2026 Gordon A. Ferns: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	80	16940	15929	1538	1471	1037	30477

Overview

Gordon A. Ferns is affiliated with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School in the United Kingdom. Their research portfolio spans multiple areas in medicine and biochemistry, with a particular focus on molecular biology, public health, cancer research, oncology, and physiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including nutritional studies and diet, diabetes, cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, diet and metabolism studies, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, vitamin D research studies, microRNA in disease regulation, and obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Among the recently published papers linked to Gordon A. Ferns are:

Dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease risk among the MASHAD study population, 2020, Lipids in Health and Disease
Communication skills training for physicians improves health literacy and medical outcomes among patients with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial, 2020, BMC Health Services Research
Potential value and impact of data mining and machine learning in clinical diagnostics, 2021, Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Signaling, metabolism, and cancer: An important relationship for therapeutic intervention, 2021, Journal of Cellular Physiology
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the effects of Propolis in inflammation, oxidative stress and glycemic control in chronic diseases, 2020, Nutrition & Metabolism

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Gordon A. Ferns include:

Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan
Habibollah Esmaily
Majid Khazaei
Seyed Mahdi Hassanian
Amir Avan

The primary venues where their research appears include:

Research Square (Research Square)
PubMed
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Scientific Reports
Current Cancer Drug Targets

The main fields of study for Gordon A. Ferns highlight a focus on:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study further detail their research scope in:

Molecular Biology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cancer Research
Oncology
Physiology

Best Publications

Inhibition of Neointimal Smooth Muscle Accumulation After Angioplasty by an Antibody to PDGF

Gordon A. A. Ferns;Elaine W. Raines;Katherine H. Sprugel;Alykhan S. Motani

1423
Citations
Inflammatory disease processes and interactions with nutrition

P. C. Calder;R. Albers;J.-M. Antoine;S. Blum

732
Citations
Heavy Metal Poisoning and Cardiovascular Disease

Eman M. Alissa;Gordon A. Ferns

506
Citations
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Iran and its relationship with gender, urbanisation, education, marital status and occupation.

M. Azimi-Nezhad;M. Ghayour-Mobarhan;M. R. Parizadeh;M. Safarian

344
Citations
Dietary fruits and vegetables and cardiovascular diseases risk.

Eman M Alissa;Gordon A Ferns

327
Citations
Effects of supplementation with curcuminoids on dyslipidemia in obese patients: a randomized crossover trial.

Akram Mohammadi;Amirhossein Sahebkar;Mehrdad Iranshahi;Maral Amini

303
Citations
Selection of the appropriate method for the assessment of insulin resistance

Anwar Borai;Callum Livingstone;Callum Livingstone;Ibrahim Kaddam;Gordon Ferns

302
Citations
Natural honey and cardiovascular risk factors; effects on blood glucose, cholesterol, triacylglycerole, CRP, and body weight compared with sucrose.

N. Yaghoobi;Noori Al-Waili;M. Ghayour-Mobarhan;S. M. R. Parizadeh

279
Citations
Dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease risk among the MASHAD study population.

Mahshad Hedayatnia;Zahra Asadi;Reza Zare-Feyzabadi;Mahdiyeh Yaghooti-Khorasani

257
Citations
Functional foods and nutraceuticals in the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

Eman M. Alissa;Gordon A. Ferns

246
Citations
Investigation of the effects of curcumin on serum cytokines in obese individuals: a randomized controlled trial.

Shiva Ganjali;Amirhossein Sahebkar;Elahe Mahdipour;Khadijeh Jamialahmadi

238
Citations
Determinants of serum copper, zinc and selenium in healthy subjects

M Ghayour-Mobarhan;A Taylor;S A New;D J Lamb

229
Citations
The epidermal growth factor receptors and their family of ligands: their putative role in atherogenesis.

Alys C. Dreux;David J. Lamb;Helmout Modjtahedi;Gordon A.A. Ferns

227
Citations
The mechanisms of coronary restenosis: insights from experimental models

Gordon A.A. Ferns;Gordon A.A. Ferns;Tony Y. Avades

225
Citations
An investigation of the effects of curcumin on anxiety and depression in obese individuals: A randomized controlled trial.

Habibollah Esmaily;Amirhossein Sahebkar;Mehrdad Iranshahi;Shiva Ganjali

208
Citations
Gut microbiome and metabolic syndrome

Mohsen Mazidi;Peyman Rezaie;Andre Pascal Kengne;Majid Ghayour Mobarhan

203
Citations
HEART UK consensus statement on Lipoprotein(a): a call to action

Jaimini Cegla;R Dermot G Neely;Gordon Ferns

197
Citations
The biochemical assessment of insulin resistance

Anwar Borai;Callum Livingstone;Gordon A A Ferns

197
Citations
Molecular mimicry in atherosclerosis: a role for heat shock proteins in immunisation.

David J. Lamb;Wafaa El-Sankary;Gordon A.A. Ferns;Gordon A.A. Ferns

191
Citations
Curcuminoids modulate pro-oxidant-antioxidant balance but not the immune response to heat shock protein 27 and oxidized LDL in obese individuals.

Amirhossein Sahebkar;Akram Mohammadi;Ali Atabati;Shamim Rahiman

183
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Amir Avan Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Amirhossein Sahebkar Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Elaine W. Raines University of Washington

Russell Ross University of Washington

Pietro Ghezzi Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Hamed Mirzaei Kashan University of Medical Sciences

Zatollah Asemi Kashan University of Medical Sciences

Andre Pascal Kengne South African Medical Research Council

Khosrow Adeli University of Toronto

Mohammad Reza Zali Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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