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D-Index
46
Citations
10598
World Ranking
5982
National Ranking
148

Renata Behra 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 Renata Behra sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 94 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Renata Behra 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 Renata Behra sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 199 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 19 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Environmental behavior and ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles to algae, plants, and fungi

    Enrique Navarro;Enrique Navarro;Anders Baun;Renata Behra;Nanna B. Hartmann

  • Toxicity of silver nanoparticles to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Enrique Navarro;Flavio Piccapietra;Bettina Wagner;Fabio Marconi

  • Bioavailability of silver nanoparticles and ions: from a chemical and biochemical perspective

    Renata Behra;Laura Sigg;Martin J. D. Clift;Fabian Herzog

  • Challenges in Ecotoxicology

    Rik I. L. Eggen;Renata Behra;Patricia Burkhardt-Holm;Beate I. Escher

  • Practical considerations for conducting ecotoxicity test methods with manufactured nanomaterials: what have we learnt so far?

    Richard D. Handy;Nico van den Brink;Mark Chappell;Martin Mühling

  • Considerations of Environmentally Relevant Test Conditions for Improved Evaluation of Ecological Hazards of Engineered Nanomaterials

    Patricia A. Holden;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Fred Klaessig;Ronald F. Turco

  • Effects of free Cu2+ and Zn2+ ions on growth and metal accumulation in freshwater algae

    Katja Knauer;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • METAL‐INDUCED REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES PRODUCTION IN CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII (CHLOROPHYCEAE)1

    Ilona Szivák;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Long-term effects of copper on the structure of freshwater periphyton communities and their tolerance to copper, zinc, nickel and silver

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  • Intracellular silver accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii upon exposure to carbonate coated silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate.

    Flavio Piccapietra;Flavio Piccapietra;Carmen Gil Allué;Laura Sigg;Laura Sigg;Renata Behra

  • Linking toxicity and adaptive responses across the transcriptome, proteome, and phenotype of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to silver.

    Smitha Pillai;Renata Behra;Holger Nestler;Marc J.-F. Suter

  • ADSORPTION AND UPTAKE OF COPPER BY THE GREEN ALGA SCENEDESMUS SUBSPICATUS (CHLOROPHYTA)1

    Katja Knauer;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Accumulation of copper and zinc in periphyton in response to dynamic variations of metal speciation in freshwater.

    Sébastien Meylan;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Speciation of copper and zinc in natural freshwater: comparison of voltammetric measurements, diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) and chemical equilibrium models

    Sébastien Meylan;Niksa Odzak;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Exposure of silver-nanoparticles and silver-ions to lung cells in vitro at the air-liquid interface

    Fabian Herzog;Martin J D Clift;Flavio Piccapietra;Renata Behra

  • Phytochelatin induction, cadmium accumulation, and algal sensitivity to free cadmium ion in Scenedesmus vacuolatus.

    Séverine Le Faucheur;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Influence of metal speciation in natural freshwater on bioaccumulation of copper and zinc in periphyton: a microcosm study.

    Sébastien Meylan;Renata Behra;Laura Sigg

  • Toxicity of inorganic and methylated arsenic to algal communities from lakes along an arsenic contamination gradient

    Unknown

  • Silver nanoparticle toxicity and association with the alga Euglena gracilis

    Xiaomei Li;Xiaomei Li;Kristin Schirmer;Kristin Schirmer;Kristin Schirmer;Laetitia Bernard;Laura Sigg;Laura Sigg

  • Effects of Differently Coated Silver Nanoparticles on the Photosynthesis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Enrique Navarro;Bettina Wagner;Niksa Odzak;Laura Sigg

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Sigg
Laura Sigg ETH Zurich
Kristin Schirmer
Kristin Schirmer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Rik I.L. Eggen
Rik I.L. Eggen ETH Zurich
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser University of Fribourg
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Thomas Backhaus
Thomas Backhaus University of Gothenburg
Urs von Gunten
Urs von Gunten Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Ralf Kaegi
Ralf Kaegi Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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