2026 Hector F. DeLuca: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	168	950	870	562	503	1469	103443
Medicine	165	635	581	364	326	1307	101032

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
1979 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1978 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1974 - Canada Gairdner International Award
1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Hector F. DeLuca is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in subfields such as Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cell Biology, Genetics, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Oncology.

The scientist's work focuses heavily on vitamin-related studies, particularly Vitamin D, alongside related areas such as biotin, estrogen effects, antioxidants, endocrine disruptors, stress responses, and muscle metabolism.

Recent publications from the scientist include:

Vitamin D esters are the major form of vitamin D produced by UV irradiation in mice (2022) - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
Vitamin D binding protein greatly improves bioactivity but is not essential for orally administered vitamin D (2021) - Physiological Reports
Synthesis and Biological Activity of 2,22-Dimethylene Analogues of 19-Norcalcitriol and Related Compounds (2020) - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Vitamin D receptor absence does not enhance intestinal tumorigenesis in ApcPirc/+rats (2022) - Biology Open
Antibody production in mice requires neither vitamin D, nor the vitamin D receptor (2022) - Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent co-authors associated with Hector F. DeLuca include:

Lori A. Plum
Rafał R. Siciński
Izabela K. Sibilska-Kaminski
Adrian Fabisiak
Pawel Brzeminski

The scientist's work appears regularly in the following publication venues:

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
Physiological Reports
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Biology Open
Frontiers in Immunology

Main research topics covered by their publications are:

Vitamin D Research Studies
Biotin and Related Studies
Estrogen and related hormone effects
Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Muscle metabolism and nutrition

Throughout their career, Hector F. DeLuca has received several awards, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1965)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1978)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1979)
Canada Gairdner International Award (1974)
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2012)

Best Publications

Overview of general physiologic features and functions of vitamin D

Hector F DeLuca

2930
Citations
Current Understanding of the Molecular Actions of Vitamin D

Glenville Jones;Stephen A. Strugnell;Hector F. DeLUCA

1838
Citations
Vitamin D: its role and uses in immunology

Hector F. Deluca;Margherita T. Cantorna

1273
Citations
The control of 25-hydroxyvitamin D metabolism by inorganic phosphorus

Y. Tanaka;H.F. Deluca

1074
Citations
Target cells for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in intestinal tract, stomach, kidney, skin, pituitary, and parathyroid.

Walter E. Stumpf;Madhabananda Sar;Frederic A. Reid;Yoko Tanaka

1067
Citations
Intestinal Calcium Absorption and Serum Vitamin D Metabolites in Normal Subjects and Osteoporotic Patients: EFFECT OF AGE AND DIETARY CALCIUM

J C Gallagher;B L Riggs;J Eisman;A Hamstra

1034
Citations
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 reversibly blocks the progression of relapsing encephalomyelitis, a model of multiple sclerosis

Margherita T. Cantorna;Colleen E. Hayes;Hector F. Deluca

966
Citations
Expression of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Receptor in the Immune System☆

Christian M. Veldman;Margherita T. Cantorna;Hector F. DeLuca

906
Citations
Metabolism and mechanism of action of vitamin D.

H F DeLuca;H K Schnoes

883
Citations
Control of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol metabolism by parathyroid glands.

M. Garabedian;M. F. Holick;H. F. Deluca;I. T. Boyle

875
Citations
1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol: A Potent Stimulator of Bone Resorption in Tissue Culture

L. G. Raisz;C. L. Trummel;M. F. Holick;H. F. Deluca

771
Citations
The vitamin D story: a collaborative effort of basic science and clinical medicine.

Hector F. Deluca

747
Citations
Assay variation confounds the diagnosis of hypovitaminosis D: a call for standardization.

N. Binkley;D. Krueger;C. S. Cowgill;L. Plum

718
Citations
25-Hydroxycholecalciferol. A biologically active metabolite of vitamin D3

J W Blunt;H F DeLuca;H K Schnoes

709
Citations
Where is the vitamin D receptor

Yongji Wang;Jinge Zhu;Hector F. DeLuca

697
Citations
Identification of a DNA sequence responsible for binding of the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhancement of mouse secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP-1 or osteopontin) gene expression

Masaki Noda;Robert L. Vogel;Ann Marie Craig;Jean Prahl

655
Citations
Isolation and identification of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol. A metabolite of vitamin D active in intestine.

M F Holick;H K Schnoes;H F DeLuca;T Suda

651
Citations
The role of vitamin A in mammalian reproduction and embryonic development.

Margaret Clagett-Dame;Hector F. DeLuca

631
Citations
Vitamin D: Recent Advances

Hector F. DeLuca;Heinrich K. Schnoes

624
Citations
A sensitive, precise, and convenient method for determination of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in human plasma☆

John A. Eisman;Alan J. Hamstra;Barbara E. Kream;Hector F. DeLuca

599
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich K. Schnoes University of Wisconsin–Madison

Michael F. Holick Boston University

Margherita T. Cantorna Pennsylvania State University

Neal A. Jorgensen University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tatsuo Suda Saitama Medical University

Colleen E. Hayes University of Wisconsin–Madison

Bernard P. Halloran University of California, San Francisco

Walter E. Stumpf University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John A. Eisman Garvan Institute of Medical Research

David H. Baker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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