Tony Fletcher

17.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
189 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Tony Fletcher is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Tony Fletcher has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 90 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 31 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Tony Fletcher's work include Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (76 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (68 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (21 papers). Tony Fletcher is often cited by papers focused on Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (76 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (68 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (21 papers). Tony Fletcher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Tony Fletcher's co-authors include Kyle Steenland, Ben Armstrong, David A. Savitz, María-José López-Espinosa, Kristina Jakobsson, Giovanni Leonardi, Christian Lindh, Verónica M. Vieira, Alan Ducatman and Debapriya Mondal and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Tony Fletcher

182 papers receiving 10.8k 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.

Half-lives of PFOS, PFHxS and PFOA after end of exposure to contaminated drinking water

2017 615 citations Ying Li, Tony Fletcher et al. profile →
Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods.

2003 566 citations Marie S. O’Neill, Michael Jerrett et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Epidemiologic Evidence on the Health Effects of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)

2010 531 citations Kyle Steenland, Tony Fletcher et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Serum Half-Lives for Short- and Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Acids after Ceasing Exposure from Drinking Water Contaminated by Firefighting Foam

2020 255 citations Yiyi Xu, Tony Fletcher et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Systemic PFOS and PFOA exposure and disturbed lipid homeostasis in humans: what do we know and what not?

2021 141 citations Tony Fletcher et al. profile →
Estimation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) half-lives in human studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2023 111 citations Tony Fletcher, Erich Batzella et al. Environmental Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tony Fletcher United Kingdom	58	7.2k	6.1k	1.5k	1.2k	821	189	11.2k
Guang‐Hui Dong China	58	8.3k 1.2×	2.5k 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	793 0.7×	490 0.6×	502	12.7k
Christian Lindh Sweden	53	6.6k 0.9×	3.7k 0.6×	852 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	206 0.3×	291	10.0k
Kyle Steenland United States	78	9.1k 1.3×	4.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	2.9k 3.6×	314	17.7k
Geary W. Olsen United States	42	6.4k 0.9×	7.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	256 0.3×	88	9.1k
Thomas F. Webster United States	69	11.6k 1.6×	4.5k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	131 0.2×	186	14.7k
Alan Ducatman United States	40	3.5k 0.5×	4.2k 0.7×	882 0.6×	928 0.8×	316 0.4×	128	6.5k
Aimin Chen United States	57	5.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.3×	362 0.2×	1.7k 1.4×	212 0.3×	357	10.6k
Kristina Jakobsson Sweden	42	4.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.3×	499 0.3×	441 0.4×	540 0.7×	186	6.4k
Kouji H. Harada Japan	49	3.5k 0.5×	3.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	232 0.2×	403 0.5×	188	6.9k
Tracey J. Woodruff United States	64	9.9k 1.4×	1.7k 0.3×	469 0.3×	1.6k 1.3×	288 0.4×	219	14.2k

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Harari, Florencia, Tony Fletcher, Christel Nielsen, et al.. (2025). Exposure to high levels of perfluoroalkyl substances through drinking water and risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a Swedish register-based study. Environmental Research. 286(Pt 1). 122765–122765.

Batzella, Erich, Gisella Pitter, Francesca Russo, et al.. (2024). Association of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with liver function biomarkers in the highly exposed population of the veneto region. Environmental Research. 263(Pt 1). 120082–120082. 5 indexed citations

Gilham, Ellie, Karin van Veldhoven, Gillian Nicholls, et al.. (2024). A SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a public order and safety training facility in England, June 2021. Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 68(7). 770–776. 2 indexed citations

Nicholls, Gillian, Barry Atkinson, Karin van Veldhoven, et al.. (2023). An outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a public-facing office in England. Occupational Medicine. 74(7). 475–485. 5 indexed citations

Batzella, Erich, Maryam Zare Jeddi, Gisella Pitter, et al.. (2022). Associations between Mixture of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Lipid Profile in a Highly Exposed Adult Community in the Veneto Region. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 12421–12421. 19 indexed citations

Jeddi, Maryam Zare, Giulia Barbieri, Aline S.C. Fabricio, et al.. (2021). Associations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances with Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Highly Exposed Young Adult Community Residents—A Cross-Sectional Study in Veneto Region, Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(3). 1194–1194. 27 indexed citations

Canova, Cristina, Andrea Di Nisio, Giulia Barbieri, et al.. (2021). PFAS Concentrations and Cardiometabolic Traits in Highly Exposed Children and Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(24). 12881–12881. 31 indexed citations

Xu, Yiyi, Christel Nielsen, Ying Li, et al.. (2020). Serum perfluoroalkyl substances in residents following long-term drinking water contamination from firefighting foam in Ronneby, Sweden. Environment International. 147. 106333–106333. 87 indexed citations

Steenland, Kyle, Tony Fletcher, Cheryl R. Stein, et al.. (2020). Review: Evolution of evidence on PFOA and health following the assessments of the C8 Science Panel. Environment International. 145. 106125–106125. 112 indexed citations

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Middleton, Daniel R. S., Michael J. Watts, Elliott M. Hamilton, et al.. (2018). Surface wipe and bulk sampling of household dust: arsenic exposure in Cornwall, UK. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 20(3). 505–512. 5 indexed citations

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Surdu, Simona, Edward F. Fitzgerald, Michael S. Bloom, et al.. (2013). Occupational exposure to arsenic and risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer in a multinational European study. International Journal of Cancer. 133(9). 2182–2191. 40 indexed citations

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Surdu, Simona, Edward F. Fitzgerald, Michael S. Bloom, et al.. (2013). Occupational Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation and Risk of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in a Multinational European Study. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62359–e62359. 54 indexed citations

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Forslund, A., Jeroen H. J. Ensink, Bo Markussen, et al.. (2012). Escherichia coli contamination and health aspects of soil and tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) subsurface drip irrigated with on-site treated domestic wastewater. Water Research. 46(18). 5917–5934. 61 indexed citations

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Olsson, Ann, Per Gustavsson, Давид Заридзе, et al.. (2011). Lung Cancer Risk Attributable to Occupational Exposures in a Multicenter Case-Control Study in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 53(11). 1262–1267. 18 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Tony, Giovanni Leonardi, Rupert Hough, et al.. (2008). Lifetime Exposure to Arsenic in Residential Drinking Water in Central Europe. Epidemiology. 19(6). 2 indexed citations

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Cassidy, Adrian, Andrea ’t Mannetje, Martie van Tongeren, et al.. (2006). Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica and Risk of Lung Cancer. Epidemiology. 18(1). 36–43. 75 indexed citations

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Gehring, Ulrike, S Pattenden, Hana Šlachtová, et al.. (2005). Parental education and children's respiratory and allergic symptoms in the Pollution and the Young (PATY) study. European Respiratory Journal. 27(1). 95–107. 48 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Tony, S Pattenden, T Antova, et al.. (2005). CONSISTENCY AND HETEROGENEITY IN PM10 AND NO2 EFFECTS ON CHILDRENʼS RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS. Epidemiology. 16(5). S93–S94. 1 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Marie S., Michael Jerrett, Ichiro Kawachi, et al.. (2003). Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 111(16). 1861–1870. 566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leonardi, Giovanni, Danny Houthuijs, B Nikiforov, et al.. (2002). Respiratory symptoms, bronchitis and asthma in children of Central and Eastern Europe. European Respiratory Journal. 20(4). 890–898. 73 indexed citations

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