Heiko L Schoenfuss

University of Ghana

Professor, Saint Cloud State University, since 2001per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2025

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Pollution
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Global and Planetary Change
Environmental Chemistry

Publications: 72013–2025
Citations: 80to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 1.031.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 14%1 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 71%5 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Professor, Biological SciencesSaint Cloud State Universitysince 2001
Post-doctoral Fellow, Fisheries & WildlifeUniversity of Minnesota1998–2001
Instructor, Biological SciencesSoutheastern Louisiana University1993–1997

Education

MS, College of Veterinary SciencesLouisiana State University1993–1997
PhD, Museum of Natural HistoryLSU College of Science1991–1997

Publications

7 in all

Demographics, insufficient wastewater infrastructure, and electronic waste recycling imperil urban tropical rivers
2025Environmental Toxicology and ChemistryJournalSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1093/etojnl/vgaf171
An ecotoxicologically relevant approach to water quality monitoring for contaminants of emerging concern
2023

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis343%
Nature and Landscape Conservation343%
Pollution343%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics229%
Global and Planetary Change229%
Environmental Chemistry114%
Nutrition and Dietetics114%
Physiology114%
Waste Management and Disposal114%
Water Science and Technology114%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts3
Amphibian and Reptile Biology2
Animal Behavior and Reproduction2
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology2
Fish Ecology and Management Studies2
Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Fish biology, ecology, and behavior1
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research1
Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species1
Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact1
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

100% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States7
France2
Madagascar2
Réunion2
Sri Lanka1
New Caledonia1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

St. Cloud State UniversityUS7 papers
Université de PerpignanFR2 papers
Normandale Community CollegeUS2 papers
Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements MéditerranéensFR2 papers
University of IdahoUS2 papers
Écologie Marine Tropicale des Océans Pacifique et IndienRE2 papers
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR2 papers
University of Reunion IslandRE2 papers
Clemson UniversityUS2 papers
Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementFR2 papers

Where they publish

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry3
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society1
Frontiers in Water1
Integrative Organismal Biology1
The Science of The Total Environment1

How it can be read

71% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

6Clean water and sanitation2
14Life below water2
11Sustainable cities and communities1

Most cited

Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Lower Volta River, Ghana, West Africa: The Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Urban Development Nexus
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry11
202125 citations
Serum estrogenicity and biological responses in African catfish raised in wastewater ponds in Ghana
The Science of The Total Environment6
201323 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Functional Diversity of Evolutionary Novelties: Insights from Waterfall-Climbing Kinematics and Performance of Juvenile Gobiid Fishes

Honours, memberships and service

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistrysince 2001
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi the Scientific Research Society
Visiting Professor, Institute for Environment & Sanitation Studies, University of GhanaFulbright U.S. Scholar Program2023–2024