Stephen J. Simpson

45.1k citations

524 papers · 31.8k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 100

Impact in

Aging top 0.05%
Insect Science top 0.01%
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect and Pesticide Research

Papers in

Aging 36
Insect Science 127
- Insect Utilization and Effects 76
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control 39

Co-authors: David Raubenheimer Gregory A. Sword Fiona J. Clissold David Mayntz Kenneth Wilson David G. Le Couteur Emma Despland Audrey Dussutour
Journals: Journal of Insect Physiology (37 papers)Physiological Entomology (23 papers)Journal of Experimental Biology (21 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (20 papers)Animal Behaviour (19 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Simpson

513 papers receiving 31.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

The Ratio of Macronutrients, Not Caloric Intake, Dictates Cardiometabolic Health, Aging, and Longevity in Ad Libitum-Fed Mice 2014 · 692 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Cell Metabolism
2012 Princeton University Press eBooks
2009 Functional Ecology
2008 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2006 Science

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1	High Fat Low Carbohydrate Diet Is Linked to CNS Autoimmunity Protection Advanced Science ·Duan Ni, Jian Tan, Allison Mark, Alistair M. Senior, Silvan Becker, Villanueva Fajardo, George Spiliopoulos, Maria-Lourdes Möller-Soler, Alanna G. Spiteri, Laura Piccio, Nicholas J. C. King, Romain Barrès, David Raubenheimer, Stephen J. Simpson, Ralph Nanan, Laurence Macia	2025	1
2	Anisotropic interaction and motion states of locusts in a hopper band Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Ze‐Yang Ding, Catherine Hale, Simon Lück, Zhao Zuo-re, Joel Le Forestier, Stephen J. Simpson, Gregory A. Sword, Camille Buhl	2024	3
3	Eating disorder risk among Australian youth starting a diet in the community Appetite ·Tarek Dief, J. Greenland, Jane Miskovic‐Wheatley, Sarah Barakat, Stephen Touyz, Stephen J. Simpson, Kristi R. Griffiths, Andrew Holmes, Sarah Maguire	2024	1
4	Low-Fat, High-Carbohydrate Diets Reduce Body Weight and Sperm Count but Increase Sperm Motility in Mice Journal of Nutrition ·Angela J. Crean, Tamara Pulpitel, Taylor Pini, Jessica P. Rickard, G. de, Alistair M. Senior, Stephen J. Simpson, Jibran A. Wali	2023	2
5	Bayesian network modelling to identify on-ramps to childhood obesity BMC Medicine ·Wanchuang Zhu, Naser Sadri, Beatriz S. Cunha, Louise A. Baur, Stephen J. Simpson, SunilKumar Raina	2023	9
6	Evidence for the protein leverage hypothesis in preschool children prone to obesity Clinical Nutrition ·Hanyue Zhang, Alistair M. Senior, Christoph Saner, Nanna Julie Olsen, Sofus C. Larsen, Stephen J. Simpson, David Raubenheimer, Berit L. Heitmann	2023	3
7	TNIK is a conserved regulator of glucose and lipid metabolism in obesity Science Advances ·Raymond Quardwo Awase, Lucile Dollet, Danielle Buckley, Steffen H. Raun, Lisbeth L. V. Møller, Abbas Jafari, Nicholas Ditzel, Nicoline R. Andersen, Andreas M. Fritzen, Zachary Gerhart‐Hines, Bente Kiens, Anu Suomalainen, Stephen J. Simpson, 周雪春, Arnd Kieser, Peter Schjerling, Anni I. Nieminen, Erik A. Richter, Essi Havula, Lykke Sylow	2023	15
8	Diet Quality, Microbial Lignan Metabolites, and Cardiometabolic Health among US Adults Nutrients ·Nicholas A. Koemel, Alistair M. Senior, Tarik Benmarhnia, Andrew Holmes, J. Greenland, Youssef Oulhote, Helen M. Parker, Bianca Tribess, Stephen J. Simpson, David Raubenheimer, Timothy Gill, Nasser Laouali, Michael R. Skilton	2023	7
9	Dietary protein increases T-cell-independent sIgA production through changes in gut microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles Nature Communications ·Jian Tan, Duan Ni, Villanueva Fajardo, Gabriela Veronica Pinget, Mark Read, Alistair M. Senior, Jibran A. Wali, Adrian Nemetschek, Erin R. Shanahan, Huiling Wu, Steven J. Chadban, Ralph Nanan, Nicholas J. C. King, Georges E. Grau, Stephen J. Simpson, Laurence Macia	2022	59
