Bruce Blumberg

25.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
148 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

Bruce Blumberg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Blumberg has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Bruce Blumberg's work include Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (34 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (28 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (24 papers). Bruce Blumberg is often cited by papers focused on Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (34 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (28 papers) and Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (24 papers). Bruce Blumberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Bruce Blumberg's co-authors include Felix Grün, Amanda Janesick, Ronald M. Evans, Jerrold J. Heindel, Edward M. De Robertis, Herbert Steinbeißer, Estelita S. Ong, Michelle M. Tabb, Thaddeus T. Schug and Barry M. Forman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Blumberg

143 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Differential expression and activation of a family of murine peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors.

1994 1.2k citations Bruce Blumberg, Ronald M. Evans et al. profile →
Endocrine disrupting chemicals and disease susceptibility

2011 837 citations Amanda Janesick, Bruce Blumberg et al. profile →
Metabolism disrupting chemicals and metabolic disorders

2016 769 citations Jerrold J. Heindel, Bruce Blumberg et al. profile →
SXR, a novel steroid and xenobioticsensing nuclear receptor

1998 769 citations Bruce Blumberg, Walid Sabbagh et al. profile →
Molecular nature of Spemann's organizer: the role of the Xenopus homeobox gene goosecoid

1991 733 citations Bruce Blumberg et al. profile →
Concerns over use of glyphosate-based herbicides and risks associated with exposures: a consensus statement

2016 670 citations Bruce Blumberg, Laura N. Vandenberg et al. profile →
Environmental Obesogens: Organotins and Endocrine Disruption via Nuclear Receptor Signaling

2006 622 citations Felix Grün, Bruce Blumberg Endocrinology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce Blumberg United States	65	8.0k	5.0k	3.0k	2.1k	1.5k	148	18.2k
T.M. Penning United States	76	8.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	353	21.0k
Yoshiaki Fujii‐Kuriyama Japan	65	7.5k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.6×	184	16.8k
Christopher A. Bradfield United States	65	6.3k 0.8×	5.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	4.3k 2.1×	1.1k 0.7×	129	20.3k
Jodi A. Flaws United States	73	3.7k 0.5×	8.7k 1.7×	2.5k 0.9×	810 0.4×	219 0.1×	343	18.4k
John D. Hayes United Kingdom	84	27.9k 3.5×	2.0k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.9×	262	37.1k
C. Yan Cheng United States	87	9.0k 1.1×	2.4k 0.5×	3.6k 1.2×	771 0.4×	283 0.2×	487	25.0k
Malcolm G. Parker United Kingdom	71	11.2k 1.4×	3.0k 0.6×	10.2k 3.5×	2.4k 1.1×	513 0.3×	193	22.0k
Andrew Collins Norway	82	10.4k 1.3×	5.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	508 0.3×	336	25.6k
Regina M. Santella United States	75	9.1k 1.1×	4.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	936 0.4×	327 0.2×	447	18.5k
John A. McLachlan United States	67	4.1k 0.5×	6.3k 1.3×	5.2k 1.7×	287 0.1×	351 0.2×	246	15.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Blumberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Blumberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Blumberg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bruce Blumberg. Bruce Blumberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Chang, Richard, et al.. (2025). Transgenerational Effects of the Obesogen Tributyltin on Metabolic Health in Mice: Interactions With a Western Diet. Endocrinology. 166(5). 3 indexed citations

Merrill, Michele A. La, Martyn T. Smith, Cliona M. McHale, et al.. (2024). Consensus on the key characteristics of metabolism disruptors. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 21(4). 245–261. 12 indexed citations

Ren, Xiaomin, Richard Chang, Angélica Amorim Amato, et al.. (2023). 2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol Induces Adipogenesis in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Activating Retinoid X Receptors. Endocrinology. 164(4). 15 indexed citations

