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D-Index
80
Citations
22066
World Ranking
17171
National Ranking
8606

Retha R. Newbold publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Retha R. Newbold sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 196 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Retha R. Newbold D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Retha R. Newbold sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Retha R. Newbold is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on toxicology, food science, environmental chemistry, and plant science.

The scientist's work extensively covers the effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, agricultural safety and regulations, genetically modified organisms research, toxic organic pollutants impact, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Newbold include Frederick S. vom Saal, Michael Antoniou, Scott M. Belcher, Åke Bergman, and Ramji Kumar Bhandari.

Newbold has published in several venues, with contributions appearing in Environmental Health Perspectives, Birth Defects Research, and UNC Libraries.

Selected recent publications are:

  • The Conflict between Regulatory Agencies over the 20,000-Fold Lowering of the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) for Bisphenol A (BPA) by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), 2024, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Evaluating endocrine disrupting chemicals: A perspective on the novel assessments in CLARITY-BPA, 2023, Birth Defects Research
  • Histopathologic changes in the uterus, cervix and vagina of immature CD-1 mice exposed to low doses of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in a uterotrophic assay, 2020, UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • In vivo effects of bisphenol A in laboratory rodent studies

    Catherine A. Richter;Linda S. Birnbaum;Francesca Farabollini;Retha R. Newbold

  • Chapel Hill bisphenol A expert panel consensus statement: integration of mechanisms, effects in animals and potential to impact human health at current levels of exposure.

    Frederick S. vom Saal;Benson T Akingbemi;Scott M Belcher;Linda S. Birnbaum

  • Assessing environmental chemicals for estrogenicity using a combination of in vitro and in vivo assays.

    Michael D. Shelby;Retha R. Newbold;Douglas B. Tully;Kun Chae

  • Adverse effects of the model environmental estrogen diethylstilbestrol are transmitted to subsequent generations.

    Retha R. Newbold;Elizabeth Padilla-Banks;Wendy N. Jefferson

  • Reproductive tract lesions in male mice exposed prenatally to diethylstilbestrol

    JA McLachlan;RR Newbold;B Bullock

  • Long-term effects on the female mouse genital tract associated with prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol

    John A. McLachlan;Retha R. Newbold;Bill C. Bullock

  • Endocrine disruptors and obesity

    Jerrold J. Heindel;Retha Newbold;Thaddeus T. Schug

  • Uterine Adenocarcinoma in Mice following Developmental Treatment with Estrogens: A Model for Hormonal Carcinogenesis

    Retha R. Newbold;Bill C. Bullock;John A. McLachlan

  • Effects of endocrine disruptors on obesity

    Retha R. Newbold;Elizabeth Padilla-Banks;Wendy N. Jefferson;Jerrold J. Heindel

  • Induction of Uterine Adenocarcinoma in CD-1 Mice by Catechol Estrogens

    Retha R. Newbold;Joachim G. Liehr

  • Environmental estrogens and obesity.

    Retha R. Newbold;Elizabeth Padilla-Banks;Wendy N. Jefferson

  • Lessons learned from perinatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol.

    Retha R Newbold

  • Mass Spectrometric Determination of Genistein Tissue Distribution in Diet-Exposed Sprague-Dawley Rats

    H C Chang;M I Churchwell;K B Delclos;R R Newbold

  • Long-term adverse effects of neonatal exposure to bisphenol A on the murine female reproductive tract.

    Retha R. Newbold;Wendy N. Jefferson;Elizabeth Padilla-Banks

  • Developmental exposure to diethylstilbestrol elicits demethylation of estrogen-responsive lactoferrin gene in mouse uterus

    Shuanfang Li;Kimberly A. Washburn;Rick Moore;Tomohide Uno

  • Estradiol, progesterone, and genistein inhibit oocyte nest breakdown and primordial follicle assembly in the neonatal mouse ovary in vitro and in vivo.

    Ying Chen;Wendy N. Jefferson;Retha R. Newbold;Elizabeth Padilla-Banks

  • Developmental exposure to endocrine disruptors and the obesity epidemic.

    Retha R. Newbold;Elizabeth Padilla-Banks;Ryan J. Snyder;Terry M. Phillips

  • Neonatal Exposure to Genistein Induces Estrogen Receptor (ER)α Expression and Multioocyte Follicles in the Maturing Mouse Ovary: Evidence for ERβ-Mediated and Nonestrogenic Actions

    Wendy N. Jefferson;John F. Couse;John F. Couse;Elizabeth Padilla-Banks;Kenneth S. Korach

  • Cellular and molecular effects of developmental exposure to diethylstilbestrol: implications for other environmental estrogens.

    Retha Newbold

  • Prenatal Exposure to Bisphenol A at Environmentally Relevant Doses Adversely Affects the Murine Female Reproductive Tract Later in Life

    Retha R. Newbold;Wendy N. Jefferson;Elizabeth Padilla-Banks

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. McLachlan
John A. McLachlan Tulane University
Kenneth S. Korach
Kenneth S. Korach National Institutes of Health
Daniel R. Doerge
Daniel R. Doerge United States Food and Drug Administration
Frederick S. vom Saal
Frederick S. vom Saal University of Missouri
Joseph K. Haseman
Joseph K. Haseman National Institutes of Health
Ana M. Soto
Ana M. Soto Tufts University
J. Carl Barrett
J. Carl Barrett AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Masahiko Negishi
Masahiko Negishi National Institutes of Health
Edward M. Eddy
Edward M. Eddy National Institutes of Health
Linda S. Birnbaum
Linda S. Birnbaum Research Triangle Park Foundation

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