Peer-Reviewed Publications

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Accepted journal articles under publication process:

*†Hossain, T., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Romero-Olivares, A., Gill, T.E. (Submitted June 2025) Environmental Detection of Coccidioides: Challenges and Opportunities. Environments. ISSN: 2076-3298. Publication Weight/Impact Factor: 3.7; Q2.

*†Pinakana, SD., Shah, KB., Jaffe, D., Gonzalez, J., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Raysoni, AU. (Submitted 12/2024) Leveraging Low-Cost Sensors for Source Apportionment and Health Risk Assessment: A Community-Based Air Quality Study. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. ISSN: 2328-8930. Q1. Impact Factor 8.9.

Submitted journal articles under review:

Nazneen, S., Ibarra-Mejia, G. (Submitted June 2025) Assessing the association between PM2.5, Climate variables, and COVID-19 daily reported cases from March 2020 to November 2021 in El Paso County, Texas: A Time-Series Analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. ISSN: 0944-1344. Q1. Impact Factor 5.8.

Dura, L., Paudel, S., Khatiwada, R., Villa, C., Taylor, R., Aguilera, J., Ibarra-Mejia, G. (Submitted April 2025) Centering Ownership in Participatory Work: Re-Framing Buy-In: Centering Ownership in Participatory Community-Engaged Technical Communication. 2025 SIGDOC virtual conference on October 24-25, 2025.

*†Khanjani, N., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Dastoorpour, M., Herrera-Molina, E., Ardon-Dryer, K., Jeon, S., Gill, TE. (Submitted 06/24). The Ascending Trend of Valley Fever in El Paso, Texas and its Association with Regional Meteorological and Dust Factors. International Journal of Biometeorology. ISSN: 00207128. Q1. Impact Factor 3.4.

Published journal articles:

*† Aguilera, J., Jeon, S., Chavez, M., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Ferreira-Pinto, J., Whigham, L. D., & Li, W.-W. (2025). Short-Term Associations of Traffic-Related Air Pollution with Cardiorespiratory Outcomes Among Low-Income Residents from a US–Mexico Border Community. Atmosphere, 16(2), 153. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16020153 ISSN: 2073-4433. Impact factor 2.5.

*†Gomez, M., Montalvo, S., Conde, D., Ibarra-Mejia, G., & Gurovich, A. N. The Effects of Eccentric Cycling on Vascular Reactivity. Frontiers in Physiology, 16, 1554054.

*†Raysoni, A. U., Pinakana, S. D., Luna, A., Mendez, E., & Ibarra-Mejia, G. (2025).

Characterization of BTEX species at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Continuous Ambient Monitoring Station (CAMS) sites in Houston, Texas, USA during 2018. Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment, 100227. ISSN: 2949- 8392. Q1. Impact Factor 7.1.

*Montalvo, S., Gonzalez, M. P., Dietze-Hermosa, M. S., Martinez, A., Rodriguez, S., Gomez, M., Cubillos, N., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Tan, E., & Dorgo, S. (2025). Effects of Different Stretching Modalities on the Antagonist and Agonist Muscles on Isokinetic Strength and Vertical Jump Performance in Young Men. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 39(2), 173–183. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000004937

*†Gomez, M., Bailey, R., Conde, D., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Gurovich, A. (2024). Maximal Eccentric Cycling Metabolic Demand Based on True Negative Work. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 56(10S):879-880.

Valencia, C., Medina, I., Rivera, J. L., Quiroz, P., Caro Gallegos, L., Morales, M., Aoyagi, K., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Mora Solis, F. R. (2024). Pain Sensitivity and Central Pain Mechanisms among Older Adults Hispanic Americans and non-Hispanic Whites: The Role of Daily Activity and Sociocultural Factors.Abstract published in: PAIN Journal. Publication Weight/Impact Factor: 5.9

Mora Solis, F. R., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Krupa, J., Ezell, J., Ciriza, A., Smith, M., Blackburn, A., Hinojosa, J., Valencia, C. (2024). Gender Differences in Physical Activity and Pain Sensitivity in Hispanics from the US-Mexico Border..Abstract published in: PAIN Journal. Washington, DC. United States. Publication Weight/Impact Factor: 5.9, Q1

††Ortiz Hugues, J. C., Adorno, C. G., & Ibarra-Mejia, G. (2024). Estimation of moments in simulated dental cleaning task in four working positions. Dental Science and Innovative Research, 3(1). ISSN: 3065-7008. DOI : 10.61148/DSIR. https://aditum.org/images/article/1726121747Dental_Science_and_Innovative_Resear ch.pdf