Shioda, Keiko, Junko Odajima, Bruce Blumberg, & Toshi Shioda. (2022). Transgenerational Transcriptomic and DNA Methylome Profiling of Mouse Fetal Testicular Germline and Somatic Cells after Exposure of Pregnant Mothers to Tributyltin, a Potent Obesogen. Metabolites. 12(2). 95–95. 7 indexed citations

Kirk, Andrea B., et al.. (2021). PFAS and Potential Adverse Effects on Bone and Adipose Tissue Through Interactions With PPARγ. Endocrinology. 162(12). 58 indexed citations

Lind, Lars, Peter Lind, Margareta Halin Lejonklou, et al.. (2016). Uppsala Consensus Statement on Environmental Contaminants and the Global Obesity Epidemic. Environmental Health Perspectives. 124(5). A81–3. 32 indexed citations

Janesick, Amanda & Bruce Blumberg. (2016). Obesogens: an emerging threat to public health. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 214(5). 559–565. 157 indexed citations

Båvik, Claes, Yan Zhang, Ewa Budzynski, et al.. (2015). Visual Cycle Modulation as an Approach toward Preservation of Retinal Integrity. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0124940–e0124940. 60 indexed citations

Blumberg, Bruce. (2014). Andrés Carrasco (1946–2014). Developmental Biology. 393(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Chamorro-García, Raquel, et al.. (2013). Transgenerational Inheritance of Increased Fat Depot Size, Stem Cell Reprogramming, and Hepatic Steatosis Elicited by Prenatal Exposure to the Obesogen Tributyltin in Mice. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(3). 359–366. 233 indexed citations

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Azuma, Kotaro, Stephanie C. Casey, Tomohiko Urano, et al.. (2010). Pregnane X receptor knockout mice display osteopenia with reduced bone formation and enhanced bone resorption. Journal of Endocrinology. 207(3). 257–263. 48 indexed citations

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Grün, Felix & Bruce Blumberg. (2009). Endocrine disrupters as obesogens. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 304(1-2). 19–29. 452 indexed citations

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Milnes, Matthew R., Adriana Garcia, Emily D. Grossman, et al.. (2008). Activation of Steroid and Xenobiotic Receptor (SXR, NR1I2) and Its Orthologs in Laboratory, Toxicologic, and Genome Model Species. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(7). 880–885. 47 indexed citations

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Iguchi, Taisen, Yoshinao Katsu, Toshihiro Horiguchi, et al.. (2007). Endocrine disrupting organotin compounds are potent inducers of imposex in gastropods and adipogenesis in vertebrates. Molecular & Cellular Toxicology. 3(1). 1–10. 20 indexed citations

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Grün, Felix, Hajime Watanabe, Zahra Zamanian, et al.. (2006). Endocrine-Disrupting Organotin Compounds Are Potent Inducers of Adipogenesis in Vertebrates. Molecular Endocrinology. 20(9). 2141–2155. 479 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Bruce. (2005). Can dogs think. Natural history. 114(1). 48–51.

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Zhou, Changcheng, et al.. (2004). TOCOTRIENOLS ACTIVATE THE STEROID AND XENOBIOTIC RECEPTOR, SXR, AND SELECTIVELY REGULATE EXPRESSION OF ITS TARGET GENES. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 32(10). 1075–1082. 90 indexed citations

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Ryan, Aimee K., Bruce Blumberg, Concepción Rodrı́guez-Esteban, et al.. (1998). Pitx2 determines left–right asymmetry of internal organs in vertebrates. Nature. 394(6693). 545–551. 423 indexed citations

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Greene, Mark E., Bruce Blumberg, O. Wesley McBride, et al.. (1995). Isolation of the human peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma cDNA: expression in hematopoietic cells and chromosomal mapping.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 4(4-5). 281–99. 337 indexed citations

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Blumberg, Bruce, et al.. (1953). A survey of intestinal parasites in the schoolchildren of Moengo, Surinam, 1950.. PubMed. 5(2). 137–40. 1 indexed citations

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