Jens Alber

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Jens Alber is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Jens Alber has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 12 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Jens Alber's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (26 papers), Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (6 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (6 papers). Jens Alber is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (26 papers), Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (6 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (6 papers). Jens Alber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Hungary. Jens Alber's co-authors include Jens C. Brüning, Kurt Seebohm, Jürgen Köhl, Richard C. Eichenberg, Winfried Pfenning, Peter Flora, Franz Kraus, Wilhelm Krone, Guy Standing and Brigitte Hampel and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jens Alber

48 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Role for neuronal insulin resistance in neurodegenerative diseases

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jens Alber Germany	22	678	584	443	426	309	49	2.4k
John Fitz United States	41	312 0.5×	339 0.6×	1.8k 4.0×	312 0.7×	455 1.5×	163	5.3k
David Wiggins United Kingdom	29	464 0.7×	175 0.3×	802 1.8×	117 0.3×	403 1.3×	134	3.8k
David Coleman United States	38	1.5k 2.2×	144 0.2×	1.5k 3.3×	1.3k 3.2×	772 2.5×	125	6.0k
Jeremy L. Hall United States	22	194 0.3×	334 0.6×	136 0.3×	54 0.1×	267 0.9×	99	1.8k
Dan Levy United States	43	1.8k 2.7×	56 0.1×	507 1.1×	1.1k 2.5×	325 1.1×	87	5.7k
Ruth Dixon United Kingdom	30	355 0.5×	304 0.5×	426 1.0×	34 0.1×	201 0.7×	83	2.5k
James E. Fleming United States	21	478 0.7×	86 0.1×	1.2k 2.7×	109 0.3×	173 0.6×	103	2.7k
David C. Perry United States	37	809 1.2×	107 0.2×	2.2k 4.9×	105 0.2×	141 0.5×	129	4.4k
Michael J. MacDonald United States	46	1.5k 2.2×	98 0.2×	4.3k 9.6×	90 0.2×	213 0.7×	211	8.1k
Robert C. Wood United States	21	156 0.2×	108 0.2×	226 0.5×	78 0.2×	190 0.6×	51	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jens Alber

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All Works

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Jiang, Hong, Sarah Gallet, Paul Klemm, et al.. (2020). MCH Neurons Regulate Permeability of the Median Eminence Barrier. Neuron. 107(2). 306–319.e9. 48 indexed citations

Schommers, Philipp, Maria Guschlbauer, Andreas R. Klatt, et al.. (2017). Metformin causes a futile intestinal–hepatic cycle which increases energy expenditure and slows down development of a type 2 diabetes-like state. Molecular Metabolism. 6(7). 737–747. 30 indexed citations

Riera, Céline E., Eva Tsaousidou, Jonathan J. Halloran, et al.. (2017). The Sense of Smell Impacts Metabolic Health and Obesity. Cell Metabolism. 26(1). 198–211.e5. 132 indexed citations

Jaïs, Alexander, Maite Solas, Heiko Backes, et al.. (2016). Myeloid-Cell-Derived VEGF Maintains Brain Glucose Uptake and Limits Cognitive Impairment in Obesity. Cell. 165(4). 882–895. 198 indexed citations

Alber, Jens & Jan Paul Heisig. (2011). Do new labour activation policies work? A descriptive analysis of the German Hartz reforms. Econstor (Econstor). 54. 1 indexed citations

Alber, Jens, et al.. (2011). Are There Visible Accession Effects? Comparing Some Key Indicators of the Trajectories of Central and Eastern European Countries Inside and Outside the EU since the 1990s. Czech Sociological Review. 47(3). 473–506. 3 indexed citations

Alber, Jens, et al.. (2010). Rezeption und Themen der mit dem Preis der Fritz Thyssen Stiftung ausgezeichneten sozialwissenschaftlichen Aufsätze. 286–309. 1 indexed citations

Wunderlich, Claudia M., Simon Heß, Andrea Mesaros, et al.. (2009). Enhanced Stat3 Activation in POMC Neurons Provokes Negative Feedback Inhibition of Leptin and InsulinSignaling in Obesity. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(37). 11582–11593. 150 indexed citations

Blome, Agnes, Wolfgang Keck, & Jens Alber. (2009). Family and the Welfare State in Europe. Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks. 38 indexed citations

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Blome, Agnes, Wolfgang Keck, & Jens Alber. (2008). Generationenbeziehungen im Wohlfahrtsstaat : Lebensbedingungen und Einstellungen von Altersgruppen im internationalen Vergleich. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 10 indexed citations

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Alber, Jens, et al.. (2008). Wachsende soziale Ungleichheit in Europa: die Lebensqualität unterer Einkommensschichten in der erweiterten Europäischen Union. The Social Sciences. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Plum, Leona, Eva Rother, Heike Münzberg, et al.. (2007). Enhanced Leptin-Stimulated Pi3k Activation in the CNS Promotes White Adipose Tissue Transdifferentiation. Cell Metabolism. 6(6). 431–445. 119 indexed citations

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Alber, Jens & Ulrich Köhler. (2007). Informal Food Production in the Enlarged European Union. Social Indicators Research. 89(1). 113–127. 53 indexed citations

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Plum, Lori A., Xianyong Ma, Brigitte Hampel, et al.. (2006). Enhanced PIP3 signaling in POMC neurons causes diet-sensitive obesity as the consequence of neuronal silencing via KATP channel activation. Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel. 1(S 1). 1 indexed citations

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Alber, Jens. (2002). Modernisierung als Peripetie des Sozialstaats?. Berliner Journal für Soziologie. 12(1). 5–35. 11 indexed citations

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Alber, Jens. (2000). Sozialstaat und Arbeitsmarkt. Leviathan. 28(4). 535–569. 5 indexed citations

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Alber, Jens. (1992). Das Gesundheitswesen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Entwicklung, Struktur und Funktionsweise. Campus Verlag eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Alber, Jens. (1992). Residential Care for the Elderly. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 17(4). 929–958. 6 indexed citations

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Alber, Jens. (1989). Der Sozialstaat in der Bundesrepublik: 1950-1983. Campus Verlag eBooks. 27 indexed citations

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Alber, Jens. (1982). Vom Armenhaus zum Wohlfahrtsstaat : Analysen zur Entwicklung der Sozialversicherung in Westeuropa. Campus eBooks. 50 indexed citations

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