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Joel K. Elmquist

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Neuroscience

D-Index
125
Citations
67536
World Ranking
322
National Ranking
194

Joel K. Elmquist publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joel K. Elmquist sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 317 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Joel K. Elmquist D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joel K. Elmquist sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 125 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Joel K. Elmquist is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their work primarily spans medicine and neuroscience, with a notable focus on physiology and endocrine and autonomic systems. Their research also extends into epidemiology, nutrition and dietetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include:

  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Pancreatic Function and Diabetes
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Joel K. Elmquist has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Molecular Metabolism (6 publications)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature (5 publications)
  • Diabetes (4 publications)
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society (4 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)

Recent papers from Joel K. Elmquist's research include:

  • Leptin: Less Is More, 2020, Diabetes
  • Perivascular mesenchymal cells control adipose-tissue macrophage accrual in obesity, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Partial leptin deficiency confers resistance to diet-induced obesity in mice, 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • TLR4 Signaling Selectively and Directly Promotes CGRP Release from Vagal Afferents in the Mouse, 2020, eNeuro
  • Obesity: an evolutionary context, 2022, Life Metabolism

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Steven C. Wyler (12 coauthored papers)
  • Teppei Fujikawa (11 coauthored papers)
  • Syann Lee (9 coauthored papers)
  • Alexandre Caron (9 coauthored papers)
  • Chen Liu (7 coauthored papers)

Best Publications

  • Narcolepsy in orexin knockout mice: Molecular genetics of sleep regulation

    Richard M. Chemelli;Jon T. Willie;Christopher M. Sinton;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Differential expression of orexin receptors 1 and 2 in the rat brain.

    Jacob N. Marcus;Carl J. Aschkenasi;Charlotte E. Lee;Richard M. Chemelli

  • Endocrine Regulation of the Fasting Response by PPARα-Mediated Induction of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21

    Takeshi Inagaki;Paul Dutchak;Guixiang Zhao;Xunshan Ding

  • From lesions to leptin: hypothalamic control of food intake and body weight.

    Joel K Elmquist;Carol Fuzeti Elias;Clifford B Saper

  • The need to feed: Homeostatic and hedonic control of eating

    Clifford B. Saper;Thomas C. Chou;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Distributions of leptin receptor mRNA isoforms in the rat brain.

    Joel K. Elmquist;Christian Bjørbæk;Rexford S. Ahima;Jeffrey S. Flier

  • Divergence of Melanocortin Pathways in the Control of Food Intake and Energy Expenditure

    Nina Balthasar;Louise T. Dalgaard;Charlotte E. Lee;Jia Yu

  • Identification of SOCS-3 as a Potential Mediator of Central Leptin Resistance

    Christian Bjørbæk;Joel K Elmquist;J.Daniel Frantz;Steven E Shoelson

  • Expression of ghrelin receptor mRNA in the rat and the mouse brain.

    Jeffrey M. Zigman;Juli E. Jones;Charlotte E. Lee;Clifford B. Saper

  • Dentate Gyrus NMDA Receptors Mediate Rapid Pattern Separation in the Hippocampal Network

    Thomas J. McHugh;Matthew W. Jones;Matthew W. Jones;Jennifer J. Quinn;Jennifer J. Quinn;Nina Balthasar;Nina Balthasar

  • Leptin Differentially Regulates NPY and POMC Neurons Projecting to the Lateral Hypothalamic Area

    Carol F Elias;Carl Aschkenasi;Charlotte Lee;Joseph Kelly

  • Leptin Receptor Signaling in POMC Neurons Is Required for Normal Body Weight Homeostasis

    Nina Balthasar;Roberto Coppari;Julie McMinn;Shun M Liu

  • Chemically defined projections linking the mediobasal hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamic area

    Carol F. Elias;Clifford B. Saper;Eleftheria Maratos-Flier;Nicholas A. Tritos

  • PTP1B regulates leptin signal transduction in vivo.

    Janice M. Zabolotny;Kendra K. Bence-Hanulec;Alain Stricker-Krongrad;Fawaz Haj

  • Leptin regulation of neuroendocrine systems.

    Rexford S. Ahima;Clifford B. Saper;Jeffrey S. Flier;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Leptin Activates Hypothalamic CART Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord

    Carol F. Elias;Charlotte Lee;Joseph Kelly;Carl Aschkenasi

  • Innervation of Histaminergic Tuberomammillary Neurons by GABAergic and Galaninergic Neurons in the Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus of the Rat

    Jonathan E. Sherin;Joel K. Elmquist;Fernando Torrealba;Fernando Torrealba;Clifford B. Saper

  • Leptin Directly Activates SF1 Neurons in the VMH, and This Action by Leptin Is Required for Normal Body-Weight Homeostasis

    Harveen Dhillon;Jeffrey M. Zigman;Chianping Ye;Charlotte E. Lee

  • Expression of melanocortin 4 receptor mRNA in the central nervous system of the rat.

    Toshiro Kishi;Carl J. Aschkenasi;Charlotte E. Lee;Kathleen G. Mountjoy

  • Glucose sensing by POMC neurons regulates glucose homeostasis and is impaired in obesity

    Laure E Parton;Chianping Ye;Roberto Coppari;Roberto Coppari;Pablo Enriori

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford B. Saper
Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bradford B. Lowell
Bradford B. Lowell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Laurent Gautron
Laurent Gautron The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Philipp E. Scherer
Philipp E. Scherer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jeffrey S. Flier
Jeffrey S. Flier Harvard University
Rexford S. Ahima
Rexford S. Ahima Johns Hopkins University
Thomas E. Scammell
Thomas E. Scammell Harvard Medical School
Masashi Yanagisawa
Masashi Yanagisawa University of Tsukuba
Jose Donato
Jose Donato Universidade de São Paulo
Jeffrey M. Friedman
Jeffrey M. Friedman Rockefeller University

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