Frederick S. vom Saal

32.2k citations

166 papers · 23.2k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 69

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.01%
Pollution top 0.02%
Genetics top 0.5%
Cancer Research top 0.5%
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 0.1%

Co-authors: Wade V. Welshons Susan C. Nagel Richard C. Thompson Charles J. Moore Shanna H. Swan Julia A. Taylor Claude L. Hughes Ana M. Soto
Topics: Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (100 papers)Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (33 papers)Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (30 papers)
Cited by: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States Italy France

In The Last Decade

Frederick S. vom Saal

166 papers receiving 22.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Hormones and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Low-Dose Effects and Nonmonotonic Dose Responses

2012 2.3k citations Laura N. Vandenberg, Theo Colborn et al. profile →
Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends

2009 2.1k citations Frederick S. vom Saal et al. profile →
In vivo effects of bisphenol A in laboratory rodent studies

2007 932 citations Catherine A. Richter, Retha R. Newbold et al. Reproductive Toxicology profile →
An Extensive New Literature Concerning Low-Dose Effects of Bisphenol A Shows the Need for a New Risk Assessment

2005 921 citations Frederick S. vom Saal et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Our plastic age

2009 874 citations Frederick S. vom Saal et al. profile →
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Public Health Protection: A Statement of Principles from The Endocrine Society

2012 809 citations Tracey J. Woodruff, Frederick S. vom Saal et al. profile →
Large Effects from Small Exposures. III. Endocrine Mechanisms Mediating Effects of Bisphenol A at Levels of Human Exposure

2006 774 citations Wade V. Welshons, Susan C. Nagel et al. profile →
Large effects from small exposures. I. Mechanisms for endocrine-disrupting chemicals with estrogenic activity.

2003 677 citations Wade V. Welshons, Julia A. Taylor et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Concerns over use of glyphosate-based herbicides and risks associated with exposures: a consensus statement

2016 670 citations John Peterson Myers, Michael Antoniou et al. Environmental Health profile →
A Physiologically Based Approach To the Study of Bisphenol a and Other Estrogenic Chemicals On the Size of Reproductive Organs, Daily Sperm Production, and Behavior

1998 652 citations Frederick S. vom Saal, Paola Palanza et al. profile →
Relative binding affinity-serum modified access (RBA-SMA) assay predicts the relative in vivo bioactivity of the xenoestrogens bisphenol A and octylphenol.

1997 650 citations Susan C. Nagel, Frederick S. vom Saal et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
Prostate enlargement in mice due to fetal exposure to low doses of estradiol or diethylstilbestrol and opposite effects at high doses

