Robert D. Brook

38.1k total citations · 13 hit papers
301 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Robert D. Brook is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert D. Brook has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 84 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 39 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Robert D. Brook's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (148 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (135 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (50 papers). Robert D. Brook is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (148 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (135 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (50 papers). Robert D. Brook collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert D. Brook's co-authors include Sanjay Rajagopalan, Jeffrey R. Brook, C. Arden Pope, Murray A. Mittleman, Sidney C. Smith, Russell V. Luepker, Yuling Hong, Sadeer Al‐Kindi, Annette Peters and Aruni Bhatnagar and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Robert D. Brook

291 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease 2002 2026 2010 2018 2010 2004 2018 2018 2002 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease
    2010 5.0k citations Robert D. Brook, Sanjay Rajagopalan et al. Circulation profile →
  2. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease
    2004 1.8k citations Robert D. Brook, Yuling Hong et al. Circulation profile →
  3. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease
    2018 863 citations Sanjay Rajagopalan, Sadeer Al‐Kindi et al. profile →
  4. Resistant Hypertension: Detection, Evaluation, and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2018 655 citations Robert D. Brook, Daniel T. Lackland et al. Hypertension profile →
  5. Inhalation of Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Ozone Causes Acute Arterial Vasoconstriction in Healthy Adults
    2002 651 citations Robert D. Brook, Jeffrey R. Brook et al. Circulation profile →
  6. Ambient Air Pollution Exaggerates Adipose Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity
    2009 619 citations Qinghua Sun, Peibin Yue et al. Circulation profile →
  7. Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease
    2014 607 citations David E. Newby, Robert D. Brook et al. profile →
  8. Variation inPCSK9andHMGCRand Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
    2016 491 citations Robert D. Brook et al. profile →
  9. Environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease: lessons learned from air pollution
    2020 489 citations Sadeer Al‐Kindi, Robert D. Brook et al. profile →
  10. Ambient PM 2.5 , O 3 , and NO 2 Exposures and Associations with Mortality over 16 Years of Follow-Up in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)
    2015 438 citations Paul A. Peters, Jeffrey R. Brook et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
  11. Beyond Medications and Diet: Alternative Approaches to Lowering Blood Pressure
    2013 388 citations Robert D. Brook, Lawrence J. Appel et al. Hypertension profile →
  12. Fluticasone furoate and vilanterol and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with heightened cardiovascular risk (SUMMIT): a double-blind randomised controlled trial
    2016 312 citations Jørgen Vestbo, Julie A. Anderson et al. profile →
  13. Air pollution exposure and cardiometabolic risk
    2024 62 citations Sanjay Rajagopalan, Robert D. Brook 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
Robert D. Brook United States 73 18.0k 4.8k 3.8k 3.4k 2.3k 301 27.1k
Annette Peters Germany 89 22.5k 1.2× 6.5k 1.3× 3.8k 1.0× 3.0k 0.9× 3.4k 1.5× 876 41.0k
Sanjay Rajagopalan United States 89 16.5k 0.9× 3.8k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 7.0k 2.1× 2.2k 0.9× 498 36.9k
Joel D. Kaufman United States 73 17.4k 1.0× 5.2k 1.1× 3.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 2.8k 1.2× 417 23.7k
Murray A. Mittleman United States 100 15.0k 0.8× 4.1k 0.8× 2.8k 0.7× 8.3k 2.5× 2.1k 0.9× 511 40.8k
Juha Pekkanen Finland 85 11.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 2.4k 1.0× 439 25.4k
Tim S. Nawrot Belgium 77 11.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 3.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 523 20.4k
Nicholas L. Mills United Kingdom 75 7.4k 0.4× 2.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 6.1k 1.8× 876 0.4× 378 20.3k
Diane R. Gold United States 89 13.6k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 720 0.2× 3.1k 1.3× 414 27.2k
Frank E. Speizer United States 113 13.5k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 4.6k 1.3× 2.4k 1.0× 340 64.2k
Francesco Forastiere Italy 82 13.1k 0.7× 3.0k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 496 0.1× 2.6k 1.1× 463 21.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rajagopalan, Sanjay, John Pastor Ansah, H. Osborne, et al.. (2025). The community health worker model for cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome: A new paradigm for high value care. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 21. 100944–100944.
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Faridi, Sasan, Omar Hahad, Ata Rafiee, et al.. (2025). A systematic review of maternal residential proximity to unconventional oil and Natural gas sites and congenital heart defects in newborns: Recommendations for future research. The Science of The Total Environment. 967. 178762–178762.
