2026 Charles J. Billington: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	84	15174	14274	7657	7082	264	24207

Charles J. Billington 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 Charles J. Billington sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 264 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Charles J. Billington 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 Charles J. Billington sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Charles J. Billington is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study in Billington's work include Medicine with 47 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 27 publications. Their subfields of focus cover Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Genetics.

Key topics addressed in their work are Diabetes Treatment and Management, Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment, Williams Syndrome Research, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Diabetes Management and Research, Firm Innovation and Growth, and Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research.

Billington has contributed frequently to several publication venues. These include the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A with five publications, Annals of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics and Metabolism with two each, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with two publications, and Obesity with one publication.

Prominent co-authors collaborating with Billington include Beth A. Kozel with seven joint works, Delong Liu with five, Tyler Drake with four, Phoebe C. R. Parrish with four, and Barbara R. Pober with four publications.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Billington include:

Exenatide for weight-loss maintenance in adolescents with severe obesity: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 2022, Obesity
Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis for the American College of Physicians, 2024, Annals of Internal Medicine
Social, neurodevelopmental, endocrine, and head size differences associated with atypical deletions in Williams-Beuren syndrome, 2020, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
A case of VEXAS syndrome associated with EBV-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, 2021, Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases
Homozygous splice-variants in human ARV1 cause GPI-anchor synthesis deficiency, 2020, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Best Publications

Orexin activation counteracts decreases in nonexercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) caused by high-fat diet

P. E. Bunney;A. N. Zink;A. A. Holm;Charles J Billington

2432
Citations
Overweight, obesity, and health risk.

C. J. Billington;L. H. Epstein;N. J. Goodwin;J. O. Hill

1377
Citations
Weight Bias among Health Professionals Specializing in Obesity

Marlene B. Schwartz;Heather O Neal Chambliss;Kelly D. Brownell;Steven N. Blair

1279
Citations
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass vs intensive medical management for the control of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia: The diabetes surgery study randomized clinical trial

Sayeed Ikramuddin;Judith Korner;Wei Jei Lee;John E. Connett

869
Citations
Effects of intracerebroventricular injection of neuropeptide Y on energy metabolism

C. J. Billington;J. E. Briggs;M. Grace;A. S. Levine

650
Citations
Effect of Protein Ingestion on the Glucose and Insulin Response to a Standardized Oral Glucose Load

Frank Q Nuttall;Arshag D Mooradian;Mary C Gannon;Charles Billington

566
Citations
Neuropeptide Y in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus: a center coordinating energy metabolism

C. J. Billington;J. E. Briggs;S. Harker;M. Grace

429
Citations
Feeding response to central orexins.

Donald C Sweet;Allen S Levine;Allen S Levine;Charles J Billington;Charles J Billington;Catherine M Kotz;Catherine M Kotz

389
Citations
The lighter side of BDNF

Emily E. Noble;Charles J. Billington;Catherine M. Kotz;ChuanFeng Wang

374
Citations
Obesity as a Disease: A White Paper on Evidence and Arguments Commissioned by the Council of The Obesity Society

David B. Allison;Morgan Downey;Richard L. Atkinson;Charles J. Billington

370
Citations
Effects of gastric bypass surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes and only mild obesity

R. V. Cohen;J. C. Pinheiro;C. A. Schiavon;J. E. Salles

367
Citations
Lifestyle Intervention and Medical Management With vs Without Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Control of Hemoglobin A1c, LDL Cholesterol, and Systolic Blood Pressure at 5 Years in the Diabetes Surgery Study.

Sayeed Ikramuddin;Judith Korner;Wei Jei Lee;Avis J. Thomas

297
Citations
Feeding effects of hypothalamic injection of melanocortin 4 receptor ligands.

Silvia Q Giraudo;Charles J Billington;Charles J Billington;Allen S Levine;Allen S Levine

293
Citations
Opioids and food intake: distributed functional neural pathways?

M. J. Glass;Charles J Billington;Allen S Levine

261
Citations
Effect of reversible intermittent intra-abdominal vagal nerve blockade on morbid obesity: The ReCharge randomized clinical trial

Sayeed Ikramuddin;Robin P. Blackstone;Anthony Brancatisano;James Toouli

251
Citations
Orphanin FQ, agonist of orphan opioid receptor ORL1, stimulates feeding in rats

James D. Pomonis;Charles J. Billington;Allen S. Levine;Allen S. Levine

245
Citations
Opioids and consummatory behavior

A.S. Levine;A.S. Levine;J.E. Morley;J.E. Morley;B.A. Gosnell;B.A. Gosnell;C.J. Billington;C.J. Billington

227
Citations
Palatability-induced hyperphagia increases hypothalamic Dynorphin peptide and mRNA levels

Catherine C. Welch;Eun Mee Kim;Martha K. Grace;Charles J. Billington;Charles J. Billington

220
Citations
Dieting and the development of eating disorders in overweight and obese adults

Susan Z. Yanovski;Charles J. Billington;Leonard H. Epstein;Norma J. Goodwin

212
Citations
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for diabetes (the Diabetes Surgery Study): 2-year outcomes of a 5-year, randomised, controlled trial

Sayeed Ikramuddin;Charles J Billington;Wei Jei Lee;John P Bantle

208
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen S. Levine University of Minnesota

Catherine M. Kotz University of Minnesota

John E. Morley Saint Louis University

Timothy J. Bartness Georgia State University

John E. Connett University of Minnesota

Michael D. Jensen Mayo Clinic

Michael A. Kuskowski University of Minnesota

Robert W. Jeffery University of Minnesota

Michael G. Sarr Mayo Clinic

Lee-Ming Chuang National Taiwan University

External Links

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