Bram Brouwers

2.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Bram Brouwers is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Bram Brouwers has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Physiology, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Bram Brouwers's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (13 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (8 papers). Bram Brouwers is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (13 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (8 papers). Bram Brouwers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Bram Brouwers's co-authors include Patrick Schrauwen, Matthijs K. C. Hesselink, Ángel Rodríguez, Kenneth Cusi, Amalia Gastaldelli, Ross Bray, Laura Fernández Landó, Vera B. Schrauwen‐Hinderling, Mark L. Hartman and Arun J. Sanyal and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Bram Brouwers

26 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Tirzepatide for Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatohepatitis with Liver Fibrosis
    2024 353 citations Rohit Loomba, Mark L. Hartman et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Effect of tirzepatide versus insulin degludec on liver fat content and abdominal adipose tissue in people with type 2 diabetes (SURPASS-3 MRI): a substudy of the randomised, open-label, parallel-group, phase 3 SURPASS-3 trial
    2022 328 citations Amalia Gastaldelli, Kenneth Cusi et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology profile →
  3. Triple hormone receptor agonist retatrutide for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a randomized phase 2a trial
    2024 118 citations Arun J. Sanyal, Lee M. Kaplan et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bram Brouwers United States 17 711 655 646 328 195 26 1.5k
Maura Pettiti Italy 11 594 0.8× 727 1.1× 644 1.0× 577 1.8× 349 1.8× 11 1.5k
Esther Guiu‐Jurado Spain 19 368 0.5× 228 0.3× 588 0.9× 308 0.9× 169 0.9× 31 1.1k
Grace M. Meers United States 23 805 1.1× 326 0.5× 731 1.1× 524 1.6× 194 1.0× 46 1.6k
Rocío Guzmán‐Ruiz Spain 17 420 0.6× 150 0.2× 313 0.5× 351 1.1× 278 1.4× 40 1.2k
Grace M. Uptergrove United States 11 636 0.9× 247 0.4× 586 0.9× 281 0.9× 59 0.3× 12 1.0k
Yuji Tajiri Japan 17 325 0.5× 414 0.6× 233 0.4× 329 1.0× 296 1.5× 73 1.1k
Jonatan I. Bagger Denmark 23 315 0.4× 1.4k 2.1× 292 0.5× 623 1.9× 900 4.6× 58 1.9k
Michela Incani Italy 16 147 0.2× 332 0.5× 395 0.6× 111 0.3× 141 0.7× 26 836
Preeti Kishore United States 17 526 0.7× 316 0.5× 489 0.8× 337 1.0× 191 1.0× 36 1.2k
Kalyani G. Bharadwaj United States 16 542 0.8× 321 0.5× 299 0.5× 501 1.5× 212 1.1× 18 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bram Brouwers

