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Jens J. Holst 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 Jens J. Holst sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,361 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jens J. Holst 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 Jens J. Holst sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2021 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 2020 - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize For identifying Glucagon-like peptides and leading the field with studies extending from cells to humans, culminating in the development of these peptides as therapeutic agents for treating diabetes and short bowel syndrome.

Overview

Jens J. Holst is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications in the field of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Holst has contributed extensively to subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably Diabetes Treatment and Management, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Pancreatic Function and Diabetes, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, Diabetes Management and Research, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease.

Holst frequently publishes in specialized journals, with notable venues including Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Diabetes, Diabetologia, and the European Journal of Endocrinology.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Holst are:

  • "Statin therapy is associated with lower prevalence of gut microbiota dysbiosis," 2020, Nature
  • "Tirzepatide is an imbalanced and biased dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist," 2020, JCI Insight
  • "Healthy Weight Loss Maintenance with Exercise, Liraglutide, or Both Combined," 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Imidazole propionate is increased in diabetes and associated with dietary patterns and altered microbial ecology," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Combinatorial, additive and dose-dependent drug-microbiome associations," 2021, Nature

Frequent collaborators include Bolette Hartmann, Filip K. Knop, Sten Madsbad, Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtsen, and Tina Vilsbøll.

Jens J. Holst has received recognitions such as the Canada Gairdner International Award in 2021 and the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize in 2020. The latter was awarded for contributions to the identification of Glucagon-like peptides and leading studies spanning from cellular research to therapeutic applications for diabetes and short bowel syndrome.

Best Publications

  • The Physiology of Glucagon-like Peptide 1

    Jens Juul Holst

  • Preserved incretin activity of glucagon-like peptide 1 [7-36 amide] but not of synthetic human gastric inhibitory polypeptide in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus.

    M A Nauck;M M Heimesaat;C Orskov;J J Holst

  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Ralph A. DeFronzo;Ele Ferrannini;Leif Groop;Robert R. Henry

  • Effect of 6-week course of glucagon-like peptide 1 on glycaemic control, insulin sensitivity, and β-cell function in type 2 diabetes: a parallel-group study

    Mette Zander;Mette Zander;Sten Madsbad;Jan Lysgaard Madsen;Jens Juul Holst

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 promotes satiety and suppresses energy intake in humans.

    A Flint;A Raben;A Astrup;J J Holst

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)

    T.D. Müller;B. Finan;S.R. Bloom;D. D'Alessio

  • Normalization of fasting hyperglycaemia by exogenous glucagon-like peptide 1(7-36)amide in type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetic patients

    M. A. Nauck;N. Kleine;C. Orskov;J. J. Holst

  • Determinants of the impaired secretion of glucagon-like peptide-1 in type 2 diabetic patients.

    Mai-Britt Toft-Nielsen;Mette B. Damholt;Sten Madsbad;Linda M. Hilsted

  • Reduced Postprandial Concentrations of Intact Biologically Active Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

    Tina Vilsbøll;Thure Krarup;Carolyn F. Deacon;Sten Madsbad

  • Switching from insulin to oral sulfonylureas in patients with diabetes due to Kir6.2 mutations.

    Ewan R Pearson;Isabelle Flechtner;Pål R Njølstad;Maciej T Malecki

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 inhibition of gastric emptying outweighs its insulinotropic effects in healthy humans

    Michael A. Nauck;Ulrich Niedereichholz;Rainer Ettler;Jens Juul Holst

  • Antidiabetogenic effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 (7-36)amide in normal subjects and patients with diabetes mellitus.

    M Gutniak;C Orskov;J J Holst;B Ahrén

  • Both Subcutaneously and Intravenously Administered Glucagon-Like Peptide I Are Rapidly Degraded From the NH2-Terminus in Type II Diabetic Patients and in Healthy Subjects

    Carolyn F Deacon;Michael A Nauck;Maibritt Toft-Nielsen;Lone Pridal

  • Inhibition of gastric inhibitory polypeptide signaling prevents obesity.

    Kazumasa Miyawaki;Yuichiro Yamada;Nobuhiro Ban;Yu Ihara

  • Degradation of glucagon-like peptide-1 by human plasma in vitro yields an N-terminally truncated peptide that is a major endogenous metabolite in vivo

    C F Deacon;A H Johnsen;J J Holst

  • Tissue and Plasma Concentrations of Amidated and Glycine-Extended Glucagon-Like Peptide I in Humans

    Cathrine Ørskov;Lise Rabenhøj;André Wettergren;Hans Kofod

  • Improvement of Insulin Sensitivity after Lean Donor Feces in Metabolic Syndrome Is Driven by Baseline Intestinal Microbiota Composition

    Ruud S. Kootte;Evgeni Levin;Jarkko Salojärvi;Loek P. Smits

  • Truncated GLP-1 (proglucagon 78-107-amide) inhibits gastric and pancreatic functions in man.

    André Wettergren;Birgit Schjoldager;Poul Erik Mortensen;John Myhre

  • Role of incretin hormones in the regulation of insulin secretion in diabetic and nondiabetic humans.

    Jens Juul Holst;Jesper Gromada

  • Effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 on endothelial function in type 2 diabetes patients with stable coronary artery disease

    Thomas Nyström;Mark K. Gutniak;Qimin Zhang;Fan Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Filip K. Knop
Filip K. Knop University of Copenhagen
Sten Madsbad
Sten Madsbad University of Copenhagen
Carolyn F. Deacon
Carolyn F. Deacon University of Copenhagen
Jens F. Rehfeld
Jens F. Rehfeld University of Copenhagen
Steen Seier Poulsen
Steen Seier Poulsen University of Copenhagen
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Arne Astrup
Arne Astrup Novo Nordisk Foundation
Mette M. Rosenkilde
Mette M. Rosenkilde University of Copenhagen
Michael A. Nauck
Michael A. Nauck Ruhr University Bochum
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen

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