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D-Index
74
Citations
17926
World Ranking
19468
National Ranking
655

Howard A. Morris 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 Howard A. Morris sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 285 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Howard A. Morris 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 Howard A. Morris sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Howard A. Morris was affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their research contributed primarily to the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Oncology.

The scientist's work spanned numerous topics related to bone health and metabolism, vitamin D research, disease signaling pathways, and metabolic studies. Key topics in their research included:

  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Bone health and treatments
  • TGF-β signaling in diseases
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Body Contouring and Surgery

Howard A. Morris coauthored multiple papers alongside frequent collaborators such as Deepti Sharma, Paul Anderson, Peter Clifton, Étienne Cavalier, and Richard Eastell.

Their publications appeared predominantly in journals focused on bone, metabolism, and public health. The most frequent venues included:

  • Calcified Tissue International
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Panminerva Medica
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • UNC Libraries

Representative published works include:

  • "Visceral Fat Is a Negative Determinant of Bone Health in Obese Postmenopausal Women," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "A Multicenter Study to Evaluate Harmonization of Assays for C-Terminal Telopeptides of Type I Collagen (ß-CTX): A Report from the IFCC-IOF Committee for Bone Metabolism (C-BM)," 2021, Calcified Tissue International
  • "Obesity, vitamin D status and physical activity: 1,25(OH)2D as a potential marker of vitamin D deficiency in obese subjects," 2020, Panminerva Medica
  • "Role of MAP Kinases in the 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3 -induced Transactivation of the Rat Cytochrome P450C24 (CYP24) Promoter: SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS FOR ERK1/ERK2 AND ERK5," 2021, UNC Libraries
  • "Acute C-Terminal Crosslinking Telopeptide of Type I Collagen (CTX-1) Suppression with Milk Calcium or Calcium Carbonate Is Independent of Visceral Fat in a Randomized Crossover Study in Lean and Overweight Postmenopausal Women," 2021, Journal of Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Markers of bone turnover for the prediction of fracture risk and monitoring of osteoporosis treatment: a need for international reference standards

    Samuel Vasikaran;Samuel Vasikaran;Richard Eastell;O. Bruyere;A. J. Foldes

  • Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: Reanalysis of 13 studies

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A W Roddam;A W Roddam

  • International Osteoporosis Foundation and International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine position on bone marker standards in osteoporosis.

    Samuel Vasikaran;Cyrus Cooper;Richard Eastell;Andrea Griesmacher

  • Effects of skin thickness, age, body fat, and sunlight on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D.

    A G Need;H A Morris;M Horowitz;C Nordin

  • Effects of age on concentrations of plasma cholecystokinin, glucagon-like peptide 1, and peptide YY and their relation to appetite and pyloric motility

    Caroline G MacIntosh;Jane M Andrews;Karen L Jones;Judith M Wishart

  • Metabolism of vitamin D3 in human osteoblasts : Evidence for autocrine and paracrine activities of 1α,25 -dihydroxyvitamin D3

    Gerald J. Atkins;Paul H. Anderson;David M. Findlay;Katie J. Welldon

  • Vitamin D Metabolites and Calcium Absorption in Severe Vitamin D Deficiency

    Allan G Need;Peter D O'Loughlin;Howard A Morris;Penelope S Coates

  • Effect of exogenous cholecystokinin (CCK)-8 on food intake and plasma CCK, leptin, and insulin concentrations in older and young adults: evidence for increased CCK activity as a cause of the anorexia of aging.

    Caroline G. MacIntosh;John E. Morley;Judith Wishart;Howard Morris

  • The nature and significance of the relationship between urinary sodium and urinary calcium in women.

    B. E. C. Nordin;A. G. Need;H. A. Morris;M. Horowitz

  • Amylin inhibits bone resorption while the calcitonin receptor controls bone formation in vivo

    Romain Dacquin;Rachel A. Davey;Catherine Laplace;Régis Levasseur

  • Circulating Steroid Hormones and the Risk of Prostate Cancer

    Gianluca Severi;Howard A Morris;Robert J MacInnis;Dallas R English

  • The Relation between Calcium Absorption, Serum Dehydroepiandrosterone, and Vertebral Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

    B. E. C. Nordin;A. Robertson;R. F. Seamark;A. Bridges

  • Effect of age on bone density and bone turnover in men.

    J. M. Wishart;A. O. Need;M. Horowitz;H. A. Morris

  • Vitamin D status: effects on parathyroid hormone and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in postmenopausal women

    A. G. Need;M. Horowitz;H. A. Morris;B. E. C. Nordin

  • The Relative Contributions of Age and Years since Menopause to Postmenopausal Bone Loss

    B. E. C. Nordin;A. G. Need;B. E. Chatterton;M. Horowitz

  • Autocrine and Paracrine Actions of Vitamin D

    Howard A Morris;Paul H Anderson

  • Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption Is Stimulated During Short-Term Administration of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor But Is Not Responsible for Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Mobilization

    Yasushi Takamatsu;Paul J. Simmons;Robert J. Moore;Howard A. Morris

  • Relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and bone resorption markers in vitamin D insufficiency

    D Jesudason;A.G Need;M Horowitz;P.D O’Loughlin

  • A Meta-Analysis of Reference Markers of Bone Turnover for Prediction of Fracture

    Helena Johansson;Anders Odén;John A. Kanis;Eugene V. McCloskey

  • Osteoclastic metabolism of 25(OH)-Vitamin D3: a potential mechanism for optimization of bone resorption.

    Masakazu Kogawa;David M. Findlay;Paul H. Anderson;Renee Ormsby

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Horowitz
Michael Horowitz University of Adelaide
Judith M. Wishart
Judith M. Wishart University of Adelaide
Brian K. May
Brian K. May University of Adelaide
Dallas R. English
Dallas R. English University of Melbourne
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
David M. Findlay
David M. Findlay University of Adelaide
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Wayne D. Tilley
Wayne D. Tilley University of Adelaide

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