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Michael S. Denison 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 Michael S. Denison sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 297 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael S. Denison 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 Michael S. Denison sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael S. Denison is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work extensively covers subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology, Pollution, and Dermatology. Key research topics addressed by Michael S. Denison include:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes

Frequent co-authors collaborating on multiple publications include Guochun He, Gabrielle P. Black, Thomas M. Young, Imke Boonen, and Marc Elskens.

Michael S. Denison has published in a variety of scientific venues, with notable publication counts in the following journals and series:

  • Environmental Science & Technology (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2 publications)
  • Environmental Sciences Europe (2 publications)
  • Food and Chemical Toxicology (1 publication)
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics (1 publication)

Representative recent papers include:

  • Using Estrogenic Activity and Nontargeted Chemical Analysis to Identify Contaminants in Sewage Sludge, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Assessing the receptor-mediated activity of PAHs using AhR-, ERα- and PPARγ- CALUX bioassays, 2020, Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • Transitional States in Ligand-Dependent Transformation of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor into Its DNA-Binding Form, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Relationship between the molecular composition, visible light absorption, and health-related properties of smoldering woodsmoke aerosols, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Rapid extraction of total lipids and lipophilic POPs from all EU-regulated foods of animal origin: Smedes' method revisited and enhanced, 2020, Environmental Sciences Europe

Best Publications

  • The 2005 World Health Organization reevaluation of human and Mammalian toxic equivalency factors for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds.

    Martin Van den Berg;Linda S. Birnbaum;Michael Denison;Mike De Vito

  • Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor by structurally diverse exogenous and endogenous chemicals.

    Michael S. Denison;Scott R. Nagy

  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Antagonists Promote the Expansion of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells

    Anthony E. Boitano;Jian Wang;Russell Romeo;Laure C. Bouchez

  • Exactly The Same But Different: Promiscuity and Diversity in the Molecular Mechanisms of Action of the Aryl Hydrocarbon (Dioxin) Receptor

    Michael S. Denison;Anatoly A. Soshilov;Guochun He;Danica E. DeGroot

  • Aryl hydrocarbon receptor control of a disease tolerance defence pathway

    Alban Bessede;Alban Bessede;Marco Gargaro;Maria T. Pallotta;Davide Matino

  • The DNA recognition site for the dioxin-Ah receptor complex. Nucleotide sequence and functional analysis.

    M S Denison;J M Fisher;J P Whitlock

  • Ligand binding and activation of the Ah receptor

    Michael S Denison;Alessandro Pandini;Scott R Nagy;Enoch P Baldwin

  • Species-Specific Recombinant Cell Lines as Bioassay Systems for the Detection of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-like Chemicals

    P.M. Garrison;K. Tullis;J.M.M.J.G. Aarts;A. Brouwer

  • Ah Receptor and NF-κB Interactions, a Potential Mechanism for Dioxin Toxicity

    Yanan Tian;Sui Ke;Michael.S. Denison;Arnold B. Rabson

  • Xenobiotic-inducible transcription of cytochrome P450 genes.

    Michael S. Denison;James P. Whitlock

  • In vitro biologic activities of the antimicrobials triclocarban, its analogs, and triclosan in bioassay screens: receptor-based bioassay screens.

    Ki Chang Ahn;Bin Zhao;Jiangang Chen;Gennady Cherednichenko

  • Chemical-activated luciferase gene expression (CALUX): a novel in vitro bioassay for Ah receptor active compounds in sediments and pore water.

    A. J. Murk;J. Legler;M. S. Denison;J. P. Giesy

  • Activation of the Ah receptor by tryptophan and tryptophan metabolites.

    ‡ Sharon Heath-Pagliuso;William J. Rogers;Kathryn Tullis;Shawn D. Seidel

  • Inducible, receptor-dependent protein-DNA interactions at a dioxin-responsive transcriptional enhancer.

    Michael S. Denison;Joan M. Fisher;James P. Whitlock

  • Activation of the Ah Receptor Signal Transduction Pathway by Bilirubin and Biliverdin

    D. Phelan;G.M. Winter;W.J. Rogers;J.C. Lam

  • Functional aspects of developmental toxicity of polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in experimental animals and human infants

    Abraham Brouwer;Ulf G. Ahlborg;Martin Van den Berg;Linda S. Birnbaum

  • CH223191 is a ligand-selective antagonist of the Ah (Dioxin) receptor.

    Bin Zhao;Danica E. DeGroot;Ai Hayashi;Guochun He

  • Comparison of Ah Receptor-Mediated Luciferase and Ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase Induction in H4IIE Cells: Implications for Their Use as Bioanalytical Tools for the Detection of Polyhalogenated Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    J.Thomas Sanderson;Jac M.M.J.G. Aarts;Abraham Brouwer;Kenneth L. Froese

  • The Ah Receptor: A Regulator of the Biochemical and Toxicological Actions of Structurally Diverse Chemicals

    M. S. Denison;S. Heath-Pagliuso

  • Protein-DNA interactions at recognition sites for the dioxin-Ah receptor complex.

    M S Denison;J M Fisher;J P Whitlock

Frequent Co-Authors

Abraham Brouwer
Abraham Brouwer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marc Elskens
Marc Elskens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Willy Baeyens
Willy Baeyens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Prokopios Magiatis
Prokopios Magiatis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Martin van den Berg
Martin van den Berg Utrecht University
Mark E. Hahn
Mark E. Hahn Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
James P. Whitlock
James P. Whitlock Stanford University
Robert H. Rice
Robert H. Rice University of California, Davis
John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan
Linda S. Birnbaum
Linda S. Birnbaum Research Triangle Park Foundation

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