Steffen Loft

35.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
460 papers, 26.9k citations indexed

About

Steffen Loft is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Loft has authored 460 papers receiving a total of 26.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 215 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 98 papers in Molecular Biology and 94 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Steffen Loft's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (193 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (91 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (84 papers). Steffen Loft is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (193 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (91 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (84 papers). Steffen Loft collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Steffen Loft's co-authors include Peter Möller, Henrik E. Poulsen, Mette Sørensen, Håkan Wallin, Ole Raaschou‐Nielsen, Anne Tjønneland, Lotte Risom, Kim Overvad, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen and Matthias Ketzel and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Loft

453 papers receiving 26.1k 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.

Cancer risk and oxidative DNA damage in man

1996 782 citations Steffen Loft, Henrik E. Poulsen profile →
Oxidative stress-induced DNA damage by particulate air pollution

2005 700 citations Peter Möller, Steffen Loft et al. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis profile →
Oxidative DNA damage estimated by 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine excretion in humans: influence of smoking, gender and body mass index

1992 564 citations Steffen Loft, Anne Tjønneland et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Loft

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults: Danish Nationwide Evidence 2025 ·Annals of the American Thoracic Society ·Jiawei Zhang, (unknown), Rina So, Zhebin Yu, (unknown), (unknown), Tom Cole‐Hunter, George Napolitano, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Thomas Scheike, Steffen Loft, Kees de Hoogh, Gerard Hoek, Erik Melén, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen	1
2	Systematic review and meta-analysis on short-term concentrations of ambient ultrafine particles and natural, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality 2025 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ron Kappeler, Hicran Altuğ, Hanna Boogaard, Meltem Kutlar Joss, (unknown), Steffen Loft, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Barbara Hoffmann	0
3	Long-term exposure to air pollution and lung cancer incidence in the Danish Nurse Cohort study 2025 ·Atmospheric Environment ·(unknown), Jiawei Zhang, (unknown), Tom Cole‐Hunter, (unknown), George Napolitano, Rina So, Jørgen Brandt, Matthias Ketzel, Steffen Loft, Jaime E. Hart, (unknown), Zorana Jovanovic Andersen	0
4	Harnessing AI to unmask Copenhagen's invisible air pollutants: A study on three ultrafine particle metrics 2024 ·Environmental Pollution ·Heresh Amini, (unknown), Seyed Mahmood Taghavi Shahri, (unknown), Tom Cole‐Hunter, Jules Kerckhoffs, Jibran Khan, Kees Meliefste, Youn‐Hee Lim, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Ole Hertel, (unknown), (unknown), Steffen Loft, Roel Vermeulen, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Joel Schwartz	5
5	Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Risk of Acute Lower Respiratory Infections in the Danish Nurse Cohort 2024 ·Annals of the American Thoracic Society ·Jiawei Zhang, Youn‐Hee Lim, Rina So, Laust Hvas Mortensen, George Napolitano, Tom Cole‐Hunter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Seyed Mahmood Taghavi Shahri, Jørgen Brandt, Matthias Ketzel, Steffen Loft, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen	5
6	Comparison of NO2 and BC Predictions Estimated Using Google Street View-Based and Conventional European-Wide LUR Models in Copenhagen, Denmark 2023 ·Atmosphere ·(unknown), Jules Kerckhoffs, Jibran Khan, Kees de Hoogh, Jie Chen, Seyed Mahmood Taghavi Shahri, (unknown), Tom Cole‐Hunter, Youn‐Hee Lim, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Ole Hertel, (unknown), Joel Schwartz, Gerard Hoek, Roel Vermeulen, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Steffen Loft, Heresh Amini	1
