Claudia Lorenz

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Claudia Lorenz is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudia Lorenz has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Pollution, 28 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Claudia Lorenz's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (33 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (28 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (9 papers). Claudia Lorenz is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (33 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (28 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (9 papers). Claudia Lorenz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and United States. Claudia Lorenz's co-authors include Gunnar Gerdts, Sebastian Primpke, Martin G. J. Löder, Svenja M. Mintenig, Mine Banu Tekman, Melanie Bergmann, Marisa A. Wirth, Vanessa Wirzberger, Thomas Krumpen and Lisa Roscher and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Claudia Lorenz

58 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

High Quantities of Microplastic in Arctic Deep-Sea Sediments from the HAUSGARTEN Observatory

2017 692 citations Claudia Lorenz, Sebastian Primpke et al. profile →
Focal plane array detector-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging for the analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

2015 446 citations Svenja M. Mintenig, Claudia Lorenz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claudia Lorenz Germany	29	4.3k	3.3k	751	660	523	59	5.1k
Jeanette M. Rotchell United Kingdom	31	3.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	679 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	446 0.9×	87	4.5k
Elvis Genbo Xu China	43	5.0k 1.2×	2.9k 0.9×	996 1.3×	1.4k 2.1×	945 1.8×	113	6.9k
D. Vethaak Netherlands	13	2.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	676 0.9×	802 1.2×	591 1.1×	32	3.5k
Ceri Lewis United Kingdom	35	5.3k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	1.6k 2.4×	413 0.8×	76	7.1k
Elisabetta Giorgini Italy	34	2.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	626 0.8×	778 1.2×	732 1.4×	144	5.9k
M. Vandegehuchte Belgium	27	3.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	697 0.9×	763 1.2×	172 0.3×	54	4.1k
Miguel Oliveira Portugal	42	4.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	871 1.2×	2.1k 3.2×	583 1.1×	130	6.4k
Valentina Notarstefano Italy	24	2.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	590 0.8×	774 1.2×	685 1.3×	68	4.1k
Qiqing Chen China	35	5.3k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.8×	915 1.7×	93	6.2k
Theodore B. Henry United States	40	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	487 0.6×	1.7k 2.5×	969 1.9×	105	6.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claudia Lorenz

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Fan, Claudia Lorenz, & Gao‐Feng Zhao. (2025). From land to sea: Hydrological source tracking of microplastics in coastal sediments. Environmental Research. 283. 122132–122132.

Lorenz, Claudia, et al.. (2025). Validating citizen science for community-driven microplastic monitoring and marine protection in Northeast Iceland's Hope Spot. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 213. 117638–117638. 2 indexed citations

Iordachescu, Lucian, et al.. (2024). Treating wastewater for microplastics to a level on par with nearby marine waters. Water Research. 256. 121647–121647. 13 indexed citations

Simon-Sánchez, Laura, et al.. (2024). Assessment of microplastic pollution and polymer risk in the sediment compartment of the Limfjord, Denmark. The Science of The Total Environment. 950. 175017–175017. 15 indexed citations

Gunaalan, Kuddithamby, Rodrigo Almeda, Alvise Vianello, et al.. (2023). Does water column stratification influence the vertical distribution of microplastics?. Environmental Pollution. 340(Pt 1). 122865–122865. 21 indexed citations

Lorenz, Claudia, et al.. (2023). How effective is the retention of microplastics in horizontal flow sand filters treating stormwater?. Journal of Environmental Management. 344. 118690–118690. 18 indexed citations

Kooi, Merel, Sebastian Primpke, Svenja M. Mintenig, et al.. (2021). Characterizing the multidimensionality of microplastics across environmental compartments. Water Research. 202. 117429–117429. 155 indexed citations

Primpke, Sebastian, et al.. (2020). Bacterial biofilms colonizing plastics in estuarine waters, with an emphasis on Vibrio spp. and their antibacterial resistance. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0237704–e0237704. 80 indexed citations

Primpke, Sebastian, Marisa A. Wirth, Claudia Lorenz, & Gunnar Gerdts. (2018). Reference database design for the automated analysis of microplastic samples based on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 410(21). 5131–5141. 408 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Claudia, et al.. (2017). The progestin norethisterone affects thyroid hormone-dependent metamorphosis of Xenopus laevis tadpoles at environmentally relevant concentrations. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 150. 86–95. 12 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Claudia, Valeska Contardo‐Jara, Achim Trubiroha, et al.. (2011). The Synthetic Gestagen Levonorgestrel Disrupts Sexual Development in Xenopus laevis by Affecting Gene Expression of Pituitary Gonadotropins and Gonadal Steroidogenic Enzymes. Toxicological Sciences. 124(2). 311–319. 30 indexed citations

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Contardo‐Jara, Valeska, Claudia Lorenz, Stephan Pflugmacher, et al.. (2011). Exposure to human pharmaceuticals Carbamazepine, Ibuprofen and Bezafibrate causes molecular effects in Dreissena polymorpha. Aquatic Toxicology. 105(3-4). 428–437. 138 indexed citations

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Urbatzka, Ralph, Claudia Lorenz, Ilka Lutz, & Werner Kloas. (2010). Expression profiles of LHβ, FSHβ and their gonadal receptor mRNAs during sexual differentiation of Xenopus laevis tadpoles. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 168(2). 239–244. 22 indexed citations

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Contardo‐Jara, Valeska, Claudia Lorenz, Stephan Pflugmacher, et al.. (2010). Molecular effects and bioaccumulation of levonorgestrel in the non-target organism Dreissena polymorpha. Environmental Pollution. 159(1). 38–44. 42 indexed citations

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Kloas, Werner, Ralph Urbatzka, Robert Opitz, et al.. (2009). Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Vertebrates. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1163(1). 187–200. 153 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Claudia, Robert Opitz, Ilka Lutz, & Werner Kloas. (2009). Corticosteroids disrupt amphibian metamorphosis by complex modes of action including increased prolactin expression. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology. 150(2). 314–321. 28 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Claudia, Robert Opitz, Ilka Lutz, & Werner Kloas. (2009). Teratogenic Effects of Chronic Treatment with Corticosterone on Tadpoles of Xenopus laevis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1163(1). 454–456. 3 indexed citations

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Baumann, Frank, Claudia Lorenz, Ulrich Jaehde, & Rainer Preiß. (1999). Determination of cyclophosphamide and its metabolites in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 729(1-2). 297–305. 48 indexed citations

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Schwientek, Tilo, Claudia Lorenz, & Joachim F. Ernst. (1995). Golgi Localization in Yeast Is Mediated by the Membrane Anchor Region of Rat Liver Sialyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(10). 5483–5489. 67 indexed citations

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Lorenz, Claudia, Sabine Strahl‐Bolsinger, & Joachim F. Ernst. (1992). Specific in vitro O‐glycosylation of human granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating‐factor‐derived peptides by O‐glycosyltransferases of yeast and rat liver cells. European Journal of Biochemistry. 205(3). 1163–1167. 5 indexed citations

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