10	Meta-analysis links dietary branched-chain amino acids to metabolic health in rodents BMC Biology ·Samantha M. Solon‐Biet, Lucy Griffiths, Amir A. Ahmed, David G. Le Couteur, Stephen J. Simpson, Alistair M. Senior	2022	16
11	Associations between dietary intake of total protein and sources of protein (plant vs. animal) and risk of all‐cause and cause‐specific mortality in older Australian men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics ·Arpita Das, Robert G. Cumming, Vasi Naganathan, Fiona Blyth, David G. Le Couteur, David J. Handelsman, Louise M. Waite, Rosilene V. Ribeiro, Stephen J. Simpson, Vasant Hirani	2021	11
12	Branched chain amino acids, aging and age-related health Ageing Research Reviews ·David G. Le Couteur, Samantha M. Solon‐Biet, Victoria C. Cogger, Rosilene V. Ribeiro, Rafael de Cabo, David Raubenheimer, Gregory J. Cooney, Stephen J. Simpson	2020	152
13	Evidence for Protein Leverage in Children and Adolescents with Obesity Obesity ·Christoph Saner, 邱敏敏, Brooke E. Harcourt, Kung‐Ting Kao, Erin Alexander, Zoë McCallum, Tim Olds, Alex V. Rowlands, David Burgner, Stephen J. Simpson, David Raubenheimer, Alistair M. Senior, Markus Juonala, Matthew A. Sabin	2020	21
14	The Geometric Framework for Nutrition as a tool in precision medicine PubMed ·Stephen J. Simpson, David G. Le Couteur, David E. James, Jacob George, Jenny E. Gunton, Samantha M. Solon‐Biet, David Raubenheimer	2017	65
15	Diet has independent effects on the pace and shape of aging in Drosophila melanogaster Biogerontology ·C. Ruth Archer, Ugofilippo Basellini, John Hunt, Stephen J. Simpson, Kwang Pum Lee, Annette Baudisch	2017	9
16	Nutritional state and collective motion: from individuals to mass migration Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Sepideh Bazazi, Paweł Romańczuk, Siân Thomas, Lutz Schimansky-Geier, Karl Huth, Gabriel A. Miller, Gregory A. Sword, Stephen J. Simpson, Iain D. Couzin	2010	88
17	Lifespan and reproduction in Drosophila : New insights from nutritional geometry Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kwang Pum Lee, Stephen J. Simpson, Fiona J. Clissold, Robert C. Brooks, J. William O. Ballard, Phillip W. Taylor, Hasan Kazdagli, David Raubenheimer Hit paper breakdown →	2008	804
18	Development of colonic adenocarcinomas in a mouse model of ulcerative colitis Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ·Samir A. Shah, Stephen J. Simpson, Lawrence F. Brown, Martina Comiskey, Ype P. de Jong, Deborah Allen, Cox Terhorst	2007	3
19	Nutrient-Specific Foraging in Invertebrate Predators Science ·David Mayntz, David Raubenheimer, Mor Salomon, Søren Toft, Stephen J. Simpson	2005	367
20	Development of Colonic Adenocarcinomas in a Mouse Model of Ulcerative Colitis Inflammatory Bowel Diseases ·Samir A. Shah, Stephen J. Simpson, Lawrence F. Brown, Martina Comiskey, Ype P. de Jong, Deborah Allen, Cox Terhorst	1998	22

About Stephen J. Simpson

Stephen J. Simpson is a scholar working on Aging, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Physiology, having authored 524 papers that have together received 31.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (116 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (110 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (77 papers), Insect Utilization and Effects (76 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (70 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (50 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (49 papers) and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (39 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (2.0k citations), Insect Science (9.6k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (10.3k citations), Genetics (8.8k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (4.2k citations). Stephen J. Simpson has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include David Raubenheimer, Gregory A. Sword, Fiona J. Clissold, David Mayntz, Kenneth Wilson, David G. Le Couteur, Emma Despland, Audrey Dussutour, Kwang Pum Lee and Spencer T. Behmer. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Insect Physiology, Physiological Entomology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Animal Behaviour.

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