7	Cohort profile and representativeness of participants in the Diet, Cancer and Health—Next Generations cohort study 2022 ·European Journal of Epidemiology ·Kristina E.N. Petersen, Jytte Halkjær, Steffen Loft, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen	16
8	Ultrafine particle exposure for bicycle commutes in rush and non-rush hour traffic: A repeated measures study in Copenhagen, Denmark 2021 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Heresh Amini, Jibran Khan, Youn‐Hee Lim, Steffen Loft, Amar Mehta, Rudi G. J. Westendorp, Tom Cole‐Hunter	19
9	Copenhagen Airport Cohort: air pollution, manual baggage handling and health 2017 ·BMJ Open ·Karina Lauenborg Møller, Charlotte Brauer, Sigurd Mikkelsen, Steffen Loft, Erik B. Simonsen, (unknown), (unknown), Tine Alkjær, Ole Hertel, Thomas Becker, (unknown), Jens Peter Bonde, Lau Caspar Thygesen	10
10	Adherence to a Healthy Nordic Food Index Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Type-2 Diabetes—The Danish Diet, Cancer and Health Cohort Study 2015 ·Nutrients ·(unknown), Cecilie Kyrø, Steffen Loft, (unknown), Jane Christensen, (unknown), Christina C. Dahm, Kim Overvad, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen	62
11	Nanomaterial translocation–the biokinetics, tissue accumulation, toxicity and fate of materials in secondary organs–a review 2015 ·Critical Reviews in Toxicology ·Ali Kermanizadeh, Dominique Balharry, Håkan Wallin, Steffen Loft, Peter Möller	127
12	Ultrafine particles in 60 danish homes : Measurements in the homes and personal monitoring 2014 ·Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·Gabriel Bekö, (unknown), (unknown), Aneta Wierzbicka, Dorina Gabriela Karottki, Jørn Toftum, Steffen Loft, Geo Clausen	1
13	Dynamic regulation of cerebral DNA repair genes by psychological stress 2014 ·Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis ·(unknown), Nadia Aalling, Gitta Wörtwein, Steffen Loft, Peter Möller, Jann Hau, Ida Hageman, Martin Balslev Jørgensen, Anders Jørgensen	16
14	Long-term exposure to air pollution and asthma hospitalizations in elderly adults: A cohort study 2011 ·European Respiratory Journal ·Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Klaus Bønnelykke, Martin Hvidberg, Steen Solvang Jensen, Matthias Ketzel, Steffen Loft, Mette Sørensen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Ole Raaschou‐Nielsen	3
15	Air Pollution from Traffic and Risk for Lung Cancer in Three Danish Cohorts 2010 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Ole Raaschou‐Nielsen, (unknown), Mette Sørensen, Steen Solvang Jensen, Matthias Ketzel, Martin Hvidberg, Peter Schnohr, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Steffen Loft	67
16	Plasma enterolactone and risk of colon and rectal cancer in a case–cohort study of Danish men and women 2009 ·Cancer Causes & Control ·Nina Føns Johnsen, Anja Olsen, Birthe Lykke Thomsen, Jane Christensen, Rikke Egeberg, Knud Erik Bach Knudsen, Steffen Loft, Kim Overvad, Anne Tjønneland	22
17	Interventions with antioxidants and nutrients in relation to oxidative DNA damage and repair 2004 ·Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis ·Peter Möller, Steffen Loft	93
18	Acute hypoxia and cytochrome P450-mediated hepatic drug metabolism 2002 ·Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Gesche Jürgens, (unknown), Kim Brøsen, Jesper Sonne, Steffen Loft, Niels Vidiendal Olsen	1
19	Randomized controlled smoking cessation study: transient increase in plasma high density lipoprotein but no change in lipoprotein oxidation resistance 1998 ·Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation ·Helene Priemé, K. Nyyssönen, Kaj Grønbæk, Mette Klarlund, Steffen Loft, Philip Tønnesen, J T Salonen, Henrik E. Poulsen	12
20	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and theophylline metabolism in human liver microsomes: potent inhibition by fluvoxamine. 1995 ·British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology ·(unknown), Jukka Mäenpää, Olavi Pelkonen, Steffen Loft, Henrik E. Poulsen, Jens Lykkesfeldt, Kim Brøsen	132

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