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Jeffrey M. Friedman

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
110
Citations
97117
World Ranking
5408
National Ranking
2914

Jeffrey M. Friedman publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 256 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey M. Friedman 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 Jeffrey M. Friedman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 110 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jeffrey M. Friedman is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a particular focus on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jeffrey M. Friedman are:

  • Marc Schneeberger
  • Paul Cohen
  • Lisa E. Pomeranz
  • Xiaofei Yu
  • Putianqi Wang

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature
  • Cell Metabolism
  • Biological Psychiatry

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Jeffrey M. Friedman are:

  • "A leptin-BDNF pathway regulating sympathetic innervation of adipose tissue", 2020, Nature
  • "Brainstem ADCYAP1+ neurons control multiple aspects of sickness behaviour", 2022, Nature
  • "A limbic circuit selectively links active escape to food suppression", 2020, eLife
  • "The genetic structure of the Turkish population reveals high levels of variation and admixture", 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Top-down control of conditioned overconsumption is mediated by insular cortex Nos1 neurons", 2021, Cell Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Positional cloning of the mouse obese gene and its human homologue

    Yiying Zhang;Ricardo Proenca;Ricardo Proenca;Margherita Maffei;Marisa Barone;Marisa Barone

  • Leptin and the regulation of body weight in mammals

    Jeffrey M. Friedman;Jeffrey M. Friedman;Jeffrey L. Halaas;Jeffrey L. Halaas

  • Weight-Reducing Effects of the Plasma Protein Encoded by the obese Gene

    Jeffrey L. Halaas;Ketan S. Gajiwala;Margherita Maffei;Steven L. Cohen

  • Leptin levels in human and rodent : Measurement of plasma leptin and ob RNA in obese and weight-reduced subjects

    M. Maffei;J. Halaas;E. Ravussin;R.E. Pratley

  • Abnormal splicing of the leptin receptor in diabetic mice

    Gwo-Hwa Lee;Gwo-Hwa Lee;R. Proenca;R. Proenca;J. M. Montez;K. M. Carroll

  • The Distribution and Mechanism of Action of Ghrelin in the CNS Demonstrates a Novel Hypothalamic Circuit Regulating Energy Homeostasis

    Michael A Cowley;Roy G Smith;Sabrina Diano;Matthias Tschöp

  • Specific activation of microRNA-127 with downregulation of the proto-oncogene BCL6 by chromatin-modifying drugs in human cancer cells

    Yoshimasa Saito;Gangning Liang;Gerda Egger;Jeffrey M. Friedman

  • Vanilloid Receptor–Related Osmotically Activated Channel (VR-OAC), a Candidate Vertebrate Osmoreceptor

    Wolfgang Liedtke;Yong Choe;Marc A. Martí-Renom;Andrea M. Bell;Andrea M. Bell

  • Physiological response to long-term peripheral and central leptin infusion in lean and obese mice

    Jeffrey L. Halaas;Carol Boozer;John Blair-West;Naseem Fidahusein

  • Nucleotide sequence of a bovine clone encoding the angiogenic protein, basic fibroblast growth factor.

    Judith A. Abraham;Ayalew Mergia;Jacqueline L. Whang;Annette Tumolo

  • Leptin activation of Stat3 in the hypothalamus of wild–type and ob/ob mice but not db/db mice

    Christian Vaisse;Jeffrey L Halaas;Curt M. Horvath;James E. Darnell

  • Loss of stearoyl–CoA desaturase-1 function protects mice against adiposity

    James M. Ntambi;Makoto Miyazaki;Jonathan P. Stoehr;Hong Lan

  • Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons

    Dipesh Chaudhury;Jessica J. Walsh;Allyson K. Friedman;Barbara Juarez

  • Rapid Rewiring of Arcuate Nucleus Feeding Circuits by Leptin

    Shirly Pinto;Aaron G. Roseberry;Hongyan Liu;Sabrina Diano

  • Obesity in the new millennium.

    J. M. Friedman

  • Identification of White Adipocyte Progenitor Cells In Vivo

    Matthew S. Rodeheffer;Kıvanç Birsoy;Jeffrey M. Friedman;Jeffrey M. Friedman

  • Anatomic localization of alternatively spliced leptin receptors (Ob-R) in mouse brain and other tissues

    Hong Fei;Hirotaka J. Okano;Cai Li;Gwo-Hwa Lee

  • Role for Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 in Leptin-Mediated Weight Loss

    Paul Cohen;Makoto Miyazaki;Nicholas D. Socci;Aaron Hagge-Greenberg

  • Acute stimulation of glucose metabolism in mice by leptin treatment.

    Seika Kamohara;Rémy Burcelin;Jeffrey L. Halaas;Jeffrey M. Friedman;Jeffrey M. Friedman

  • Capillary endothelial cells express basic fibroblast growth factor, a mitogen that promotes their own growth

    Lothar Schweigerer;Gera Neufeld;Jeff Friedman;Judith A. Abraham

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel University of Geneva
Jan L. Breslow
Jan L. Breslow Rockefeller University
Paul Cohen
Paul Cohen Rockefeller University
David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University
Itsik Pe'er
Itsik Pe'er Columbia University
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
Rudolph L. Leibel
Rudolph L. Leibel Columbia University
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Eimear E. Kenny
Eimear E. Kenny Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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