Simon J. Lees

2.5k total citations
68 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Simon J. Lees is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon J. Lees has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Physiology, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Simon J. Lees's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (21 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (18 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (13 papers). Simon J. Lees is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (21 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (18 papers) and Muscle metabolism and nutrition (13 papers). Simon J. Lees collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Simon J. Lees's co-authors include Frank W. Booth, Christopher R. Rathbone, Neelam Khaper, J. H. Williams, John P. Thyfault, Matthew J. Laye, R. Scott Rector, Sarah Niccoli, Stephanie Puukila and T.C. Tai and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, PLoS ONE and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon J. Lees

67 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon J. Lees United States 26 805 700 208 188 180 68 1.9k
Uwe Schümann Germany 25 834 1.0× 719 1.0× 204 1.0× 173 0.9× 294 1.6× 66 2.1k
Jonathan S. Fisher United States 25 819 1.0× 651 0.9× 316 1.5× 119 0.6× 195 1.1× 78 1.9k
Vinod Kumar India 29 973 1.2× 750 1.1× 711 3.4× 219 1.2× 164 0.9× 213 3.7k
Deborah Adey United States 18 721 0.9× 972 1.4× 678 3.3× 154 0.8× 191 1.1× 42 2.5k
Jamie N. Justice United States 25 732 0.9× 1.5k 2.1× 74 0.4× 79 0.4× 279 1.6× 69 2.8k
Robert A. Jacobs United States 26 660 0.8× 829 1.2× 456 2.2× 241 1.3× 231 1.3× 65 2.6k
J. Campisi United States 7 1.2k 1.5× 1.3k 1.8× 122 0.6× 102 0.5× 496 2.8× 11 3.5k
Xiaokun Gang China 22 626 0.8× 484 0.7× 93 0.4× 108 0.6× 222 1.2× 64 1.7k
Bruce R. Troen United States 30 1.3k 1.7× 535 0.8× 225 1.1× 49 0.3× 148 0.8× 78 2.8k
Claudio Franceschi Sweden 1 751 0.9× 924 1.3× 73 0.4× 96 0.5× 426 2.4× 2 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon J. Lees

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All Works

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Guda, Teja, Sarah Niccoli, Christopher R. Rathbone, et al.. (2025). Preclinical assessment of the selective androgen receptor modulator RAD140 to increase muscle mass and bone mineral density. PubMed. 13(14). e70463–e70463. 1 indexed citations
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Thu, Kelsie L., et al.. (2024). Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor 1 (LPA1) Antagonists as Potential Migrastatics for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. ChemMedChem. 19(16). e202400013–e202400013. 1 indexed citations
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Steffen, Brian T., David R. Jacobs, Simon J. Lees, et al.. (2023). Long-term aspartame and saccharin intakes are related to greater volumes of visceral, intermuscular, and subcutaneous adipose tissue: the CARDIA study. International Journal of Obesity. 47(10). 939–947. 12 indexed citations
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Khaper, Neelam, Simon J. Lees, Marc S. Mendonca, et al.. (2023). Overexpression of FRA1 (FOSL1) Leads to Global Transcriptional Perturbations, Reduced Cellular Adhesion and Altered Cell Cycle Progression. Cells. 12(19). 2344–2344. 7 indexed citations
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Niccoli, Sarah, et al.. (2021). The effects of exercise and active assisted cycle ergometry in post‐operative total knee arthroplasty patients ‐ a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 8(1). 41–41. 2 indexed citations
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Tai, T.C., et al.. (2020). A novel specialized tissue culture incubator designed and engineered for radiobiology experiments in a sub-natural background radiation research environment. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 228. 106512–106512. 6 indexed citations
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Phenix, Christopher P., et al.. (2018). Searching for novel PET radiotracers: imaging cardiac perfusion, metabolism and inflammation.. PubMed Central. 8(3). 200–227. 25 indexed citations
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Niccoli, Sarah, Douglas R. Boreham, Christopher P. Phenix, & Simon J. Lees. (2017). Non-radioactive 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose inhibits glucose uptake in xenograft tumours and sensitizes HeLa cells to doxorubicin in vitro. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0187584–e0187584. 17 indexed citations
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Queiroz, Eveline Aparecida Isquierdo Fonseca de, Stephanie Puukila, Rosangela Aparecida dos Santos Eichler, et al.. (2014). Metformin Induces Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest Mediated by Oxidative Stress, AMPK and FOXO3a in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e98207–e98207. 226 indexed citations
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Zwetsloot, Kevin A., et al.. (2009). Fibroblast growth factor 2‐stimulated proliferation is lower in muscle precursor cells from old rats. Experimental Physiology. 94(6). 739–748. 14 indexed citations
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Lees, Simon J., et al.. (2008). p21Cip1 expression is increased in ambient oxygen, compared to estimated physiological (5%) levels in rat muscle precursor cell culture. Cell Proliferation. 41(2). 193–207. 29 indexed citations
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Lees, Simon J., Kevin A. Zwetsloot, & Frank W. Booth. (2008). Muscle precursor cells isolated from aged rats exhibit an increased tumor necrosis factor‐α response. Aging Cell. 8(1). 26–35. 27 indexed citations
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Otis, Jeffrey S., Simon J. Lees, & J. H. Williams. (2007). Functional overload attenuates plantaris atrophy in tumor-bearing rats. BMC Cancer. 7(1). 146–146. 17 indexed citations
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Morris, Robert, Matthew J. Laye, Simon J. Lees, et al.. (2007). Exercise-induced attenuation of obesity, hyperinsulinemia, and skeletal muscle lipid peroxidation in the OLETF rat. Journal of Applied Physiology. 104(3). 708–715. 46 indexed citations
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Morris, Robert, Deborah M. Fine, Simon J. Lees, et al.. (2007). Exercise training prevents development of cardiac contractile dysfunction in hypertensive TG(mREN2)27 rats. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 1(6). 393–399. 5 indexed citations
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Booth, Frank W. & Simon J. Lees. (2006). Physically Active Subjects Should Be the Control Group. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 38(3). 405–406. 100 indexed citations
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Lees, Simon J., Christopher R. Rathbone, & Frank W. Booth. (2005). Age-associated decrease in muscle precursor cell differentiation. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 290(2). C609–C615. 47 indexed citations
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Talmadge, Robert J., et al.. (2004). Calcineurin activation influences muscle phenotype in a muscle-specific fashion. BMC Cell Biology. 5(1). 28–28. 67 indexed citations
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Lees, Simon J., Yuting Chen, & J. H. Williams. (2004). Glycogen debranching enzyme is associated with rat skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 181(2). 239–245. 7 indexed citations
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Buse, John B., Simon J. Lees, Hiroshi Taniguchi, et al.. (1985). Major histocompatibility complex restriction fragment length polymorphisms define three diabetogenic haplotypes in BB and BBN rats.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 162(2). 444–458. 13 indexed citations

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