Thomas J. Luben

Environmental Protection Agency

Publishing since 2004, latest 2026

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
General Health Professions
Health
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Pollution
Analytical Chemistry

Publications: 92004–2026
Citations: 80to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.891.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 0%0 of 9 scored papers
Open access: 78%7 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

9 in all

Neighborhood-level socioeconomic position and mortality among children born with critical congenital heart defects
2026American Journal of EpidemiologyJournal0 citations10.1093/aje/kwag078
Associations between self-reported consumption of foods and serum PFAS concentrations in a sample of pregnant women in the United States
2025Environmental Research

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis889%
General Health Professions222%
Health222%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health222%
Pollution222%
Analytical Chemistry111%
Atmospheric Science111%
Automotive Engineering111%
Environmental Chemistry111%
Epidemiology111%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Air Quality and Health Impacts4
Birth, Development, and Health2
Climate Change and Health Impacts2
Energy and Environment Impacts2
Health disparities and outcomes2
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols1
Congenital Heart Disease Studies1
Dye analysis and toxicity1
Environmental Justice and Health Disparities1
Folate and B Vitamins Research1
Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging1
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

100% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2345678Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States9
Ireland3
Uganda3
South Africa3
Kenya2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Environmental Protection AgencyUS7 papers
National Center for Environmental Assessment (EPA)US5 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUS4 papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS4 papers
Environmental Protection AgencyIE3 papers
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesUS3 papers
Stanford UniversityUS3 papers
Department of HealthZA3 papers
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUG3 papers
Texas Department of State Health ServicesUS2 papers

Where they publish

American Journal of Epidemiology3
Environmental Research2
Epidemiology1
Next research.1
North Carolina Medical Journal1
The Science of The Total Environment1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being4
2Zero hunger2
1No poverty1

Most cited

Maternal Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide, Intake of Methyl Nutrients, and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring
American Journal of Epidemiology3
201733 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Short-term exposure to air pollution and infant mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The Science of The Total Environment3
202320 citationsOpen access · Green
Assessing associations between residential proximity to greenspace and birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study

Short-term exposure to air pollution and infant mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2023The Science of The Total EnvironmentJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding20 citations10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165522

Diamond 1 · 11%Free to read and to publish
Bronze 1 · 11%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 56%A copy in a repository
Closed 2 · 22%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 9 papers name a funder

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency4
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention3
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences3
National Institutes of Health3
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development2
Office of Research and Development2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment1

Environmental Research1

202215 citationsOpen access · Green