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Rajagopalan, Sanjay, Robert D. Brook, & Thomas Muenzel. (2025). Environmental Hypertensionology and the Mosaic Theory of Hypertension. Hypertension. 82(4). 561–572. 3 indexed citations
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Young, Bonnie N., Jennifer L. Peel, Sarah Rajkumar, et al.. (2025). Impact of the Wood-Burning Justa Cookstove on Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c): A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial in Rural Honduras. Environmental Health Perspectives. 133(5). 57021–57021. 1 indexed citations
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Springer, Mellanie V., Deborah A. Levine, Lynda D. Lisabeth, et al.. (2024). Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment, and Control 90 Days After Acute Stroke Among Mexican American and Non‐Hispanic White Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(16). e034252–e034252. 2 indexed citations
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Hahad, Omar, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Jos Lelieveld, et al.. (2023). Noise and Air Pollution as Risk Factors for Hypertension: Part II—Pathophysiologic Insight. Hypertension. 80(7). 1384–1392. 35 indexed citations
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Celli, Bartolomé R., Leonardo M. Fabbri, Shawn D. Aaron, et al.. (2021). An Updated Definition and Severity Classification of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations: The Rome Proposal. UCL Discovery (University College London). 94 indexed citations
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Johnson, Markey, Jeffrey R. Brook, Robert D. Brook, et al.. (2020). Traffic‐Related Air Pollution and Carotid Plaque Burden in a Canadian City With Low‐Level Ambient Pollution. Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(7). e013400–e013400. 19 indexed citations
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Kunisaki, Ken M., Mark T. Dransfield, Julie A. Anderson, et al.. (2018). Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cardiac Events. A Post Hoc Cohort Analysis from the SUMMIT Randomized Clinical Trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 198(1). 51–57. 220 indexed citations
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Calverley, Peter M.A., Julie A. Anderson, Robert D. Brook, et al.. (2017). Fluticasone Furoate, Vilanterol, and Lung Function Decline in Patients with Moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heightened Cardiovascular Risk. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(1). 47–55. 43 indexed citations
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Rao, Xiaoquan, Jixin Zhong, Robert D. Brook, & Sanjay Rajagopalan. (2017). Effect of Particulate Matter Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Oxidative Stress Pathways. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 28(9). 797–818. 261 indexed citations
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Martínez, Fernando J., Jørgen Vestbo, Julie A. Anderson, et al.. (2016). Effect of Fluticasone Furoate and Vilanterol on Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Patients with Moderate Airflow Obstruction. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 195(7). 881–888. 39 indexed citations
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Byrd, James Brian, et al.. (2015). Serum Cortisol-to-Cortisone Ratio and Blood Pressure in Severe Obesity before and after Weight Loss. Cardiorenal Medicine. 6(1). 1–7. 8 indexed citations
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Thanassoulis, George, Ken Williams, Keying Ye, et al.. (2014). Relations of Change in Plasma Levels of LDL‐C, Non‐HDL‐C and apoB With Risk Reduction From Statin Therapy: A Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Trials. Journal of the American Heart Association. 3(2). e000759–e000759. 94 indexed citations
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Brook, Robert D., Lawrence J. Appel, Melvyn Rubenfire, et al.. (2013). Beyond Medications and Diet: Alternative Approaches to Lowering Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 61(6). 1360–1383. 388 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rubenfire, Melvyn & Robert D. Brook. (2013). HDL Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Outcomes: What Is the Evidence?. Current Cardiology Reports. 15(4). 349–349. 16 indexed citations
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McCracken, John P., Gregory A. Wellenius, Gerald S. Bloomfield, et al.. (2012). Household Air Pollution from Solid Fuel Use: Evidence for Links to CVD. Global Heart. 7(3). 223–223. 57 indexed citations
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Brook, Robert D., Sanjay Rajagopalan, C. Arden Pope, et al.. (2010). Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation. 121(21). 2331–2378. 4969 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Qinghua, Peibin Yue, Jeffrey A. Deiuliis, et al.. (2009). Ambient Air Pollution Exaggerates Adipose Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity. Circulation. 119(4). 538–546. 619 indexed citations breakdown →

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