William A. Suk

13.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

William A. Suk is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Suk has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William A. Suk's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (32 papers), Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (20 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (16 papers). William A. Suk is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (32 papers), Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (20 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (16 papers). William A. Suk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Thailand and Australia. William A. Suk's co-authors include Claudia Thompson, Beth Anderson, Joseph H. Graziano, H. Vasken Aposhian, Habibul Ahsan, Philip J. Landrigan, Peter D. Sly, David O. Carpenter, Heather F. Henry and Linda S. Birnbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

William A. Suk

119 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

The Broad Scope of Health Effects from Chronic Arsenic Exposure: Update on a Worldwide Public Health Problem

2013 1.0k citations Beth Anderson, Habibul Ahsan et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Suk United States	29	2.2k	1.1k	686	635	440	123	4.4k
Molly L. Kile United States	35	2.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	604 0.9×	738 1.2×	535 1.2×	100	3.6k
Claudia Thompson United States	25	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	498 0.7×	1.4k 2.2×	369 0.8×	53	4.1k
Maria Argos United States	38	2.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.9×	697 1.0×	827 1.3×	689 1.6×	134	4.6k
Quazi Quamruzzaman United States	35	2.6k 1.2×	2.5k 2.3×	1.0k 1.5×	697 1.1×	673 1.5×	76	4.3k
Fernando Díaz‐Barriga Mexico	40	3.1k 1.5×	786 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	424 0.7×	481 1.1×	157	5.5k
Tariqul Islam United States	37	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	556 0.8×	880 1.4×	649 1.5×	171	4.8k
Lynn R. Goldman United States	39	2.5k 1.2×	797 0.7×	377 0.5×	518 0.8×	397 0.9×	140	5.0k
David A. Kalman United States	34	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	752 1.1×	466 0.7×	312 0.7×	96	4.3k
Henry A. Anderson United States	52	5.4k 2.5×	805 0.7×	692 1.0×	338 0.5×	449 1.0×	247	9.4k
Mariano E. Cebrián Mexico	48	4.3k 2.0×	2.3k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.9×	805 1.8×	144	6.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William A. Suk

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Carlin, Danielle J., et al.. (2022). Understanding exposures and latent disease risk within the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 247(7). 529–537. 5 indexed citations

Asante, Kwadwo Ansong, et al.. (2021). E-Waste in Africa: A Serious Threat to the Health of Children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(16). 8488–8488. 54 indexed citations

Heacock, Michelle, Lesley A. Skalla, Danielle J. Carlin, et al.. (2020). Sharing SRP data to reduce environmentally associated disease and promote transdisciplinary research. Reviews on Environmental Health. 35(2). 111–122. 11 indexed citations

Suk, William A., Hamid Ahanchian, Kwadwo Ansong Asante, et al.. (2016). Environmental Pollution: An Under-recognized Threat to Children’s Health, Especially in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(3). A41–5. 98 indexed citations

Anderson, Beth, et al.. (2015). Interweaving Knowledge Resources to Address Complex Environmental Health Challenges. Environmental Health Perspectives. 123(11). 1095–1099. 16 indexed citations

Laborde, Amalia, Fabrizio Bianchi, Irena Buka, et al.. (2014). Children’s Health in Latin America: The Influence of Environmental Exposures. Environmental Health Perspectives. 123(3). 201–209. 114 indexed citations

Sly, Peter D., María Neira, Gwen W. Collman, et al.. (2014). Networking to advance progress in children's environmental health. The Lancet Global Health. 2(3). e129–e130. 10 indexed citations

Anderson, Beth, Habibul Ahsan, H. Vasken Aposhian, et al.. (2013). The Broad Scope of Health Effects from Chronic Arsenic Exposure: Update on a Worldwide Public Health Problem. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(3). 295–302. 1022 indexed citations breakdown →

Gavidia, Tania, Kathleen M. McCarty, Jenny Pronczuk, et al.. (2010). Children's environmental health—from knowledge to action. The Lancet. 377(9772). 1134–1136. 12 indexed citations

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Dellinger, Barry, Andrea D’Anna, A. Ciajolo, et al.. (2008). Report: Combustion Byproducts and Their Health Effects: Summary of the 10th International Congress. Environmental Engineering Science. 25(8). 1107–1114. 20 indexed citations

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Portier, Christopher J., William A. Suk, & David A. Schwartz. (2007). Filling the Translation–Policy Gap. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(3). A125–A125.

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Balshaw, David M., Martin A. Philbert, & William A. Suk. (2005). Research Strategies for Safety Evaluation of Nanomaterials, Part III: Nanoscale Technologies for Assessing Risk and Improving Public Health. Toxicological Sciences. 88(2). 298–306. 42 indexed citations

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Lawler, Cindy P., William A. Suk, Bruce R. Pitt, Claudette M. St. Croix, & Simon C. Watkins. (2003). Multimodal optical imaging. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 285(2). L269–L280. 3 indexed citations

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Dellinger, Barry, Heidelore Fiedler, Catherine P. Koshland, et al.. (2002). The origin, fate, and health effects of combustion by-products: a research framework.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 110(11). 1155–1162. 46 indexed citations

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Bláha, K., Alfons Buekens, M. Cikrt, et al.. (1998). Remediation Of Hazardous Wastes In Central And Eastern Europe: Technology and health effects. Central European Journal of Public Health. 6(2). 77–78. 1 indexed citations

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Suk, William A., Ka Wing, T. T. Lao, & C. Y. C. Pak. (1996). Cervical Priming With Oral Misoprostol in Pre-Labor Rupture of Membranes at Term. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 87(6). 923–926. 97 indexed citations

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Carpenter, David O., William A. Suk, K. Bláha, & M. Cikrt. (1996). Hazardous wastes in Eastern and Central Europe [meeting report]. Environmental Health Perspectives. 104(3). 244–248. 10 indexed citations

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Suk, William A.. (1995). The NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program: overview and areas of future research directions.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 103(suppl 1). 3–5. 2 indexed citations

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Anderson, Susan, Walter J. Sadinski, Lee R. Shugart, et al.. (1994). Genetic and Molecular Ecotoxicology: A Research Framework. Environmental Health Perspectives. 102(suppl 12). 3–8. 111 indexed citations

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Aust, Steven D., A. W. Bourquin, Joyce E. Loper, et al.. (1994). Biodegradation of hazardous wastes.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 102(suppl 1). 245–252. 11 indexed citations

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