Gordon C. Weir

36.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
313 papers, 26.2k citations indexed

About

Gordon C. Weir is a scholar working on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon C. Weir has authored 313 papers receiving a total of 26.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 286 papers in Surgery, 169 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 158 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gordon C. Weir's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (279 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (144 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (117 papers). Gordon C. Weir is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (279 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (144 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (117 papers). Gordon C. Weir collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Switzerland. Gordon C. Weir's co-authors include Susan Bonner‐Weir, Arun Sharma, J.L. Leahy, Joel F. Habener, Svetlana Mojsov, Hideaki Kaneto, D. Ross Laybutt, Masaki Nagaya, David Trent and Konrad Hochedlinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Gordon C. Weir

312 papers receiving 25.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Generated Without Viral Integration

2008 1.2k citations Matthias Stadtfeld, Masaki Nagaya et al. Science profile →
Five Stages of Evolving Beta-Cell Dysfunction During Progression to Diabetes

2004 847 citations Gordon C. Weir, Susan Bonner‐Weir profile →
In vitro cultivation of human islets from expanded ductal tissue

2000 798 citations Susan Bonner‐Weir, Gordon C. Weir et al. profile →
Insulinotropin: glucagon-like peptide I (7-37) co-encoded in the glucagon gene is a potent stimulator of insulin release in the perfused rat pancreas.

1987 698 citations Gordon C. Weir et al. profile →
Pancreatic islet cell toxicity of amylin associated with type-2 diabetes mellitus

1994 675 citations Gordon C. Weir et al. profile →
Continuous, clonal, insulin- and somatostatin-secreting cell lines established from a transplantable rat islet cell tumor.

1980 434 citations Gordon C. Weir et al. profile →
β-Cell Failure in Type 2 Diabetes: Postulated Mechanisms and Prospects for Prevention and Treatment

2014 351 citations Gordon C. Weir et al. profile →
Acceleration of β Cell Aging Determines Diabetes and Senolysis Improves Disease Outcomes

2019 320 citations Cristina Aguayo‐Mazzucato, Jennifer Hollister‐Lock et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gordon C. Weir United States	88	18.5k	11.0k	9.8k	9.5k	3.0k	313	26.2k
Daniël Pipeleers Belgium	78	15.8k 0.9×	9.8k 0.9×	6.7k 0.7×	9.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	363	21.4k
Susan Bonner‐Weir United States	98	26.2k 1.4×	15.8k 1.4×	13.1k 1.3×	14.6k 1.5×	3.9k 1.3×	307	35.3k
Piero Marchetti Italy	81	13.6k 0.7×	7.4k 0.7×	7.8k 0.8×	7.3k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	484	23.1k
Domenico Accili United States	92	10.0k 0.5×	6.8k 0.6×	18.8k 1.9×	4.9k 0.5×	7.8k 2.6×	271	31.5k
Philippe A. Halban Switzerland	65	8.5k 0.5×	4.2k 0.4×	5.7k 0.6×	4.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	174	13.4k
Timothy J. Kieffer Canada	61	8.1k 0.4×	7.0k 0.6×	5.0k 0.5×	3.1k 0.3×	2.8k 0.9×	206	15.3k
C. Ronald Kahn United States	79	5.6k 0.3×	5.0k 0.4×	14.6k 1.5×	1.7k 0.2×	5.2k 1.7×	188	21.7k
Edward H. Leiter United States	66	5.4k 0.3×	3.4k 0.3×	3.6k 0.4×	7.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	237	15.1k
Michael L. McDaniel United States	61	4.9k 0.3×	2.9k 0.3×	4.1k 0.4×	2.3k 0.2×	3.3k 1.1×	160	11.4k
Tomoichiro Asano Japan	69	4.1k 0.2×	2.7k 0.2×	10.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.2×	2.9k 0.9×	313	17.8k

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Doloff, Joshua C., Minglin Ma, Atieh Sadraei, et al.. (2023). Identification of a humanized mouse model for functional testing of immune-mediated biomaterial foreign body response. Science Advances. 9(24). eade9488–eade9488. 12 indexed citations

Ebrahimi, Aref G., et al.. (2020). Beta cell identity changes with mild hyperglycemia: Implications for function, growth, and vulnerability. Molecular Metabolism. 35. 100959–100959. 51 indexed citations

