Ram Weiss

16.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
117 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Ram Weiss is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ram Weiss has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 42 papers in Surgery and 42 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ram Weiss's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (32 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (21 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (20 papers). Ram Weiss is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (32 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (21 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (20 papers). Ram Weiss collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Italy. Ram Weiss's co-authors include Sonia Caprio, Sara E. Taksali, William V. Tamborlane, James Dziura, Tania S. Burgert, Mary Savoye, Catherine W. Yeckel, K. Eileen Allen, Robert S. Sherwin and John A. Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Ram Weiss

114 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

2004 2.6k citations Ram Weiss, James Dziura et al. profile →
Type 2 diabetes mellitus

2015 1.6k citations Itamar Raz, Ram Weiss et al. profile →
The Ethics of Childhood Obesity Treatment - from the Childhood Obesity Task Force (COTF) of European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)

2014 368 citations Jens‐Christian Holm, Paulina Nowicka et al. Obesity Facts profile →
Defining paediatric metabolic (dysfunction)-associated fatty liver disease: an international expert consensus statement

2021 163 citations Ram Weiss et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ram Weiss Israel	44	4.2k	3.8k	3.1k	2.3k	2.0k	117	11.2k
Anthony J. Hanley Canada	71	4.9k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	3.8k 1.7×	2.7k 1.3×	334	15.5k
Jouko Sundvall Finland	42	6.9k 1.7×	3.6k 0.9×	4.1k 1.3×	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	112	15.3k
Naoko Tajima Japan	46	5.4k 1.3×	2.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	235	11.0k
Howard D. Sesso United States	75	2.2k 0.5×	4.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	309	17.5k
Ian D. Caterson Australia	54	2.6k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	5.0k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	284	12.7k
Linda S. Geiss United States	59	8.6k 2.1×	2.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	118	17.4k
Yiqing Song United States	60	3.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	210	14.4k
Susan S. Jick United States	64	2.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	321	16.9k
Alka M. Kanaya United States	61	3.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	3.3k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	305	13.2k
R. Curtis Ellison United States	61	2.1k 0.5×	3.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	208	13.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ram Weiss

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Gepstein, Vardit & Ram Weiss. (2019). Obesity as the Main Risk Factor for Metabolic Syndrome in Children. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 10. 568–568. 74 indexed citations

Hagman, Emilia, et al.. (2019). Relation of the degree of obesity in childhood to adipose tissue insulin resistance. Acta Diabetologica. 56(2). 219–226. 41 indexed citations

Tirosh, Amit, Phaedon D. Zavras, Elena Belyavskaya, et al.. (2017). Failure to Thrive in the Context of Carney Complex. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 89(1). 38–46. 4 indexed citations

Brufani, Claudia, Andrea Tura, Giorgio Bedogni, et al.. (2017). Inside out the Ragbag of Glucose Intolerance in Obese Adolescents. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 87(5). 287–294. 2 indexed citations

Weiss, Ram, et al.. (2017). Palestinian Arab ethnicity is associated with an adverse metabolic phenotype. Clinica Chimica Acta. 475. 56–63. 1 indexed citations

Weiss, Ram, Satish K. Garg, Bruce W. Bode, et al.. (2015). Hypoglycemia Reduction and Changes in Hemoglobin A1c in the ASPIRE In-Home Study. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 17(8). 542–547. 43 indexed citations

Farpour‐Lambert, Nathalie J., Jennifer L. Baker, Maria Hassapidou, et al.. (2015). Childhood Obesity Is a Chronic Disease Demanding Specific Health Care - a Position Statement from the Childhood Obesity Task Force (COTF) of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO). Obesity Facts. 8(5). 342–349. 83 indexed citations

Holm, Jens‐Christian, Paulina Nowicka, Nathalie J. Farpour‐Lambert, et al.. (2014). The Ethics of Childhood Obesity Treatment - from the Childhood Obesity Task Force (COTF) of European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO). Obesity Facts. 7(4). 274–281. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

Howe, Laura D, Esther Zimmermann, Ram Weiss, & Thorkild I. A. Sørensen. (2014). Do rapid BMI growth in childhood and early-onset obesity offer cardiometabolic protection to obese adults in mid-life? Analysis of a longitudinal cohort study of Danish men. BMJ Open. 4(4). e004827–e004827. 10 indexed citations

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Weiss, Ram, Andrew A. Bremer, & Robert H. Lustig. (2013). What is metabolic syndrome, and why are children getting it?. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1281(1). 123–140. 218 indexed citations

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Giannini, Cosimo, Ram Weiss, Anna M. G. Cali, et al.. (2012). Evidence for Early Defects in Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion Before the Onset of Glucose Dysregulation in Obese Youths. Diabetes. 61(3). 606–614. 113 indexed citations

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Giannini, Cosimo, Nicola Santoro, Sonia Caprio, et al.. (2011). Association with insulin resistance in obese youths of different ethnic backgrounds. 5 indexed citations

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D’Adamo, Ebe, Veronika Northrup, Ram Weiss, et al.. (2010). Ethnic differences in lipoprotein subclasses in obese adolescents: importance of liver and intraabdominal fat accretion. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 92(3). 500–508. 50 indexed citations

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Raz, Itamar, et al.. (2009). Effect of a local heating device on insulin and glucose pharmacokinetic profiles in an open-label, randomized, two-period, one-way crossover study in patients with type 1 diabetes using continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. Clinical Therapeutics. 31(5). 980–987. 48 indexed citations

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Weiss, Ram, Melissa Shaw, Mary Savoye, & Sonia Caprio. (2009). Obesity dynamics and cardiovascular risk factor stability in obese adolescents. Pediatric Diabetes. 10(6). 360–367. 43 indexed citations

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Weiss, Ram & Sonia Caprio. (2008). Obesity and T2DM in Youth. Endocrine Research. 33(1-2). 59–72. 6 indexed citations

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Weiss, Ram, Anna M. G. Cali, James Dziura, et al.. (2007). Degree of Obesity and Glucose Allostasis Are Major Effectors of Glucose Tolerance Dynamics in Obese Youth. Diabetes Care. 30(7). 1845–1850. 29 indexed citations

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Weiss, Ram, Sara E. Taksali, & Sonia Caprio. (2006). Development of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. Current Diabetes Reports. 6(3). 182–187. 31 indexed citations

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Weiss, Ram & Sonia Caprio. (2005). The metabolic consequences of childhood obesity. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 19(3). 405–419. 202 indexed citations

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Weiss, Ram & Sonia Caprio. (2003). Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. 22(4). 19–23. 1 indexed citations

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