2026 C. Ronald Kahn: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	210	197	185	130	121	875	174058
Medicine	214	110	99	77	69	867	179991

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
2002 - J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute
1999 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

C. Ronald Kahn is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Physiology, Epidemiology, and Neurology.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including:

Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Gut microbiota and health
Pancreatic function and diabetes
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
RNA modifications and cancer
MicroRNA in disease regulation
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by C. Ronald Kahn are:

"Insulin action at a molecular level - 100 years of progress" (2021, Molecular Metabolism)
"1178-P: Portal Vein Metabolites as Intermediate Regulators of the Gut Microbiome in Insulin Resistance" (2021, Diabetes)
"Loss of Insulin Signaling in Microglia Impairs Cellular Uptake of Aβ and Neuroinflammatory Response Exacerbating Alzheimer-Like Neuropathology" (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"Portal vein-enriched metabolites as intermediate regulators of the gut microbiome in insulin resistance" (2025, Cell Metabolism)
"938-P: A Human Gut Commensal, Parabacteroides Distasonis, Enhances Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity via Molecular Mimicry" (2021, Diabetes)

C. Ronald Kahn frequently collaborates with a number of researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

Bruna B. Brandão
Marsel Lino
Vítor Rosetto Muñoz
Allah Nawaz
F. Moreau

Their work is often published in venues such as:

Diabetes
Molecular Metabolism
SSRN Electronic Journal
Cell Metabolism
Arthroskopie

C. Ronald Kahn has received several distinctions, including:

J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute (2002)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1999)
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1999)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1994)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

Insulin signalling and the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism

Alan R. Saltiel;C. Ronald Kahn

6905
Citations
Identification and Importance of Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans

AM Cypess;S Lehman;G Williams;I Tal

4925
Citations
Critical nodes in signalling pathways: Insights into insulin action

Cullen M. Taniguchi;Brice Emanuelli;C. Ronald Kahn

3390
Citations
Role of Brain Insulin Receptor in Control of Body Weight and Reproduction

Jens C. Brüning;Dinesh Gautam;Deborah J. Burks;Jennifer Gillette

2727
Citations
The insulin signaling system.

M F White;C R Kahn

2424
Citations
Coordinated reduction of genes of oxidative metabolism in humans with insulin resistance and diabetes: Potential role of PGC1 and NRF1

Mary Elizabeth Patti;Atul J. Butte;Sarah Crunkhorn;Kenneth Cusi

2409
Citations
Control of hepatic gluconeogenesis through the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1.

J. Cliff Yoon;Pere Puigserver;Guoxun Chen;Jerry Donovan

2231
Citations
Suppression of Aging in Mice by the Hormone Klotho

Hiroshi Kurosu;Masaya Yamamoto;Jeremy D. Clark;Johanne V. Pastor

2064
Citations
Structure of the insulin receptor substrate IRS-1 defines a unique signal transduction protein.

Xiao Jian Sun;P. Rothenberg;P. Rothenberg;C. R. Kahn;J. M. Backer

2034
Citations
Developmental Origin of Fat: Tracking Obesity to Its Source

Stephane Gesta;Yu-Hua Tseng;C. Ronald Kahn

1916
Citations
Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Ralph A. DeFronzo;Ele Ferrannini;Leif Groop;Robert R. Henry

1892
Citations
Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise in humans.

Michael Ristow;Kim Zarse;Andreas Oberbach;Nora Klöting

1869
Citations
SIRT3 regulates mitochondrial fatty-acid oxidation by reversible enzyme deacetylation

Matthew D. Hirschey;Tadahiro Shimazu;Tadahiro Shimazu;Eric Goetzman;Enxuan Jing

1865
Citations
Alternative pathway of insulin signalling in mice with targeted disruption of the IRS-1 gene

Eiichi Araki;Eiichi Araki;Myra A. Lipes;Mary Elizabeth Patti;Jens Claus Brüning

1713
Citations
Extended longevity in mice lacking the insulin receptor in adipose tissue.

Matthias Blüher;Barbara B. Kahn;C. Ronald Kahn

1608
Citations
Loss of Insulin Signaling in Hepatocytes Leads to Severe Insulin Resistance and Progressive Hepatic Dysfunction

M.Dodson Michael;Rohit N. Kulkarni;Catherine Postic;Steven F. Previs

1552
Citations
Insulin resistance differentially affects the PI 3-kinase- and MAP kinase-mediated signaling in human muscle.

Kenneth Cusi;Katsumi Maezono;Katsumi Maezono;Abdullah A Osman;Merri Pendergrass;Merri Pendergrass

1540
Citations
Insulin Receptor Signaling in Normal and Insulin-Resistant States

Jérémie Boucher;André Kleinridders;C. Ronald Kahn

1478
Citations
Tissue-Specific Knockout of the Insulin Receptor in Pancreatic β Cells Creates an Insulin Secretory Defect Similar to that in Type 2 Diabetes

R N Kulkarni;J C Brüning;J N Winnay;C Postic

1476
Citations
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation is required for insulin stimulation of pp70 S6 kinase, DNA synthesis, and glucose transporter translocation.

B Cheatham;C J Vlahos;L Cheatham;L Wang

1422
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rohit N. Kulkarni Harvard Medical School

Yu-Hua Tseng Harvard University

Mary-Elizabeth Patti Harvard University

Morris F. White Boston Children's Hospital

Jesse Roth National Institutes of Health

Kohjiro Ueki National Center For Global Health and Medicine

Jens C. Brüning Max Planck Society

Laurie J. Goodyear Harvard University

Allison B. Goldfine Harvard University

Phillip Gorden National Institutes of Health

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