Nikolaos Perakakis

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Nikolaos Perakakis is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaos Perakakis has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 21 papers in Epidemiology and 18 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Nikolaos Perakakis's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (8 papers). Nikolaos Perakakis is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (12 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (11 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (8 papers). Nikolaos Perakakis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Greece. Nikolaos Perakakis's co-authors include Christos S. Mantzoros, Olivia M. Farr, Jochen Seufert, Stergios A. Pοlyzos, Jagriti Upadhyay, Wael Ghaly, Kyung‐Hee Park, G. Triantafyllou, Joo Young Huh and José Manuel Fernández‐Real and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaos Perakakis

59 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Physiology and role of irisin in glucose homeostasis

2017 461 citations Nikolaos Perakakis, Kyung‐Hee Park et al. profile →
Sex-based differences in insulin resistance

2024 45 citations Stefan R. Bornstein, Nikolaos Perakakis et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolaos Perakakis United States	24	1.2k	910	724	701	418	60	2.9k
Angelo Cignarelli Italy	32	1.1k 0.9×	494 0.5×	998 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	550 1.3×	88	3.1k
Jong Chul Won South Korea	30	1.1k 0.9×	508 0.6×	891 1.2×	838 1.2×	403 1.0×	83	3.0k
Leo Cornelius Bollheimer Germany	21	1.2k 1.0×	630 0.7×	681 0.9×	632 0.9×	548 1.3×	68	2.8k
S. John Weisnagel Canada	30	1.4k 1.1×	598 0.7×	725 1.0×	993 1.4×	536 1.3×	92	3.9k
Gregory Alexander Raciti Italy	26	1.2k 1.0×	977 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	431 0.6×	373 0.9×	51	3.3k
Michele Longo Italy	25	1.2k 1.0×	956 1.1×	982 1.4×	355 0.5×	349 0.8×	47	3.3k
Chrysi Koliaki Greece	28	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	968 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	758 1.8×	52	3.8k
Paska A. Permana United States	26	1.1k 0.9×	823 0.9×	862 1.2×	567 0.8×	269 0.6×	52	2.6k
Nathalie Esser Belgium	15	817 0.7×	845 0.9×	965 1.3×	626 0.9×	452 1.1×	52	2.9k
Stefan Bilz Switzerland	18	980 0.8×	968 1.1×	768 1.1×	970 1.4×	695 1.7×	47	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Perakakis, Nikolaos, Alexander Funk, Friederike I. Tam, et al.. (2025). Perturbations in plasma amino acid and lipoprotein subfraction profiles in anorexia nervosa before and after refeeding: A metabolomic cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. Clinical Nutrition. 46. 107–116.

Rodionov, Roman N., Natalia Jarzebska, Yen Chin Koay, et al.. (2024). Symmetric dimethylguanidino valeric acid, a novel single biomarker of hepatic steatosis. iScience. 27(12). 111366–111366. 1 indexed citations

Demir, Münevver, Stefan R. Bornstein, Christos S. Mantzoros, & Nikolaos Perakakis. (2023). Liver fat as risk factor of hepatic and cardiometabolic diseases. Obesity Reviews. 24(10). e13612–e13612. 14 indexed citations

Sameith, Katrin, Andreas Dahl, Vasileia Ismini Alexaki, et al.. (2023). Activation of β-adrenergic receptor signaling prevents glucocorticoid-induced obesity and adipose tissue dysfunction in male mice. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 324(6). E514–E530. 4 indexed citations

Steenblock, Charlotte, Nicole Toepfner, Felix Beuschlein, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 infection and its effects on the endocrine system. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 37(4). 101761–101761. 17 indexed citations

Perakakis, Nikolaos, Bhanu Kalra, Angeliki M. Angelidi, et al.. (2022). Methods paper: Performance characteristics of novel assays for circulating levels of proglucagon-derived peptides and validation in a placebo controlled cross-over randomized clinical trial. Metabolism. 129. 155157–155157. 10 indexed citations

