Tom Bellander

17.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
152 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Tom Bellander is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Bellander has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 39 papers in Speech and Hearing and 31 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tom Bellander's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (102 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (46 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (39 papers). Tom Bellander is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (102 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (46 papers) and Noise Effects and Management (39 papers). Tom Bellander collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and Italy. Tom Bellander's co-authors include Göran Pershagen, Niklas Berglind, Bert Brunekreef, Joachim Heinrich, Fredrik Nyberg, Josef Cyrys, Ulrike Gehring, Michael Bräuer, Kees Meliefste and Petter Ljungman and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tom Bellander

147 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

Air Pollution from Traffic and the Development of Respiratory Infections and Asthmatic and Allergic Symptoms in Children

2002 528 citations Michael Bräuer, Gerard Hoek et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Estimation of daily PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in Italy, 2013–2015, using a spatiotemporal land-use random-forest model

2019 301 citations Massimo Stafoggia, Tom Bellander et al. Environment International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Bellander Sweden	49	6.4k	2.0k	1.7k	933	856	152	8.4k
Fred Lurmann United States	47	7.7k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	1000 1.1×	850 1.0×	125	9.9k
Mark S. Goldberg Canada	59	7.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	867 0.9×	765 0.9×	163	10.0k
Fernando Holguín United States	25	5.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	981 0.6×	645 0.7×	639 0.7×	33	7.2k
H Ross Anderson United Kingdom	57	7.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	971 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	99	10.9k
Ralph J. Delfino United States	48	5.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	90	7.3k
Edward L. Avol United States	39	5.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	731 0.8×	653 0.8×	80	7.9k
Chang‐Chuan Chan Taiwan	52	5.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	752 0.4×	846 0.9×	939 1.1×	260	9.2k
H.‐Erich Wichmann Germany	63	5.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	921 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	193	12.2k
Josef Cyrys Germany	58	8.4k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	1.9k 2.2×	186	9.8k
Zorana Jovanovic Andersen Denmark	48	4.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	853 0.9×	323 0.4×	214	8.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Bellander

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Grande, Giulia, Jing Wu, Grégoria Kalpouzos, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Particulate Matter and Structural Brain Changes in Older Adults. Stroke. 56(7). 1816–1822.

Yu, Zhebin, Simon Kebede Merid, Tom Bellander, et al.. (2024). Improved Air Quality and Asthma Incidence from School Age to Young Adulthood: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 21(10). 1432–1440. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Jing, Giulia Grande, Federico Triolo, et al.. (2023). Air pollution, social engagement, and depression in older adults: Results from a Swedish population-based cohort study. Environmental Pollution. 336. 122394–122394. 5 indexed citations

Grande, Giulia, Babak Hooshmand, Davide Liborio Vetrano, et al.. (2023). Association of Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution and Dementia Risk. Neurology. 101(12). e1231–e1240. 10 indexed citations

Wu, Jing, Giulia Grande, Massimo Stafoggia, et al.. (2022). Air pollution as a risk factor for Cognitive Impairment no Dementia (CIND) and its progression to dementia: A longitudinal study. Environment International. 160. 107067–107067. 32 indexed citations

Calderón‐Larrañaga, Amaia, Davide Liborio Vetrano, Debora Rizzuto, et al.. (2020). High excess mortality in areas with young and socially vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 outbreak in Stockholm Region, Sweden. BMJ Global Health. 5(10). e003595–e003595. 43 indexed citations

Persson, Åsa, Andrei Pyko, Tomas Lind, et al.. (2018). Urban residential greenness and adiposity: A cohort study in Stockholm County. Environment International. 121(Pt 1). 832–841. 62 indexed citations

Stafoggia, Massimo, Alexandra Schneider, Josef Cyrys, et al.. (2016). Association Between Short-term Exposure to Ultrafine Particles and Mortality in Eight European Urban Areas. Epidemiology. 28(2). 172–180. 70 indexed citations

Schultz, Erica S., Jenny Hallberg, Tom Bellander, et al.. (2015). Early-Life Exposure to Traffic-related Air Pollution and Lung Function in Adolescence. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 193(2). 171–177. 105 indexed citations

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Schultz, Erica S., Jenny Hallberg, Tom Bellander, et al.. (2014). Preschool exposure to traffic-related air pollution and small airway involvement in adolescence. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). P2991–P2991.

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Schultz, Erica S., Jenny Hallberg, Tom Bellander, et al.. (2013). Early life exposure to traffic-related air pollution and lung function in adolescence. European Respiratory Journal. 42(Suppl 57). 3499–3499. 1 indexed citations

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Schultz, Erica S., Olena Gruzieva, Tom Bellander, et al.. (2012). Traffic-related Air Pollution and Lung Function in Children at 8 Years of Age: A Birth Cohort Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 186(12). 1286–1291. 119 indexed citations

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Peters, Annette, Sonja Greven, Iris M. Heid, et al.. (2009). Fibrinogen Genes Modify the Fibrinogen Response to Ambient Particulate Matter. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(6). 484–491. 30 indexed citations

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Schneider, Alexandra, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Sally Picciotto, et al.. (2008). Air Temperature and Inflammatory Responses in Myocardial Infarction Survivors. Epidemiology. 19(3). 391–400. 99 indexed citations

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Berglind, Niklas, Tom Bellander, Francesco Forastiere, et al.. (2008). Ambient Air Pollution and Daily Mortality Among Survivors of Myocardial Infarction. Epidemiology. 20(1). 110–118. 47 indexed citations

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Gehring, Ulrike, Joachim Heinrich, Gerard Hoek, et al.. (2007). Bacteria and mould components in house dust and children's allergic sensitisation. European Respiratory Journal. 29(6). 1144–1153. 51 indexed citations

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Forastiere, Francesco, Massimo Stafoggia, Sally Picciotto, et al.. (2005). A Case-Crossover Analysis of Out-of-Hospital Coronary Deaths and Air Pollution in Rome, Italy. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 172(12). 1549–1555. 148 indexed citations

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Rosenlund, Mats, Niklas Berglind, Johan Hallqvist, Tom Bellander, & Gösta Bluhm. (2005). Daily intake of magnesium and calcium from drinking water in relation to myocardial infarction : Epidemiology. Epidemiology. 16(4). 3 indexed citations

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Gehring, Ulrike, Josef Cyrys, Bert Brunekreef, et al.. (2002). Traffic-related air pollution and respiratory health during the first 2 yrs of life. European Respiratory Journal. 19(4). 690–698. 232 indexed citations

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Bräuer, Michael, Gerard Hoek, Patricia van Vliet, et al.. (2002). Air Pollution from Traffic and the Development of Respiratory Infections and Asthmatic and Allergic Symptoms in Children. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 166(8). 1092–1098. 528 indexed citations breakdown →

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