Tom Kosatsky

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
127 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Tom Kosatsky is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Kosatsky has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 19 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Tom Kosatsky's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (54 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (35 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (14 papers). Tom Kosatsky is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (54 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (35 papers) and Thermoregulation and physiological responses (14 papers). Tom Kosatsky collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Ivory Coast. Tom Kosatsky's co-authors include Audrey Smargiassi, Shakoor Hajat, Sarah B. Henderson, Michela Baccini, Annibale Biggeri, Nathalie Auger, Ben Armstrong, Ewen C.D. Todd, Robert S. Remis and J Hockin and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tom Kosatsky

124 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Heat Effects on Mortality in 15 European Cities

2008 709 citations Michela Baccini, Annibale Biggeri et al. Epidemiology profile →
An Outbreak of Toxic Encephalopathy Caused by Eating Mussels Contaminated with Domoic Acid

1990 526 citations Trish M. Perl, Tom Kosatsky et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Analysis of community deaths during the catastrophic 2021 heat dome

2022 116 citations Sarah B. Henderson, Kathleen McLean et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Kosatsky Canada	36	3.7k	926	906	713	492	127	5.5k
Shao Lin United States	48	4.4k 1.2×	843 0.9×	684 0.8×	784 1.1×	370 0.8×	242	7.0k
Michael A. McGeehin United States	31	3.0k 0.8×	577 0.6×	699 0.8×	661 0.9×	284 0.6×	63	5.3k
Carmen Íñiguez Spain	45	3.7k 1.0×	640 0.7×	687 0.8×	429 0.6×	592 1.2×	164	6.3k
Tao Liu China	45	3.9k 1.1×	523 0.6×	698 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	191 0.4×	298	6.8k
Huey‐Jen Su Taiwan	41	3.6k 1.0×	483 0.5×	223 0.2×	762 1.1×	452 0.9×	191	6.7k
Michelle A. Méndez United States	54	2.7k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	466 0.5×	223 0.3×	479 1.0×	128	8.4k
Ferrán Ballester Spain	60	8.5k 2.3×	869 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	996 1.4×	1.0k 2.1×	278	12.4k
Rémy Slama France	53	5.9k 1.6×	457 0.5×	286 0.3×	422 0.6×	525 1.1×	233	8.8k
Wenjun Ma China	46	4.2k 1.1×	567 0.6×	902 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	51 0.1×	280	6.9k
Anna Páldy Hungary	22	3.4k 0.9×	655 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	686 1.0×	72 0.1×	78	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Kosatsky

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Kosatsky

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Henderson, Sarah B., Jiayun Yao, Céline Plante, et al.. (2022). Improving attribution of extreme heat deaths through interagency cooperation. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 113(5). 698–702. 5 indexed citations

Kosatsky, Tom, et al.. (2022). Kratom exposures managed by the British Columbia poison centre, 2012–2019: a descriptive analysis. CMAJ Open. 10(3). E755–E761. 5 indexed citations

McVea, David A., et al.. (2020). A descriptive analysis of blood mercury test results in British Columbia to identify excessive exposures. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112(2). 342–348.

Liang, Kevin & Tom Kosatsky. (2020). Protecting rural Canadians from extreme heat. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 192(24). E657–E658. 2 indexed citations

Auger, Nathalie, Laura Arbour, Wei Luo, et al.. (2019). Maternal proximity to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields and risk of birth defects. European Journal of Epidemiology. 34(7). 689–697. 7 indexed citations

Kosatsky, Tom, et al.. (2019). Hot weather and risk of drowning in children: Opportunity for prevention. Preventive Medicine. 130. 105885–105885. 17 indexed citations

McLean, Kathleen, et al.. (2018). Establishing Heat Alert Thresholds for the Varied Climatic Regions of British Columbia, Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(9). 2048–2048. 13 indexed citations

He, Siyi, Tom Kosatsky, Audrey Smargiassi, Marianne Bilodeau‐Bertrand, & Nathalie Auger. (2017). Heat and pregnancy-related emergencies: Risk of placental abruption during hot weather. Environment International. 111. 295–300. 64 indexed citations

Dix‐Cooper, Linda & Tom Kosatsky. (2017). Blood mercury, lead and cadmium levels and determinants of exposure among newcomer South and East Asian women of reproductive age living in Vancouver, Canada. The Science of The Total Environment. 619-620. 1409–1419. 37 indexed citations

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Auger, Nathalie, et al.. (2017). Association of elevated ambient temperature with death from cocaine overdose. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 178. 101–105. 10 indexed citations

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Auger, Nathalie, Brian J. Potter, Audrey Smargiassi, et al.. (2017). Association between quantity and duration of snowfall and risk of myocardial infarction. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 189(6). E235–E242. 21 indexed citations

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Auger, Nathalie, William D. Fraser, Audrey Smargiassi, Marianne Bilodeau‐Bertrand, & Tom Kosatsky. (2016). Elevated outdoor temperatures and risk of stillbirth. International Journal of Epidemiology. 46(1). dyw077–dyw077. 48 indexed citations

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Lewin, Antoine, Stéphane Buteau, Allan Brand, Tom Kosatsky, & Audrey Smargiassi. (2013). Short-term risk of hospitalization for asthma or bronchiolitis in children living near an aluminum smelter. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 23(5). 474–480. 19 indexed citations

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Purssell, Roy, et al.. (2013). Canadian poison control centres: preliminary assessment of their potential as a resource for public health surveillance. Clinical Toxicology. 51(9). 886–891. 6 indexed citations

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Kosatsky, Tom, et al.. (2012). Calls Managed by the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre following the 2011 Nuclear Reactor Incident at Fukushima, Japan. Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada. 145(6). 256–258.e1. 4 indexed citations

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Baccini, Michela, Tom Kosatsky, Antonis Analitis, et al.. (2009). Impact of heat on mortality in 15 European cities: attributable deaths under different weather scenarios. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 65(1). 64–70. 160 indexed citations

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Smargiassi, Audrey, Tom Kosatsky, Michel Fournier, et al.. (2008). Characterisation of Particulate Exposure During Fireworks Displays. Epidemiology. 19(6). 1 indexed citations

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Kosatsky, Tom, et al.. (1994). Blood lead levels in children living near abandoned metal-recovery plants.. PubMed. 85(3). 158–62. 7 indexed citations

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Kosatsky, Tom, et al.. (1991). Public health response to an identified environmental toxin: managing risks to the James Bay Cree related to cadmium in caribou and moose.. PubMed. 82(1). 22–6. 17 indexed citations

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Perl, Trish M., et al.. (1990). An Outbreak of Toxic Encephalopathy Caused by Eating Mussels Contaminated with Domoic Acid. New England Journal of Medicine. 322(25). 1775–1780. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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