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2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
21156
World Ranking
3939
National Ranking
77

Helmut Segner 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 Helmut Segner sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 381 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Helmut Segner 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 Helmut Segner sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Helmut Segner is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland. Their research is focused primarily within the domain of Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Immunology, Ecology, and Aquatic Science as subfields.

Their work spans multiple main topics, including Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, and Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species.

Helmut Segner has contributed to several scientific journals, notably publishing in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment, Frontiers in Immunology, Aquatic Toxicology, and Marine Pollution Bulletin. Some of their recent publications include:

  • Microplastics negatively impact embryogenesis and modulate the immune response of the marine medaka Oryzias melastigma, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Long-term exposure to low 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) concentrations disrupts both the reproductive and the immune system of juvenile rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, 2020, Environment International
  • Immunotoxicity of Xenobiotics in Fish: A Role for the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR)?, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • MyFishCheck: A Model to Assess Fish Welfare in Aquaculture, 2021, Animals
  • A guideline to frame stressor effects in freshwater ecosystems, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Their research collaborations are reflected in frequent co-authorship with several scientists, including Christyn Bailey, Thomas Wahli, Jun Bo, Kristina Rehberger, and Heike Schmidt.

Best Publications

  • Contaminated food and uptake of heavy metals by fish: a review and a proposal for further research.

    R. Dallinger;F. Prosi;H. Segner;H. Back

  • Identification of endocrine-disrupting effects in aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates: report from the European IDEA project☆

    H Segner;K Caroll;M Fenske;Colin Janssen

  • Interference of endocrine disrupting chemicals with aromatase CYP19 expression or activity, and consequences for reproduction of teleost fish.

    Ksenia Cheshenko;Farzad Pakdel;Helmut Segner;Olivier Kah

  • Screening and testing for endocrine disruption in fish-biomarkers as "signposts," not "traffic lights," in risk assessment

    Thomas H. Hutchinson;Gerald T. Ankley;Helmut Segner;Charles R. Tyler

  • Future water quality monitoring--adapting tools to deal with mixtures of pollutants in water resource management.

    Rolf Altenburger;Selim Ait-Aissa;Philipp Antczak;Thomas Backhaus

  • Morphological development of the gonads in zebrafish

    G. Maack;H. Segner

  • Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model organism for investigating endocrine disruption.

    Helmut Segner

  • Aromatase modulation alters gonadal differentiation in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio).

    Martina Fenske;Helmut Segner

  • The development of functional digestive and metabolic organs in turbot, Scophthalmus maximus

    Helmut Segner;Volker Storch;Manfred Reinecke;Werner Kloas

  • The use of fish cells in ecotoxicology. The report and recommendations of ECVAM Workshop 47.

    Argelia Castaño;Niels Bols;Thomas Braunbeck;Paul Dierickx

  • Health of farmed fish: its relation to fish welfare and its utility as welfare indicator

    Helmut Segner;Henrik Sundh;Kurt Buchmann;Jessica Douxfils

  • The SOLUTIONS project: challenges and responses for present and future emerging pollutants in land and water resources management.

    Werner Brack;Rolf Altenburger;Gerrit Schüürmann;Martin Krauss

  • An environmentally relevant concentration of estrogen induces arrest of male gonad development in zebrafish, Danio rerio

    Martina Fenske;Gerd Maack;Christoph Schäfers;Helmut Segner

  • Cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) in teleostean fishes. A review of immunohistochemical studies

    Carmen Sarasquete;Helmut Segner

  • Potencies of estrogenic compounds in in vitro screening assays and in life cycle tests with zebrafish in vivo.

    H Segner;J.M Navas;C Schäfers;A Wenzel

  • Concentration- and time-dependent effects of the synthetic estrogen, 17alpha-ethinylestradiol, on reproductive capabilities of the zebrafish, Danio rerio.

    C Schäfers;M Teigeler;A Wenzel;G Maack

  • Nonlesions, misdiagnoses, missed diagnoses, and other interpretive challenges in fish histopathology studies: a guide for investigators, authors, reviewers, and readers.

    Jeffrey C. Wolf;Wes A. Baumgartner;Vicki S. Blazer;Alvin C. Camus

  • Larval nutritional physiology: studies with Clarias gariepinus, Coregonus lavaretus and Scophthalmus maximus.

    Helmut Segner;Roland Rösch;Johan Verreth;Ulrich Witt

  • Alterations of physiological energetics, growth and reproduction of Daphnia magna under toxicant stress.

    M Knops;R Altenburger;H Segner

  • Antiestrogenicity of β-naphthoflavone and PAHs in cultured rainbow trout hepatocytes : evidence for a role of the arylhydrocarbon receptor

    José Marı́a Navas;Helmut Segner

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wahli
Thomas Wahli University of Bern
Patricia Burkhardt-Holm
Patricia Burkhardt-Holm University of Basel
Gerrit Schüürmann
Gerrit Schüürmann Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Thomas Braunbeck
Thomas Braunbeck Heidelberg University
Werner Brack
Werner Brack Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Rik I.L. Eggen
Rik I.L. Eggen ETH Zurich
Rolf Altenburger
Rolf Altenburger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Leo Posthuma
Leo Posthuma Radboud University

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