Stephan Herzig

14.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
149 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Stephan Herzig is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Herzig has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Physiology, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 40 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Stephan Herzig's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (44 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (27 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (14 papers). Stephan Herzig is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (44 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (27 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (14 papers). Stephan Herzig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Stephan Herzig's co-authors include Marc Montminy, Alexandros Vegiopoulos, Mauricio Berriel Díaz, Susan Hedrick, Keyong Du, Rohit Kulkarni, Peter P. Nawroth, Adam J. Rose, Maria Rohm and Bruce M. Spiegelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Herzig

142 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

CREB regulates hepatic gluconeogenesis through the coactivator PGC-1

2001 1.2k citations Stephan Herzig, Marc Montminy et al. profile →
TRB3: A tribbles Homolog That Inhibits Akt/PKB Activation by Insulin in Liver

2003 705 citations Keyong Du, Stephan Herzig et al. Science profile →
Emerging Targets in Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Complications

2021 306 citations Peter P. Nawroth, Stephan Herzig et al. Advanced Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Herzig Germany	46	4.2k	3.3k	1.8k	1.2k	1.1k	149	9.0k
Liangyou Rui United States	46	3.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	108	8.6k
Jöerg Heeren Germany	54	3.6k 0.9×	4.7k 1.4×	3.3k 1.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	169	10.6k
Jean E. Schaffer United States	54	6.3k 1.5×	3.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	991 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	108	12.1k
Grant A. Mitchell Canada	56	5.8k 1.4×	3.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	886 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	206	11.8k
Susanne Mandrup Denmark	58	6.7k 1.6×	4.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	683 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	157	11.1k
Seung‐Hoi Koo South Korea	44	6.2k 1.5×	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	2.6k 2.3×	96	9.6k
Frédéric Picard Canada	35	3.6k 0.8×	3.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	821 0.7×	874 0.8×	92	8.3k
Peter A. Crawford United States	42	4.3k 1.0×	4.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.9×	941 0.8×	86	9.6k
Daniel S. Ory United States	42	3.9k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	560 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	86	7.8k
Alexander S. Banks United States	42	3.6k 0.8×	3.8k 1.1×	2.5k 1.4×	560 0.5×	755 0.7×	69	9.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Herzig

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephan Herzig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Herzig

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Weber, Peter, Süheda Erener, Daniela Hass, et al.. (2025). Chronic intermittent fasting impairs β cell maturation and function in adolescent mice. Cell Reports. 44(2). 115225–115225. 5 indexed citations

Simoes, Estefanía, Ricardo Riyoiti Uchida, Mariana Penteado Nucci, et al.. (2025). Cachexia Alters Central Nervous System Morphology and Functionality in Cancer Patients. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 16(1). e13742–e13742. 1 indexed citations

Herzig, Stephan, et al.. (2024). Fasting-regulated mechanisms in inter-organ crosstalk. Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research. 36. 100540–100540.

Gil‐Lozano, Manuel, et al.. (2024). Lipid sensing nuclear receptors involved in the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease. FEBS Letters. 598(23). 2854–2855. 4 indexed citations

Κender, Ζoltan, Dániel Schwarz, Dimitrios Tsilingiris, et al.. (2023). Six-month periodic fasting does not affect somatosensory nerve function in type 2 diabetes patients. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1143799–1143799. 9 indexed citations

Tsilingiris, Dimitrios, Alba Sulaj, Julia Szendrödi, et al.. (2023). Changes in Sural nerve structural integrity are associated with distinct peripheral sensory phenotypes in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel. 18(S 01). S35–S36. 1 indexed citations

García, Marcos Ríos, Bettina Meißburger, Roldan M. de Guia, et al.. (2022). Trip13 Depletion in Liver Cancer Induces a Lipogenic Response Contributing to Plin2‐Dependent Mitotic Cell Death. Advanced Science. 9(29). e2104291–e2104291. 22 indexed citations

Morgenstern, Jakob, Jan B. Groener, Johann M. E. Jende, et al.. (2021). Neuron-specific biomarkers predict hypo- and hyperalgesia in individuals with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Diabetologia. 64(12). 2843–2855. 42 indexed citations

Burian, Egon, Olga Prokopchuk, Ulrich Nitsche, et al.. (2021). MRI-Determined Psoas Muscle Fat Infiltration Correlates with Severity of Weight Loss during Cancer Cachexia. Cancers. 13(17). 4433–4433. 10 indexed citations

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Kumar, Varun, Raman Agrawal, S Kopf, et al.. (2020). Compromised DNA repair is responsible for diabetes‐associated fibrosis. The EMBO Journal. 39(11). e103477–e103477. 52 indexed citations

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Morigny, Pauline, Mark Haid, Doris Kaltenecker, et al.. (2020). High levels of modified ceramides are a defining feature of murine and human cancer cachexia. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 11(6). 1459–1475. 34 indexed citations

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Vegiopoulos, Alexandros, Maria Rohm, & Stephan Herzig. (2017). Adipose tissue: between the extremes. The EMBO Journal. 36(14). 1999–2017. 157 indexed citations

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Sulaj, Alba, Stefan Kopf, Elisabeth Gröne, et al.. (2017). ALCAM a novel biomarker in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with diabetic nephropathy. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 31(6). 1058–1065. 14 indexed citations

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Medříková, Daša, Tjeerd Sijmonsma, David M. Richards, et al.. (2015). Brown Adipose Tissue Harbors a Distinct Sub-Population of Regulatory T Cells. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0118534–e0118534. 63 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yong-Sheng, Nora Klöting, Arne Dietrich, et al.. (2015). PPP2R5C Couples Hepatic Glucose and Lipid Homeostasis. PLoS Genetics. 11(10). e1005561–e1005561. 31 indexed citations

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Guia, Roldan M. de, Adam J. Rose, Daniela Strzoda, et al.. (2014). micro RNA ‐379 couples glucocorticoid hormones to dysfunctional lipid homeostasis. The EMBO Journal. 34(3). 344–360. 36 indexed citations

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Guia, Roldan M. de, Adam J. Rose, & Stephan Herzig. (2014). Glucocorticoid hormones and energy homeostasis. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 19(2). 117–128. 60 indexed citations

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Algire, Carolyn, Daša Medříková, & Stephan Herzig. (2012). White and brown adipose stem cells: From signaling to clinical implications. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1831(5). 896–904. 32 indexed citations

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Lemke, Ulrike, Anja Krones‐Herzig, Mauricio Berriel Díaz, et al.. (2008). The Glucocorticoid Receptor Controls Hepatic Dyslipidemia through Hes1. Cell Metabolism. 8(3). 212–223. 117 indexed citations

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Du, Keyong, Stephan Herzig, Rohit Kulkarni, & Marc Montminy. (2003). TRB3: A tribbles Homolog That Inhibits Akt/PKB Activation by Insulin in Liver. Science. 300(5625). 1574–1577. 705 indexed citations breakdown →

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