Michael Faust

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Faust is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Faust has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 19 papers in Pollution and 15 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Faust's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (24 papers), Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety (14 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (12 papers). Michael Faust is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (24 papers), Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety (14 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (12 papers). Michael Faust collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United Kingdom. Michael Faust's co-authors include Thomas Backhaus, L. Horst Grimme, Rolf Altenburger, Martin Scholze, Wolfgang Boedeker, Andreas Kortenkamp, Paola Gramatica, Marco Vighi, Hans Blanck and Wolfgang Bödeker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Michael Faust

59 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Predictive Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixt... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
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.

  1. Predictive Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures: A Conceptual Framework
    2012 632 citations Thomas Backhaus, Michael Faust profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Faust Germany 34 3.6k 2.8k 726 478 374 64 5.2k
Martin Scholze United Kingdom 50 5.3k 1.5× 3.7k 1.3× 908 1.3× 631 1.3× 457 1.2× 95 7.8k
Marco Vighi Italy 46 3.2k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 965 1.3× 594 1.2× 401 1.1× 191 6.8k
Philipp Mayer Denmark 51 5.2k 1.5× 4.3k 1.6× 630 0.9× 359 0.8× 309 0.8× 196 8.3k
Mace G. Barron United States 42 3.5k 1.0× 2.4k 0.9× 392 0.5× 300 0.6× 228 0.6× 156 5.6k
L. Horst Grimme Germany 34 2.6k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 687 0.9× 560 1.2× 366 1.0× 85 5.0k
José Tarazona Spain 34 2.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 415 0.6× 646 1.4× 547 1.5× 219 5.4k
Karl‐Werner Schramm Germany 47 5.6k 1.6× 2.3k 0.8× 860 1.2× 338 0.7× 222 0.6× 343 8.3k
Jon A. Arnot Canada 41 4.8k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 198 0.4× 257 0.7× 106 6.2k
Thomas Backhaus Sweden 47 4.9k 1.4× 5.7k 2.1× 1.1k 1.5× 625 1.3× 496 1.3× 128 9.3k
Rolf Altenburger Germany 54 5.7k 1.6× 4.5k 1.6× 1.2k 1.7× 696 1.5× 477 1.3× 167 9.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Faust

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Faust

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All Works

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Hunter, Robert D., James J. Roberts, Travis O. Brenden, et al.. (2025). Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) movement states and backwater use can inform removal efforts. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 51(5). 102654–102654.
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Brack, Werner, Sélim Aı̈t-Aı̈ssa, Thomas Backhaus, et al.. (2019). Effect-based methods are key. The European Collaborative Project SOLUTIONS recommends integrating effect-based methods for diagnosis and monitoring of water quality. Environmental Sciences Europe. 31(1). 181 indexed citations
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Martin, Olwenn, Richard Evans, Michael Faust, & Andreas Kortenkamp. (2017). A Human Mixture Risk Assessment for Neurodevelopmental Toxicity Associated with Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Used as Flame Retardants. Environmental Health Perspectives. 125(8). 87016–87016. 34 indexed citations
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Evans, Richard, Olwenn Martin, Michael Faust, & Andreas Kortenkamp. (2015). Should the scope of human mixture risk assessment span legislative/regulatory silos for chemicals?. The Science of The Total Environment. 543(Pt A). 757–764. 58 indexed citations
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Faust, Michael, et al.. (2014). Comparative assessment of plant protection products: how many cases will regulatory authorities have to answer?. Environmental Sciences Europe. 26(1). 11–11. 4 indexed citations
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Péry, Alexandre R.R., Gerrit Schüürmann, Philippe Ciffroy, et al.. (2013). Perspectives for integrating human and environmental risk assessment and synergies with socio-economic analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 456-457. 307–316. 36 indexed citations
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Christiansen, Sofie, Andreas Kortenkamp, Marta Axelstad, et al.. (2012). Mixtures of endocrine disrupting contaminants modelled on human high end exposures: an exploratory study in rats. International Journal of Andrology. 35(3). 303–316. 83 indexed citations
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Kortenkamp, Andreas & Michael Faust. (2010). Combined exposures to anti‐androgenic chemicals: steps towards cumulative risk assessment. International Journal of Andrology. 33(2). 463–474. 146 indexed citations
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Kortenkamp, Andreas, Michael Faust, Martin Scholze, & Thomas Backhaus. (2007). Low-Level Exposure to Multiple Chemicals: Reason for Human Health Concerns?. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(Suppl 1). 106–114. 184 indexed citations
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Junghans, Marion, Thomas Backhaus, Michael Faust, Martin Scholze, & L. Horst Grimme. (2003). Toxicity of Sulfonylurea Herbicides to the Green Alga Scenedesmus vacuolatus: Predictability of Combination Effects. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 71(3). 585–593. 23 indexed citations
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Faust, Michael, Rolf Altenburger, Thomas Backhaus, et al.. (2003). Joint algal toxicity of 16 dissimilarly acting chemicals is predictable by the concept of independent action. Aquatic Toxicology. 63(1). 43–63. 362 indexed citations
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Junghans, Marion, Thomas Backhaus, Michael Faust, Martin Scholze, & L. Horst Grimme. (2003). Predictability of combined effects of eight chloroacetanilide herbicides on algal reproduction. Pest Management Science. 59(10). 1101–1110. 101 indexed citations
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Backhaus, Thomas, Rolf Altenburger, Åsa Arrhenius, et al.. (2003). The BEAM-project: prediction and assessment of mixture toxicities in the aquatic environment. Continental Shelf Research. 23(17-19). 1757–1769. 104 indexed citations
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Faust, Michael, Rolf Altenburger, Thomas Backhaus, et al.. (2001). Predicting the joint algal toxicity of multi-component s-triazine mixtures at low-effect concentrations of individual toxicants. Aquatic Toxicology. 56(1). 13–32. 338 indexed citations
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Backhaus, Thomas, Rolf Altenburger, Wolfgang Boedeker, et al.. (2000). Predictability of the toxicity of a multiple mixture of dissimilarly acting chemicals toVibrio fischeri. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 19(9). 2348–2356. 331 indexed citations
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Grimme, L. Horst, Michael Faust, Wolfgang Boedeker, & Rolf Altenburger. (1996). Aquatic toxicity of chemical substances in combination: Still a matter of controversy. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 2(3). 426–433. 19 indexed citations
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Faust, Michael, Rolf Altenburger, Wolfgang Boedeker, & L. Horst Grimme. (1994). Algal toxicity of binary combinations of pesticides. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 53(1). 134–41. 66 indexed citations
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Bödeker, Wolfgang, Rolf Altenburger, Michael Faust, & L. Horst Grimme. (1990). Methods for the assessment of mixtures of plant protection substances (pesticides): mathematical analysis of combination effects in phytopharmacology and ecotoxicology.. Nachrichtenblatt des Deutschen Pflanzenschutzdienstes. 42(5). 70–78. 7 indexed citations
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Altenburger, Rolf, Wolfgang Bödeker, Michael Faust, & L. Horst Grimme. (1990). Evaluation of the isobologram method for the assessment of mixtures of chemicals. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 20(1). 98–114. 119 indexed citations

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