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Bernd Sures publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernd Sures sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 275 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Bernd Sures D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernd Sures sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bernd Sures is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and primarily works within the field of Environmental Science. Their research concentrates substantially on Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Parasitology, and issues related to Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "The Asymmetric Response Concept explains ecological consequences of multiple stressor exposure and release," 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Environmental parasitology: stressor effects on aquatic parasites," 2023, Trends in Parasitology
  • "Effects of multiple stressors in fish: how parasites and contaminants interact," 2022, Parasitology
  • "Bridging the gap: aquatic parasites in the One Health concept," 2021, Trends in Parasitology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bernd Sures include Milen Nachev, Daniel Grabner, Torsten C. Schmidt, Nico J. Smit, and Sebastian Prati. Their collaborative efforts have contributed to the body of knowledge around environmental and parasitological issues.

In terms of publication venues, Sures has contributed most often to:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Research Square (Research Square)

The research undertaken by Bernd Sures widely addresses environmental challenges through an interdisciplinary approach, combining ecology, toxicology, and parasitology to understand complex interactions affecting aquatic ecosystems and host-parasite relationships. Their contributions continue to be part of ongoing efforts to analyze ecosystem health and pollutant impacts on biota.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of multiple stressors on freshwater biota across spatial scales and ecosystems.

    Sebastian Birk;Daniel Chapman;Laurence Carvalho;Bryan M. Spears

  • Environmental parasitology: relevancy of parasites in monitoring environmental pollution

    Bernd Sures

  • Parasite responses to pollution: what we know and where we go in ‘Environmental Parasitology’

    Bernd Sures;Bernd Sures;Milen Nachev;Christian Selbach;David J. Marcogliese

  • Parasites as accumulation indicators of heavy metal pollution.

    Bernd Sures;Roy Siddall;Horst Taraschewski

  • Can parasites really reveal environmental impact

    Victor M. Vidal-Martínez;Daniel Pech;Daniel Pech;Bernd Sures;S. Thomas Purucker

  • Accumulation of heavy metals by intestinal helminths in fish: an overview and perspective.

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  • The use of fish parasites as bioindicators of heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems: a review

    Bernd Sures

  • Cephalosporin antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A critical review of occurrence, fate, ecotoxicity and removal technologies

    Alyson R. Ribeiro;Bernd Sures;Torsten C. Schmidt

  • Pomphorhynchus laevis : The intestinal acanthocephalan as a lead sink for its fish host, chub (Leuciscus cephalus)

    Bernd Sures;Roy Siddall

  • Environmental parasitology. Interactions between parasites and pollutants in the aquatic environment.

    B Sures

  • First report on the uptake of automobile catalyst emitted palladium by European eels (Anguilla anguilla) following experimental exposure to road dust.

    B. Sures;S. Zimmermann;J. Messerschmidt;A. von Bohlen

  • How parasitism and pollution affect the physiological homeostasis of aquatic hosts.

    Bernd Sures

  • Review of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) with a focus on legislation and recent publications concerning toxicokinetics and -dynamics

    Christoph Koch;Thomas Schmidt-Kötters;Roman Rupp;Bernd Sures

  • The intestinal parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis (Acanthocephala) from barbel as a bioindicator for metal pollution in the Danube River near Budapest, Hungary.

    F. Thielen;Sonja Zimmermann;F. Baska;H. Taraschewski

  • Host–parasite interactions in polluted environments

    B. Sures

  • Biological availability of traffic-related platinum-group elements (palladium, platinum, and rhodium) and other metals to the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in water containing road dust.

    Sonja Zimmermann;Friedrich Alt;Jürgen Messerschmidt;Alex von Bohlen

  • Molecular prospecting for European Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) reveals cryptic diversity

    Simona Georgieva;Miroslava Soldánová;Miroslava Soldánová;Ana Pérez-del-Olmo;Daniel R. Dangel

  • Induction of heat shock proteins (hsp70) in the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) following exposure to platinum group metals (platinum, palladium and rhodium): comparison with lead and cadmium exposures.

    Christoph Singer;Sonja Zimmermann;Bernd Sures

  • Influence of platinum, palladium and rhodium as compared with cadmium, nickel and chromium on cell viability and oxidative stress in human bronchial epithelial cells.

    Michael Schmid;Sonja Zimmermann;Harald F. Krug;Bernd Sures

  • Swimmer's itch: etiology, impact, and risk factors in Europe

    Miroslava Soldánová;Christian Selbach;Martin Kalbe;Aneta Kostadinova

  • Concentrations of 17 elements in the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), in different tissues of perch (Perca fluviatilis), and in perch intestinal parasites (Acanthocephalus lucii) from the subalpine lake Mondsee, Austria

    Bernd Sures;Werner Steiner;Manfred Rydlo;Horst Taraschewski

Frequent Co-Authors

Horst Taraschewski
Horst Taraschewski Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Werner Kloas
Werner Kloas Leibniz Association
Rene Kizek
Rene Kizek University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Torsten C. Schmidt
Torsten C. Schmidt University of Duisburg-Essen
Vojtech Adam
Vojtech Adam Central European Institute of Technology
Libuše Trnková
Libuše Trnková Masaryk University
Victor Wepener
Victor Wepener North-West University
Christian K. Feld
Christian K. Feld University of Duisburg-Essen
Nico J. Smit
Nico J. Smit North-West University
Stephan Barcikowski
Stephan Barcikowski University of Duisburg-Essen

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