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 Frances M. Ashcroft sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 511 publications — 60th percentile
60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frances M. Ashcroft sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 112 D-Index — 75th percentile
75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Frances M. Ashcroft is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work focuses primarily on molecular biology, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, pathology, forensic medicine, and public health.
The scientist's main research topics include pancreatic function and diabetes, cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, ion channel regulation and function, hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, diabetes management and research, as well as lipid membrane structure and behavior.
Frequent coauthors in their publications are Elizabeth Haythorne, Tanadet Pipatpolkai, Samuel Usher, Phillip J. Stansfeld, and Peter Proks.
Research papers authored or coauthored by Frances M. Ashcroft feature in notable venues such as:
Significant recent papers include:
Publication venues where Frances M. Ashcroft has contributed multiple articles include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Diabetes, Biophysical Journal, Wellcome Open Research, and Nature Reviews Endocrinology.
Ashcroft has been recognized with memberships and fellowships in scientific organizations such as the Royal Society, the Academia Europaea, and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
Thomas Gerken;Christophe A. Girard;Yi-Chun Loraine Tung;Celia J. Webby
Frances M. Ashcroft;Donna E. Harrison;Stephen J. H. Ashcroft
Anna L Gloyn;Ewan R. Pearson;Jennifer F. Antcliff;Peter Proks
Frances M. Ashcroft;Patrik Rorsman
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Frances M. Ashcroft;Patrik Rorsman;Patrik Rorsman
Ewan R Pearson;Isabelle Flechtner;Pål R Njølstad;Maciej T Malecki
Stephen J. Tucker;Fiona M. Gribble;Chao Zhao;Stefan Trapp
Chris Church;Lee Moir;Fiona McMurray;Christophe Girard
Fiona M. Gribble;Stephen J. Tucker;Frances M. Ashcroft
Frances M. Ashcroft
F M Gribble;S J Tucker;S Seino;F M Ashcroft
A Christine Konner;Ruth Janoschek;Leona Plum;Sabine Jordan
Frances Ashcroft
Patrik Rorsman;Patrik Rorsman;Frances M. Ashcroft;Frances M. Ashcroft
Timo Otonkoski;Carina Ämmälä;Hanna Huopio;Hanna Huopio;Gilbert J. Cote
Takashi Miki;Birgit Liss;Kohtaro Minami;Tetsuya Shiuchi
Peter Proks;Frank Reimann;Nick Green;Fiona Gribble
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