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Andreas Fritsche

Andreas Fritsche

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Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
45283
World Ranking
4768
National Ranking
260

Andreas Fritsche publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Fritsche sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 768 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Andreas Fritsche D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Fritsche sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 114 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Andreas Fritsche is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Additional subfields of study include Physiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Surgery.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Fritsche has published several papers of note, including the following recent contributions:

  • "Pathophysiology-based subphenotyping of individuals at elevated risk for type 2 diabetes" (2021), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Central nervous pathways of insulin action in the control of metabolism and food intake" (2020), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Metabolic implications of pancreatic fat accumulation" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "Brain insulin sensitivity is linked to adiposity and body fat distribution" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Empagliflozin Improves Insulin Sensitivity of the Hypothalamus in Humans With Prediabetes: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Trial" (2021), published in Diabetes Care

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Diabetes
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andreas Fritsche are:

  • Andreas L. Birkenfeld
  • Martin Heni
  • Róbert Wágner
  • Norbert Stefan
  • Hubert Preißl

Best Publications

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)

    T.D. Müller;B. Finan;S.R. Bloom;D. D'Alessio

  • Identification and Characterization of Metabolically Benign Obesity in Humans

    Norbert Stefan;Konstantinos Kantartzis;Jiirgeng Machann;Fritz Schick

  • Identification of Serum Metabolites Associated With Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Using a Targeted Metabolomic Approach

    Anna Floegel;Norbert Stefan;Zhonghao Yu;Kristin Mühlenbruch

  • Plasma Adiponectin Concentrations Predict Insulin Sensitivity of Both Glucose and Lipid Metabolism

    Otto Tschritter;Andreas Fritsche;Claus Thamer;Michael Haap

  • Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: A meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

    Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen;Lu Qi;Soren Brage;Stephen J. Sharp

  • Reduced Hypoglycemia Risk With Insulin Glargine A meta-analysis comparing insulin glargine with human NPH insulin in type 2 diabetes

    Julio Rosenstock;George Dailey;Massimo Massi-Benedetti;Andreas Fritsche

  • α2-Heremans-Schmid Glycoprotein/ Fetuin-A Is Associated With Insulin Resistance and Fat Accumulation in the Liver in Humans

    Norbert Stefan;Anita M. Hennige;Harald Staiger;Jürgen Machann

  • Brain Insulin Resistance at the Crossroads of Metabolic and Cognitive Disorders in Humans

    Stephanie Kullmann;Martin Heni;Manfred Hallschmid;Andreas Fritsche

  • Association of the T-G Polymorphism in Adiponectin (Exon 2) With Obesity and Insulin Sensitivity: Interaction With Family History of Type 2 Diabetes

    Michael Stumvoll;Otto Tschritter;Andreas Fritsche;Harald Staiger

  • An accurate risk score based on anthropometric, dietary, and lifestyle factors to predict the development of type 2 diabetes.

    Matthias B. Schulze;Kurt Hoffmann;Heiner Boeing;Jakob Linseisen

  • Glimepiride combined with morning insulin glargine, bedtime neutral protamine hagedorn insulin, or bedtime insulin glargine in patients with type 2 diabetes. A randomized, controlled trial.

    Andreas Fritsche;Matthias Axel Schweitzer;Hans-Ulrich Häring

  • Plasma Fetuin-A Levels and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

    Norbert Stefan;Andreas Fritsche;Cornelia Weikert;Heiner Boeing

  • Impaired glucagon-like peptide-1-induced insulin secretion in carriers of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene polymorphisms

    S. A. Schäfer;O. Tschritter;F. Machicao;C. Thamer

  • Relationship of Serum Adiponectin and Leptin Concentrations with Body Fat Distribution in Humans

    Harald Staiger;Otto Tschritter;Jürgen Machann;Claus Thamer

  • Plasma Fetuin-A Levels and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke

    Cornelia Weikert;Norbert Stefan;Matthias B. Schulze;Tobias Pischon

  • The impact of insulin resistance on the kidney and vasculature

    Ferruh Hâdi Artunç;Erwin Schleicher;Cora Weigert;Andreas Erwin Fritsche

  • Processing of food pictures: influence of hunger, gender and calorie content.

    Sabine Frank;Naima Laharnar;Stephanie Kullmann;Ralf Veit

  • Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Indexes for Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion Based on Various Availabilities of Sampling Times

    M Stumvoll;T Van Haeften;A Fritsche;J Gerich

  • Dissociation Between Fatty Liver and Insulin Resistance in Humans Carrying a Variant of the Patatin-Like Phospholipase 3 Gene

    Konstantinos Kantartzis;Andreas Peter;Fausto Machicao;Jürgen Machann

  • Fetuin-A Induces Cytokine Expression and Suppresses Adiponectin Production

    Anita M. Hennige;Harald Staiger;Corinna Wicke;Fausto Machicao

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Stefan
Norbert Stefan German Center for Diabetes Research
Hans-Ulrich Häring
Hans-Ulrich Häring University of Tübingen
Jürgen Machann
Jürgen Machann University of Tübingen
Fritz Schick
Fritz Schick University of Tübingen
Michael Stumvoll
Michael Stumvoll Leipzig University
Matthias B. Schulze
Matthias B. Schulze University of Potsdam
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Ralf Veit
Ralf Veit University of Tübingen
Claus D. Claussen
Claus D. Claussen University of Tübingen
Erwin Schleicher
Erwin Schleicher University of Ulm

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