1997 575 citations Frederick S. vom Saal, Barry G. Timms et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Transcriptome analysis of testis reveals the effects of developmental exposure to bisphenol a or 17α-ethinylestradiol in medaka (Oryzias latipes) 2020 ·Aquatic Toxicology ·Ramji Kumar Bhandari,Xuegeng Wang,Frederick S. vom Saal,Donald E. Tillitt	17
2	Fetal bisphenol A and ethinylestradiol exposure alters male rat urogenital tract morphology at birth: Confirmation of prior low-dose findings in CLARITY-BPA 2019 ·Reproductive Toxicology ·(unknown),Julia A. Taylor,Barry G. Timms,Richard W. Stahlhut,Emily A. Ricke,Mark R. Ellersieck,Frederick S. vom Saal,William A. Ricke	18
3	Reduced body weight at weaning followed by increased post-weaning growth rate interacts with part-per-trillion fetal serum concentrations of bisphenol A (BPA) to impair glucose tolerance in male mice 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Julia A. Taylor,(unknown),Chun‐Xia Meng,Susan C. Nagel,Toshi Shioda,Frederick S. vom Saal	13
4	Concerns over use of glyphosate-based herbicides and risks associated with exposures: a consensus statementbreakdown → 2016 ·Environmental Health ·John Peterson Myers,Michael Antoniou,Bruce Blumberg,Lynn Carroll,Theo Colborn,Lorne G. Everett,Michael Hansén,Philip J. Landrigan,Bruce P. Lanphear,Robin Mesnage,Laura N. Vandenberg,Frederick S. vom Saal,Wade V. Welshons,Charles Benbrook	670
5	A round robin approach to the analysis of bisphenol a (BPA) in human blood samples 2014 ·Environmental Health ·Laura N. Vandenberg,Roy Gerona,Kurunthachalam Kannan,Julia A. Taylor,Richard B. van Breemen,(unknown),Chunyang Liao,Yuan Yang,Retha R. Newbold,Vasantha Padmanabhan,Frederick S. vom Saal,Tracey J. Woodruff	85
6	Effects of the environmental estrogenic contaminants bisphenol A and 17α-ethinyl estradiol on sexual development and adult behaviors in aquatic wildlife species 2014 ·General and Comparative Endocrinology ·Ramji Kumar Bhandari,Sharon L. Deem,Dawn K. Holliday,(unknown),Christopher D. Kassotis,Susan C. Nagel,Donald E. Tillitt,Frederick S. vom Saal,Cheryl S. Rosenfeld	240
7	The effects of bisphenol A on emotional behavior depend upon the timing of exposure, age and gender in mice 2013 ·Hormones and Behavior ·Laura Gioiosa,Stefano Parmigiani,Frederick S. vom Saal,Paola Palanza	63
8	DNA methylation changes in whole blood is associated with exposure to the environmental contaminants, mercury, lead, cadmium and bisphenol A, in women undergoing ovarian stimulation for IVF 2012 ·Human Reproduction ·Courtney W. Hanna,Michael S. Bloom,Wendy P. Robinson,(unknown),Patrick J. Parsons,Frederick S. vom Saal,Julia A. Taylor,Amy J. Steuerwald,Victor Y. Fujimoto	123
9	Dose-Related Estrogen Effects on Gene Expression in Fetal Mouse Prostate Mesenchymal Cells 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Julia A. Taylor,Catherine A. Richter,Atsuko Suzuki,Hajime Watanabe,Taisen Iguchi,Kathryn R. Coser,Toshi Shioda,Frederick S. vom Saal	20
10	Estrogenic environmental chemicals and drugs: Mechanisms for effects on the developing male urogenital system 2011 ·The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ·Julia A. Taylor,Catherine A. Richter,Rachel L. Ruhlen,Frederick S. vom Saal	53
11	Serum unconjugated bisphenol A concentrations in men may influence embryo quality indicators during in vitro fertilization 2011 ·Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology ·Michael S. Bloom,Frederick S. vom Saal,(unknown),Julia A. Taylor,Julie D. Lamb,Victor Y. Fujimoto	58
12	Similarity of Bisphenol A Pharmacokinetics in Rhesus Monkeys and Mice: Relevance for Human Exposure 2010 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Julia A. Taylor,Frederick S. vom Saal,Wade V. Welshons,(unknown),George E. Rottinghaus,Patricia A. Hunt,Pierre‐Louis Toutain,Céline M. Laffont,Catherine A. VandeVoort	223
13	Estrogenic chemicals in plastic and oral contraceptives disrupt development of the fetal mouse prostate and urethra 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Barry G. Timms,Kembra L. Howdeshell,(unknown),Sarahann Bradley,Catherine A. Richter,Frederick S. vom Saal	313
14	Ethological methods to study the effects of maternal exposure to estrogenic endocrine disrupters 2002 ·Neurotoxicology and Teratology ·Paola Palanza,Fabio Morellini,Stefano Parmigiani,Frederick S. vom Saal	61
15	Protein Binding Interactions: Approaches to Quantifying "Free" and "Bound" Fractions of Genistein and Other Xenobiotic Estrogens in Serum 1999 ·Journal of Medicinal Food ·Wade V. Welshons,Susan C. Nagel,Frederick S. vom Saal	1
16	Challenging Risk Assessment: Traditional Toxicological Testing Cannot Detect the Adverse Effects of Very Low Doses of Environmental Chemicals 1998 ·Frederick S. vom Saal,Daniel M. Sheehan	6
17	The Effective Free Fraction of Estradiol and Xenoestrogens in Human Serum Measured by Whole Cell Uptake Assays: Physiology of Delivery Modifies Estrogenic Activity 1998 ·Experimental Biology and Medicine ·Susan C. Nagel,Frederick S. vom Saal,Wade V. Welshons	154
18	Intrauterine Position Effects on Steroid Metabolism and Steroid Receptors of Reproductive Organs in Male Mice1 1992 ·Biology of Reproduction ·Dan Nonneman,Venkataseshu K. Ganjam,Wade V. Welshons,Frederick S. vom Saal	91
19	Fetal, hormonal and experiential factors influencing the mating-induced regulation of infanticide in male house mice 1989 ·Physiology & Behavior ·Glenn Perrigo,(unknown),Frederick S. vom Saal	24
20	Variation in phenotype due to random intrauterine positioning of male and female fetuses in rodents 1981 ·Reproduction ·Frederick S. vom Saal	155

About Frederick S. vom Saal

Frederick S. vom Saal is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Chemical Health and Safety and Behavioral Neuroscience, having authored 166 papers that have together received 23.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (100 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (33 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (13.5k citations), Pollution (6.5k citations) and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (2.1k citations). Frederick S. vom Saal has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. Frequent co-authors include Wade V. Welshons, Susan C. Nagel, Richard C. Thompson, Charles J. Moore, Shanna H. Swan, Julia A. Taylor, Claude L. Hughes, Ana M. Soto, Laura N. Vandenberg and Stefano Parmigiani. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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