Jozef Ukropec

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Jozef Ukropec is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jozef Ukropec has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Physiology, 31 papers in Epidemiology and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jozef Ukropec's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (44 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (22 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (13 papers). Jozef Ukropec is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (44 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (22 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (13 papers). Jozef Ukropec collaborates with scholars based in Slovakia, Austria and Switzerland. Jozef Ukropec's co-authors include Barbara Ukropcová, Leslie P. Kozak, Daniela Gašperíková, Yann Ravussin, Christian Wolfrum, Miroslav Baláž, I Klimeś, Chia‐Liang Tsai, Ming‐Chyi Pai and Tímea Kurdiová and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Jozef Ukropec

108 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

snRNA-seq reveals a subpopulation of adipocytes that regulates thermogenesis

2020 232 citations Wenfei Sun, Hua Dong et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jozef Ukropec Slovakia	32	2.4k	931	853	433	422	112	3.8k
Barbara Ukropcová Slovakia	28	2.4k 1.0×	743 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	314 0.7×	292 0.7×	86	3.5k
Alessandra Valerio Italy	34	2.6k 1.1×	760 0.8×	2.3k 2.7×	207 0.5×	415 1.0×	97	5.6k
Sander Kooijman Netherlands	31	2.1k 0.9×	797 0.9×	985 1.2×	272 0.6×	503 1.2×	116	3.6k
Tore Bengtsson Sweden	30	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	526 1.2×	611 1.4×	74	3.8k
Nathan L. Alderson United States	25	1.1k 0.5×	276 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	213 0.5×	368 0.9×	39	4.0k
Dina Laznik-Bogoslavski United States	11	1.8k 0.8×	602 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	407 0.9×	249 0.6×	11	2.8k
Miguel A. Pérez‐Pinzón United States	51	1.3k 0.5×	966 1.0×	2.7k 3.2×	144 0.3×	223 0.5×	171	7.7k
John C. Clapham United Kingdom	30	1.9k 0.8×	517 0.6×	2.1k 2.5×	132 0.3×	355 0.8×	72	4.3k
Gregory D. Cartee United States	44	3.9k 1.6×	552 0.6×	3.9k 4.6×	359 0.8×	290 0.7×	144	6.7k
Kunjan R. Dave United States	41	941 0.4×	771 0.8×	1.7k 2.0×	132 0.3×	150 0.4×	131	4.9k

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Krumpolec, Patrik, Zuzana Kovaničová, Tímea Kurdiová, et al.. (2025). Downregulation of microRNA‐494 drives mitochondrial biogenesis and function in trained muscle. Experimental Physiology. 111(3). 1093–1108.

Pluháček, Tomáš, Milan Sedliak, Michal Mego, et al.. (2025). The effects of regular exercise on cognitive and cardiometabolic health in testicular cancer survivors subjected to platinum‐based chemotherapy. Andrology. 13(8). 2181–2194. 1 indexed citations

Košutzká, Zuzana, et al.. (2025). Supervised aerobic-strength exercise reduces postural sway and improves dual-task gait in Parkinson’s disease. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 20643–20643. 1 indexed citations

Tsai, Chia‐Liang, Chien‐Yu Pan, Tsai-Chiao Wang, et al.. (2024). Effects of acute aerobic exercise with different intensities on cerebral dopamine/norepinephine/serotonin metabolites and executive-related oculomotor control in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Mental health and physical activity. 26. 100582–100582. 7 indexed citations

Vokurková, Martina, et al.. (2022). POS0480 VITAMIN D AND ITS RECEPTOR (VDR) GENE EXPRESSION IN SKELETAL MUSCLE ASSOCIATE WITH DISEASE AND MUSCLE FUNCTION PARAMETERS IN IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 81. 495–495. 2 indexed citations