Deng, Yixiang, Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Xuejin Li, et al.. (2020). Quantifying Fibrinogen-Dependent Aggregation of Red Blood Cells in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Biophysical Journal. 119(5). 900–912. 39 indexed citations

Perakakis, Nikolaos, Konstantinos Stefanakis, & Christos S. Mantzoros. (2020). The role of omics in the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Metabolism. 111. 154320–154320. 113 indexed citations

Perakakis, Nikolaos, Alexander Kokkinos, Natia Peradze, et al.. (2019). Circulating levels of gastrointestinal hormones in response to the most common types of bariatric surgery and predictive value for weight loss over one year: Evidence from two independent trials. Metabolism. 101. 153997–153997. 67 indexed citations

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Peradze, Natia, Olivia M. Farr, Nikolaos Perakakis, et al.. (2019). Short-term treatment with high dose liraglutide improves lipid and lipoprotein profile and changes hormonal mediators of lipid metabolism in obese patients with no overt type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over, double-blind clinical trial. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 18(1). 141–141. 39 indexed citations

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Peradze, Natia, et al.. (2019). Circulating levels of the components of the GH/IGF-1/IGFBPs axis total and intact IGF-binding proteins (IGFBP) 3 and IGFBP 4 and total IGFBP 5, as well as PAPPA, PAPPA2 and Stanniocalcin-2 levels are not altered in response to energy deprivation and/or metreleptin administration in humans. Metabolism. 97. 32–39. 6 indexed citations

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Pοlyzos, Stergios A., Nikolaos Perakakis, & Christos S. Mantzoros. (2019). Fatty liver in lipodystrophy: A review with a focus on therapeutic perspectives of adiponectin and/or leptin replacement. Metabolism. 96. 66–82. 73 indexed citations

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Perakakis, Nikolaos, Dimitrios Kassanos, Andreas Peter, et al.. (2019). Clinical Impact of the TCF7L2 Gene rs7903146 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk Polymorphism in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Impaired Glycemic Control and Increased Need of Insulin Therapy. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 128(10). 663–666. 13 indexed citations

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Pοlyzos, Stergios A., Nikolaos Perakakis, Chrysoula Boutari, et al.. (2019). Targeted Analysis of Three Hormonal Systems Identifies Molecules Associated with the Presence and Severity of NAFLD. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(3). e390–e400. 36 indexed citations

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Boutari, Chrysoula, Nikolaos Perakakis, & Christos S. Mantzoros. (2018). Association of Adipokines with Development and Progression of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Endocrinology and Metabolism. 33(1). 33–33. 125 indexed citations

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Upadhyay, Jagriti, Olivia M. Farr, Nikolaos Perakakis, Wael Ghaly, & Christos S. Mantzoros. (2017). Obesity as a Disease. Medical Clinics of North America. 102(1). 13–33. 265 indexed citations

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Upadhyay, Jagriti, Stergios A. Pοlyzos, Nikolaos Perakakis, et al.. (2017). Pharmacotherapy of type 2 diabetes: An update. Metabolism. 78. 13–42. 150 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaowen, Nikolaos Perakakis, Huizhi Gong, et al.. (2016). Adiponectin administration prevents weight gain and glycemic profile changes in diet-induced obese immune deficient Rag1 −/− mice lacking mature lymphocytes. Metabolism. 65(12). 1720–1730. 15 indexed citations

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Perakakis, Nikolaos, Gian Kayser, Oliver Thomusch, et al.. (2015). Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 associated with a new germline Men1 mutation in a family with atypical tumor phenotype. HORMONES. 15(1). 113–7. 4 indexed citations

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Perakakis, Nikolaos, Katharina Laubner, Haiyan Wang, et al.. (2012). Human Krüppel-like factor 11 differentially regulates human insulin promoter activity in β-cells and non-β-cells via p300 and PDX1 through the regulatory sites A3 and CACCC box. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 363(1-2). 20–26. 8 indexed citations

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