Steven W. Howard

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Steven W. Howard is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven W. Howard has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 13 papers in General Health Professions and 9 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steven W. Howard's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (24 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (18 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (8 papers). Steven W. Howard is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (24 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (18 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (8 papers). Steven W. Howard collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Steven W. Howard's co-authors include Stephanie Bernell, Zhengmin Qian, Michael G. Vaughn, Guang‐Hui Dong, Bo-Yi Yang, Kang-Kang Liu, Wenjun Ma, Yang Zheng, Yanfei Guo and Fan Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

Steven W. Howard

45 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

  1. Global association between ambient air pollution and blood pressure: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2018 395 citations Bo-Yi Yang, Zhengmin Qian et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
  2. Use Your Words Carefully: What Is a Chronic Disease?
    2016 316 citations Stephanie Bernell, Steven W. Howard Frontiers in Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven W. Howard United States 17 1.0k 297 275 165 159 49 1.6k
Ly-yun Chang Taiwan 25 1.2k 1.2× 223 0.8× 325 1.2× 156 0.9× 221 1.4× 49 2.1k
Sally Picciotto United States 21 1.5k 1.4× 413 1.4× 251 0.9× 175 1.1× 172 1.1× 63 2.1k
Chen Chen China 25 1.4k 1.4× 235 0.8× 369 1.3× 120 0.7× 158 1.0× 113 2.1k
Carla Ancona Italy 25 943 0.9× 220 0.7× 243 0.9× 207 1.3× 150 0.9× 89 1.7k
Maryam Dastoorpoor Iran 22 590 0.6× 198 0.7× 160 0.6× 85 0.5× 110 0.7× 121 1.5k
Maayan Yitshak‐Sade Israel 21 946 0.9× 133 0.4× 205 0.7× 134 0.8× 207 1.3× 86 1.3k
Jinling You China 18 1.4k 1.4× 460 1.5× 308 1.1× 63 0.4× 151 0.9× 46 2.2k
Yaying Cao China 21 1.1k 1.1× 305 1.0× 348 1.3× 86 0.5× 103 0.6× 48 1.6k
Sandie Ha United States 28 1.7k 1.7× 284 1.0× 211 0.8× 243 1.5× 356 2.2× 62 2.1k
Ubiratan de Paula Santos Brazil 22 866 0.8× 111 0.4× 207 0.8× 147 0.9× 193 1.2× 73 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Steven W. Howard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven W. Howard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven W. Howard

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Yuhua, Fei Tian, Zhengmin Qian, et al.. (2025). Air pollution, metabolic signatures, and the risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The Science of The Total Environment. 964. 178409–178409. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Miao‐Kun, Zhengmin Qian, Stephen Edward McMillin, et al.. (2025). Associations between anthropogenic heat emissions and serum lipids among adults in northeastern China. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 35(9). 2667–2682.
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Zhang, Junguo, Maya Tabet, Steven W. Howard, et al.. (2024). Air Pollution Metabolomic Signatures and Chronic Respiratory Diseases Risk. CHEST Journal. 166(5). 975–986. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zidong, Divya S. Subramaniam, Steven W. Howard, et al.. (2024). Use of Palliative Care Among Adults With Newly Diagnosed Heart Failure: Insights From a US National Insured Patient Sample. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(17). e035459–e035459. 1 indexed citations
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Howard, Steven W., et al.. (2023). Standing in the gap: The academic and professional divide between health administration and health policy. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1147646–1147646. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Rong, Hong Xian, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2022). Association between maternal family history of hypertension and preterm birth: modification by noise exposure and multivitamin intake. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 35(26). 10458–10465. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Ge, Yinglin Wu, Zhengmin Qian, et al.. (2022). Associations between conjunctivitis and ambient PM2.5 and physical activity: A nationwide prospective cohort study. The Science of The Total Environment. 851(Pt 1). 157979–157979. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Rui, Miao Cai, Zhengmin Qian, et al.. (2022). Ambient air pollution, lifestyle, and genetic predisposition associated with type 2 diabetes: findings from a national prospective cohort study. The Science of The Total Environment. 849. 157838–157838. 26 indexed citations
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Yu, Hongyao, Yang Zhou, Ruoyu Wang, et al.. (2021). Associations between trees and grass presence with childhood asthma prevalence using deep learning image segmentation and a novel green view index. Environmental Pollution. 286. 117582–117582. 51 indexed citations
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Ruan, Zengliang, Jinlei Qi, Peng Yin, et al.. (2020). Prolonged Life Expectancy for Those Dying of Stroke by Achieving the Daily PM2.5 Targets. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(12). 2000048–2000048. 5 indexed citations
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Counte, Michael A., Steven W. Howard, Larry W. Chang, & William E. Aaronson. (2019). Global Advances in Value-Based Payment and Their Implications for Global Health Management Education, Development, and Practice. Frontiers in Public Health. 6. 379–379. 16 indexed citations
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Qian, Zhengmin, Michael G. Vaughn, Steven W. Howard, et al.. (2018). Overweight modifies the association between long-term ambient air pollution and prehypertension in Chinese adults: the 33 Communities Chinese Health Study. Environmental Health. 17(1). 57–57. 10 indexed citations
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Lin, Hualiang, Yanfei Guo, Qian Di, et al.. (2017). Consumption of fruit and vegetables might mitigate the adverse effects of ambient PM 2.5 on lung function among adults. Environmental Research. 160. 77–82. 22 indexed citations
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Lin, Hualiang, Yanfei Guo, Yang Zheng, et al.. (2017). Long-Term Effects of Ambient PM 2.5 on Hypertension and Blood Pressure and Attributable Risk Among Older Chinese Adults. Hypertension. 69(5). 806–812. 161 indexed citations
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Howard, Steven W., Darcell P. Scharff, & Travis Loux. (2017). Flipping Classrooms in a School of Public Health. Frontiers in Public Health. 5. 73–73. 12 indexed citations
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Bernell, Stephanie & Steven W. Howard. (2016). Use Your Words Carefully: What Is a Chronic Disease?. Frontiers in Public Health. 4. 159–159. 316 indexed citations breakdown →
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Howard, Steven W., et al.. (2015). The Association between Medicare Advantage Market Penetration and Diabetes in the United States. Frontiers in Public Health. 3. 229–229. 1 indexed citations

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