Fiona Sewell

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 733 citations indexed

About

Fiona Sewell is a scholar working on Small Animals, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Fiona Sewell has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 733 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Small Animals, 15 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Fiona Sewell's work include Animal testing and alternatives (26 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (11 papers) and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (6 papers). Fiona Sewell is often cited by papers focused on Animal testing and alternatives (26 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (11 papers) and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (6 papers). Fiona Sewell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Fiona Sewell's co-authors include Natalie Burden, Kathryn Chapman, Vicky Robinson, Nichola Gellatly, Helen Prior, Ian Kimber, Maurice Whelan, Ruth Roberts, Ian Ragan and Sally Robinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Small, PLoS Biology and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Fiona Sewell

38 papers receiving 688 citations

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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.

New approach methodologies (NAMs): identifying and overcoming hurdles to accelerated adoption

2024 54 citations Fiona Sewell, A Currie et al. Toxicology Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fiona Sewell United Kingdom	16	198	172	120	95	76	41	733
Troy Seidle United States	14	184 0.9×	96 0.6×	90 0.8×	85 0.9×	81 1.1×	24	441
Natalie Burden United Kingdom	17	160 0.8×	340 2.0×	95 0.8×	92 1.0×	78 1.0×	34	779
Sean C. Gehen United States	14	145 0.7×	108 0.6×	163 1.4×	46 0.5×	56 0.7×	26	537
Costanza Rovida Italy	16	388 2.0×	368 2.1×	191 1.6×	176 1.9×	138 1.8×	32	1.2k
Julia Scheel Germany	19	177 0.9×	145 0.8×	195 1.6×	42 0.4×	143 1.9×	39	816
Valérie Zuang Italy	17	516 2.6×	237 1.4×	144 1.2×	131 1.4×	150 2.0×	29	1.0k
L.K. Earl United Kingdom	14	298 1.5×	129 0.8×	68 0.6×	70 0.7×	60 0.8×	31	583
Ingrid Gerner Germany	18	454 2.3×	194 1.1×	136 1.1×	227 2.4×	129 1.7×	29	963
Wafa Harrouk United States	15	51 0.3×	209 1.2×	249 2.1×	82 0.9×	46 0.6×	26	785
James R. Hailey United States	19	111 0.6×	241 1.4×	239 2.0×	27 0.3×	44 0.6×	33	1.1k

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Passini, Elisa, Adeyemi O. Adedeji, Rich Allen, et al.. (2025). Applying the 3Rs to urinalysis assessments in toxicity studies: refining procedures and adopting a case-by-case approach. Comparative Clinical Pathology. 34(2). 311–322.

Sewell, Fiona, A Currie, Ruth Roberts, et al.. (2024). New approach methodologies (NAMs): identifying and overcoming hurdles to accelerated adoption. Toxicology Research. 13(2). tfae044–tfae044. 54 indexed citations breakdown →

Burden, Natalie, Rebecca J. Brown, Grace H. Panter, et al.. (2023). An international cross-laboratory survey on fish vitellogenin analysis: Methodological challenges and opportunities for best practice. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 145. 105501–105501. 5 indexed citations

Sewell, Fiona, Marco Corvaro, George P. Daston, et al.. (2022). Recommendations on dose level selection for repeat dose toxicity studies. Archives of Toxicology. 96(7). 1921–1934. 15 indexed citations

Prior, Helen, et al.. (2021). Refining Procedures within Regulatory Toxicology Studies: Improving Animal Welfare and Data. Animals. 11(11). 3057–3057. 5 indexed citations

Sewell, Fiona, et al.. (2021). Preclinical screening for antidepressant activity – shifting focus away from the Forced Swim Test to the use of translational biomarkers. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 125. 105002–105002. 16 indexed citations

Burden, Natalie, Michelle R. Embry, Thomas H. Hutchinson, et al.. (2021). Investigating endocrine-disrupting properties of chemicals in fish and amphibians: Opportunities to apply the 3Rs. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 18(2). 442–458. 19 indexed citations

Sewell, Fiona, et al.. (2021). Rethinking agrochemical safety assessment: A perspective. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 127. 105068–105068. 11 indexed citations

Clements, John M., Rachel Hawkes, David E. Jones, et al.. (2020). Predicting the safety of medicines in pregnancy: A workshop report. Reproductive Toxicology. 93. 199–210. 7 indexed citations

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Gellatly, Nichola & Fiona Sewell. (2019). Regulatory acceptance of in silico approaches for the safety assessment of cosmetic-related substances. Computational Toxicology. 11. 82–89. 31 indexed citations

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Prior, Helen, Warren Casey, Ian Kimber, Maurice Whelan, & Fiona Sewell. (2018). Reflections on the progress towards non-animal methods for acute toxicity testing of chemicals. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 102. 30–33. 29 indexed citations

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Sewell, Fiona, Kathryn Chapman, Jessica A. Couch, et al.. (2017). Challenges and opportunities for the future of monoclonal antibody development: Improving safety assessment and reducing animal use. mAbs. 9(5). 742–755. 20 indexed citations

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Sewell, Fiona, Manoj Aggarwal, Gerald Bachler, et al.. (2017). The current status of exposure-driven approaches for chemical safety assessment: A cross-sector perspective. Toxicology. 389. 109–117. 25 indexed citations

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Sewell, Fiona, John E. Doe, Nichola Gellatly, Ian Ragan, & Natalie Burden. (2017). Steps towards the international regulatory acceptance of non-animal methodology in safety assessment. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 89. 50–56. 28 indexed citations

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Sewell, Fiona, et al.. (2016). Opportunities to Apply the 3Rs in Safety Assessment Programs. ILAR Journal. 57(2). 234–245. 15 indexed citations

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Burden, Natalie, Kathryn Chapman, Fiona Sewell, & Vicky Robinson. (2015). Pioneering better science through the 3Rs: an introduction to the national centre for the replacement, refinement, and reduction of animals in research (NC3Rs).. PubMed. 54(2). 198–208. 105 indexed citations

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Burden, Natalie, Fiona Sewell, & Kathryn Chapman. (2015). Testing Chemical Safety: What Is Needed to Ensure the Widespread Application of Non-animal Approaches?. PLoS Biology. 13(5). e1002156–e1002156. 40 indexed citations

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Towers, Briony, et al.. (2014). Child-centred disaster risk reduction in Australia : progress, gaps and opportunities. Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 29(1). 31–38. 22 indexed citations

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Sewell, Fiona & Kathryn Chapman. (2014). Global cross-company data-sharing on the use of recovery animals for human safety assessment. Toxicology Letters. 229. S113–S114. 1 indexed citations

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Chapman, Kathryn, Fiona Sewell, Matthias Festag, et al.. (2013). A global pharmaceutical company initiative: An evidence-based approach to define the upper limit of body weight loss in short term toxicity studies. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 67(1). 27–38. 46 indexed citations

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