Roberta F. White

12.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
142 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Roberta F. White is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Psychiatry and Mental health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta F. White has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 29 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 15 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Roberta F. White's work include Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (44 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (32 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (23 papers). Roberta F. White is often cited by papers focused on Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (44 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (32 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (23 papers). Roberta F. White collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Faroe Islands. Roberta F. White's co-authors include Philippe Grandjean, Pál Weihe, Fróði Debes, Susan P. Proctor, Esben Budtz–Jørgensen, Katsuyuki Murata, Poul J. Jørgensen, Shunichi Araki, Kazuhito Yokoyama and Nicolina Sørensen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Roberta F. White

138 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Cognitive Deficit in 7-Year-Old Children with Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury

1997 1.3k citations Philippe Grandjean, Pál Weihe et al. Neurotoxicology and Teratology profile →
Cognitive Performance of Children Prenatally Exposed to “Safe” Levels of Methylmercury

1998 593 citations Philippe Grandjean, Pál Weihe et al. Environmental Research profile →
The Preclinical Phase of Alzheimer Disease

2000 571 citations Roberta F. White et al. profile →
Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment

2015 321 citations Roberta F. White, Kimberly Sullivan et al. profile →

Peers

Roberta F. White

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Jennifer Weuve United States

Xinhua Liu United States

Howard Andrews United States

Geir Bjørklund Norway

Marc G. Weisskopf United States

Hugo Neels Belgium

Debra J. Brody United States

Kim M. Cecil United States

Kazuhito Yokoyama Japan

Jianghong Liu United States

Jennifer Weuve United States

Roberta F. White

3.3k ×0.7

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2.4k ×1.5

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665 ×0.8

2.2k ×3.3

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972 ×1.5

Citations per year, relative to Roberta F. White Roberta F. White (= 1×) peers Jennifer Weuve

Countries citing papers authored by Roberta F. White

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberta F. White

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta F. White

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Shelley H., Vishal Midya, Cecilia S. Alcala, et al.. (2025). Childhood Pb-induced cognitive dysfunction: structural equation modeling of hot and cold executive functions. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 35(5). 715–724.

Krengel, Maxine, Kimberly Sullivan, Clara G. Zundel, et al.. (2024). Toxicant Exposures and Health Symptoms in Military Pesticide Applicators From the 1991 Gulf War. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 66(11). e584–e592.

White, Roberta F., Katarzyna Kordas, Donatella Placidi, et al.. (2023). Associations of an industry-relevant metal mixture with verbal learning and memory in Italian adolescents: The modifying role of iron status. Environmental Research. 224. 115457–115457. 8 indexed citations

Valeri, Linda, Katarzyna Kordas, Baoyi Shi, et al.. (2023). Assessing the mediating role of iron status on associations between an industry-relevant metal mixture and verbal learning and memory in Italian adolescents. The Science of The Total Environment. 906. 167435–167435. 4 indexed citations

Aschengrau, Ann, et al.. (2020). Drug use disorder following early life exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE)-contaminated drinking water: a retrospective cohort study. Environmental Health. 19(1). 99–99. 1 indexed citations

Maule, Alexis L., Patricia Janulewicz, Kimberly Sullivan, et al.. (2018). Meta-analysis of self-reported health symptoms in 1990–1991 Gulf War and Gulf War-era veterans. BMJ Open. 8(2). e016086–e016086. 55 indexed citations

Janulewicz, Patricia, Maxine Krengel, Alexis L. Maule, et al.. (2017). Neuropsychological characteristics of Gulf War illness: A meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177121–e0177121. 52 indexed citations

White, Roberta F., et al.. (2015). The emerging roles of transplanted radial glial cells in regenerating the central nervous system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(10). 1548–1548. 7 indexed citations

Aschengrau, Ann, Janice Weinberg, Patricia Janulewicz, et al.. (2012). Occurrence of mental illness following prenatal and early childhood exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE)-contaminated drinking water: a retrospective cohort study. Environmental Health. 11(1). 2–2. 29 indexed citations

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Proctor, Susan P., Kristin J. Heaton, Timothy Heeren, & Roberta F. White. (2006). Effects of sarin and cyclosarin exposure during the 1991 Gulf War on neurobehavioral functioning in US army veterans. NeuroToxicology. 27(6). 931–939. 90 indexed citations

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Debes, Fróði, Esben Budtz–Jørgensen, Pál Weihe, Roberta F. White, & Philippe Grandjean. (2006). Impact of prenatal methylmercury exposure on neurobehavioral function at age 14 years. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 28(3). 363–375. 368 indexed citations

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Weisskopf, Marc G., Howard Hu, Robert V. Mulkern, et al.. (2004). Cognitive deficits and magnetic resonance spectroscopy in adult monozygotic twins with lead poisoning.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(5). 620–625. 27 indexed citations

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Grandjean, Philippe & Roberta F. White. (1999). Effects of methylmercury exposure on neurodevelopment (letter). JAMA. 281. 3 indexed citations

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Mimura, Masaru, Roberta F. White, & Martin L. Albert. (1997). Corticobasal degeneration: neuropsychological and clinical correlates. Journal of Neuropsychiatry. 9(1). 94–98. 17 indexed citations

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White, Roberta F. & Susan P. Proctor. (1997). Solvents and neurotoxicity. The Lancet. 349(9060). 1239–1243. 116 indexed citations

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Weihe, Pál, Philippe Grandjean, Fróði Debes, & Roberta F. White. (1996). Health implications for Faroe Islanders of heavy metals and PCBs from pilot whales. The Science of The Total Environment. 186(1-2). 141–148. 110 indexed citations

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Feldman, Robert G. & Roberta F. White. (1996). Role of the neurologist in hazard identification and risk assessment.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 104(suppl 2). 227–237. 7 indexed citations

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Echeverria, Diana, et al.. (1995). A Behavioral Evaluation of PCE Exposure in Patients and Dry Cleaners: A Possible Relationship Between Clinical and Preclinical Effects. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 37(6). 667–680. 49 indexed citations

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White, Roberta F.. (1992). Clinical syndromes in adult neuropsychology : the practitioner's handbook. Elsevier eBooks. 107 indexed citations

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Myers, Richard H., Daniel S. Sax, Miriam Schoenfeld, et al.. (1985). Late onset of Huntington's disease.. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 48(6). 530–534. 98 indexed citations

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