Kovaničová, Zuzana, Miloslav Karhánek, Tímea Kurdiová, et al.. (2021). Metabolomic Analysis Reveals Changes in Plasma Metabolites in Response to Acute Cold Stress and Their Relationships to Metabolic Health in Cold-Acclimatized Humans. Metabolites. 11(9). 619–619. 11 indexed citations

Schön, Martin, Patrik Krumpolec, Veronika Tirpáková, et al.. (2021). Effects of Short- and Long-Term Aerobic-Strength Training and Determinants of Walking Speed in the Elderly. Gerontology. 68(2). 151–161. 7 indexed citations

Kurdiová, Tímea, Miroslav Baláž, Zuzana Kovaničová, et al.. (2021). Serum Afamin a Novel Marker of Increased Hepatic Lipid Content. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12. 670425–670425. 21 indexed citations

Kovaničová, Zuzana, Tímea Kurdiová, Miroslav Baláž, et al.. (2020). Cold Exposure Distinctively Modulates Parathyroid and Thyroid Hormones in Cold-Acclimatized and Non-Acclimatized Humans. Endocrinology. 161(7). 21 indexed citations

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Sun, Wenfei, Hua Dong, Miroslav Baláž, et al.. (2020). snRNA-seq reveals a subpopulation of adipocytes that regulates thermogenesis. Nature. 587(7832). 98–102. 232 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cvečka, Ján, Barbara Ukropcová, Jozef Ukropec, et al.. (2019). Strength training as a supplemental therapy for androgen deficiency of the aging male (ADAM): study protocol for a three-arm clinical trial. BMJ Open. 9(9). e025991–e025991. 2 indexed citations

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Máderová, Denisa, Patrik Krumpolec, Martin Schön, et al.. (2019). Acute and regular exercise distinctly modulate serum, plasma and skeletal muscle BDNF in the elderly. Neuropeptides. 78. 101961–101961. 59 indexed citations

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Kiehlmann, Elke, Miroslav Baláž, Lennart Opitz, et al.. (2018). Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma Controls Mature Brown Adipocyte Inducibility through Glycerol Kinase. Cell Reports. 22(3). 760–773. 87 indexed citations

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Staníková, Daniela, Marek Bužga, Patrik Krumpolec, et al.. (2017). Genetic analysis of single-minded 1 gene in early-onset severely obese children and adolescents. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177222–e0177222. 8 indexed citations

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Baye, Estifanos, Jozef Ukropec, Maximilian de Courten, et al.. (2017). Effect of carnosine supplementation on the plasma lipidome in overweight and obese adults: a pilot randomised controlled trial. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17458–17458. 22 indexed citations

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Kurdiová, Tímea, Miroslav Baláž, Alexander E. Mayer, et al.. (2014). Exercise-mimicking treatment fails to increase Fndc5 mRNA & irisin secretion in primary human myotubes. Peptides. 56. 1–7. 44 indexed citations

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Baláž, Miroslav, Barbara Ukropcová, Tímea Kurdiová, et al.. (2012). Prediabetes in adult GH deficiency is associated with a substantial reduction in serum and adipose tissue expression levels of zinc-[alpha]2-glycoprotein. 15th International & 14th European Congress of Endocrinology. 29. 1 indexed citations

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Langer, P, Anton Koc̆an, Beata Drobná, et al.. (2011). Alpha-fetoprotein, carcinoembryonic antigen and beta2-microglobulin in adult population highly exposed to organochlorinated pollutants (PCB, DDE and HCB). Endocrine Regulations. 45(3). 149–155.

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Anunciado‐Koza, Rea P., Jingying Zhang, Jozef Ukropec, et al.. (2011). Inactivation of the Mitochondrial Carrier SLC25A25 (ATP-Mg2+/Pi Transporter) Reduces Physical Endurance and Metabolic Efficiency in Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(13). 11659–11671. 80 indexed citations

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Ukropec, Jozef, et al.. (2006). UCP1-independent Thermogenesis in White Adipose Tissue of Cold-acclimatedUcp1^-/-Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(42). 31894–31908. 224 indexed citations

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