Weir, Gordon C.. (2016). Understanding secretion, ageing and death in β cells. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 12(2). 72–74. 7 indexed citations

Bonner‐Weir, Susan, Cristina Aguayo‐Mazzucato, & Gordon C. Weir. (2016). Dynamic development of the pancreas from birth to adulthood. Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences. 121(2). 155–158. 50 indexed citations

Ma, Minglin, Alan Chiu, Gaurav Sahay, et al.. (2013). Core-Shell Hydrogel Microcapsules for Improved Islets Encapsulation. Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University). 1 indexed citations

Weir, Gordon C. & Susan Bonner‐Weir. (2013). Islet β cell mass in diabetes and how it relates to function, birth, and death. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1281(1). 92–105. 239 indexed citations

Lysy, Philippe A., Gordon C. Weir, & Susan Bonner‐Weir. (2013). Making β Cells from Adult Cells Within the Pancreas. Current Diabetes Reports. 13(5). 695–703. 40 indexed citations

Weir, Gordon C.. (2012). Cellular Transplantation into Lymph Nodes May Not Be Such a Crazy Idea. Cell stem cell. 11(5). 587–588. 3 indexed citations

O'Sullivan, Esther S., Amy S. Johnson, Abdulkadir Omer, et al.. (2010). Rat islet cell aggregates are superior to islets for transplantation in microcapsules. Diabetologia. 53(5). 937–945. 78 indexed citations

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Johnson, Amy S., Esther S. O'Sullivan, Abdulkadir Omer, et al.. (2010). Quantitative Assessment of Islets of Langerhans Encapsulated in Alginate. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 17(4). 435–449. 55 indexed citations

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Katsuta, Hitoshi, Tetsuro Akashi, Shigeru Yatoh, et al.. (2009). Differentiation of COPAS-sorted non-endocrine pancreatic cells into insulin-positive cells in the mouse. Diabetologia. 52(4). 645–652. 17 indexed citations

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Stadtfeld, Matthias, Masaki Nagaya, Jochen Utikal, Gordon C. Weir, & Konrad Hochedlinger. (2008). Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Generated Without Viral Integration. Science. 322(5903). 945–949. 1176 indexed citations breakdown →

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Akashi, Tomoyuki, Hirokazu Shigematsu, Yoshiyuki Hamamoto, et al.. (2008). Bone marrow or foetal liver cells fail to induce islet regeneration in diabetic Akita mice. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 24(7). 585–590. 8 indexed citations

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Papas, Klearchos K., et al.. (2007). A stirred microchamber for oxygen consumption rate measurements with pancreatic islets. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 98(5). 1071–1082. 87 indexed citations

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Duvivier-Kali, Valérie F., Abdulkadir Omer, María Dolores López-Ávalos, John J. O’Neil, & Gordon C. Weir. (2004). Survival of Microencapsulated Adult Pig Islets in Mice In Spite of an Antibody Response. American Journal of Transplantation. 4(12). 1991–2000. 65 indexed citations

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Yoon, John C., Gang Xu, Jude T. Deeney, et al.. (2003). Suppression of β Cell Energy Metabolism and Insulin Release by PGC-1α. Developmental Cell. 5(1). 73–83. 123 indexed citations

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Trivedi, Nitin, Jennifer Hollister‐Lock, María Dolores López-Ávalos, et al.. (2001). Increase in β-Cell Mass in Transplanted Porcine Neonatal Pancreatic Cell Clusters Is Due to Proliferation of β-Cells and Differentiation of Duct Cells*. Endocrinology. 142(5). 2115–2122. 64 indexed citations

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Weir, Gordon C., Arun Sharma, David Zangen, & Susan Bonner‐Weir. (1997). Transcription factor abnormalities as a cause of beta cell dysfunction in diabetes: a hypothesis. Acta Diabetologica. 34(3). 177–184. 33 indexed citations

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Davalli, A. M., et al.. (1995). A SELECTIVE DECREASE IN THE BETA CELL MASS OF HUMAN ISLETS TRANSPLANTED INTO DIABETIC NUDE MICE. Transplantation. 59(6). 817–820. 152 indexed citations

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Weir, Gordon C.. (1993). The relationship of diabetes, loss of glucose-induced insulin secretion, and GLUT2. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 7(2). 124–129. 9 indexed citations

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