*†Aguirre-Solís, J. J. ., Chávez Portillo, R. A., Gutiérrez Hernández, M. G., Gutiérrez Hernández, P. R., Ibarra-Mejía, G., & Guillén Anaya, L. G. (2024). Rediseño de estación de trabajo mediante simulación Humano Digital y Diseño de Experimentos (Workstation Redesign Through Digital Human Simulation and Design of

Experiments). Cultura Científica Y Tecnológica, 21(1), E39-E53. ISSN: 2007-0411. https://doi.org/10.20983/culcyt.2024.1.2e.5

*†Gomez, M., Montalvo, S., Sanchez, A., Conde, D., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Peñailillo, L. E., & Gurovich, A. N. (2024). Effects of Different Eccentric Cycling Intensities on Brachial Artery Endothelial Shear Stress and Blood Flow Patterns. Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 1–11. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2024.2404139

Gill, T. E., Herrera-Molina, E., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Jeon, S., & Ardon-Dryer, K. (2024). Update-Exposure to dust events and hospitalizations in West Texas cities: The human health consequences of dust. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 12(52), 49-51. DOI: 10.12746/swrccc.v12i52.1325

Herrera-Molina, E., Gill, T. E., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Jeon, S., & Ardon-Dryer, K. (2024). Associations between dust exposure and hospitalizations in a dust-prone city, Lubbock, TX, USA. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health: An International Journal. 17(5), 1091-1105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-023-01489-9 IF=5.1, Q=2.

*†Serrano-Ruiz, M. P., Yarza-Acuna, J. A., Martinez-Gomez, E. A., & Ibarra-Mejía, G. (2023). Open-Plan Offices: Comparison of Methods for Measuring Psychoacoustic Intelligibility Parameters. Applied Sciences - MDPI. Retrieved August 1, 2023, from https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/15/8650

*†Gómez-Bull, K. G., Ibarra-Mejía, G., & Vargas-Salgado, M. M. (2023). Risk Perception in the Construction Industry: A Literature Review and Future Research Directions - IOS Press. DOI: 10.3233/WOR-220379. IF=1.54, Q=2.

*†Montalvo, S., Conde, D., Sanchez, M., Martinez, P., Trevizo, R., & Ibarra-Mejia, G. (2023). Dynamic stretching improves muscle activation and pain pressure threshold but not isometric hand strength when compared to static stretching. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 23(2), 293-300. IF=1.54, Q=2.

*†Ghasemi, M. S., Siadat, M., Abdulrazak, B., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Forogh, B., & Dehghan, (2023). Design and Ergonomic Evaluation of a New Adapted Endoscope Holder to Reduce Muscle Pressure and Discomfort During Endoscopy – Work. IOS Press. https:/doi.org.10.3233/WOR-220185

Aguilera J, Ibarra-Mejia G., and Johnson M (2023) Editorial: The impact of climate change on allergic disease. Front. Allergy 4:1246899. https://doi.org/10.3389/falgy- 2023-1246899 Frontiers in Allergy. IF=2.4, Q=2.

Ibarra-Mejia, G., Lusk, M., & Umucu, E. (2023). Mental Health Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Health promotion practice, 24(3), 455–464. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399221092750 Journal of Health promotion practice. IF=2.23, Q=1.

*†Morales, E., Ibarra, G., Reyes, L., Barrantes, K., Achi, R., Chacon, L. (2022) Disease burden from simultaneous exposure of Cryptosporidium sp. and Giardia sp. and land use vulnerability assessment in a Costa Rican drinking water system. Microbial Risk Analysis. 100213, ISSN 2352-3522, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mran.2022.100213.

*Herrera-Molina, E., Gill, T. E., Ibarra-Mejia, G., & Jeon, S. (2021). Associations between Dust Exposure and Hospitalizations in El Paso, Texas, USA. Atmosphere, 12(11), 1413. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos12111413.

*†Ibarra-Mejía, G., Gómez-Bull, K. G., & Vargas-Salgado, M. M. (2021). Differences in Workplace Risk Perception between Foreign-Born and First-Generation Mexican American Construction Workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11), 5652. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115652

*Montalvo, S., Conde, D., Gonzalez, M.P., Dietze-Hermosa, M., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Dorgo, (2021) Heart rate percentage as a method for determining intra-set resting during a post-activation performance enhancement exercise to increase vertical jump performance. Journal of Physical Education and Sport. 21,5; pp. 2730–2736. https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2021.05363

*Aguilera, J., Jeon, S., Chavez, M., Ibarra-Mejia, G., Ferreira-Pinto, J., Whigham, L. D., & Li, W.-W. (2021). Land-Use Regression of Long-Term Transportation Data on Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors in Low-Income Communities. Transportation Research Record, 2675(11), 955–969. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211021853

Ibarra-Mejia, G., Lusk. M., & Jeon, S. (2021). Stress, anxiety, and depression among Latinx university students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Development Issues, 43(1).

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