Gema Frühbeck

39.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
385 papers, 24.4k citations indexed

About

Gema Frühbeck is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Gema Frühbeck has authored 385 papers receiving a total of 24.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Physiology, 135 papers in Epidemiology and 93 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Gema Frühbeck's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (116 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (105 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (91 papers). Gema Frühbeck is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (116 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (105 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (91 papers). Gema Frühbeck collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Italy. Gema Frühbeck's co-authors include Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Amaia Rodrı́guez, Victoria Catalán, Javier Salvador, Sara Becerril, Camilo Silva, Beatriz Ramírez, Víctor Valentí, Fernando Rotellar and Marı́a A. Burrell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Gema Frühbeck

378 papers receiving 23.9k 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.

The adipocyte: a model for integration of endocrine and metabolic signaling in energy metabolism regulation

2001 729 citations Gema Frühbeck, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi et al. profile →
Management of obesity

2016 726 citations Gema Frühbeck et al. profile →
EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)

2024 585 citations Frank Tacke, Paul Horn et al. profile →
Interdisciplinary European Guidelines on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

2013 544 citations Volkan Yumuk, Gema Frühbeck et al. Obesity Surgery profile →
GLP-1 Agonism Stimulates Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Browning Through Hypothalamic AMPK

2014 476 citations Javier Salvador, Javier Escalada et al. profile →
Adipokine dysregulation and adipose tissue inflammation in human obesity

2018 460 citations Xabier Unamuno, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi et al. European Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Body mass index classification misses subjects with increased cardiometabolic risk factors related to elevated adiposity

2011 452 citations Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Camilo Silva et al. International Journal of Obesity profile →
Contemporary medical, device, and surgical therapies for obesity in adults

2023 377 citations Carolina M. Perdomo, Gema Frühbeck et al. profile →
Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Two Diseases with a Need for Combined Treatment Strategies - EASO Can Lead the Way

2017 293 citations Gema Frühbeck, Volkan Yumuk et al. Obesity Facts profile →
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A patient guideline

2021 162 citations Sven Francque, Shira Zelber‐Sagi et al. profile →
A new framework for the diagnosis, staging and management of obesity in adults

2024 147 citations Dror Dicker, Gema Frühbeck et al. profile →
EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): Executive Summary

2024 47 citations Frank Tacke, Paul Horn et al. Diabetologia profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gema Frühbeck Spain	91	10.9k	7.8k	5.4k	4.4k	3.7k	385	24.4k
Hans Hauner Germany	72	8.7k 0.8×	6.6k 0.9×	4.6k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	3.5k 0.9×	503	22.7k
Andreas Fritsche Germany	85	7.8k 0.7×	6.6k 0.9×	6.4k 1.2×	4.6k 1.1×	7.3k 2.0×	577	25.5k
Karine Clément France	93	14.0k 1.3×	11.3k 1.5×	10.5k 1.9×	5.1k 1.2×	3.7k 1.0×	384	31.9k
Michael Stümvoll Germany	87	11.9k 1.1×	9.3k 1.2×	9.8k 1.8×	4.6k 1.1×	7.3k 2.0×	582	32.0k
Andrew S. Greenberg United States	73	9.9k 0.9×	7.5k 1.0×	7.1k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	191	23.4k
José Manuel Fernández‐Real Spain	82	8.5k 0.8×	7.3k 0.9×	9.0k 1.7×	3.5k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	501	26.6k
Karen S.L. Lam Hong Kong	81	7.6k 0.7×	9.0k 1.2×	8.1k 1.5×	3.4k 0.8×	6.2k 1.7×	386	26.5k
Clifton Bogardus United States	80	13.6k 1.2×	5.2k 0.7×	8.5k 1.6×	3.9k 0.9×	6.9k 1.9×	281	27.9k
Peter J. Havel United States	76	10.5k 1.0×	7.6k 1.0×	3.2k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	7.0k 1.9×	302	21.5k
Andreas Pfeiffer Germany	73	7.4k 0.7×	4.5k 0.6×	7.3k 1.3×	2.8k 0.6×	5.3k 1.4×	538	23.3k

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Tuero, Carlota, Sara Becerril, Beatriz Ramírez, et al.. (2025). Changes in ghrelin isoforms after sleeve gastrectomy or gastric plication and their association with adiposity and metabolic profile. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 55(7). e70031–e70031. 1 indexed citations

Gómez‐Ambrosi, Javier, Victoria Catalán, & Gema Frühbeck. (2024). The evolution of the understanding of obesity over the last 100 years. International Journal of Obesity. 49(2). 168–176. 5 indexed citations

