Trends and gaps in air quality and children's health: A biblio-metric analysis using scopus and VOSviewer
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Nurhidayah Sabri
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Siti Nurshahida Nazli
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Azli Abd Razak
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Eliani Ezani
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Peter D. Sly
,
Dwan Vilcins
Abstract
Air pollution remains a critical global health issue that affects children. This bibliometric study analyses trends, research gaps, and key contributors to the literature on air pollution’s impact on children’s health, utilizing data from 1,590 publications indexed in the Scopus database between 1956 and 2024. Hazing’s Publish or Perish and VOS viewer were used to analyse the data. Most studies on air quality focus on medicine (67.42%) and environmental science (41.32%). Key findings indicate that the United States leads in both publication volume and impact, contributing 467 papers and 27,252 total citations, with an h-index of 89. Researchers from institutions such as Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the University of Southern California are pivotal in advancing the discourse on how air pollution exacerbates conditions like asthma, bronchitis, and long-term cognitive impairments in children. Older foundational studies, particularly those published in the late 2000s, continue to be highly influential for their focus on neuroinflammation and cognitive deficits linked to air pollution. International collaboration is robust, with coauthorship networks between the United States, China, and several European countries. However, more interdisciplinary and longitudinal studies are needed to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms through which air pollution affects children’s health. This study provides insights for future research efforts, strengthens scientific understanding, and supports the development of more effective public health interventions to reduce the burden of air pollution on children worldwide.
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20. Sunyer J, Esnaola M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Forns J, Rivas I, López-Vicente M, et al. Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med. 2015;12(3):e1001792. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792
21. Brauer M, Hoek G, Van Vliet P, Meliefste K, Fischer PH, Wijga A, et al. Air pollution from traffic and the development of respiratory infections and asthmatic and allergic symptoms in children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002;166(8):1092-8. doi:10.1164/rccm.200108-007OC
22. Schwartz J. Air Pollution and Children's Health. Pediatrics. 2004;113(4 Suppl):1037-43. doi:10.1542/peds.113.4.S1.1037
23. Brunekreef B, Nicole AHJ, de Hartog J, Harssema H, Knape M, van Vliet P. Air Pollution from Truck Traffic and Lung Function in Children Living near Motorways. Epidemiology. 1997;8(3):298-303. doi:10.1097/00001648-199705000-00012
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25. Calderón-Garcidueñas L, Mora-Tiscareño A, Ontiveros E, Gómez-Garza G, Barragán-Mejía G, Broadway J, et al. Air pollution, cognitive deficits and brain abnormalities: A pilot study with children and dogs. Brain Cogn. 2008;68(2):117-27. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2008.04.008
26. Dherani M, Pope D, Mascarenhas M, Smith KR, Weber M, Bruce N. Indoor air pollution from unprocessed solid fuel use and pneumonia risk in children aged under five years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Bull World Health Organ. 2008;86(5):390-4. doi:10.2471/BLT.07.044529
27. Currie J, Neidell M. Air pollution and infant health: what can we learn from California's recent experience? Q J Econ. 2005;120(3):1003-30. doi:10.1093/qje/120.3.1003
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29. Kim JJ, Smorodinsky S, Lipsett M, Singer BC, Hodgson AT, Ostro B. Traffic-related air pollution near busy roads: The East Bay Children's Respiratory Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004;170(5):520-6. doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-281OC
30. Woodruff TJ, Grillo J, Schoendorf KC. The relationship between selected causes of postneonatal infant mortality and particulate air pollution in the United States. Environ Health Perspect. 1997;105(6):608-12. doi:10.1289/ehp.97105608
