RA DeFronzo

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 779 citations indexed

About

RA DeFronzo is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, RA DeFronzo has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 779 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 2 papers in Physiology and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in RA DeFronzo's work include Diet and metabolism studies (2 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (1 paper) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (1 paper). RA DeFronzo is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (2 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (1 paper) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (1 paper). RA DeFronzo collaborates with scholars based in Italy and United States. RA DeFronzo's co-authors include Claudio Cobelli, A Pilo, Ele Ferrannini, Gianna Toffolo, E Temler, B Curchod, J.-P. Felber, E Jéquier, Eleuterio Ferrannini and Alain Golay and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Diabetes and PubMed.

In The Last Decade

RA DeFronzo

5 papers receiving 740 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.

PATHOGENESIS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES: METABOLIC AND MOLECULAR IMPLICATIONS FOR IDENTIFYING DIABETES GENES

1997 516 citations RA DeFronzo profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
RA DeFronzo Italy	4	350	350	309	226	93	5	779
Y. Harano Japan	15	252 0.7×	351 1.0×	289 0.9×	168 0.7×	57 0.6×	37	816
Wanda Velez‐Carrasco United States	12	359 1.0×	296 0.8×	345 1.1×	258 1.1×	55 0.6×	13	963
Yuichi Kawano Sweden	13	575 1.6×	132 0.4×	370 1.2×	216 1.0×	152 1.6×	19	890
M. Joyce United States	8	589 1.7×	607 1.7×	328 1.1×	273 1.2×	39 0.4×	11	1.2k
Elisabeth Hjøllund Denmark	12	161 0.5×	197 0.6×	224 0.7×	97 0.4×	55 0.6×	24	508
Ted A. Tobey United States	9	192 0.5×	548 1.6×	330 1.1×	122 0.5×	48 0.5×	9	857
Kirsti Hällsten Finland	15	539 1.5×	310 0.9×	373 1.2×	159 0.7×	50 0.5×	18	963
Emanuela Laratta Italy	10	240 0.7×	232 0.7×	161 0.5×	159 0.7×	28 0.3×	13	693
Tomomi Ishihara Japan	10	362 1.0×	368 1.1×	163 0.5×	231 1.0×	25 0.3×	13	726
I.G. Safonova Russia	11	374 1.1×	117 0.3×	215 0.7×	122 0.5×	26 0.3×	18	696

Countries citing papers authored by RA DeFronzo

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Fields of papers citing papers by RA DeFronzo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of RA DeFronzo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of RA DeFronzo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of RA DeFronzo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with RA DeFronzo. RA DeFronzo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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DeFronzo, RA. (1997). PATHOGENESIS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES: METABOLIC AND MOLECULAR IMPLICATIONS FOR IDENTIFYING DIABETES GENES. 5(3). 177–269. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Bonadonna, Riccardo C., et al.. (1993). Glucose transport in human skeletal muscle. The in vivo response to insulin. Diabetes. 42(1). 191–198. 19 indexed citations

3.

Felber, J.-P., Alain Golay, E Jéquier, et al.. (1988). The metabolic consequences of long-term human obesity.. PubMed. 12(5). 377–89. 40 indexed citations

4.

Ferrannini, Ele, et al.. (1985). Effect of insulin on the distribution and disposition of glucose in man.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 76(1). 357–364. 201 indexed citations

5.

DeFronzo, RA, et al.. (1982). The difference in insulin sensitivity and metabolic response to acute exercise in trained and sedentary subjects.. PubMed. 11. 122–32. 3 indexed citations

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