Perdomo, Carolina M., Nerea Martín‐Calvo, Ana Ezponda, et al.. (2024). Epicardial and liver fat implications in albuminuria: a retrospective study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 23(1). 308–308. 1 indexed citations

Tacke, Frank, Paul Horn, Vincent Wai‐Sun Wong, et al.. (2024). EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): Executive Summary. Diabetologia. 67(11). 2375–2392. 47 indexed citations breakdown →

Becerril, Sara, Beatriz Ramírez, Víctor Valentí, et al.. (2024). Differential mitochondrial adaptation and FNDC5 production in brown and white adipose tissue in response to cold and obesity. Obesity. 32(11). 2120–2134. 6 indexed citations

Stover, Patrick J., Martha S. Field, Mark L. Andermann, et al.. (2023). Neurobiology of eating behavior, nutrition, and health. Journal of Internal Medicine. 294(5). 582–604. 28 indexed citations

Gómez‐Ambrosi, Javier, Beatriz Ramírez, Sara Becerril, et al.. (2023). Increased Expression Levels of Netrin-1 in Visceral Adipose Tissue during Obesity Favour Colon Cancer Cell Migration. Cancers. 15(4). 1038–1038. 3 indexed citations

Becerril, Sara, Javier A. Cienfuegos, Amaia Rodrı́guez, et al.. (2023). Single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy generates sustained improvement of glycemic control compared with sleeve gastrectomy in the diet-induced obese rat model. Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry. 80(1). 149–160. 1 indexed citations

Perdomo, Carolina M., Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Sara Becerril, et al.. (2021). Role of ANGPTL8 in NAFLD Improvement after Bariatric Surgery in Experimental and Human Obesity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23). 12945–12945. 10 indexed citations

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Frühbeck, Gema, Víctor Valentí, Rafael Moncada, et al.. (2020). FNDC4, a novel adipokine that reduces lipogenesis and promotes fat browning in human visceral adipocytes. Metabolism. 108. 154261–154261. 44 indexed citations

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Rodrı́guez, Amaia, et al.. (2020). Adipose tissue depot differences in adipokines and effects on skeletal and cardiac muscle. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 52. 1–8. 48 indexed citations

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Unamuno, Xabier, Javier Gómez‐Ambrosi, Amaia Rodrı́guez, et al.. (2019). Increase of the Adiponectin/Leptin Ratio in Patients with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Nutrients. 11(9). 2069–2069. 31 indexed citations

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Ezquerro, Silvia, Sara Becerril, Carlota Tuero, et al.. (2019). Role of ghrelin isoforms in the mitigation of hepatic inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and endoplasmic reticulum stress after bariatric surgery in rats. International Journal of Obesity. 44(2). 475–487. 35 indexed citations

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Frühbeck, Gema, Victoria Catalán, Amaia Rodrı́guez, et al.. (2017). Normalization of adiponectin concentrations by leptin replacement in ob/ob mice is accompanied by reductions in systemic oxidative stress and inflammation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2752–2752. 51 indexed citations

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Méndez-Giménez, Leire, Sara Becerril, Rafael Moncada, et al.. (2017). Gastric Plication Improves Glycemia Partly by Restoring the Altered Expression of Aquaglyceroporins in Adipose Tissue and the Liver in Obese Rats. Obesity Surgery. 27(7). 1763–1774. 6 indexed citations

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Moreno‐Navarrete, José María, Amaia Rodrı́guez, Francisco Ortega, et al.. (2017). Heme Biosynthetic Pathway is Functionally Linked to Adipogenesis via Mitochondrial Respiratory Activity. Obesity. 25(10). 1723–1733. 16 indexed citations

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Hebebrand, Johannes, Jens‐Christian Holm, Euan Woodward, et al.. (2017). A Proposal of the European Association for the Study of Obesity to Improve the ICD-11 Diagnostic Criteria for Obesity Based on the Three Dimensions Etiology, Degree of Adiposity and Health Risk. Obesity Facts. 10(4). 284–307. 65 indexed citations

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Moncada, Rafael, Manuel F. Landecho, Fernando Rotellar, et al.. (2015). Does Preincisional Infiltration with Bupivacaine Reduce Postoperative Pain in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery?. Obesity Surgery. 26(2). 282–288. 22 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, Ricardo, Cátia Monteiro, Victoria Catalán, et al.. (2012). Obesity and prostate cancer: gene expression signature of human periprostatic adipose tissue. BMC Medicine. 10(1). 108–108. 74 indexed citations

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Frühbeck, Gema, et al.. (2000). Chronobiology of Recombinant Leptin Therapy. JAMA. 283(12). 1567–1567. 4 indexed citations

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