James C Beard

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

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James C Beard is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James C Beard has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 21 papers in Surgery and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James C Beard's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (21 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (13 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (12 papers). James C Beard is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (21 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (13 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (12 papers). James C Beard collaborates with scholars based in United States. James C Beard's co-authors include W. Kenneth Ward, Steven E. Kahn, Daniel Porte, Richard N. Bergman, Jeffrey B. Halter, Jerry P. Palmer, Ronald L. Prigeon, James L. Neifing, Edward J. Boyko and David K. McCulloch and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

James C Beard

39 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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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.

Quantification of the Relationship Between Insulin Sensitivity and β-Cell Function in Human Subjects: Evidence for a Hyperbolic Function

1993 1.2k citations Steven E. Kahn, Ronald L. Prigeon et al. Diabetes profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James C Beard United States	26	2.0k	1.4k	1.2k	936	749	39	4.0k
L. Groop Sweden	30	1.3k 0.6×	873 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	652 0.9×	57	3.5k
F. P. Alford Australia	36	2.0k 1.0×	722 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	700 0.7×	446 0.6×	118	3.5k
Ronald L. Prigeon United States	32	2.8k 1.4×	2.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	842 1.1×	43	5.0k
C. Weyer United States	28	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	943 1.0×	402 0.5×	40	4.4k
R K Kalkhoff United States	33	2.0k 1.0×	898 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	721 0.8×	493 0.7×	68	5.3k
R. A. Rizza United States	39	3.4k 1.7×	2.4k 1.7×	2.2k 1.8×	1.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	100	6.3k
T. D. R. Hockaday United Kingdom	32	1.4k 0.7×	547 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	580 0.6×	647 0.9×	130	3.9k
John C. Floyd United States	31	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	908 0.7×	728 0.8×	366 0.5×	73	3.2k
Glenn M. Ward Australia	28	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	701 0.6×	563 0.6×	645 0.9×	107	3.2k
S D Shah United States	29	1.3k 0.7×	904 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	630 0.7×	367 0.5×	40	3.9k

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Kahn, Steven E., Ronald L. Prigeon, David K. McCulloch, et al.. (1993). Quantification of the Relationship Between Insulin Sensitivity and β-Cell Function in Human Subjects: Evidence for a Hyperbolic Function. Diabetes. 42(11). 1663–1672. 1174 indexed citations breakdown →

Cain, Kevin C., William P. Shuman, Valerie A. Larson, et al.. (1992). Effect of intensive endurance training on lipoprotein profiles in young and older men. Metabolism. 41(6). 649–654. 35 indexed citations

Chandler, Wayne L., Richard C. Veith, Gilbert W. Fellingham, et al.. (1992). Fibrinolytic response during exercise and epinephrine infusion in the same subjects. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 19(7). 1412–1420. 56 indexed citations

Kahn, Steven E., R. S. Schwartz, James C Beard, et al.. (1992). Exercise training delineates the importance of B-cell dysfunction to the glucose intolerance of human aging.. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 74(6). 1336–1342. 48 indexed citations

Schwartz, Robert S., William P. Shuman, Valerie A. Larson, et al.. (1991). The effect of intensive endurance exercise training on body fat distribution in young and older men. Metabolism. 40(5). 545–551. 218 indexed citations

Kahn, Steven E., Leslie J. Klaff, Michael W. Schwartz, et al.. (1990). Treatment with a Somatostatin Analog Decreases Pancreatic B-Cell and Whole Body Sensitivity to Glucose*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 71(4). 994–1002. 79 indexed citations

Schwartz, Robert S., William P. Shuman, Kevin C. Cain, et al.. (1990). Body Fat Distribution in Healthy Young and Older Men. Journal of Gerontology. 45(6). M181–M185. 91 indexed citations

Johnston‐Devin, Colleen, W. Kenneth Ward, James C Beard, Barbara McKnight, & D. Porte. (1990). Islet Function and Insulin Sensitivity in the Non‐diabetic Offspring of Conjugal Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Diabetic Medicine. 7(2). 119–125. 39 indexed citations

Kahn, Steven E., James C Beard, Michael W. Schwartz, et al.. (1989). Increased β-Cell Secretory Capacity as Mechanism for Islet Adaptation to Nicotinic Acid-Induced Insulin Resistance. Diabetes. 38(5). 562–568. 152 indexed citations

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Elbein, Steven C., W. Kenneth Ward, James C Beard, & M. Alan Permutt. (1988). Molecular-genetic analysis and assessment of insulin action and pancreatic beta-cell function. Diabetes. 37(4). 377–382. 10 indexed citations

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Raskind, Murray A., Elaine R. Peskind, Richard C. Veith, et al.. (1988). Increased Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid Norepinephrine in Older Men: Differential Suppression by Clonidine*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 66(2). 438–443. 41 indexed citations

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McCulloch, D. K., Colleen Johnston‐Devin, Leslie J. Klaff, et al.. (1988). Defects inβ-Cell Function and Insulin Sensitivity in Normoglycemic Streptozocin-Treated Baboons: A Model of Preclinical Insulin-Dependent Diabetes*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 67(4). 785–792. 36 indexed citations

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Elbein, Steven C., W. Kenneth Ward, James C Beard, & M. Alan Permutt. (1988). Familial NIDDM: Molecular-Genetic Analysis and Assessment of Insulin Action and Pancreatic β-Cell Function. Diabetes. 37(4). 377–382. 11 indexed citations

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Taborsky, Gerald J., D. Porte, D.P. Figlewicz, et al.. (1987). Cerebrospinal Fluid Insulin Levels Increase During Intravenous Insulin Infusions in Man*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 64(1). 190–194. 209 indexed citations

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Ward, W. Kenneth, et al.. (1987). Disproportionate elevation of immunoreactive proinsulin in Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and in experimental insulin resistance. Diabetologia. 30(9). 698–702. 230 indexed citations

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Beard, James C, Richard N. Bergman, W. Kenneth Ward, & Daniel Porte. (1986). The Insulin Sensitivity Index in Nondiabetic Man: Correlation Between Clamp-derived and IVGTT-derived Values. Diabetes. 35(3). 362–369. 203 indexed citations

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Ward, W. Kenneth, et al.. (1985). Insulin Resistance and Impaired Insulin Secretion in Subjects with Histories of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes. 34(9). 861–869. 119 indexed citations

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Best, James D., James C Beard, Gerald J. Taborsky, Jeffrey B. Halter, & Daniel Porte. (1983). Effect of Hyperglycemiaper seon Glucose Disposal and Clearance in Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetics*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 56(4). 819–823. 12 indexed citations

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Ward, W. Kenneth, Jeffrey B. Halter, James D. Best, James C Beard, & D. Porte. (1983). Hyperglycemia and beta-cell adaptation during prolonged somatostatin infusion with glucagon replacement in man. Diabetes. 32(10). 943–947. 4 indexed citations

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Judzewitsch, Roman, Roman Pfeifer, James D. Best, et al.. (1982). Chronic Chlorpropamide Therapy of Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Augments Basal and Stimulated Insulin Secretion by Increasing Islet Sensitivity to Glucose*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 55(2). 321–328. 83 indexed citations

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