Judith Simcox

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Judith Simcox is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Judith Simcox has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Judith Simcox's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (17 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (7 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (5 papers). Judith Simcox is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (17 papers), Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (7 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (5 papers). Judith Simcox collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Judith Simcox's co-authors include Donald A. McClain, Dudley W. Lamming, Jingyu Huang, Robert C. Cooksey, Deborah L. Jones, Claudio J. Villanueva, William L. Holland, Stephen B. Spurgin, Jiyoung Park and Ying Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Judith Simcox

34 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Iron and Diabetes Risk

2013 408 citations Judith Simcox, Donald A. McClain Cell Metabolism profile →
Diabetes mellitus—Progress and opportunities in the evolving epidemic

2024 100 citations E. Dale Abel, Judith Simcox et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Judith Simcox United States	21	872	733	555	532	320	39	2.3k
Tomáš Mráček Czechia	28	744 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	172 0.3×	324 0.6×	83 0.3×	73	2.3k
Wangsen Cao China	36	410 0.5×	2.1k 2.8×	233 0.4×	232 0.4×	122 0.4×	70	3.4k
Yonghan He China	31	683 0.8×	1.4k 1.9×	161 0.3×	240 0.5×	70 0.2×	91	2.4k
Yanyan Zhang China	29	278 0.3×	907 1.2×	507 0.9×	174 0.3×	263 0.8×	126	2.4k
Giorgio Biasiotto Italy	28	166 0.2×	752 1.0×	903 1.6×	207 0.4×	454 1.4×	75	2.4k
Marie‐Jeanne Richard France	30	263 0.3×	986 1.3×	190 0.3×	132 0.2×	330 1.0×	65	2.9k
Mariarosaria Santillo Italy	27	413 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	78 0.1×	228 0.4×	123 0.4×	73	2.7k
Saranya Ravi United States	20	419 0.5×	1.0k 1.4×	131 0.2×	453 0.9×	50 0.2×	27	2.3k
Louise Dunn Australia	20	162 0.2×	729 1.0×	237 0.4×	98 0.2×	156 0.5×	44	1.7k
Kimihiko Sano Japan	24	231 0.3×	1.3k 1.8×	321 0.6×	145 0.3×	144 0.5×	60	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Judith Simcox

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Burhans, Maggie S., et al.. (2025). Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 deficiency drives saturated lipid accumulation and increases liver and plasma acylcarnitines. Journal of Lipid Research. 66(6). 100824–100824. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Jingying, Gina Wade, Luciano A. Abriata, et al.. (2025). ACAD10 and ACAD11 enable mammalian 4-hydroxy acid lipid catabolism. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(9). 1622–1632.

Green, Cara L., Michael R. MacArthur, Reji Babygirija, et al.. (2025). Dietary isoleucine content modulates the metabolic and molecular response to a Western diet in mice. Molecular Metabolism. 101. 102248–102248.

Wade, Gina, et al.. (2024). Systemic analysis shows that cold exposure modulates triglyceride accumulation and phospholipid distribution in mice. PLoS ONE. 19(11). e0313205–e0313205.

Garcia, Gonzalo G., Mariah F. Calubag, Allison C. Rodgers, et al.. (2024). Late-life protein or isoleucine restriction impacts physiological and molecular signatures of aging. Nature Aging. 4(12). 1760–1771. 6 indexed citations

Schneider, Andrew J., Eric A. Armstrong, R. Rivera, et al.. (2024). The role of ATP citrate lyase in myelin formation and maintenance. Glia. 73(1). 105–121. 3 indexed citations

Sulaiman, Jordy Evan, Jaron Thompson, Yili Qian, et al.. (2024). Phocaeicola vulgatus shapes the long-term growth dynamics and evolutionary adaptations of Clostridioides difficile. Cell Host & Microbe. 33(1). 42–58.e10. 4 indexed citations

Yu, Qing, Xinyue Liu, Mark P. Keller, et al.. (2023). Sample multiplexing-based targeted pathway proteomics with real-time analytics reveals the impact of genetic variation on protein expression. Nature Communications. 14(1). 555–555. 20 indexed citations

Green, Cara L., Reji Babygirija, Heidi H. Pak, et al.. (2023). Dietary restriction of isoleucine increases healthspan and lifespan of genetically heterogeneous mice. Cell Metabolism. 35(11). 1976–1995.e6. 58 indexed citations

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Simcox, Judith & Dudley W. Lamming. (2022). The central moTOR of metabolism. Developmental Cell. 57(6). 691–706. 84 indexed citations

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Green, Cara L., Heidi H. Pak, Nicole E. Richardson, et al.. (2022). Sex and genetic background define the metabolic, physiologic, and molecular response to protein restriction. Cell Metabolism. 34(2). 209–226.e5. 60 indexed citations

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Wade, Gina, et al.. (2022). Determination of tissue contributions to the circulating lipid pool in cold exposure via systematic assessment of lipid profiles. Journal of Lipid Research. 63(7). 100197–100197. 16 indexed citations

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González, Paula, Judith Simcox, Hershel Raff, et al.. (2022). Lipid signatures of chronic pain in female adolescents with and without obesity. Lipids in Health and Disease. 21(1). 80–80. 8 indexed citations

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Simcox, Judith, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial Lipid Signaling and Adaptive Thermogenesis. Metabolites. 11(2). 124–124. 23 indexed citations

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Panic, Vanja, Stephanie Pearson, Trevor S. Tippetts, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier is required for optimal brown fat thermogenesis. eLife. 9. 47 indexed citations

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Simcox, Judith, Natalia S. Torres, Mi-Young Jeong, et al.. (2017). Mitochondrial cardiomyopathies feature increased uptake and diminished efflux of mitochondrial calcium. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 113. 22–32. 39 indexed citations

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Simcox, Judith, Gisela Geoghegan, J. Alan Maschek, et al.. (2017). Global Analysis of Plasma Lipids Identifies Liver-Derived Acylcarnitines as a Fuel Source for Brown Fat Thermogenesis. Cell Metabolism. 26(3). 509–522.e6. 188 indexed citations

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Simcox, Judith & Donald A. McClain. (2013). Iron and Diabetes Risk. Cell Metabolism. 17(3). 329–341. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kusminski, Christine M., William L. Holland, Kai Sun, et al.. (2012). MitoNEET-driven alterations in adipocyte mitochondrial activity reveal a crucial adaptive process that preserves insulin sensitivity in obesity. Nature Medicine. 18(10). 1539–1549. 372 indexed citations

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Cooksey, Robert C., Deborah L. Jones, Jingyu Huang, et al.. (2010). Dietary iron restriction or iron chelation protects from diabetes and loss of β-cell function in the obese (ob/ob lep^−/−) mouse. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 298(6). E1236–E1243. 141 indexed citations

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