Sotiris Vardoulakis

14.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
175 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Sotiris Vardoulakis is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Sotiris Vardoulakis has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 47 papers in Environmental Engineering and 29 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Sotiris Vardoulakis's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (106 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (78 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (23 papers). Sotiris Vardoulakis is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (106 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (78 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (23 papers). Sotiris Vardoulakis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Sotiris Vardoulakis's co-authors include Clare Heaviside, Norbert Gonzalez-Flesca, B.E.A. Fisher, K. Pericleous, Helen L. Macintyre, Xiaoming Cai, Shakoor Hajat, Prashant Kumar, Pavlos Kassomenos and Efisio Solazzo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sotiris Vardoulakis

168 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Modelling air quality in street canyons: a review

2002 867 citations Sotiris Vardoulakis et al. profile →
The Urban Heat Island: Implications for Health in a Changing Environment

2017 504 citations Sotiris Vardoulakis et al. profile →
Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment

2016 413 citations Sotiris Vardoulakis et al. Environmental Health profile →
Climate change effects on human health: projections of temperature-related mortality for the UK during the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s

2014 340 citations Sotiris Vardoulakis et al. profile →
Indoor Exposure to Selected Air Pollutants in the Home Environment: A Systematic Review

2020 319 citations Sotiris Vardoulakis, Susanne Steinle et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →
Attributing human mortality during extreme heat waves to anthropogenic climate change

2016 302 citations Sotiris Vardoulakis et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sotiris Vardoulakis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sotiris Vardoulakis

