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3953
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George L. King 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 George L. King sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 431 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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George L. King 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 George L. King sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 118 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

George L. King is primarily affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on Medicine, having published 82 papers in this area. Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology is another significant field of study, with 38 publications. The scientist's subfields of expertise include Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The core topics of their research cover:

  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

Frequent publication venues for George L. King include Diabetes, with 20 publications, followed by Diabetes Care and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, each with 3 papers. JCI Insight features 2 publications, and there is also presence in Endocrine Reviews.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Protective Factors and the Pathogenesis of Complications in Diabetes, 2023, Endocrine Reviews
  • Insulin's actions on vascular tissues: Physiological effects and pathophysiological contributions to vascular complications of diabetes, 2021, Molecular Metabolism
  • Selective modulation by PARP-1 of HIF-1α-recruitment to chromatin during hypoxia is required for tumor adaptation to hypoxic conditions, 2021, Redox Biology
  • Presence and Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes of Long Duration: The FinnDiane 50 Years of Diabetes Study, 2021, Diabetes Care
  • Endothelial Cells Induced Progenitors Into Brown Fat to Reduce Atherosclerosis, 2022, Circulation Research

Among frequent coauthors, George L. King has collaborated extensively with Kyoungmin Park (30 joint publications), Marc Gregory Yu (25), I-Hsien Wu (23), Hetal Shah (16), and Jialin Fu (15).

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33)

    R C Turner;R R Holman;C A Cull;I M Stratton

  • Tight blood pressure control and risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 38. UK Prospective Diabetes Study Group.

    Stearne;SL Palmer;Hammersley;SL Franklin

  • Tight blood pressure control and risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 38

    M R Stearne;S L Palmer;M S Hammersley;S L Franklin

  • Efficacy of atenolol and captopril in reducing risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 39

    M R Stearne;S L Palmer;M S Hammersley;S L Franklin

  • Protein kinase C activation and the development of diabetic complications.

    Daisuke Koya;George L. King

  • Suppression of retinal neovascularization in vivo by inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) using soluble VEGF-receptor chimeric proteins

    Lloyd Paul Aiello;Eric A. Pierce;Eliot D. Foley;Hitoshi Takagi

  • Amelioration of Vascular Dysfunctions in Diabetic Rats by an Oral PKC β Inhibitor

    Hidehiro Ishii;Michael R. Jirousek;Daisuke Koya;Chikako Takagi

  • Retinopathy in Diabetes

    Donald S. Fong;Lloyd Aiello;Thomas W. Gardner;George L. King

  • Molecular Understanding of Hyperglycemia's Adverse Effects for Diabetic Complications

    Matthew J. Sheetz;George L. King

  • Activation of Protein Kinase C Isoforms and Its Impact on Diabetic Complications

    Pedro Geraldes;George L. King

  • Preferential elevation of protein kinase C isoform beta II and diacylglycerol levels in the aorta and heart of diabetic rats: differential reversibility to glycemic control by islet cell transplantation

    T Inoguchi;R Battan;E Handler;J R Sportsman

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor-induced retinal permeability is mediated by protein kinase C in vivo and suppressed by an orally effective beta-isoform-selective inhibitor.

    Lloyd Paul Aiello;Sven Erik Bursell;Allen Clermont;Elia Duh

  • Microvascular and macrovascular reactivity is reduced in subjects at risk for type 2 diabetes.

    A E Caballero;S Arora;R Saouaf;S C Lim

  • Regulation of Endothelial Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Expression in Endothelial Cells and In Vivo A Specific Vascular Action of Insulin

    Koji Kuboki;Zhen Y. Jiang;Noriko Takahara;Sung Woo Ha

  • Vascular Complications of Diabetes: Mechanisms of Injury and Protective Factors

    Christian Rask-Madsen;George L. King

  • Characterization of protein kinase C beta isoform activation on the gene expression of transforming growth factor-beta, extracellular matrix components, and prostanoids in the glomeruli of diabetic rats.

    D Koya;M R Jirousek;Y W Lin;H Ishii

  • Characterization of selective resistance to insulin signaling in the vasculature of obese Zucker (fa/fa) rats

    Zhen Y. Jiang;You-Wei Lin;Allen Clemont;Edward P. Feener

  • Characterization of vascular endothelial growth factor's effect on the activation of protein kinase C, its isoforms, and endothelial cell growth.

    P Xia;Lloyd Paul Aiello;H Ishii;Zhaoxin Jiang

  • Increased Protein Kinase C Activity and Expression of Ca2+-Sensitive Isoforms in the Failing Human Heart

    Nancy Bowling;Richard A. Walsh;Guojie Song;Thomas Estridge

  • Receptor-mediated transport of insulin across endothelial cells.

    George L. King;Sandra M. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lloyd Paul Aiello
Lloyd Paul Aiello Harvard University
Daisuke Koya
Daisuke Koya Kanazawa Medical University
C. Ronald Kahn
C. Ronald Kahn Harvard University
Susan Bonner-Weir
Susan Bonner-Weir Harvard University
Morris F. White
Morris F. White Boston Children's Hospital
Timothy S. Kern
Timothy S. Kern University of California, Irvine
Gordon C. Weir
Gordon C. Weir Harvard University
Christopher J. Rhodes
Christopher J. Rhodes University of Chicago
Amy J. Wagers
Amy J. Wagers Harvard University
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace University of Cambridge

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