Werner Brack

16.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
243 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

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Werner Brack is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Brack has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 132 papers in Pollution and 37 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Werner Brack's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (108 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (89 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (79 papers). Werner Brack is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (108 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (89 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (79 papers). Werner Brack collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and Netherlands. Werner Brack's co-authors include Martin Krauß, Tobias Schulze, Henner Hollert, Peter C. von der Ohe, Rolf Altenburger, Gerrit Schüürmann, Georg Streck, Ralph Kühne, Matthias Grote and Kristin Schirmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Werner Brack

234 papers receiving 8.9k citations

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Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale

2014 603 citations Egina Malaj, Peter C. von der Ohe et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	AI-aided chronic mixture risk assessment along a small European river reveals multiple sites at risk and pharmaceuticals being the main risk drivers 2025 ·Environment International ·(unknown), Pedro A. Inostroza, Jörg Ahlheim, Thomas Backhaus, Werner Brack, Mario Brauns, Patrick Fink, Martin Krauß, (unknown), Henner Hollert	1
2	Current emission vs. legacy organic pollutants: Assessing the extent to which the eco-exposome of caged fish reflects external exposure 2025 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), Gerald T. Ankley, Brett R. Blackwell, Beate I. Escher, Annika Jahnke, Kathleen Jensen, Correne T. Jenson, Martin Krauß, Stefan Scholz, (unknown), Werner Brack	1
3	Following the Mixtures of Organic Micropollutants with In Vitro Bioassays in a Large Lowland River from Source to Sea 2025 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Maria König, Georg Braun, Martin Krauß, Norbert Kamjunke, Werner Brack, (unknown), Tina Sanders, Ingeborg Bussmann, Eric P. Achterberg, (unknown), Beate I. Escher	3
4	Multi-compartment impact of micropollutants and particularly antibiotics on bacterial communities using environmental DNA at river basin-level 2024 ·Environmental Pollution ·Pedro A. Inostroza, Gerdhard L Jessen, Feilong Li, Xiaowei Zhang, Werner Brack, Thomas Backhaus	5
5	Seasonal hot spots of pollution and risks in Western Kenya: A spatial-temporal analysis of almost 800 organic micropollutants 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Faith Jebiwot Kandie, Martin Krauß, Aleksandra Piotrowska, Ambrose Kiprop, Naeem Shahid, Matthias Liess, Werner Brack	8
6	Pesticide residues and polyphenols in urine – A combined LC-HRMS screening to reveal intake patterns 2024 ·Environment International ·Carolin Huber, Werner Brack, Stefan Röder, Martin von Bergen, Ulrike Rolle‐Kampczyk, Ana Claudia Zenclussen, Martin Krauß, Gunda Herberth	3
7	Wastewater-based epidemiology for the assessment of population exposure to chemicals: The need for integration with human biomonitoring for global One Health actions 2023 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Barbara Kasprzyk‐Hordern, Frederic Béen, Lubertus Bijlsma, Werner Brack, Sara Castiglioni, Adrian Covaci, Bice S. Martincigh, Jochen F. Mueller, Alexander L.N. van Nuijs, Temilola Oluseyi, Kevin V. Thomas	15
8	Review: mountain lakes as freshwater resources at risk from chemical pollution 2023 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·(unknown), Dirk S. Schmeller, Tobias Schulze, Werner Brack	25
9	Target Screening of Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Surface Waters of the Swedish West Coast 2023 ·Data ·Pedro A. Inostroza, Eric Carmona, Åsa Arrhenius, Martin Krauß, Werner Brack, Thomas Backhaus	7
10	Neurotoxicity in complex environmental mixtures—a case-study at River Danube in Novi Sad (Serbia) using zebrafish embryos 2023 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Riccardo Massei, Werner Brack, Sven Seidensticker, Henner Hollert, Melis Muz, Tobias Schulze, Martin Krauß, Eberhard Küster	6
11	A data-derived reference mixture representative of European wastewater treatment plant effluents to complement mixture assessment 2023 ·Environment International ·Liza‐Marie Beckers, Rolf Altenburger, Werner Brack, Beate I. Escher, Jörg Hackermüller, (unknown), (unknown), Martin Krauß, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), S. Edward Stevens, Wibke Busch	2
12	Occurrence of plant secondary metabolite fingerprints in river waters from Eastern Jutland, Denmark 2021 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·(unknown), Martin Krauß, (unknown), Tobias Schulze, Bjarne W. Strobel, Werner Brack	18
13	Multi-compartment chemical characterization and risk assessment of chemicals of emerging concern in freshwater systems of western Kenya 2020 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·Faith Jebiwot Kandie, Martin Krauß, Riccardo Massei, (unknown), Ulrike Fillinger, Jeremias Martin Becker, Matthias Liess, Baldwyn Torto, Werner Brack	18
14	Non-target screening for detecting the occurrence of plant metabolites in river waters 2020 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·(unknown), Martin Krauß, Werner Brack	12
15	Target screening of plant secondary metabolites in river waters by liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC–HRMS) 2020 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·(unknown), Martin Krauß, (unknown), (unknown), Thomas D. Bucheli, Werner Brack	18
16	Solid-phase extraction as sample preparation of water samples for cell-based and otherin vitrobioassays 2018 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·Peta A. Neale, Werner Brack, Sélim Aı̈t-Aı̈ssa, Wibke Busch, Juliane Hollender, Martin Krauß, Emmanuelle Maillot‐Maréchal, Nicole Munz, Rita Schlichting, Tobias Schulze, Bernadette Vogler, Beate I. Escher	59
17	Integrated zebrafish-based tests as an investigation strategy for water quality assessment 2018 ·Water Research ·Ying Shao, Hongxia Xiao, Carolina Di Paolo, Björn Deutschmann, Werner Brack, Henner Hollert, Thomas‐Benjamin Seiler	29
18	Effect-based trigger values for in vitro and in vivo bioassays performed on surface water extracts supporting the environmental quality standards (EQS) of the European Water Framework Directive 2018 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Beate I. Escher, (unknown), Peter Behnisch, Werner Brack, François Brion, Abraham Brouwer, Sebastian Buchinger, Sarah E. Crawford, David Du Pasquier, Timo Hamers, Karina Hettwer, Klára Hilscherová, Henner Hollert, Robert Kaše, Cornelia Kienle, Andrew J. Tindall, Jochen Tuerk, Ron van der Oost, Etiënne L.M. Vermeirssen, Peta A. Neale	205
19	Impact of untreated wastewater on a major European river evaluated with a combination of in vitro bioassays and chemical analysis 2016 ·Environmental Pollution ·Maria König, Beate I. Escher, Peta A. Neale, Martin Krauß, Klára Hilscherová, Jiří Novák, Ivana Teodorović, Tobias Schulze, Sven Seidensticker, (unknown), Jörg Ahlheim, Werner Brack	182
20	Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale breakdown → 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Egina Malaj, Peter C. von der Ohe, Matthias Grote, Ralph Kühne, Cédric P. Mondy, Philippe Usseglio‐Polatera, Werner Brack, Ralf B. Schäfer	603

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