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Christian Herder 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 Christian Herder sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 563 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Herder 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 Christian Herder sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christian Herder is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. Their research activity spans multiple fields within medical science and molecular biology, with a focus on endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and genetic epidemiology.

The main fields of study involved in their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, their subfields of study are:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology

Their research addresses diverse topics, including:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Frequent co-authors in Herder's research are:

  • Michael Roden
  • Annette Peters
  • Wolfgang Rathmann
  • Barbara Thorand
  • Haïfa Maalmi

Herder has published in several notable journals, including:

  • Diabetologia
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Christian Herder include:

  • Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets, 2023, Nature Immunology
  • Prediabetes and risk of mortality, diabetes-related complications and comorbidities: umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective studies, 2021, Diabetologia
  • Genetic variation influencing DNA methylation provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating genomic function, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A novel diabetes typology: towards precision diabetology from pathogenesis to treatment, 2022, Diabetologia

Best Publications

  • Prediabetes: a high-risk state for diabetes development

    Adam G Tabák;Adam G Tabák;Christian Herder;Wolfgang Rathmann;Eric J Brunner

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

    E Zeggini;L J Scott;R Saxena;B F Voight

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

    Harm-Jan Westra;Marjolein J Peters;Tõnu Esko;Hanieh Yaghootkar

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Relationship between adipocyte size and adipokine expression and secretion.

    Thomas Skurk;Catherine Alberti-Huber;Christian Herder;Hans Hauner

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • Adaptation of Hepatic Mitochondrial Function in Humans with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Is Lost in Steatohepatitis

    Chrysi Koliaki;Julia Szendroedi;Kirti Kaul;Tomas Jelenik

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

    Inga Prokopenko;Claudia Langenberg;Jose C. Florez;Jose C. Florez;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • Novel biomarkers for pre-diabetes identified by metabolomics

    Rui Wang-Sattler;Zhonghao Yu;Christian Herder;Ana C Messias

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Roden
Michael Roden Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Wolfgang Rathmann
Wolfgang Rathmann Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Wolfgang Koenig
Wolfgang Koenig German Heart Centre
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Barbara Thorand
Barbara Thorand Helmholtz Zentrum München
Christa Meisinger
Christa Meisinger University of Augsburg
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Harald Grallert
Harald Grallert Helmholtz Zentrum München
Thomas Illig
Thomas Illig Hannover Medical School
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki

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