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D-Index
115
Citations
43087
World Ranking
4600
National Ranking
2497

Jeff S. Volek 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 Jeff S. Volek sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 555 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeff S. Volek 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 Jeff S. Volek sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 115 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jeff S. Volek is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with specific attention to physiology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, cell biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to diet, metabolism, and disease. Notable papers include:

  • "Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment and Proposal for Food-Based Recommendations" (2020), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic" (2021), American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "Competing paradigms of obesity pathogenesis: energy balance versus carbohydrate-insulin models" (2022), European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "Dietary Saturated Fats and Health: Are the U.S. Guidelines Evidence-Based?" (2021), Nutrients
  • "A ketogenic diet combined with exercise alters mitochondrial function in human skeletal muscle while improving metabolic health" (2020), American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism

Their main research topics include diet and metabolism studies, diet, metabolism and disease, muscle metabolism and nutrition, adipose tissue and metabolism, nutritional studies and diet, sports performance and training, and exercise and physiological responses.

Frequent collaborators in their research have included Alex Buga, Madison L. Kackley, William J. Kraemer, Carl M. Maresh, and Christopher D. Crabtree.

Their work appears frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • Nutrients
  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society

Best Publications

  • Beyond weight loss: a review of the therapeutic uses of very-low-carbohydrate (ketogenic) diets

    A Paoli;A Rubini;J S Volek;K A Grimaldi

  • Appropriate Intervention Strategies for Weight Loss and Prevention of Weight Regain for Adults

    John M. Jakicic;Kristine Clark;Ellen Coleman;Joseph E. Donnelly

  • Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base

    Richard D. Feinman;Wendy K. Pogozelski;Arne Astrup;Richard K. Bernstein

  • Effects of heavy-resistance training on hormonal response patterns in younger vs. older men.

    William J. Kraemer;Keijo Häkkinen;Robert U. Newton;Bradley C. Nindl

  • Performance and muscle fiber adaptations to creatine supplementation and heavy resistance training.

    Jeff Volek;Noel Duncan;Scott Mazzetti;Robert Staron

  • Changes in Muscle Morphology, Electromyographic Activity, and Force Production Characteristics During Progressive Strength Training in Young and Older Men

    Keijo Häkkinen;Robert U. Newton;Scott E. Gordon;Matthew McCormick

  • Carbohydrate Restriction has a More Favorable Impact on the Metabolic Syndrome than a Low Fat Diet

    Jeff S. Volek;Stephen D. Phinney;Cassandra E. Forsythe;Erin E. Quann

  • Creatine supplementation enhances muscular performance during high-intensity resistance exercise.

    Jeff S. Volek;William J. Kraemer;Jill A. Bush;Mark Boetes

  • Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism

    Eric C Westman;Richard D Feinman;John C Mavropoulos;Mary C Vernon

  • Low-volume circuit versus high-volume periodized resistance training in women.

    James O. Marx;Nicholas A. Ratamess;Bradley C. Nindl;Lincoln A. Gotshalk

  • Testosterone physiology in resistance exercise and training: the up-stream regulatory elements.

    Jakob L. Vingren;William J. Kraemer;Nicholas A. Ratamess;Jeffrey M. Anderson

  • Comparison of Low Fat and Low Carbohydrate Diets on Circulating Fatty Acid Composition and Markers of Inflammation

    Cassandra E. Forsythe;Stephen D. Phinney;Maria Luz Fernandez;Erin E. Quann

  • Physiological and performance responses to tournament wrestling

    W J Kraemer;A C Fry;M R Rubin;T Triplett-McBride

  • Changes in exercise performance and hormonal concentrations over a big ten soccer season in starters and nonstarters.

    William J. Kraemer;Duncan N. French;Nigel J. Paxton;Keijo Häkkinen

  • Relationship Between the Number of Repetitions and Selected Percentages of One Repetition Maximum in Free Weight Exercises in Trained and Untrained Men

    Tomoko Shimano;William J. Kraemer;Barry A. Spiering;Jeff S. Volek

  • Testosterone and cortisol in relationship to dietary nutrients and resistance exercise

    Jeff S. Volek;William J. Kraemer;Jill A. Bush;Thomas Incledon

  • Metabolic characteristics of keto-adapted ultra-endurance runners

    Jeff S. Volek;Jeff S. Volek;Daniel J. Freidenreich;Daniel J. Freidenreich;Catherine Saenz;Catherine Saenz;Laura J. Kunces

  • Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment and Proposal for Food-based Recommendations: JACC State-of -the-Art Review

    Arne Astrup;Faidon Magkos;Dennis M. Bier;J. Thomas Brenna

  • Effectiveness and Safety of a Novel Care Model for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes at 1 Year: An Open-Label, Non-Randomized, Controlled Study

    Sarah J. Hallberg;Amy L. McKenzie;Paul T. Williams;Nasir H. Bhanpuri

  • Effect of resistance training on women's strength/power and occupational performances.

    William J. Kraemer;Scott A. Mazzetti;Bradley C. Nindl;Lincoln A. Gotshalk

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Kraemer
William J. Kraemer The Ohio State University
Carl M. Maresh
Carl M. Maresh The Ohio State University
Maria Luz Fernandez
Maria Luz Fernandez University of Connecticut
Keijo Häkkinen
Keijo Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Nicholas A. Ratamess
Nicholas A. Ratamess College of New Jersey
Robert U. Newton
Robert U. Newton Edith Cowan University
Lawrence E. Armstrong
Lawrence E. Armstrong University of Connecticut
Andrea M. Mastro
Andrea M. Mastro Pennsylvania State University
Wayne W. Campbell
Wayne W. Campbell Purdue University West Lafayette
Jay R. Hoffman
Jay R. Hoffman Ariel University

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