Simon Hales

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
126 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Simon Hales is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Hales has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 26 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 22 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Simon Hales's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (57 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (24 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (14 papers). Simon Hales is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (57 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (24 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (14 papers). Simon Hales collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. Simon Hales's co-authors include Anthony J. McMichael, Rosalie Woodruff, Alistair Woodward, Neil de Wet, Michael G. Baker, John H. Maindonald, Bernard Cazelles, Philip Weinstein, Mario Chávez and Nigel French and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simon Hales

121 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Climate change and human health: present and future risks

2006 1.8k citations Anthony J. McMichael, Rosalie Woodruff et al. profile →
Potential effect of population and climate changes on global distribution of dengue fever: an empirical model

2002 721 citations Simon Hales, Alistair Woodward et al. profile →
Estimates of global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5)

2024 59 citations Wenhua Yu, Rongbin Xu et al. The Lancet Planetary Health profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Hales	2.9k	1.8k	1.3k	933	778	126	7.1k
Masahiro Hashizume	2.8k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	904 1.0×	661 0.8×	279	6.9k
Jan C. Semenza	3.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	543 0.7×	147	9.2k
Lance A. Waller	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	782 0.6×	780 0.8×	788 1.0×	284	9.8k
Ying Zhang	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	858 0.9×	461 0.6×	330	8.1k
Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum	3.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	649 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	67	8.1k
Peng Bi	6.1k 2.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.9k 2.0×	791 1.0×	315	10.7k
Mohammad Yunus	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.9×	609 0.7×	407 0.5×	472	15.0k
Cordia Chu	2.6k 0.9×	837 0.5×	468 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	450 0.6×	213	7.6k
Qiyong Liu	4.0k 1.4×	3.4k 1.9×	2.9k 2.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	341	10.3k
Frank C. Curriero	4.2k 1.5×	1.3k 0.7×	593 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	632 0.8×	176	9.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Hales

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Hales

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Hales

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chambers, Tim, et al.. (2025). Examining campylobacteriosis disease notification rates: Association with water supply characteristics. Environmental Research. 271. 121064–121064. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Wenhua, Rongbin Xu, Tingting Ye, et al.. (2024). Estimates of global mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2·5). The Lancet Planetary Health. 8(3). e146–e155. 59 indexed citations breakdown →

Lai, Hak-Kan, Jeong Eun Lee, Luke J. Harrington, et al.. (2024). Daily Temperatures and Child Hospital Admissions in Aotearoa New Zealand: Case Time Series Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(9). 1236–1236. 2 indexed citations

Chambers, Tim, et al.. (2023). When the first barrier fails: public health and policy implications of nitrate contamination of a municipal drinking water source in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australasian Journal of Water Resources. 28(1). 64–73. 4 indexed citations

Chambers, Tim, et al.. (2023). The potential human health hazard of nitrates in drinking water: a media discourse analysis in a high-income country. Environmental Health. 22(1). 9–9. 21 indexed citations

Baker, Michael G., et al.. (2021). Imported arboviral infections in New Zealand, 2001 to 2017: A risk factor for local transmission. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 41. 102047–102047. 3 indexed citations

Chambers, Tim, Simon Hales, & Andrew Anglemyer. (2021). Letter to the editor: Correction “Nitrate-nitrite exposure through drinking water and diet and risk of colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies”. Clinical Nutrition. 40(11). 5443–5444. 4 indexed citations

Chua, Paul Lester, Veronika Huber, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, et al.. (2021). Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 5(7). e436–e445. 23 indexed citations

Hanh, Tran Thi Tuyet, Lê Thị Hương, Nguyễn Thị Liên Hương, et al.. (2020). Vietnam Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, 2018. Environmental Health Insights. 14. 1000589042–1000589042. 20 indexed citations

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McIver, Lachlan, Alistair Woodward, Simon Hales, et al.. (2015). Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries: A Regional Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Priorities. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(11). 1707–1714. 129 indexed citations

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Xiang, Fan, Robyn Lucas, Simon Hales, & Rachel Ε. Neale. (2014). Incidence of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Relation to Ambient UV Radiation in White Populations, 1978-2012. JAMA Dermatology. 150(10). 1063–1063. 199 indexed citations

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Lal, Aparna, Simon Hales, Nigel French, & Michael G. Baker. (2012). Seasonality in Human Zoonotic Enteric Diseases: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e31883–e31883. 139 indexed citations

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Gohlke, Julia M., Reuben Thomas, Alistair Woodward, et al.. (2011). Estimating the Global Public Health Implications of Electricity and Coal Consumption. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119(6). 821–826. 33 indexed citations

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Gohlke, Julia M., Reuben Thomas, Alistair Woodward, et al.. (2011). Estimating the Global Public Health Implications of Electricity andCoal Consumption. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119(6). 821–826. 37 indexed citations

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Woodruff, Rosalie, Tony McMichael, Colin D. Butler, & Simon Hales. (2006). Action on climate change: the health risks of procrastinating. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 30(6). 567–571. 43 indexed citations

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Hales, Simon, et al.. (2003). Social deprivation and the public health risks of community drinking water supplies in New Zealand. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 57(8). 581–583. 32 indexed citations

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Hales, Simon, Clare Salmond, G. Ian Town, Tord Kjellström, & Alistair Woodward. (2000). Daily mortality in relation to weather and air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 24(1). 89–91. 100 indexed citations

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Maelzer, D. A., Simon Hales, Philip Weinstein, Myron P. Zalucki, & Alistair Woodward. (1999). El Niño and arboviral disease prediction.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 107(10). 817–818. 9 indexed citations

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Hales, Simon, Philip Weinstein, Yvan Souarés, & Alistair Woodward. (1999). El Niño and the dynamics of vectorborne disease transmission.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 107(2). 99–102. 153 indexed citations

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Hales, Simon, Sarah Lewis, Tania Slater, John S. Crane, & Neil Pearce. (1998). Prevalence of adult asthma symptoms in relation to climate in New Zealand.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 106(9). 607–610. 62 indexed citations

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