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James S. Skinner

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
31754
World Ranking
14934
National Ranking
7549

James S. Skinner 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 James S. Skinner sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 342 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James S. Skinner 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 James S. Skinner sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

James S. Skinner is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research predominantly spans fields related to medicine, with a particular focus on complementary and alternative medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, orthopedics and sports medicine, physiology, and genetics.

Skinner's published work covers a range of topics, primarily centered on cardiovascular and exercise physiology, sports performance and training, heart rate variability and autonomic control, physical activity and health, genetics and physical performance, adipose tissue and metabolism, and obesity, physical activity, and diet.

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
  • Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology
  • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine

Recent notable papers include:

  • "The HERITAGE Family Study: A Review of the Effects of Exercise Training on Cardiometabolic Health, with Insights into Molecular Transducers" (2022) published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • "HRR and V˙O2R Fractions Are Not Equivalent: Is It Time to Rethink Aerobic Exercise Prescription Methods?" (2020) published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • "A decade of the hostile environment and its impact on health" (2022) published in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  • "Regular exercise and patterns of response across multiple cardiometabolic traits: the HERITAGE family study" (2021) published in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Effect of steady-state aerobic exercise intensity and duration on the relationship between reserves of heart rate and oxygen uptake" (2022) published in PeerJ

Frequent collaborators of Skinner include Mark A. Sarzynski, Claude Bouchard, Jacob L. Barber, Carlo Ferri Marini, and Francesco Lucertini. These coauthors have contributed to multiple publications alongside Skinner, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Exercise and physical activity for older adults

    Wojtek Jan Chodzko-Zajko;David N. Proctor;Maria A. Fiatarone Singh;Christopher T. Minson

  • Familial aggregation of VO(2max) response to exercise training: results from the HERITAGE Family Study.

    Claude Bouchard;Ping An;Treva Rice;James S. Skinner

  • Effects of different doses of physical activity on cardiorespiratory fitness among sedentary, overweight or obese postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure: a randomized controlled trial.

    Timothy S. Church;Conrad P. Earnest;James S. Skinner;Steven N. Blair

  • The effect of sex, age and race on estimating percentage body fat from body mass index: The Heritage Family Study.

    AS Jackson;PR Stanforth;J Gagnon;T Rankinen

  • Familial resemblance for VO2max in the sedentary state: the HERITAGE family study.

    Claude Bouchard;E. Daw;Treva Rice;Louis Pérusse

  • Targeting the metabolic syndrome with exercise: evidence from the HERITAGE Family Study.

    Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Arthur S. Leon;Jack H. Wilmore;James S. Skinner

  • Race, Visceral Adipose Tissue, Plasma Lipids, and Lipoprotein Lipase Activity in Men and Women The Health, Risk Factors, Exercise Training, and Genetics (HERITAGE) Family Study

    Jean Pierre Després;Charles Couillard;Jacques Gagnon;Jean Bergeron

  • The HERITAGE family study. Aims, design, and measurement protocol

    Claude Bouchard;Arthur S. Leon;D. C. Rao;James S. Skinner

  • Effects of exercise training on glucose homeostasis: the HERITAGE Family Study.

    Normand G. Boulé;Normand G. Boulé;S. John Weisnagel;Timo A. Lakka;Timo A. Lakka;Angelo Tremblay

  • Developmental aspects of maximal aerobic power in children.

    Gary S. Krahenbuhl;James S. Skinner;Wendy M. Kohrt

  • Effects of Endurance Exercise Training on Plasma HDL Cholesterol Levels Depend on Levels of Triglycerides: Evidence From Men of the Health, Risk Factors, Exercise Training and Genetics (HERITAGE) Family Study

    Charles Couillard;Jean Pierre Després;Benoît Lamarche;Jean Bergeron

  • Adverse metabolic response to regular exercise: Is it a rare or common occurrence?

    Claude Bouchard;Steven N. Blair;Timothy S. Church;Conrad P. Earnest

  • Acute and chronic effects of exercise on leptin levels in humans

    Louis Pérusse;Gregory Collier;Jacques Gagnon;Arthur S. Leon

  • Age, sex, race, initial fitness, and response to training: the HERITAGE Family Study.

    James S. Skinner;Artur Jaskólski;Anna Jaskólska;Joanne Krasnoff

  • Effect of exercise training on plasma levels of C-reactive protein in healthy adults: the HERITAGE Family Study

    Timo A. Lakka;Hanna Maaria Lakka;Tuomo Rankinen;Arthur S. Leon

  • Contribution of body fatness and adipose tissue distribution to the age variation in plasma steroid hormone concentrations in men: the HERITAGE Family Study.

    Charles Couillard;Jacques Gagnon;Jean Bergeron;Arthur S. Leon

  • Genomic scan for maximal oxygen uptake and its response to training in the HERITAGE Family Study.

    Claude Bouchard;Tuomo Rankinen;Yvon C. Chagnon;Treva Rice

  • Alterations in body weight and composition consequent to 20 wk of endurance training: The HERITAGE Family Study

    Jack H. Wilmore;Jean Pierre Després;Philip R. Stanforth;Stephen Mandel

  • Role of ghrelin polymorphisms in obesity based on three different studies.

    Olavi Ukkola;Eric Ravussin;Peter Jacobson;Louis Pérusse

  • Blood lipid response to 20 weeks of supervised exercise in a large biracial population: The HERITAGE Family Study

    Arthur S. Leon;Treva Rice;Stephen Mandel;Jean Pierre Despres

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Bouchard
Claude Bouchard Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Arthur S. Leon
Arthur S. Leon University of Minnesota
Jack H. Wilmore
Jack H. Wilmore Texas A&M University
Treva Rice
Treva Rice Washington University in St. Louis
Tuomo Rankinen
Tuomo Rankinen Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Dabeeru C. Rao
Dabeeru C. Rao Washington University in St. Louis
Louis Pérusse
Louis Pérusse Université Laval
Jean-Pierre Després
Jean-Pierre Després Université Laval
Ingrid B. Borecki
Ingrid B. Borecki Washington University in St. Louis
Michael A. Province
Michael A. Province Washington University in St. Louis

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Claude Bouchard

Claude Bouchard

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Publications: 178

Steven N. Blair

Steven N. Blair

University of South Carolina

Publications: 112

Tuomo Rankinen

Tuomo Rankinen

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Publications: 74

Timothy S. Church

Timothy S. Church

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Publications: 73

Louis Pérusse

Louis Pérusse

Université Laval

Publications: 72

Alejandro Lucia

Alejandro Lucia

European University of Madrid

Publications: 54

Hermona Soreq

Hermona Soreq

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Publications: 51

Jean-Pierre Després

Jean-Pierre Després

Université Laval

Publications: 49

Conrad P. Earnest

Conrad P. Earnest

Texas A&M University

Publications: 47

Carl J. Lavie

Carl J. Lavie

University of Queensland

Publications: 45

Paul W. Franks

Paul W. Franks

Lund University

Publications: 44

Treva Rice

Treva Rice

Washington University in St. Louis

Publications: 41

James M. Hagberg

James M. Hagberg

University of Maryland, College Park

Publications: 39

William E. Kraus

William E. Kraus

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Arthur S. Leon

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