Johan Fernø

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Johan Fernø is a scholar working on Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Fernø has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Physiology, 37 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 28 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Johan Fernø's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (35 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (27 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (13 papers). Johan Fernø is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (35 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (27 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (13 papers). Johan Fernø collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Spain and France. Johan Fernø's co-authors include Carlos Diéguez, Miguel López, Rubén Nogueiras, Vidar M. Steen, Silje Skrede, Audun Osland Vik‐Mo, Omar Al–Massadi, Maria B. Ræder, Pablo B. Martínez de Morentin and Cristina Contreras and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, PLoS ONE and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Johan Fernø

79 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

GLP-1 Agonism Stimulates Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Browning Through Hypothalamic AMPK

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johan Fernø Norway	36	1.6k	1.0k	973	716	703	80	3.5k
Min‐Seon Kim South Korea	40	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	755 1.1×	978 1.4×	145	4.9k
Anita M. Hennige Germany	36	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	625 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	750 1.1×	78	3.8k
Silvana Bordin Brazil	30	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	863 1.2×	845 1.2×	105	4.5k
Elana Henning United Kingdom	23	971 0.6×	768 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	422 0.6×	312 0.4×	44	2.9k
Dinesh Gautam United States	25	1.4k 0.9×	2.1k 2.0×	1.1k 1.1×	811 1.1×	350 0.5×	29	4.7k
Ludwik K. Malendowicz Italy	35	980 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.6×	373 0.5×	222	4.4k
Jonathan D. Roth United States	29	1.0k 0.6×	644 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	839 1.2×	892 1.3×	53	2.9k
Weikang Cai United States	26	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	382 0.4×	423 0.6×	336 0.5×	54	2.8k
Roger Gutiérrez‐Juárez United States	25	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	532 0.7×	573 0.8×	44	3.7k
Tetsuya Shiuchi Japan	31	987 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	783 0.8×	637 0.9×	356 0.5×	58	3.2k

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Mukherjee, Sayani, Silje Skrede, & Johan Fernø. (2025). The hypothalamus as a therapeutic target: Towards novel approaches for managing antipsychotic-induced weight gain. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders.

Fernø, Johan, et al.. (2024). Novel mechanisms involved in leptin sensitization in obesity. Biochemical Pharmacology. 223. 116129–116129. 12 indexed citations

Fosså, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Long‐term impact of gastropexy on use of acid‐reducing medication, second operations for gastroesophageal reflux and subjective reflux symptoms after sleeve gastrectomy. Clinical Obesity. 13(5). e12618–e12618. 1 indexed citations

Cornillet, Martin, Dan Sun, Christian Busch, et al.. (2023). Phenotypic diversity of human adipose tissue-resident NK cells in obesity. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1130370–1130370. 8 indexed citations

Böttcher, Yvonne, Simon N. Dankel, Anne Hoffmann, et al.. (2023). Obesity Is Associated with Distorted Proteoglycan Expression in Adipose Tissue. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(8). 6884–6884. 1 indexed citations

Cornillet, Martin, Dan Sun, Ernesto Sparrelid, et al.. (2022). Distinct T cell subsets in adipose tissue are associated with obesity. European Journal of Immunology. 53(2). e2249990–e2249990. 5 indexed citations

Norheim, Frode, Marit Hjorth, Mirjana Grujić, et al.. (2021). Serglycin Is Involved in Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Obesity. The Journal of Immunology. 208(1). 121–132. 10 indexed citations

Quiñones, Mar, René Hernández-Bautista, Daniel Beiroa, et al.. (2021). Sirt3 in POMC neurons controls energy balance in a sex- and diet-dependent manner. Redox Biology. 41. 101945–101945. 13 indexed citations

Quiñones, Mar, et al.. (2021). Hypothalamic Actions of SIRT1 and SIRT6 on Energy Balance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(3). 1430–1430. 17 indexed citations

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Gudbrandsen, Oddrun Anita, Simon N. Dankel, Villy Våge, et al.. (2019). Short-term effects of Vertical sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on glucose homeostasis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14817–14817. 7 indexed citations

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Porteiro, Begoña, Marcos F. Fondevila, Xabier Buqué, et al.. (2017). Pharmacological stimulation of p53 with low-dose doxorubicin ameliorates diet-induced nonalcoholic steatosis and steatohepatitis. Molecular Metabolism. 8. 132–143. 28 indexed citations

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Skrede, Silje, Ismael González‐García, Luís Martins, et al.. (2017). Lack of Ovarian Secretions Reverts the Anabolic Action of Olanzapine in Female Rats. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 20(12). 1005–1012. 15 indexed citations

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Lage, Ricardo, Claudia Parisi, Patricia Seoane‐Collazo, et al.. (2015). Lack of Hypophagia in CB1 Null Mice is Associated to Decreased Hypothalamic POMC and CART Expression. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 18(9). pyv011–pyv011. 9 indexed citations

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Quiñones, Mar, Omar Al–Massadi, Johan Fernø, & Rubén Nogueiras. (2014). Cross-talk between SIRT1 and endocrine factors: effects on energy homeostasis. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 397(1-2). 42–50. 21 indexed citations

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Whittle, Andrew J., Noelia Martínez‐Sánchez, Luís Martins, et al.. (2012). Nicotine induces negative energy balance through hypothalamic AMP-activated protein kinase. 15th International & 14th European Congress of Endocrinology. 29. 7 indexed citations

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Skrede, Silje, María J. Vázquez, Audun Osland Vik‐Mo, et al.. (2011). Acute effects of orexigenic antipsychotic drugs on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in rat. Psychopharmacology. 219(3). 783–794. 66 indexed citations

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Fernø, Johan, Luis Varela, Silje Skrede, et al.. (2011). Olanzapine-Induced Hyperphagia and Weight Gain Associate with Orexigenic Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Signaling without Concomitant AMPK Phosphorylation. PLoS ONE. 6(6). e20571–e20571. 102 indexed citations

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Fernø, Johan. (2010). Lipogenic effects of psychotropic drugs: focus on the SREBP system. Frontiers in bioscience. 16(1). 49–49. 22 indexed citations

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Morentin, Pablo B. Martínez de, Luis Varela, Johan Fernø, et al.. (2009). Hypothalamic lipotoxicity and the metabolic syndrome. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1801(3). 350–361. 55 indexed citations

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Fernø, Johan, Maria B. Ræder, Audun Osland Vik‐Mo, et al.. (2005). Antipsychotic drugs activate SREBP-regulated expression of lipid biosynthetic genes in cultured human glioma cells: a novel mechanism of action?. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 5(5). 298–304. 132 indexed citations

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