Sara Wylie, et al.. (2017). Environmental Data Justice and the Trump Administration: Reflections from the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative. Environmental Justice. 10(6). 186–192. 27 indexed citations

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Senier, Laura, et al.. (2016). The socio-exposome: advancing exposure science and environmental justice in a postgenomic era. Environmental Sociology. 3(2). 107–121. 60 indexed citations

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Cohen, Alison K., et al.. (2012). Place-Based Environmental Health Justice Education: A Community-University-Government-Middle School Partnership. Environmental Justice. 5(4). 188–197. 6 indexed citations

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Cordner, Alissa, David Ciplet, Phil Brown, & Rachel Morello‐Frosch. (2012). Reflexive Research Ethics for Environmental Health and Justice: Academics and Movement Building. Social movement studies. 11(2). 161–176. 43 indexed citations

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Morello‐Frosch, Rachel, et al.. (2011). Community Voice, Vision, and Resilience in Post-Hurricane Katrina Recovery. Environmental Justice. 4(1). 71–80. 15 indexed citations

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Brown, Phil. (2007). Toxic Exposures. Columbia University Press eBooks. 206 indexed citations

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Brown, Phil, et al.. (2003). The health politics of asthma: environmental justice and collective illness experience in the United States. Social Science & Medicine. 57(3). 453–464. 90 indexed citations

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Zavestoski, Stephen, et al.. (2003). Patient activism and the struggle for diagnosis: Gulf War illnesses and other medically unexplained physical symptoms in the US. Social Science & Medicine. 58(1). 161–175. 89 indexed citations

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Brown, Phil. (1990). The Name Game: Toward a Sociology of Diagnosis. The Journal of mind and behavior. 11. 385–406. 62 indexed citations

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Brown, Phil. (1986). Psychiatric treatment refusal, patient competence, and informed consent. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 8(1). 83–94. 6 indexed citations

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Brown, Phil. (1982). Attitudes towards the rights of mental patients. Social Science & Medicine. 16(23). 2025–2039. 11 indexed citations

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