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Wolfgang Dekant

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
14767
World Ranking
10956
National Ranking
792

Wolfgang Dekant publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang Dekant sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,514 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Wolfgang Dekant D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Wolfgang Dekant is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Veterinary studies. Their research spans various subfields, including Dermatology, Plant Science, Small Animals, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Key topics in their work cover:

  • Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Animal testing and alternatives
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Immunotoxicology and immune responses
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Wolfgang Dekant include:

  • "Mammalian toxicity of trifluoroacetate and assessment of human health risks due to environmental exposures," 2023, Archives of Toxicology
  • "The BlueScreen HC assay to predict the genotoxic potential of fragrance materials," 2022, Mutagenesis
  • "Immunomodulation and exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: an overview of the current evidence from animal and human studies," 2022, Archives of Toxicology
  • "Evaluation of the carcinogenicity of dichloromethane in rats, mice, hamsters and humans," 2020, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
  • "The RIFM approach to evaluating Natural Complex Substances (NCS)," 2021, Food and Chemical Toxicology

Wolfgang Dekant has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Food and Chemical Toxicology (987 publications)
  • Toxicology Letters (10 publications)
  • Archives of Toxicology (9 publications)
  • Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology (3 publications)
  • Mutagenesis (1 publication)

Frequent collaborators in their research network include:

  • N. Sadekar
  • A.M. Api
  • G. Sullivan
  • C. Deodhar
  • D. Belsito

Best Publications

  • Metabolism and kinetics of bisphenol a in humans at low doses following oral administration.

    Wolfgang Völkel;Thomas Colnot;György A Csanády;Johannes G Filser

  • Human exposure to bisphenol A by biomonitoring: Methods, results and assessment of environmental exposures

    Wolfgang Dekant;Wolfgang Völkel

  • Quantitation of bisphenol A and bisphenol A glucuronide in biological samples by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

    Wolfgang Völkel;Nataly Bittner;Wolfgang Dekant

  • Glutathione Conjugate-Mediated Toxicities

    Terrence Monks;M. W. Anders;W. Dekant;J. L. Stevens

  • Biosynthesis and biotransformation of glutathione S-conjugates to toxic metabolites.

    Anders Mw;Lash L;Dekant W;Elfarra Aa

  • Exposure of an Adult Population to Perfluorinated Substances Using Duplicate Diet Portions and Biomonitoring Data

    Hermann Fromme;Martin Schlummer;Angela Möller;Ludwig Gruber

  • Endocrine effects of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) in Wistar rats as tested in a one-generation reproduction study and a subacute toxicity study

    Leo T.M. Van der Ven;Ton Van de Kuil;Aart Verhoef;Cynthia M. Verwer

  • Comparative Analysis of Novel Noninvasive Renal Biomarkers and Metabonomic Changes in a Rat Model of Gentamicin Nephrotoxicity

    Max Sieber;Dana Hoffmann;Melanie Adler;Vishal S. Vaidya

  • Toxicokinetics of tetrabromobisphenol a in humans and rats after oral administration.

    Ute M. D. Schauer;Wolfgang Völkel;Wolfgang Dekant

  • Ochratoxin A: lack of formation of covalent DNA adducts.

    Angela Mally;Herbert Zepnik;Paul Wanek;Erwin Eder

  • GLUTATHIONE-DEPENDENT BIOACTIVATION OF HALOALKENES

    M. W. Anders;W. Dekant

  • Occurrence of emodin, chrysophanol and physcion in vegetables, herbs and liquors. Genotoxicity and anti-genotoxicity of the anthraquinones and of the whole plants.

    S.O Mueller;M Schmitt;W Dekant;H Stopper

  • Toxicokinetics of the mycotoxin ochratoxin A in F 344 rats after oral administration.

    Herbert Zepnik;Wolfgang Völkel;Wolfgang Dekant

  • Glutathione conjugates of 4-hydroxy-2(E)-nonenal as biomarkers of hepatic oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation in rats

    Wolfgang Völkel;Rubén Alvarez-Sánchez;Idelette Weick;Angela Mally

  • Safety assessment of green tea based beverages and dried green tea extracts as nutritional supplements

    Unknown

  • Thioacylating intermediates as metabolites of S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine and S-(1,2,2-trichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine formed by cysteine conjugate .beta.-lyase

    Wolfgang Dekant;Klemens Berthold;Spyridon Vamvakas;Dietrich Henschler

  • Mammalian toxicology and human exposures to the flame retardant 2,2′,6,6′-tetrabromo-4,4′-isopropylidenediphenol (TBBPA): implications for risk assessment

    Unknown

  • Rapid Detection and Identification of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine Thioethers Using Constant Neutral Loss and Theoretical Multiple Reaction Monitoring Combined with Enhanced Product-Ion Scans on a Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

    Karoline Scholz;Wolfgang Dekant;Wolfgang Völkel;Axel Pähler

  • Biotransformation of perchloroethene: dose-dependent excretion of trichloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, and N-acetyl-S-(trichlorovinyl)-L-cysteine in rats and humans after inhalation.

    Wolfgang Völkel;Marion Friedewald;Elke Lederer;Axel Pähler

  • Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA): Possible modes of action of toxicity and carcinogenicity in rodents

    Unknown

  • Ochratoxin A as a potential etiologic factor in endemic nephropathy: lessons from toxicity studies in rats.

    A. Mally;G.C. Hard;W. Dekant

  • Biotransformation and nephrotoxicity of ochratoxin B in rats.

    Angela Mally;Heike Keim-Heusler;Alexander Amberg;Michael Kurz

  • Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission's recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles.

    Daniel R Dietrich;Sonja von Aulock;Hans Marquardt;Bas Blaauboer

  • Bioactivation mechanism of the cytotoxic and nephrotoxic S-conjugate S-(2-chloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethyl)-L-cysteine

    Wolfgang Dekant;Lawrence H. Lash;M. W. Anders

  • Mutagenicity of amino acid and glutathione S-conjugates in the Ames test.

    Spyridon Vamvakas;Adnan A. Elfarra;Wolfgang Dekant;Wolfgang Dekant;Dietrich Henschler

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Shen
Jie Shen Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
Yoshiki Miyachi
Yoshiki Miyachi Kyoto University
Wolfgang Völkel
Wolfgang Völkel University of Würzburg
Karl-Heinz Engel
Karl-Heinz Engel Technical University of Munich
Laurence Castle
Laurence Castle Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
M. W. Anders
M. W. Anders University of Rochester Medical Center
Olavi Pelkonen
Olavi Pelkonen University of Oulu
Jan G. Hengstler
Jan G. Hengstler TU Dortmund University
Daniel R. Dietrich
Daniel R. Dietrich University of Konstanz
Fidel Toldrá
Fidel Toldrá Spanish National Research Council

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