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Ralph A. DeFronzo

Ralph A. DeFronzo publishes mostly in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Physiology, on topics such as Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Diabetes Treatment and Management and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

World rank
#7,399
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,570
of 358,040
Works
112
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
10.6

What does Ralph A. DeFronzo research?

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 26.4%Molecular Biology: 12.9%Physiology: 12.9%Surgery: 9.3%other fields: 38.5%26%top field
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism26.4%Molecular Biology12.9%Physiology12.9%Surgery9.3%other fields38.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism26% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology13% of their works
  3. 3Physiology13% of their works
  4. 4Surgery9% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralph A. DeFronzo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Glycemic Control, Insulin Therapy, AMP-Activated Protein Kinase, Metabolic Syndrome, Metformin, Cardiovascular Outcomes, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Glycemic Control222 topics
  2. Insulin Therapy222 topics
  3. AMP-Activated Protein Kinase171 topic
  4. Metabolic Syndrome172 topics
  5. Metformin171 topic
  6. Cardiovascular Outcomes151 topic
  7. Type 2 Diabetes151 topic
  8. Cardiovascular Disease132 topics
  9. Diabetes132 topics
  10. Pancreatic Islets121 topic
  11. ß-Cell Dysfunction121 topic
  12. Ketogenic Diet111 topic
  13. Low-Carbohydrate Diet111 topic
  14. Obesity112 topics
  15. Continuous Glucose Monitoring71 topic
  16. Hypoglycemia71 topic
  17. Biochemical Genetics61 topic
  18. Glucose Metabolism61 topic
  19. Insulin Resistance61 topic
  20. Metabolic Disorders61 topic
  21. Ghrelin51 topic
  22. Leptin51 topic

Where does Ralph A. DeFronzo work?

Ralph A. DeFronzo's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ralph A. DeFronzo have?

Science Explorer counts 112 works and 1,183 citations for Ralph A. DeFronzo, ranking #7,399 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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