2026 Stephen R. Stürzenbaum: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	58	13442	12364	1045	972	143	9295

Overview

Stephen R. Stürzenbaum is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas within environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, aging, molecular biology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The core topics of Stephen R. Stürzenbaum's work include:

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Trace Elements in Health
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
Analytical Chemistry Methods Development
Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies

The scientist has published frequently in a variety of venues. Notable journals with multiple publications include:

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
The Science of The Total Environment
Analytical Methods
Environment International
Archives of Toxicology

Among recent papers, selected titles and publication details are:

The transportation, transformation and (bio)accumulation of pharmaceuticals in the terrestrial ecosystem, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
Rapid direct analysis of river water and machine learning assisted suspect screening of emerging contaminants in passive sampler extracts, 2020, Analytical Methods
Benzo[a]pyrene and Caenorhabditis elegans: defining the genotoxic potential in an organism lacking the classical CYP1A1 pathway, 2021, Archives of Toxicology
Estrogenicity of chemical mixtures revealed by a panel of bioassays, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
A miniaturized passive sampling-based workflow for monitoring chemicals of emerging concern in water, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators include:

Leon Barron
Edmund Wilson
Thomas Morgan
George Parker
Ross Harrison

Best Publications

Control genes in quantitative molecular biological techniques: the variability of invariance

Stephen R. Stürzenbaum;Peter Kille

343
Citations
Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws – Characteristics, risk factors, clinical features, localization and impact on oncological treatment☆

Sven Otto;Christian Schreyer;Sigurd Hafner;Gerson Mast

306
Citations
Systems toxicology approaches for understanding the joint effects of environmental chemical mixtures.

David J. Spurgeon;Oliver A.H. Jones;Oliver A.H. Jones;Jean-Lou C.M. Dorne;Claus Svendsen

285
Citations
Microevolution and ecotoxicology of metals in invertebrates.

A. John Morgan;Peter Kille;Stephen R. Stürzenbaum

233
Citations
'Systems toxicology' approach identifies coordinated metabolic responses to copper in a terrestrial non-model invertebrate, the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus

Jacob G Bundy;Jasmin K Sidhu;Faisal Rana;David J Spurgeon

231
Citations
C. elegans metallothioneins: new insights into the phenotypic effects of cadmium toxicosis

S C Swain;K Keusekotten;R Baumeister;Stephen Sturzenbaum

229
Citations
Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: is pH the missing part in the pathogenesis puzzle?

Sven Otto;Sigurd Hafner;Gerson Mast;Thomas Tischer

215
Citations
Hormetins, antioxidants and prooxidants: defining quercetin-, caffeic acid- and rosmarinic acid-mediated life extension in C. elegans

Kerstin Pietsch;Nadine Saul;Shumon Chakrabarti;Stephen R. Stürzenbaum

213
Citations
Polyester-derived microfibre impacts on the soil-dwelling earthworm Lumbricus terrestris.

Miranda Tendai Prendergast-Miller;Andreas Katsiamides;Mustafa Abbass;Stephen Sturzenbaum

213
Citations
Osteoporosis and bisphosphonates-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: not just a sporadic coincidence--a multi-centre study.

Sven Otto;Mario Hakim Abu-Id;Stefano Fedele;Patrick Hans-Heinrich Warnke

189
Citations
Biosynthesis of luminescent quantum dots in an earthworm.

S. R. Stürzenbaum;M. Höckner;A. Panneerselvam;J. Levitt

189
Citations
Quercetin mediated lifespan extension in Caenorhabditis elegans is modulated by age-1, daf-2, sek-1 and unc-43

Kerstin Pietsch;Nadine Saul;Ralph Menzel;Stephen R. Stürzenbaum

182
Citations
Cadmium detoxification in earthworms: from genes to cells

Stephen R Stürzenbaum;Oleg Georgiev;A John Morgan;Peter Kille

180
Citations
Fluorescence-guided bone resection in bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws: first clinical results of a prospective pilot study.

Christoph Pautke;Florian Bauer;Sven Otto;Thomas Tischer

176
Citations
Metal ion trafficking in earthworms. Identification of a cadmium-specific metallothionein.

Stephen R. Stürzenbaum;Carole Winters;Malyka Galay;A. John Morgan

174
Citations
Genes and environment - striking the fine balance between sophisticated biomonitoring and true functional environmental genomics.

Christian E.W. Steinberg;Stephen R. Stürzenbaum;Ralph Menzel

169
Citations
The identification, cloning and characterization of earthworm metallothionein.

S.R Stürzenbaum;P Kille;A.J Morgan

162
Citations
Catechin induced longevity in C. elegans: from key regulator genes to disposable soma

Nadine Saul;Kerstin Pietsch;Ralph Menzel;Stephen R. Stürzenbaum

150
Citations
Mixtures of chemical pollutants at European legislation safety concentrations: how safe are they?

Raquel N. Carvalho;Augustine Arukwe;Selim Ait-Aissa;Anne Bado-Nilles

148
Citations
Differential metallothionein expression in earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) tissues.

A.J. Morgan;S.R. Stürzenbaum;C. Winters;G.W. Grime

138
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