Scott A. Summers

19.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
127 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Scott A. Summers is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott A. Summers has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Physiology and 27 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Scott A. Summers's work include Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (54 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers). Scott A. Summers is often cited by papers focused on Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (54 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (19 papers). Scott A. Summers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Australia. Scott A. Summers's co-authors include Morris J. Birnbaum, Jose A. Chavez, William L. Holland, Bhagirath Chaurasia, Richard A. Roth, Aimee D. Kohn, Benjamin T. Bikman, Trina A. Knotts, Kyle L. Hoehn and Liping Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Scott A. Summers

120 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

Expression of a Constitutively Active Akt Ser/Thr Kinase ... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2007 2010 2005 2011 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Expression of a Constitutively Active Akt Ser/Thr Kinase in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes Stimulates Glucose Uptake and Glucose Transporter 4 Translocation
    1996 1.1k citations Scott A. Summers, Morris J. Birnbaum et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  2. Inhibition of Ceramide Synthesis Ameliorates Glucocorticoid-, Saturated-Fat-, and Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance
    2007 973 citations William L. Holland, Liping Wang et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
  3. Receptor-mediated activation of ceramidase activity initiates the pleiotropic actions of adiponectin
    2010 730 citations William L. Holland, Benjamin T. Bikman et al. profile →
  4. Ceramides in insulin resistance and lipotoxicity
    2005 655 citations Scott A. Summers profile →
  5. Lipid-induced insulin resistance mediated by the proinflammatory receptor TLR4 requires saturated fatty acid–induced ceramide biosynthesis in mice
    2011 558 citations William L. Holland, Benjamin T. Bikman et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  6. A Role for Ceramide, but Not Diacylglycerol, in the Antagonism of Insulin Signal Transduction by Saturated Fatty Acids
    2003 501 citations Jose A. Chavez, Trina A. Knotts et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  7. A Ceramide-Centric View of Insulin Resistance
    2012 474 citations Jose A. Chavez, Scott A. Summers Cell Metabolism profile →
  8. Ceramides – Lipotoxic Inducers of Metabolic Disorders
    2015 468 citations Bhagirath Chaurasia, Scott A. Summers profile →
  9. Ceramides and other sphingolipids as drivers of cardiovascular disease
    2021 250 citations Scott A. Summers, William L. Holland et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott A. Summers United States 55 9.1k 5.0k 3.5k 2.1k 1.8k 127 14.5k
Matthew J. Watt Australia 68 6.1k 0.7× 7.3k 1.5× 4.4k 1.3× 1.8k 0.8× 2.6k 1.5× 215 14.9k
Deborah M. Muoio United States 65 8.9k 1.0× 8.2k 1.6× 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 133 16.1k
Hei Sook Sul United States 60 7.3k 0.8× 6.1k 1.2× 4.1k 1.2× 2.3k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 124 14.4k
Odile D. Peroni United States 37 6.9k 0.8× 5.5k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 855 0.5× 48 12.2k
Brian N. Finck United States 64 8.8k 1.0× 5.7k 1.1× 4.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 191 17.9k
Nada A. Abumrad United States 75 9.5k 1.1× 5.4k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 3.2k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 179 18.4k
Oksana Gavrilova United States 66 9.3k 1.0× 8.0k 1.6× 4.9k 1.4× 2.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 188 18.6k
William L. Holland United States 45 5.4k 0.6× 4.1k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 901 0.5× 119 10.6k
Sheila Collins United States 61 6.1k 0.7× 8.0k 1.6× 3.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 123 14.0k
Varman T. Samuel United States 58 7.2k 0.8× 6.2k 1.3× 6.2k 1.7× 3.3k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 103 16.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jung, Byung Chul, et al.. (2025). JMJD8 facilitates hepatic lipid deposition and metabolic dysfunction. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 329(6). E839–E848.
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Siddique, Monowarul Mobin, Joseph F. Pierre, Mary C. Playdon, et al.. (2025). Murine Models of Obesity-Related Cancer Risk. Cancer Prevention Research. 18(9). 509–529.
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Stanley, Claire E., et al.. (2024). Phospholipid isotope tracing suggests β-catenin-driven suppression of phosphatidylcholine metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1869(6). 159514–159514. 2 indexed citations