31. Gehring U, Gruzieva O, Agius RM, Beelen R, Custovic A, Cyrys J, et al. Air pollution exposure and lung function in children: The ESCAPE project. Environ Health Perspect. 2013;121(11-12):1357-64. doi:10.1289/ehp.1306770
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33. Gauderman WJ, Gilliland GF, Vora H, Avol E, Stram D, McConnell R, et al. Association between air pollution and lung function growth in Southern California children: results from a second cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002;166(1):76-84. doi:10.1164/rccm.2111021
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35. Tanaka S. Environmental regulations on air pollution in China and their impact on infant mortality. J Health Econ. 2015;42:90-103. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.02.004
36. Currie J, Neidell M, Schmieder JF. Air pollution and infant health: Lessons from New Jersey. J Health Econ. 2009;28(3):688-703. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.02.001
37. Romieu I, Meneses F, Ruiz S, Sienra JJ, Huerta J, White MC, et al. Effects of air pollution on the respiratory health of asthmatic children living in Mexico City. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996;154(2):300-7. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.154.2.8756801
38. Janssen NA, van Vliet PH, Aarts F, Harssema H, Brunekreef B. Assessment of exposure to traffic related air pollution of children attending schools near motorways. Atmos Environ. 2001;35(22):3875-84. doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00144-3
39. Baumgartner J, Schauer JJ, Ezzati M, Lu L, Cheng C, Patz J, et al. Patterns and predictors of personal exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion among women and children in rural China. Indoor Air. 2011;21(6):479-88. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00728.x
40. Leon Hsu HH, Chiu YH, Coull BA, Kloog I, Schwartz J, Lee A, et al. Prenatal particulate air pollution and asthma onset in urban children: identifying sensitive windows and sex differences. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015;192(9):1052-9. doi:10.1164/rccm.201504-0658OC
41. Thiering E, Heinrich J. Epidemiology of air pollution and diabetes. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2015;26(7):384-94. doi:10.1016/j.tem.2015.05.006
42. Forns J, Sunyer J, Garcia-Esteban R, Porta D, Ghassabian A, Giorgis-Allemand L, et al. Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in children in Europe. Epidemiology. 2018;29(5):618-26. doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000000874
43. Savage WE, Olejniczak AJ. More journal articles and fewer books: Publication practices in the social sciences in the 2010's. PLoS One. 2022;17(2):e0263410. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263410
44. Di Bitetti MS, Ferreras JA. Publish (in English) or perish: the effect on citation rate of using languages other than English in scientific publications. Ambio. 2017;46(1):121-7. doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0820-7
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46. Hoek G. Methods for assessing long-term exposures to outdoor air pollutants. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2017;4(4):450-62. doi:10.1007/s40572-017-0168-3
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2. UNICEF. Air pollution and children’s health: Spotlight on risk [Internet]. New York: UNICEF; 2024 [cited 2024 Sep 11]. Available from: https://ceh.unicef.org/spotlight-risk/air-pollution
3. Hazlehurst MF, Carroll KN, Loftus CT, Szpiro AA, Moore PE, Kaufman JD, et al. Maternal exposure to PM2.5 during pregnancy and asthma risk in early childhood: Consideration of phases of fetal lung development. Environ Epidemiol. 2021;5(2):e130. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000130
4. Neophytou AM, Lutzker L, Good KM, Mann JK, Noth EM, Holm SM, et al. Associations between prenatal and early-life air pollution exposure and lung function in young children: Exploring influential windows of exposure on lung development. Environ Res. 2023;222:115415. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115415
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6. Wang D, Wang Y, Liu Q, Sun W, Wei L, Ye C, et al. Association of air pollution with the number of common respiratory visits in children in a heavily polluted central city, China. Toxics. 2023;11(10):815. doi:10.3390/toxics11100815
