Publikacje naukowe:
- 105 publikacji naukowych, w tym 70 oryginalnych prac badawczych oraz 3 książki

- książka ,, „Selen – pierwiastek ważny dla zdrowia, fascynujący dla badacza”. (2007) red. M. Wierzbicka, E. Bulska, K. Pyrzyńska, I. Wysocka, B. Zachara. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Malamut
- tematyczny zeszyt czasopisma ,,Kosmos” „Hałda – laboratorium biologa”. Kosmos, Tom 51, Zeszyt 2, 2002
- 116 referatów i doniesień plakatowych na konferencjach naukowych o zasięgu krajowym i międzynarodowym
Najważniejsze publikacje:
Wierzbicka M. 1987, Lead accumulation and its translocation barriers in roots of Allium cepa L- autoradiographic and ultrastructural studies, Plant, Cell and Environment, 10: 17-26.
Wierzbicka M. 1988, Mitotic disturbance induced by low doses of inorganic lead, Caryologia, 41: 143-160.
Wierzbicka M. 1989, Disturbances in cytokinesis caused by inorganic lead , Environmental and Experimental Botany, 29: 123-133.
Wierzbicka M. 1994, The resumption of mitotic activity in Allium cepa L. root tips during treatment with lead salts, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 34: 179-180.
Wierzbicka M. 1995. How lead loses its toxicity to plants. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 64: 81-90.
Michalak E., Wierzbicka M. 1998. Differences in lead tolerance between Allium cepa plants developing from seed and bulbs. Plant and Soil, 199: 251-260.
Wierzbicka M., Panufnik D. 1998. The adaptation of Silene vulgaris to growth on a calamine waste heap (S. Poland). Environmental Pollution, 99: 1-12.
Wierzbicka M. 1998. Lead in the apoplast of Allium cepa L. root tips - ultrastructural studies. Plant Science, 133: 105-119.
Wierzbicka M. 1999. Comparison of lead tolerance in Allium cepa with other plant species, Environmental Pollution 104: 41-52.
Wierzbicka M., Obidzińska J. 1998. The effect of lead on seed imbibition and germination in different plant species, Plant Science 137: 155-171.
Wierzbicka M. 1999. The effect of lead on the cell cycle in the root meristem of Allium cepa L., Protoplasma, 207: 186-194.
Antosiewicz D., Wierzbicka M. 1999. Localization of lead in Allium cepa L. cells by electron microscopy, Journal of Microscopy 195: 139-146.
Wierzbicka M. 2002, Przystosowania roślin do wzrostu na hałdzie cynkowo-ołowiowych okolic Olkusza. Kosmos, 51: 139-150.
Wierzbicka M., Potocka A. 2002. Lead tolerance in plants growing on dry and moist soils, Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Seria Botanika, 44: 21-280.
Wierzbicka M., Rostański A. 2002. Microevolutionary changes in the ecotypes of calamine waste heap vegetation near Olkusz, Poland: a review, Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanika, 44: 7-19.
Załęcka R., Wierzbicka M. 2002. The adaptation of Dianthus carthusianorum L. (Caryophyllaceae) to growth on a zinc-lead heap in southern Poland, Plant and Soil, 246: 249-257.
Wierzbicka M., Pielichowska M. 2003. Adaptation of Biscutella laevigata L, a metal hyperaccumulator, to growth on a zinc-lead waste heap in southern Poland. I: Differences between waste-heap and mountain populations. Chemosphere 54: 1663–1674.
Wierzbicka M., Szarek-Łukaszewska G., Grodzińska K. 2003. Highly toxic thallium in plants from the vicinity of Olkusz (Poland). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 59: 84–88.
Wierzbicka M.,Przedpełska E., Ruzik R., Ouerdane L., Połeć-Pawlak K., Jarosz M., Szpunar J., Szakiel A. 2006. Comparison of the toxicity and distribution of cadmium and lead in plant cells. Protoplasma 231: 99-111.
Bulska E., Wysocka I.A., Wierzbicka M., Proost K., Janssens K., Falkenberg G. 2006. In vivo investigation of the distribution and the local speciation of selenium in Allium cepa L. by mean of microscopic x-ray fluorescence analysis. Analytical Chemistry 78: 7616-7624.
Przedpełska E., Wierzbicka M. 2007. Arabidopsis arenosa (Brassicaceae) from a lead-zinc waste heap In southern Poland - a plant with high tolerance to heavy metals, Plant and Soil 299: 43-53.
Olko A., Abratowska A., Żyłkowska J., Wierzbicka M., Tukiendorf A. 2008. Armeria maritima from a calamine heap – Initial studies on physiologic – metabolic adaptations to metal en riched soil, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 69: 209-218.
Przedpełska E., Muszyńska A., Polatajko A., Kurczyńska E., Wierzbicka M. 2008. Influence of cadmium stress on aquaporins activity in Arabidopsis halleri (L.) O′Kane & Al-Shehbaz ssp. halleri cells, Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 10: 804-810.
Wiłkomirski B., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B., Galera H., Wierzbicka M., Malawska M., 2011. Railway transportation as a serious source of organic and inorganic pollution. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 218: 333-345.
Galera H., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B., Wierzbicka M., Wiłkomirski B., 2011. Encroachment of forest species into operating and abandoned railway areas in north-eastern Poland. Plant Biosystems, 145: 23-36.
Galera H., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B., Wierzbicka M., Wiłkomirski B. 2012. Directions of changes in the flora structure in the abandoned railway areas. Ecological Questions 16: 29-39.
Przedpełska-Wąsowicz E., Wierzbicka M. 2011. Gating of aquaporins by heavy metals in Allium cepa L. epidermal cells. Protoplasma 248: 663-671.
Karasiński J., Cegiełkowska W., Wojciechowski M., Wierzbicka M., Bulska E. 2014. Analytical protocol for investigation of zinc speciation in plant tissue, Chemical Papers 68: 291-299.
Abratowska A., Wąsowicz P., Bednarek P., Telka J., Wierzbicka M. 2012. Morphological and genetic distinctiveness of the metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Armeria maritima s. l. (Plumbaginaceae) in Poland. Plant Biology 14, 586-595.
Przedpełska-Wąsowicz E., Polatajko A., Wierzbicka M. 2012. The influence of cadmium stress on zinc hyperaccumulation and metal-binding proteins in Arabidopsis halleri. Water, Air, & Soil Pollut. 223: 5445-5458.
Wierzbicka M., Galera H., Sudnik-Wójcikowska B., Wiłkomirski B. 2013, Geranium robertianum L. plant form adaptet to the specific conditions along railway: railway-wandering plant, Plant Systematics and Evolution, 300: 973-985.
Wąsowicz, P., Pielichowska, M., Przedpełska-Wąsowicz, E.M., Bednarek, P., Szarek-Łukaszewska, G., Abratowska, A., Wierzbicka, M. 2014. Physiological and genetic differentiation between metallicolous and non-metallicolous diploid populations of an alpine species Biscutella laevigata (Brassicacae) from the Tatra Mts. and the Northern Carpathian Foreland.Annales Botanici Fennici 51, 227-239.
Michalska-Kacymirow M., Kurek E., Smolis A., Wierzbicka M., Bulska E. 2014 Biological and chemical investigation of Allium cepa L. response to selenium inorganic compounds. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 406: 3717-3722.