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Thomas Backhaus 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 Thomas Backhaus sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 172 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Backhaus 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 Thomas Backhaus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas Backhaus is primarily affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their main field of study is Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research covers several specific topics including Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

Backhaus has authored multiple papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement (2020), Environmental Health
  • Risks of floating microplastic in the global ocean (2020), Environmental Pollution
  • Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research (2023), Global Change Biology
  • We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste (2021), Science
  • Ecotoxicity characterization of chemicals: Global recommendations and implementation in USEtox (2022), Chemosphere

Frequent collaborators in their research include Pedro A. Inostroza, Werner Brack, Martin Krauß, Eric Carmona, and Bethanie Carney Almroth. These partnerships have contributed to a diverse and interdisciplinary approach within Backhaus's scientific contributions.

The venues where Thomas Backhaus regularly publishes emphasize both open-access and specialized journals. Some of the primary venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Best Publications

  • Predictive environmental risk assessment of chemical mixtures: a conceptual framework.

    Thomas Backhaus;Michael Faust

  • Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards.

    Ksenia J. Groh;Thomas Backhaus;Bethanie Carney-Almroth;Birgit Geueke

  • Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for environmental development and transfer of antibiotic resistance.

    Nicholas J. Ashbolt;Alejandro Amézquita;Thomas Backhaus;Peter Borriello

  • Predictability of the toxicity of multiple chemical mixtures to Vibrio fischeri: Mixtures composed of similarly acting chemicals

    Rolf Altenburger;Thomas Backhaus;Wolfgang Boedeker;Michael Faust

  • Joint algal toxicity of 16 dissimilarly acting chemicals is predictable by the concept of independent action.

    M Faust;R Altenburger;T Backhaus;H Blanck

  • Predicting the joint algal toxicity of multi-component s-triazine mixtures at low-effect concentrations of individual toxicants.

    M. Faust;R. Altenburger;T. Backhaus;H. Blanck

  • Predictability of the toxicity of a multiple mixture of dissimilarly acting chemicals to Vibrio fischeri

    Thomas Backhaus;Rolf Altenburger;Wolfgang Boedeker;Michael Faust

  • Accurate prediction of the response of freshwater fish to a mixture of estrogenic chemicals

    Jayne V. Brian;Catherine A. Harris;Martin Scholze;Thomas Backhaus

  • The single substance and mixture toxicity of quinolones to the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri

    T. Backhaus;M. Scholze;L.H. Grimme

  • 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

  • A general best-fit method for concentration-response curves and the estimation of low-effect concentrations

    Martin Scholze;Wolfgang Boedeker;Michael Faust;Thomas Backhaus

  • Ecotoxicological assessment of antibiotics: A call for improved consideration of microorganisms.

    Kristian K. Brandt;Alejandro Amézquita;Thomas Backhaus;Alistair B. Boxall

  • Application and validation of approaches for the predictive hazard assessment of realistic pesticide mixtures.

    Marion Junghans;Thomas Backhaus;Michael Faust;Martin Scholze

  • Low-level exposure to multiple chemicals: reason for human health concerns?

    Andreas Kortenkamp;Michael Faust;Martin Scholze;Thomas Backhaus

  • Future water quality monitoring: improving the balance between exposure and toxicity assessments of real-world pollutant mixtures

    Rolf Altenburger;Rolf Altenburger;Werner Brack;Werner Brack;Robert M. Burgess;Wibke Busch

  • Statement on advancing the assessment of chemical mixtures and their risks for human health and the environment.

    Elina Drakvik;Elina Drakvik;Rolf Altenburger;Yasunobu Aoki;Thomas Backhaus

  • The toxicity of antibiotic agents to the luminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri

    T. Backhaus;L.H. Grimme

  • Effect-based methods are key. The European Collaborative Project SOLUTIONS recommends integrating effect-based methods for diagnosis and monitoring of water quality

    Werner Brack;Selim Ait Aissa;Thomas Backhaus;Valeria Dulio

  • 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

  • A Scientific Perspective on Microplastics in Nature and Society

    B. Koelmans;S. Pahl;T. Backhaus;F. Bessa

  • Toxicity of a mixture of dissimilarly acting substances to natural algal communities: predictive power and limitations of independent action and concentration addition.

    Thomas Backhaus;Asa Arrhenius;Hans Blanck

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Altenburger
Rolf Altenburger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Martin Scholze
Martin Scholze Brunel University London
Hans Blanck
Hans Blanck University of Gothenburg
Leo Posthuma
Leo Posthuma Radboud University
Werner Brack
Werner Brack Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Andreas Kortenkamp
Andreas Kortenkamp Brunel University London
Juliane Hollender
Juliane Hollender Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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