2026 Ieuan A. Hughes: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	74	19350	18164	1745	1672	321	22728

Research.com Recognitions

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Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Ieuan A. Hughes is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a broad range of topics primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Their work frequently appears in notable publication venues such as The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Hormones and Behavior, Nutrients, Sexual Development, and Apollo (University of Cambridge).

Research topics prominently addressed by Ieuan A. Hughes include:

Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
Birth, Development, and Health
Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
Hormonal and reproductive studies
Urological Disorders and Treatments
Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
Urologic and reproductive health conditions

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, reflecting multidisciplinary engagement. These coauthors include Ken K. Ong, Clive J. Petry, Ajay Thankamony, David B. Dunger, and Rieko Tadokoro-Cuccaro.

Recent publications highlight ongoing contributions in clinical and endocrinological research. Selected recent papers are:

"GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy" (2023), published in Nature
"Society for Endocrinology UK Guidance on the initial evaluation of a suspected difference or disorder of sex development (Revised 2021)" (2021), published in Clinical Endocrinology
"Real-World Estimates of Adrenal Insufficiency-Related Adverse Events in Children With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia" (2020), published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
"Anogenital Distance in Healthy Infants: Method-, Age- and Sex-related Reference Ranges" (2020), published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
"Prenatal androgen exposure and children's gender-typed behavior and toy and playmate preferences" (2020), published in Hormones and Behavior

Honors awarded to Ieuan A. Hughes include the James Spence Medal from The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2014. This award recognized their contributions to research on disorders of sex development (DSD) and the establishment of comprehensive case databases and consensus management frameworks widely accepted worldwide. They are also a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

Effects of recombinant leptin therapy in a child with congenital leptin deficiency.

I S Farooqi;S A Jebb;G Langmack;E Lawrence

2429
Citations
Consensus statement on management of intersex disorders

Ieuan A. Hughes;C. Houk;S. F. Ahmed;P. A. Lee

1967
Citations
Small for Gestational Age: Short Stature and Beyond

Paul Saenger;Paul Czernichow;Ieuan Hughes;Edward O. Reiter

664
Citations
Androgen insensitivity syndrome

Ieuan A Hughes;John D Davies;Trevor I Bunch;Vickie Pasterski

563
Citations
Androgen insensitivity syndrome.

Ieuan Arwel Hughes;Ralf Werner;Trevor Bunch;Olaf Hiort

530
Citations
Disorders of sex development: a new definition and classification.

Ieuan A. Hughes

457
Citations
Pituitary-Gonadal Relations in Infancy: 2. Patterns of Serum Gonadal Steroid Concentrations in Man from Birth to Two Years of Age

Jeremy S. D. Winter;Ieuan A. Hughes;Francisco I. Reyes;Charles Faiman

445
Citations
Phenotypic features, androgen receptor binding, and mutational analysis in 278 clinical cases reported as androgen insensitivity syndrome.

S. F. Ahmed;A. Cheng;L. Dovey;J. R. Hawkins

423
Citations
Calcium-sensing receptor mutations in familial benign hypercalcemia and neonatal hyperparathyroidism.

S H Pearce;D Trump;C Wooding;G M Besser

381
Citations
Bone age assessment: a large scale comparison of the Greulich and Pyle, and Tanner and Whitehouse (TW2) methods

R K Bull;P D Edwards;P M Kemp;S Fry

297
Citations
Society for Endocrinology UK guidance on the initial evaluation of an infant or an adolescent with a suspected disorder of sex development (Revised 2015).

S. Faisal Ahmed;John C. Achermann;Wiebke Arlt;Adam Balen

255
Citations
Changes in the male voice at puberty

M L L Harries;J M Walker;D M Williams;S Hawkins

248
Citations
Anogenital distance as a marker of androgen exposure in humans

Ajay Thankamony;Vickie Pasterski;Ken Ong;Carlo Lorenzo Acerini

239
Citations
Testicular development in the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome.

SE Hannema;IS Scott;E Rajpert-De Meyts;NE Skakkebæk

229
Citations
In-utero androgen exposure and 2nd to 4th digit length ratio-comparisons between healthy controls and females with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

J.J. Buck;R.M. Williams;I.A. Hughes;C.L. Acerini

228
Citations
Summary of Consensus Statement on Intersex Disorders and Their Management

Christopher P. Houk;Ieuan A. Hughes;S. Faisal Ahmed;Peter A. Lee

226
Citations
UK guidance on the initial evaluation of an infant or an adolescent with a suspected disorder of sex development.

S Faisal Ahmed;John C Achermann;Wiebke Arlt;Adam H Balen

214
Citations
Factors controlling testis descent.

Ieuan A Hughes;Carlo L Acerini

211
Citations
The role of a clinical score in the assessment of ambiguous genitalia

S.F. Ahmed;O. Khwaja;I.A. Hughes

205
Citations
Heterozygous missense mutations in steroidogenic factor 1 (SF1/Ad4BP, NR5A1) are associated with 46,XY disorders of sex development with normal adrenal function.

Lin Lin;Lin Lin;Pascal Philibert;Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza;Bruno Ferraz-de-Souza;Daniel Kelberman

198
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken K. Ong University of Cambridge

David B. Dunger University of Cambridge

Melissa Hines University of Cambridge

Wiebke Arlt University of Birmingham

Helen Davies University of Cambridge

Mehul T. Dattani University College London

Albert Koulman University of Cambridge

Anders Juul University of Copenhagen

John W. R. Schwabe University of Leicester

Reiner Siebert University of Ulm

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