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Asthma medication usage after environmental exposure to wildfire smoke: A systematic review 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Nguyễn Văn Thành, Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, (unknown), Sotiris Vardoulakis	0
2	International experiences on active travel planning: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 2024 ·Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives ·(unknown), Jennifer Kent, Patrick Harris, John D. Nelson, Michael Z. Tong, Sotiris Vardoulakis	1
3	Indoor Volatile Organic Compounds in Prefabricated Timber Buildings—Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability 2024 ·Buildings ·Nigel Goodman, Priyadarsini Rajagopalan, (unknown), (unknown), Sotiris Vardoulakis, Anne Steinemann	1
4	Volatile organic compounds in regular and organic vaping liquids: a public health concern 2024 ·Air Quality Atmosphere & Health ·Nigel Goodman, (unknown), (unknown), Jennifer Flattery, Spas D. Kolev, Michael Tong, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Anne Steinemann	0
5	Developing a Research Network of Early Warning Systems for Infectious Diseases Transmission Between China and Australia 2024 ·China CDC Weekly ·Cynthia Lu, (unknown), Ian Barr, Stephen Lambert, Kerrie Mengersen, (unknown), Zhongjie Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ting Gan, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Hilary Bambrick, Wenbiao Hu, (unknown)	2
6	Towards development of functional climate-driven early warning systems for climate-sensitive infectious diseases: Statistical models and recommendations 2024 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Kerrie Mengersen, Ian Barr, Liping Wang, Weizhong Yang, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Hilary Bambrick, Wenbiao Hu	14
7	Why are solar microgrids not the norm in remote Central Australia? Exploring local perception on solar energy and health 2024 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Supriya Mathew, (unknown), (unknown), Veronica Matthews, Kerstin K. Zander, (unknown), R. P. Thakur, (unknown), Linda Ford, S.M. Shiva Nagendra, Krishna Vasudevan, (unknown), Sotiris Vardoulakis	1
8	Shifts in seasonal influenza patterns in Australia during and after COVID-19: A comprehensive analysis 2024 ·Journal of Infection and Public Health ·(unknown), Ian Barr, Stephen B. Lambert, Kerrie Mengersen, (unknown), Weizhong Yang, Zhongjie Li, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Hilary Bambrick, Wenbiao Hu	4
9	Mortality burden attributable to exceptional PM2.5 air pollution events in Australian cities: A health impact assessment 2024 ·Heliyon ·(unknown), Geoffrey Morgan, (unknown), (unknown), Gavin Pereira, Fay H. Johnston, Martin Cope, Timothy B. Chaston, Aditya Vyas, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Ivan Hanigan	8
10	Justice, culture, and relationships: Australian Indigenous prescription for planetary health 2023 ·Science ·Veronica Matthews, (unknown), (unknown), Jo Longman, (unknown), Sotiris Vardoulakis, Janine Mohamed	17
11	Air pollution mortality benefits of sustained COVID-19 mobility restrictions in Australian cities 2023 ·Public Health ·Timothy B. Chaston, Luke D. Knibbs, Geoffrey Morgan, Bin Jalaludin, Richard Broome, Martine Dennekamp, Fay H. Johnston, Sotiris Vardoulakis	2
12	Bushfires and Mothers’ Mental Health in Pregnancy and Recent Post-Partum 2023 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Nicolas Cherbuin, Amita Bansal, Jane E. Dahlstrom, Hazel Carlisle, Margaret Broom, Ralph Nanan, Stewart Sutherland, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Christine Phillips, Michael Peek, Bruce K. Christensen, Deborah Davis, Christopher J. Nolan	1
13	Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Health Services in Northern New South Wales, Australia: A Rapid Review 2023 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Tong, Jo Longman, Alexandra Barratt, Ross Bailie, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Veronica Matthews, Kazi Mizanur Rahman	18
14	Climate change, air pollution and human health 2022 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Toon Vandyck, Kristie L. Ebi, Donna Green, Wenjia Cai, Sotiris Vardoulakis	9
15	The relationship between greenspace and personal exposure to PM2.5 during walking trips in Delhi, India 2022 ·Environmental Pollution ·William Mueller, Paul Wilkinson, James Milner, Miranda Loh, Sotiris Vardoulakis, (unknown), Mark Cherrie, Naveen Puttaswamy, Kalpana Balakrishnan, D. K. Arvind	17
16	Neighbourhood and path-based greenspace in three European countries: associations with objective physical activity 2021 ·BMC Public Health ·William Mueller, Paul Wilkinson, James Milner, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Susanne Steinle, Juha Pärkkä, (unknown), Luc Cluitmans, Eelco Kuijpers, Anjoeka Pronk, Dimosthenis Sarigiannis, Spyros Karakitsios, Dimitris Chapizanis, Thomas Maggos, (unknown), Miranda Loh	16
17	Policy Implications for Protecting Health from the Hazards of Fire Smoke. A Panel Discussion Report from the Workshop Landscape Fire Smoke: Protecting Health in an Era of Escalating Fire Risk 2021 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Christine Cowie, Amanda J. Wheeler, Joy S. Tripovich, (unknown), Martine Dennekamp, Sotiris Vardoulakis, (unknown), Melissa Sweet, (unknown), Fay H. Johnston	9
18	Ambient particulate matter and biomass burning: an ecological time series study of respiratory and cardiovascular hospital visits in northern Thailand 2020 ·Environmental Health ·William Mueller, Miranda Loh, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Helinor J. Johnston, Susanne Steinle, Nopadol Precha, Wissanupong Kliengchuay, Kraichat Tantrakarnapa, John W. Cherrie	50
19	Health effects of climate change in the UK indoor environment - a critical review 2014 ·HKBU Institutional Repository (Hong Kong Baptist University) ·Sotiris Vardoulakis, John E. Thornes, Ka Man Lai, Sani Dimitroulopoulou, Isabella Myers, Clare Heaviside	1
20	Measurement and modeling of exposure to selected air toxics for health effects studies and verification by biomarkers. 2009 ·PubMed ·Roy M. Harrison, Juana María Delgado-Saborit, Stephen J. Baker, Noel J. Aquilina, Claire Meddings, Stuart Harrad, Ian Matthews, Sotiris Vardoulakis, H Ross Anderson	32

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