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Claudia Wiegand

Claudia Wiegand

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
8034
World Ranking
7038
National Ranking
306

Claudia Wiegand publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claudia Wiegand sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 124 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Claudia Wiegand D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claudia Wiegand sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Identification of an enzymatically formed glutathione conjugate of the cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin-LR: the first step of detoxication.

    Stephan Pflugmacher;Claudia Wiegand;Axel Oberemm;Kenneth A. Beattie

  • Ecotoxicological effects of selected cyanobacterial secondary metabolites: a short review.

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  • Cyanobacterial toxins--occurrence, biosynthesis and impact on human affairs.

    Elke Dittmann;Claudia Wiegand

  • Contribution of hot spring cyanobacteria to the mysterious deaths of Lesser Flamingos at Lake Bogoria, Kenya

    Lothar Krienitz;Andreas Ballot;Kiplagat Kotut;Claudia Wiegand

  • Uptake and effects of microcystin-LR on detoxication enzymes of early life stages of the zebra fish (Danio rerio)

    Claudia Wiegand;Stephan Pflugmacher;Axel Oberemm;Nanke Meems

  • Uptake, tissue distribution and accumulation of microcystin-RR in Corydoras paleatus, Jenynsia multidentata and Odontesthes bonariensis. A field and laboratory study.

    Jimena Cazenave;Daniel Alberto Wunderlin;María de los Ángeles Bistoni;María Valeria Amé

  • Toxicokinetics of atrazine in embryos of the zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Claudia Wiegand;Eberhard Krause;Christian Steinberg;Stephan Pflugmacher

  • The effects of a cyanobacterial crude extract on different aquatic organisms: evidence for cyanobacterial toxin modulating factors.

    Constanze Pietsch;Claudia Wiegand;M. Valeria Amé;Andreas Nicklisch

  • Uptake, effects, and metabolism of cyanobacterial toxins in the emergent reed plant Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex steud

    Stephan Pflugmacher;Claudia Wiegand;Kenneth A. Beattie;Eberhard Krause

  • Cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial toxins in the alkaline crater lakes Sonachi and Simbi, Kenya

    Andreas Ballot;Lothar Krienitz;Kiplagat Kotut;Claudia Wiegand

  • Exposure to human pharmaceuticals Carbamazepine, Ibuprofen and Bezafibrate causes molecular effects in Dreissena polymorpha

    Valeska Contardo-Jara;Claudia Lorenz;Stephan Pflugmacher;Gunnar Nützmann

  • An investigation into the detoxification of microcystin-LR by the glutathione pathway in Balb/c mice

    Michelle M. Gehringer;Enid G. Shephard;Tim G. Downing;Claudia Wiegand

  • Bioaccumulation of glyphosate and its formulation Roundup Ultra in Lumbriculus variegatus and its effects on biotransformation and antioxidant enzymes

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  • Comparative effects and metabolism of two microcystins and nodularin in the brine shrimp Artemia salina.

    Kenneth A. Beattie;Judith Ressler;Claudia Wiegand;Eberhard Krause

  • Uptake, toxicity, and effects on detoxication enzymes of atrazine and trifluoroacetate in embryos of zebrafish.

    C. Wiegand;S. Pflugmacher;M. Giese;Hartmut Frank

  • PURE HUMIC SUBSTANCES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ACT AS XENOBIOTIC CHEMICALS - A REVIEW

    Christian Steinberg;Andrea Paul;Stephan Pflugmacher;Thomas Meinelt

  • Activity Development of Selected Detoxication Enzymes during the Ontogenesis of the Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Claudia Wiegand;Stephan Pflugmacher;Axel Oberemm;Christian Steinberg

  • Effects of microcin SF608 and microcystin-LR, two cyanotobacterial compounds produced by Microcystis sp., on aquatic organisms.

    Claudia Wiegand;Anja Peuthert;Stephan Pflugmacher;Shmuel Carmeli

  • Abiotic stressors and stress responses: What commonalities appear between species across biological organization levels?

    Cécile Sulmon;Joan van Baaren;Francisco Cabello-Hurtado;Gwenola Gouesbet

  • Chronic effects of cyanobacterial toxins on Daphnia magna and their offspring

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