Jason Montez

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Jason Montez is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jason Montez has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 8 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jason Montez's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (7 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (5 papers). Jason Montez is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (7 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (5 papers). Jason Montez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. Jason Montez's co-authors include Jeffrey M. Friedman, R Proenca, Xiaoli Cai, Paul Cohen, Peter Mombaerts, Paul Feinstein, Connie Zhao, Siti Rohani, Lisa Te Morenga and Joel K. Elmquist and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Jason Montez

14 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Abnormal splicing of the leptin receptor in diabetic mice

1996 1.9k citations R Proenca, Jason Montez et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jason Montez United States	11	2.7k	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	380	15	3.5k
Sarah H. Bates United States	15	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	485 1.3×	18	3.7k
Haicheng Fei China	2	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	246 0.6×	2	3.1k
Nigel Hoggard United Kingdom	34	3.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	537 1.4×	82	4.8k
Pablo J. Enriori United States	27	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	2.1k 1.5×	859 0.7×	653 1.7×	40	4.6k
Xun Weng China	7	3.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.6×	1.9k 1.5×	932 2.5×	12	5.3k
Kate L. J. Ellacott United Kingdom	29	1.9k 0.7×	997 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	501 0.4×	477 1.3×	47	3.1k
Kevin D. Niswender United States	26	2.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	822 0.7×	816 2.1×	34	4.3k
M. Tschöp Germany	28	2.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	415 0.3×	469 1.2×	45	3.7k
Qing Fang United States	19	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	862 0.6×	424 0.3×	896 2.4×	38	3.8k
Eduardo A. Nillni United States	35	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	609 0.5×	636 1.7×	73	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jason Montez

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jason Montez

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jason Montez. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jason Montez based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jason Montez. Jason Montez is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Leyvraz, Magali & Jason Montez. (2025). Optimal Intake of Animal-Source Foods: A Scoping Review to Inform a New WHO Guideline. Advances in Nutrition. 16(8). 100467–100467.

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De‐Regil, Luz María, et al.. (2025). Global action on ultra-processed foods: a health, equity, and sustainability imperative. The Lancet. 406(10520). 2608–2610. 1 indexed citations

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Lowe, Nicola M., Simonette R. Mallard, Andrew Clegg, et al.. (2022). Adverse Effects of Excessive Zinc Intake in Infants and Children Aged 0–3 Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Advances in Nutrition. 13(6). 2488–2519. 10 indexed citations

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Lowe, Nicola M., Victoria Hall Morán, Andrew Clegg, et al.. (2022). Toward revising dietary zinc recommendations for children aged 0 to 3 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of zinc absorption, excretion, and requirements for growth. Nutrition Reviews. 81(8). 967–987. 5 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Andrew, et al.. (2020). Dietary fibre intake in childhood or adolescence and subsequent health outcomes: A systematic review of prospective observational studies. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 22(12). 2460–2467. 19 indexed citations

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Morenga, Lisa Te & Jason Montez. (2017). Health effects of saturated and trans-fatty acid intake in children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0186672–e0186672. 112 indexed citations

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Birsoy, Kıvanç, Alexander A. Soukas, Javier I. Torréns, et al.. (2008). Cellular program controlling the recovery of adipose tissue mass: An in vivo imaging approach. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(35). 12985–12990. 34 indexed citations

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Sennello, Joseph A., Raja Fayad, Alison Morris, et al.. (2005). Regulation of T Cell-Mediated Hepatic Inflammation by Adiponectin and Leptin. Endocrinology. 146(5). 2157–2164. 80 indexed citations

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Montez, Jason, et al.. (2005). Acute leptin deficiency, leptin resistance, and the physiologic response to leptin withdrawal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(7). 2537–2542. 67 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongyan, Toshiro Kishi, Aaron G. Roseberry, et al.. (2003). Transgenic Mice Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein under the Control of the Melanocortin-4 Receptor Promoter. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(18). 7143–7154. 312 indexed citations

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Cohen, Paul, Connie Zhao, Xiaoli Cai, et al.. (2001). Selective deletion of leptin receptor in neurons leads to obesity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 108(8). 1113–1121. 461 indexed citations

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Cohen, Paul, Connie Zhao, Xiaoli Cai, et al.. (2001). Selective deletion of leptin receptor in neurons leads to obesity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 108(8). 1113–1121. 441 indexed citations

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Montez, Jason, et al.. (1997). Leptin receptor mutations in 129 db 3J/db3.J mice and NIH fa cp/facp rats. Mammalian Genome. 8(6). 445–447. 32 indexed citations

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Gailey, Donald A., Jason Montez, André R. Arellano, et al.. (1997). The muscle of Lawrence in Drosophila : A case of repeated evolutionary loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(9). 4543–4547. 23 indexed citations

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Proenca, R, et al.. (1996). Abnormal splicing of the leptin receptor in diabetic mice. Nature. 379(6566). 632–635. 1921 indexed citations breakdown →

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