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12. de Souza AP, Souza Gomez CC, Gonçalves de Oliveira Ribeiro MA, Dornhofer Paro Costa P, Ribeiro JD. Correlations between ambient air pollution and the prevalence of hospitalisations and emergency room visits for respiratory diseases in children: a systematic review. Arch Dis Child. 2024:archdischild-2023-326214. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2023-326214
13. Asharam K, Mitku AAA, Ramsay L, Jeena PM, Naidoo RN. Environmental exposures associated with early childhood recurrent wheezing in the mother and child in the environment birth cohort: a time-to-event study. Thorax. 2024:thorax-2023-221150. doi:10.1136/thorax-2023-221150
14. Shao J, Wheeler AJ, Zosky GR, Johnston FH. Long-term impacts of prenatal and infant exposure to fine particulate matter on wheezing and asthma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Epidemiol. 2019;3(2):e039. doi:10.1097/EE9.0000000000000039
15. Vilcins D, Christofferson RC, Yoon JH, Nazli SN, Sly PD, Cormier SA, et al. Updates in Air Pollution: Current Research and Future Challenges. Ann Glob Health. 2024;90(1):9. doi:10.5334/aogh.4363
16. Nazli SN, Vilcins D, Sly PD, Razak AA, Sabri N, Ibrahim TNBT. Indoor Air Quality: Bibliometric Analysis of the Published Literature Between 2018 and 2023. Environ Qual Manag. 2024;34(1):5-16. doi:10.1002/tqem.22297
17. Calderón-Garcidueñas L, Solt AC, Henríquez-Roldán C, Torres-Jardón R, Nuse B, Herritt L, et al. Long-term air pollution exposure is associated with neuroinflammation, an altered innate immune response, disruption of the blood-brain barrier, ultrafine particulate deposition, and accumulation of amyloid β-42 and α-synuclein in children and young adults. Toxicol Pathol. 2008;36(2):289-310. doi:10.1177/0192623307313011
18. Smith KR, Samet JM, Romieu I, Bruce N. Indoor air pollution in developing countries and acute lower respiratory infections in children. Thorax. 2000;55(6):518-32. doi:10.1136/thorax.55.6.518
19. Chay KY, Greenstone M. The impact of air pollution on infant mortality: Evidence from geographic variation in pollution shocks induced by a recession. Q J Econ. 2003;118(3):1121-67. doi:10.1162/00335530360698513
20. Sunyer J, Esnaola M, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Forns J, Rivas I, López-Vicente M, et al. Association between Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Schools and Cognitive Development in Primary School Children: A Prospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med. 2015;12(3):e1001792. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792
21. Brauer M, Hoek G, Van Vliet P, Meliefste K, Fischer PH, Wijga A, et al. Air pollution from traffic and the development of respiratory infections and asthmatic and allergic symptoms in children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002;166(8):1092-8. doi:10.1164/rccm.200108-007OC
22. Schwartz J. Air Pollution and Children's Health. Pediatrics. 2004;113(4 Suppl):1037-43. doi:10.1542/peds.113.4.S1.1037
23. Brunekreef B, Nicole AHJ, de Hartog J, Harssema H, Knape M, van Vliet P. Air Pollution from Truck Traffic and Lung Function in Children Living near Motorways. Epidemiology. 1997;8(3):298-303. doi:10.1097/00001648-199705000-00012
24. Morgenstern V, Zutavern A, Cyrys J, Brockow I, Koletzko S, Kramer U, et al. Atopic Diseases, Allergic Sensitization, and Exposure to Traffic-related Air Pollution in Children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008;177(12):1331-7. doi:10.1164/rccm.200701-036OC
25. Calderón-Garcidueñas L, Mora-Tiscareño A, Ontiveros E, Gómez-Garza G, Barragán-Mejía G, Broadway J, et al. Air pollution, cognitive deficits and brain abnormalities: A pilot study with children and dogs. Brain Cogn. 2008;68(2):117-27. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2008.04.008
26. Dherani M, Pope D, Mascarenhas M, Smith KR, Weber M, Bruce N. Indoor air pollution from unprocessed solid fuel use and pneumonia risk in children aged under five years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Bull World Health Organ. 2008;86(5):390-4. doi:10.2471/BLT.07.044529
27. Currie J, Neidell M. Air pollution and infant health: what can we learn from California's recent experience? Q J Econ. 2005;120(3):1003-30. doi:10.1093/qje/120.3.1003
28. Gauderman WJ, McConnell R, Gilliland F, London S, Thomas D, Avol E, et al. Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;162(4 Pt 1):1383-90. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.162.4.9909096
29. Kim JJ, Smorodinsky S, Lipsett M, Singer BC, Hodgson AT, Ostro B. Traffic-related air pollution near busy roads: The East Bay Children's Respiratory Health Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004;170(5):520-6. doi:10.1164/rccm.200403-281OC
