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Environmental Justice and Health Disparities

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Haley M. Lane
University of California, Berkeley
2
Ana Terra Amorim‐Maia
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
3
Zhichao Jiang
Hunan University of Science and Technology
4
Mohammad Hazrati
National University of Singapore
5
Tobias Kalt
Universität Hamburg
6
Yuanliang Jin
Institute of Geochemistry
7
Claudia V. Diezmartínez
Boston University
8
Fushcia-Ann Hoover
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9
Ryan Juskus
Princeton University
10
Asterios Papageorgiou
KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Rising Stars Papers

1
Transition conflicts: A Gramscian political ecology perspective on the contested nature of sustainability transitions
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions|2024
33 cit.
2
Beyond adjustment: A new paradigm for climate change adaptation in a complex world
Global Environmental Change|2025
30 cit.
3
Municipal finance shapes urban climate action and justice
Nature Climate Change|2024
27 cit.
4
The German scramble for green hydrogen in Namibia: Colonial legacies revisited?
Political Geography|2025
24 cit.
5
Coupling material and energy flow analysis with life cycle assessment to support circular strategies at the urban level
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment|2024
19 cit.
6
Applying material and energy flow analysis to assess urban metabolism in the context of the circular economy
Journal of Industrial Ecology|2024
19 cit.
7
Localising the Global Goal on Adaptation through intersectional thinking
Cities|2024
14 cit.
8
Conflicted climate futures: Climate justice imaginaries as tools for policy evaluation in cities
Energy Research & Social Science|2024
9 cit.
9
Life cycle assessment to unravel environmental benefits and influencing factors of agricultural soil remediation strategies in China
Resources Conservation and Recycling|2024
7 cit.
10
Postfossile Transformation?
PROKLA Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft|2024
7 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Barbara Tempalski
National Development and Research Institutes
2
Yosef Jabareen
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
3
Hannah M. Teicher
Quincy College
4
Jessica Willats
Nottingham Trent University
5
Arnim Scheidel
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
6
Yang Bai
Guiyang Medical University
7
Kavya Michael
Energy and Resources Institute
8
Lu Yu
China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
9
Tingting Liu
Beijing University of Technology
10
Viniece Jennings
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Review of soil heavy metal pollution in China: Spatial distribution, primary sources, and remediation alternatives
Resources Conservation and Recycling|2022
485 cit.
2
Global impacts of extractive and industrial development projects on Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights
Science Advances|2023
127 cit.
3
The Dynamic Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space in Diverse Communities: Opportunities and Challenges to Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|2024
47 cit.
4
Place-Based Conservation in Coastal and Marine Ecosystems: The Importance of Engagement with Underrepresented Communities
Sustainability|2024
23 cit.
5
Conceptualizing the Socio-Built Environment: An Expanded Theoretical Framework to Promote a Better Understanding of Risk for Nonmedical Opioid Overdose Outcomes in Urban and Non-Urban Settings
Journal of Urban Health|2022
19 cit.
6
Caring for energy, energy to care: Exploring the energy-care nexus through examples from Sweden and India
Energy Research & Social Science|2023
19 cit.
7
Stakeholder Analysis of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Internet Recycling Industry
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|2022
14 cit.
8
Making embodied carbon mainstream: a framework for cities to leverage waste, equity, and preservation policy to reduce embodied emissions in buildings
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences|2023
14 cit.
9
Changes in the environmental impacts of the waste management system after implementing the waste‐sorting policy: A Beijing case study
Journal of Industrial Ecology|2024
12 cit.
10
Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health|2022
11 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Kevin C. Jones
Lancaster University
2
J. Timmons Roberts
Georgia Institute of Technology
3
Riley E. Dunlap
Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City
4
Julian Marshall
University of Washington
5
Holger J. Schünemann
Humanitas University
6
Rachel Morello‐Frosch
Faculty of Public Health
7
Ming Hung Wong
Zhejiang University of Science and Technology
8
Joan Martínez Alier
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
9
Jayajit Chakraborty
University of California, Santa Barbara
10
Raphael J. Heffron
Abu Dhabi University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations
BMJ|2008
22.1k cit.
2
An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Statement: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine|2011
7.3k cit.
3
New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes: Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A Revised NEP Scale
Journal of Social Issues|2000
5.5k cit.
4
The “New Environmental Paradigm”
The Journal of Environmental Education|1978
2.7k cit.
5
GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence—imprecision
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology|2011
2.7k cit.
6
GRADE guidelines: 7. Rating the quality of evidence—inconsistency
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology|2011
2.4k cit.
7
The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American Public's Views of Global Warming, 2001–2010
Sociological Quarterly|2011
2.3k cit.
8
Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology|2017
2k cit.
9
An Official ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: An Update of the 2011 Clinical Practice Guideline
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine|2015
1.9k cit.
10
GRADE guidelines: 2. Framing the question and deciding on important outcomes
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology|2010
1.9k cit.

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