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Holland, William L., et al.. (2024). Ceramide microdomains: the major influencers of the sphingolipid media platform. Biochemical Society Transactions. 52(4). 1765–1776.
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Emfinger, Christopher H., Kathryn L. Schueler, Sarah M. King, et al.. (2023). Identification of genetic drivers of plasma lipoprotein size in the Diversity Outbred mouse population. Journal of Lipid Research. 64(12). 100471–100471. 2 indexed citations
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Petrocelli, Jonathan J., Patrick J. Ferrara, Eric D. Bastian, et al.. (2023). Palmitate-Induced Inflammation and Myotube Atrophy in C2C12 Cells Are Prevented by the Whey Bioactive Peptide, Glycomacropeptide. Journal of Nutrition. 153(10). 2915–2928. 5 indexed citations
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Poss, Annelise M., J. Alan Maschek, Benjamin Haaland, et al.. (2022). Following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, serum ceramides demarcate patients that will fail to achieve normoglycemia and diabetes remission. Med. 3(7). 452–467.e4. 10 indexed citations
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Chaurasia, Bhagirath & Scott A. Summers. (2020). Ceramides in Metabolism: Key Lipotoxic Players. Annual Review of Physiology. 83(1). 303–330. 203 indexed citations
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Blitzer, Jeremy T., Liping Wang, & Scott A. Summers. (2020). DES1: A Key Driver of Lipotoxicity in Metabolic Disease. DNA and Cell Biology. 39(5). 733–737. 13 indexed citations
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Carvalho, Leonardo Pinto de, Sock Hwee Tan, Zhiqun Tang, et al.. (2018). Plasma Ceramides as Prognostic Biomarkers and Their Arterial and Myocardial Tissue Correlates in Acute Myocardial Infarction. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 3(2). 163–175. 69 indexed citations
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Park, Min Jung, et al.. (2016). A Role for Ceramides, but Not Sphingomyelins, as Antagonists of Insulin Signaling and Mitochondrial Metabolism in C2C12 Myotubes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(46). 23978–23988. 54 indexed citations
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Lee, Michelle H., Anna Góralczyk, Rókus Kriszt, et al.. (2016). ECM microenvironment unlocks brown adipogenic potential of adult human bone marrow-derived MSCs. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21173–21173. 49 indexed citations
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Tesch, Greg H., Scott A. Summers, D M McCarthy, et al.. (2014). Deficiency of rage in bone marrow cells reduces renal injury in diabetic mice. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations
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Raichur, Suryaprakash, Siew Tein Wang, Ying Li, et al.. (2014). CerS2 Haploinsufficiency Inhibits β-Oxidation and Confers Susceptibility to Diet-Induced Steatohepatitis and Insulin Resistance. Cell Metabolism. 20(4). 687–695. 361 indexed citations
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Sinha, Rohit A., Jin Zhou, Monowarul Mobin Siddique, et al.. (2012). Thyroid hormone stimulates hepatic lipid catabolism via activation of autophagy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(7). 2428–2438. 221 indexed citations
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Holland, William L., Benjamin T. Bikman, Liping Wang, et al.. (2011). Lipid-induced insulin resistance mediated by the proinflammatory receptor TLR4 requires saturated fatty acid–induced ceramide biosynthesis in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(5). 1858–1870. 558 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holland, William L., Trina A. Knotts, Jose A. Chavez, et al.. (2008). Lipid Mediators of Insulin Resistance. Nutrition Reviews. 65(6 Pt 2). S39–S46. 110 indexed citations
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Stratford, Suzanne, Kyle L. Hoehn, Feng Liu, & Scott A. Summers. (2004). Regulation of Insulin Action by Ceramide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(35). 36608–36615. 323 indexed citations
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Florant, Gregory L., et al.. (2004). Fat-cell mass, serum leptin and adiponectin changes during weight gain and loss in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 174(8). 633–639. 66 indexed citations
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Summers, Scott A., et al.. (1999). Protein Kinase A-Dependent and -Independent Signaling Pathways Contribute to Cyclic AMP-Stimulated Proliferation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(9). 5882–5891. 158 indexed citations

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