30. Woodruff TJ, Grillo J, Schoendorf KC. The relationship between selected causes of postneonatal infant mortality and particulate air pollution in the United States. Environ Health Perspect. 1997;105(6):608-12. doi:10.1289/ehp.97105608
31. Gehring U, Gruzieva O, Agius RM, Beelen R, Custovic A, Cyrys J, et al. Air pollution exposure and lung function in children: The ESCAPE project. Environ Health Perspect. 2013;121(11-12):1357-64. doi:10.1289/ehp.1306770
32. Orellano P, Quaranta N, Reynoso J, Balbi B, Vasquez J. Effect of outdoor air pollution on asthma exacerbations in children and adults: Systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2017;12(3):e0174050. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174050
33. Gauderman WJ, Gilliland GF, Vora H, Avol E, Stram D, McConnell R, et al. Association between air pollution and lung function growth in Southern California children: results from a second cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002;166(1):76-84. doi:10.1164/rccm.2111021
34. Barnett AG, Williams GM, Schwartz J, Neller AH, Best TL, Petroeschevsky AL, et al. Air pollution and child respiratory health: a case-crossover study in Australia and New Zealand. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005;171(11):1272-8. doi:10.1164/rccm.200411-1586OC
35. Tanaka S. Environmental regulations on air pollution in China and their impact on infant mortality. J Health Econ. 2015;42:90-103. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.02.004
36. Currie J, Neidell M, Schmieder JF. Air pollution and infant health: Lessons from New Jersey. J Health Econ. 2009;28(3):688-703. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.02.001
37. Romieu I, Meneses F, Ruiz S, Sienra JJ, Huerta J, White MC, et al. Effects of air pollution on the respiratory health of asthmatic children living in Mexico City. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996;154(2):300-7. doi:10.1164/ajrccm.154.2.8756801
38. Janssen NA, van Vliet PH, Aarts F, Harssema H, Brunekreef B. Assessment of exposure to traffic related air pollution of children attending schools near motorways. Atmos Environ. 2001;35(22):3875-84. doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00144-3
39. Baumgartner J, Schauer JJ, Ezzati M, Lu L, Cheng C, Patz J, et al. Patterns and predictors of personal exposure to indoor air pollution from biomass combustion among women and children in rural China. Indoor Air. 2011;21(6):479-88. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00728.x
40. Leon Hsu HH, Chiu YH, Coull BA, Kloog I, Schwartz J, Lee A, et al. Prenatal particulate air pollution and asthma onset in urban children: identifying sensitive windows and sex differences. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015;192(9):1052-9. doi:10.1164/rccm.201504-0658OC
41. Thiering E, Heinrich J. Epidemiology of air pollution and diabetes. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2015;26(7):384-94. doi:10.1016/j.tem.2015.05.006
42. Forns J, Sunyer J, Garcia-Esteban R, Porta D, Ghassabian A, Giorgis-Allemand L, et al. Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in children in Europe. Epidemiology. 2018;29(5):618-26. doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000000874
43. Savage WE, Olejniczak AJ. More journal articles and fewer books: Publication practices in the social sciences in the 2010's. PLoS One. 2022;17(2):e0263410. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263410
44. Di Bitetti MS, Ferreras JA. Publish (in English) or perish: the effect on citation rate of using languages other than English in scientific publications. Ambio. 2017;46(1):121-7. doi:10.1007/s13280-016-0820-7
45. Sun J, Zhou Z, Huang J, Li G. A bibliometric analysis of the impacts of air pollution on children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(4):1277. doi:10.3390/ijerph17041277
46. Hoek G. Methods for assessing long-term exposures to outdoor air pollutants. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2017;4(4):450-62. doi:10.1007/s40572-017-0168-3
47. Lurmann F, Avol E, Gilliland F. Emissions reduction policies and recent trends in Southern California’s ambient air quality. J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2015;65(3):324-35. doi:10.1080/10962247.2014.991845
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Sabri N, Nazli S, Razak A, Ezani E, Sly P, Vilcins D. Trends and gaps in air quality and children’s health: A biblio-metric analysis using scopus and VOSviewer. JAPH. 2025;10(3):411-444.