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All Works

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Hartman, Mark L., Rohit Loomba, Eric Lawitz, et al.. (2025). Consistent improvements in liver histology across subgroups in a post hoc analysis of the SYNERGY-NASH trial with tirzepatide. JHEP Reports. 7(8). 101472–101472. 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Brian R., Bram Brouwers, Hui-Rong Qian, et al.. (2025). LY3522348, A New Ketohexokinase Inhibitor: A First-in-Human Study in Healthy Adults. Diabetes Therapy. 16(7). 1399–1415. 1 indexed citations
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Brouwers, Bram, Girish S. Rao, Yuanyuan Tang, et al.. (2024). Incretin-based investigational therapies for the treatment of MASLD/MASH. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 211. 111675–111675. 18 indexed citations
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Loomba, Rohit, Mark L. Hartman, Eric Lawitz, et al.. (2024). Tirzepatide for Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatohepatitis with Liver Fibrosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 391(4). 299–310. 353 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sanyal, Arun J., Lee M. Kaplan, Juan P. Frías, et al.. (2024). Triple hormone receptor agonist retatrutide for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a randomized phase 2a trial. Nature Medicine. 30(7). 2037–2048. 118 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gastaldelli, Amalia, Kenneth Cusi, Laura Fernández Landó, et al.. (2023). Effect of Tirzepatide Versus Insulin Degludec on Liver Fat Content and Abdominal Adipose Tissue in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes (SURPASS-3 MRI). Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel. 18(S 01). S15–S16. 1 indexed citations
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Gastaldelli, Amalia, Kenneth Cusi, Laura Fernández Landó, et al.. (2022). Effect of tirzepatide versus insulin degludec on liver fat content and abdominal adipose tissue in people with type 2 diabetes (SURPASS-3 MRI): a substudy of the randomised, open-label, parallel-group, phase 3 SURPASS-3 trial. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 10(6). 393–406. 328 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vanweert, Froukje, Bram Brouwers, Dennis O. Mook‐Kanamori, et al.. (2021). The effect of physical activity level and exercise training on the association between plasma branched-chain amino acids and intrahepatic lipid content in participants with obesity. International Journal of Obesity. 45(7). 1510–1520. 15 indexed citations
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Brouwers, Bram, et al.. (2020). Exercise training elicits superior metabolic effects when performed in the afternoon compared to morning in metabolically compromised humans. Physiological Reports. 8(24). e14669–e14669. 80 indexed citations
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Gemmink, Anne, Sabine Daemen, Bram Brouwers, et al.. (2020). Decoration of myocellular lipid droplets with perilipins as a marker for in vivo lipid droplet dynamics: A super-resolution microscopy study in trained athletes and insulin resistant individuals. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1866(2). 158852–158852. 15 indexed citations
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Kooijman, Sander, Bram Brouwers, Aswin Verhoeven, et al.. (2020). Mild Exercise Does Not Prevent Atherosclerosis in APOE*3‐Leiden.CETP Mice or Improve Lipoprotein Profile of Men with Obesity. Obesity. 28(S1). S93–S103. 6 indexed citations
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Vega, Rick B., Bram Brouwers, Stephanie A. Parsons, et al.. (2020). An improvement in skeletal muscle mitochondrial capacity with short‐term aerobic training is associated with changes in Tribbles 1 expression. Physiological Reports. 8(12). e14416–e14416. 11 indexed citations
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Stephens, Natalie, Bram Brouwers, Alexey M. Eroshkin, et al.. (2018). Exercise Response Variations in Skeletal Muscle PCr Recovery Rate and Insulin Sensitivity Relate to Muscle Epigenomic Profiles in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 41(10). 2245–2254. 37 indexed citations
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Brouwers, Bram, Natalie Stephens, Sheila R. Costford, et al.. (2018). Elevated Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyl Transferase in Skeletal Muscle Augments Exercise Performance and Mitochondrial Respiratory Capacity Following Exercise Training. Frontiers in Physiology. 9. 704–704. 11 indexed citations
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Daemen, Sabine, Anne Gemmink, Bram Brouwers, et al.. (2018). Distinct lipid droplet characteristics and distribution unmask the apparent contradiction of the athlete's paradox. Molecular Metabolism. 17. 71–81. 90 indexed citations
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Stinkens, Rudi, Bram Brouwers, Johan W. E. Jocken, et al.. (2018). Exercise training-induced effects on the abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue phenotype in humans with obesity. Journal of Applied Physiology. 125(5). 1585–1593. 58 indexed citations
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Brouwers, Bram, Vera B. Schrauwen‐Hinderling, Tomáš Jeleník, et al.. (2017). Metabolic disturbances of non-alcoholic fatty liver resemble the alterations typical for type 2 diabetes. Clinical Science. 131(15). 1905–1917. 41 indexed citations
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Costford, Sheila R., Bram Brouwers, Lauren M. Sparks, et al.. (2017). Skeletal muscle overexpression of nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase in mice coupled with voluntary exercise augments exercise endurance. Molecular Metabolism. 7. 1–11. 40 indexed citations
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Brouwers, Bram, Matthijs K. C. Hesselink, Patrick Schrauwen, & Vera B. Schrauwen‐Hinderling. (2016). Effects of exercise training on intrahepatic lipid content in humans. Diabetologia. 59(10). 2068–2079. 66 indexed citations
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Bilet, Lena, Bram Brouwers, Matthijs K. C. Hesselink, et al.. (2015). Acute exercise does not decrease liver fat in men with overweight or NAFLD. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9709–9709. 29 indexed citations

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