Simon Schenk

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Simon Schenk is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Schenk has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Physiology, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Simon Schenk's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (43 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (25 papers) and Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (20 papers). Simon Schenk is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (43 papers), Muscle metabolism and nutrition (25 papers) and Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (20 papers). Simon Schenk collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Simon Schenk's co-authors include Jerrold M. Olefsky, Maziyar Saberi, Jeffrey F. Horowitz, Andrew Philp, Jill C. Milne, Amanda T. White, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, Takeshi Imamura, Da Young Oh and Carrie E. McCurdy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Simon Schenk

102 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Insulin sensitivity: modulation by nutrients and inflammation

2008 921 citations Simon Schenk, Jerrold M. Olefsky et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Increased Adipocyte O2 Consumption Triggers HIF-1α, Causing Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Obesity

2014 468 citations Yun Sok Lee, Jung‐whan Kim et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Schenk United States	35	3.1k	2.4k	1.7k	992	763	105	6.2k
Carmen Argmann United States	32	2.8k 0.9×	3.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.9×	379 0.5×	65	6.8k
Yasuo Ido United States	47	3.7k 1.2×	4.3k 1.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.3×	93	9.5k
Takeshi Imamura Japan	35	2.8k 0.9×	4.2k 1.7×	1.6k 0.9×	417 0.4×	610 0.8×	85	7.7k
Chikage Mataki Japan	24	2.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	819 0.8×	294 0.4×	28	6.5k
Lilia G. Noriega Mexico	26	2.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	328 0.4×	81	6.3k
Masao Kaneki United States	39	1.5k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	568 0.6×	335 0.4×	114	5.8k
Isao Usui Japan	35	1.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	301 0.3×	380 0.5×	103	4.8k
Jérémie Boucher United States	41	3.6k 1.1×	3.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	328 0.3×	701 0.9×	70	8.0k
Xavier Palomer Spain	38	1.6k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	226 0.2×	492 0.6×	87	4.9k
Meredith Hawkins United States	39	3.3k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	2.8k 1.6×	298 0.3×	406 0.5×	82	7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Schenk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Schenk

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Melamed, Myron, Lindsey A. Burnett, Gretchen A. Meyer, et al.. (2025). Markers of mitochondrial function and oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle do not display intrinsic circadian regulation in female mice. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 329(6). E828–E838.

Hartman, Sheri J., Andrea Z. LaCroix, Dorothy D. Sears, et al.. (2025). Impacts of Reducing Sitting Time or Increasing Sit-to-Stand Transitions on Blood Pressure and Glucose Regulation in Postmenopausal Women: Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial. Circulation. 152(8). 492–504.

Gibbons, Michael C., et al.. (2024). The effect of tenotomy, neurotomy, and dual injury on mouse rotator cuff muscles: Consequences for the mouse as a preclinical model. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 42(6). 1170–1179. 1 indexed citations

Schenk, Simon, et al.. (2024). Network model of skeletal muscle cell signalling predicts differential responses to endurance and resistance exercise training. Experimental Physiology. 109(6). 939–955. 6 indexed citations

Meyer, Gretchen A., et al.. (2024). Insights into posttranslational regulation of skeletal muscle contractile function by the acetyltransferases, p300 and CBP. Journal of Applied Physiology. 136(6). 1559–1567. 1 indexed citations

Shahidi, Bahar, Bradley J. Anderson, David B. Berry, et al.. (2023). Paraspinal muscles in individuals undergoing surgery for lumbar spine pathology lack a myogenic response to an acute bout of resistance exercise. JOR Spine. 7(1). e1291–e1291. 4 indexed citations

Strotmeyer, Elsa S., Deborah M. Kado, John T. Schousboe, et al.. (2023). The Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity With Clinical Hip Osteoarthritis in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures and the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study Cohorts. ACR Open Rheumatology. 5(3). 115–123. 5 indexed citations

Kang, Ji‐Hoon, et al.. (2021). Sirtuin 1 is not required for contraction-stimulated glucose uptake in mouse skeletal muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology. 130(6). 1893–1902. 6 indexed citations

Hartman, Sheri J., Lindsay Dillon, Andrea Z. LaCroix, et al.. (2021). Interrupting Sitting Time in Postmenopausal Women: Protocol for the Rise for Health Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 10(5). e28684–e28684. 3 indexed citations

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Svensson, Kristoffer, Chao‐Wei Hung, Omer Keinan, et al.. (2021). p300 or CBP is required for insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and adipocytes. JCI Insight. 7(1). 9 indexed citations

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Patel, Hemal H., et al.. (2018). Human-like Cmah inactivation in mice increases running endurance and decreases muscle fatigability: implications for human evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 285(1886). 20181656–20181656. 18 indexed citations

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Park, Sung Jun, Faiyaz Ahmad, Alexandra L. Brown, et al.. (2017). Specific Sirt1 Activator-mediated Improvement in Glucose Homeostasis Requires Sirt1-Independent Activation of AMPK. EBioMedicine. 18. 128–138. 31 indexed citations

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Dayanidhi, Sudarshan, et al.. (2016). Skeletal muscle fiber‐type specific succinate dehydrogenase activity in cerebral palsy. Muscle & Nerve. 55(1). 122–124. 15 indexed citations

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Lee, Yun Sok, Jung‐whan Kim, Olivia Osborne, et al.. (2014). Increased Adipocyte O2 Consumption Triggers HIF-1α, Causing Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Obesity. Cell. 157(6). 1339–1352. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schenk, Simon, Carrie E. McCurdy, Andrew Philp, et al.. (2011). Sirt1 enhances skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in mice during caloric restriction. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(11). 4281–4288. 156 indexed citations

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Vu, Chi B., Jean E. Bemis, Jeremy S. Disch, et al.. (2009). Discovery of Imidazo[1,2- b ]thiazole Derivatives as Novel SIRT1 Activators. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52(5). 1275–1283. 101 indexed citations

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Schenk, Simon. (2006). Effects of exercise on lipid -induced insulin resistance.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations

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Bloehdorn, Stephan, et al.. (2006). Tagfs - tag semantics for hierarchical file systems. 20 indexed citations

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Harber, Matthew P., Simon Schenk, Ariel L. Barkan, & Jeffrey F. Horowitz. (2005). Alterations in carbohydrate metabolism in response to short-term dietary carbohydrate restriction. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 289(2). E306–E312. 33 indexed citations

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Harber, Matthew P., Simon Schenk, Ariel L. Barkan, & Jeffrey F. Horowitz. (2005). Effects of Dietary Carbohydrate Restriction with High Protein Intake on Protein Metabolism and the Somatotropic Axis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 90(9). 5175–5181. 43 indexed citations

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