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Joerg Heeren publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joerg Heeren sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 288 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Joerg Heeren D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joerg Heeren sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Joerg Heeren is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work explores several subfields, including physiology, molecular biology, epidemiology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, cardiology, and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics covered in Joerg Heeren's research include adipose tissue and metabolism, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, diet and metabolism studies, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, and prenatal screening and diagnostics.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Joerg Heeren and others include:

  • Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and lipoprotein metabolism, 2021, Molecular Metabolism
  • Apoptotic brown adipocytes enhance energy expenditure via extracellular inosine, 2022, Nature
  • Role of bile acids in inflammatory liver diseases, 2021, Seminars in Immunopathology
  • Sex hormone and metabolic dysregulations are associated with critical illness in male Covid-19 patients, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Functional changes of the gastric bypass microbiota reactivate thermogenic adipose tissue and systemic glucose control via intestinal FXR-TGR5 crosstalk in diet-induced obesity, 2022, Microbiome

Joerg Heeren has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include Ludger Scheja, Anna Worthmann, Markus Heine, Michelle Y. Jaeckstein, and Alexander W. Fischer.

The scientist's publications have appeared repeatedly in several venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Atherosclerosis, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Molecular Metabolism, and Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Best Publications

  • The TREM2-APOE Pathway Drives the Transcriptional Phenotype of Dysfunctional Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Susanne Krasemann;Susanne Krasemann;Charlotte Madore;Ron Cialic;Caroline Baufeld

  • Adipose tissue browning and metabolic health

    Alexander Bartelt;Joerg Heeren

  • Next-generation in vivo optical imaging with short-wave infrared quantum dots

    Oliver T. Bruns;Thomas S. Bischof;Daniel K. Harris;Daniel Franke

  • Brown fat activation reduces hypercholesterolaemia and protects from atherosclerosis development.

    Jimmy F. P. Berbée;Mariëtte R Boon;P. Padmini S. J. Khedoe;Alexander Bartelt

  • The endocrine function of adipose tissues in health and cardiometabolic disease

    Ludger Scheja;Joerg Heeren

  • Apolipoprotein AV Accelerates Plasma Hydrolysis of Triglyceriderich Lipoproteins by Interaction with Proteoglycan-bound Lipoprotein Lipase

    Martin Merkel;Britta Loeffler;Malte Kluger;Nathalie Fabig

  • Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and lipoprotein metabolism.

    Joerg Heeren;Ludger Scheja

  • Obesity-induced overexpression of miR-802 impairs glucose metabolism through silencing of Hnf1b

    Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld;Catherina Baitzel;Catherina Baitzel;A Christine Könner;A Christine Könner;Hayley T Nicholls;Hayley T Nicholls

  • Cold-induced conversion of cholesterol to bile acids in mice shapes the gut microbiome and promotes adaptive thermogenesis.

    Anna Worthmann;Clara John;Malte Christoph Rühlemann;Miriam Baguhl

  • De novo lipogenesis in human fat and liver is linked to ChREBP-β and metabolic health

    Leah Eissing;Thomas Scherer;Thomas Scherer;Klaus Tödter;Uwe Knippschild

  • Sort1, Encoded by the Cardiovascular Risk Locus 1p13.3, Is a Regulator of Hepatic Lipoprotein Export

    Mads Kjolby;Olav M. Andersen;Tilman Breiderhoff;Anja W. Fjorback

  • The TMAO-Producing Enzyme Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase 3 Regulates Obesity and the Beiging of White Adipose Tissue

    Rebecca C. Schugar;Diana M. Shih;Manya Warrier;Robert N. Helsley

  • TGF-β-dependent Induction of CD4⁺CD25⁺Foxp3⁺ Tregs by Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells

    Antonella Carambia;Barbara Freund;Dorothee Schwinge;Markus Heine

  • FGF21 Lowers Plasma Triglycerides by Accelerating Lipoprotein Catabolism in White and Brown Adipose Tissues.

    Christian Schlein;Saswata Talukdar;Markus Heine;Alexander W. Fischer

  • Real-time magnetic resonance imaging and quantification of lipoprotein metabolism in vivo using nanocrystals

    Oliver T. Bruns;Harald Ittrich;Kersten Peldschus;Michael G. Kaul

  • Nanoparticle-based autoantigen delivery to Treg-inducing liver sinusoidal endothelial cells enables control of autoimmunity in mice

    Antonella Carambia;Barbara Freund;Dorothee Schwinge;Oliver T. Bruns

  • Metabolic interplay between white, beige, brown adipocytes and the liver

    Ludger Scheja;Joerg Heeren

  • Apolipoprotein E Recycling Implications for Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis

    Joerg Heeren;Ulrike Beisiegel;Thomas Grewal

  • Exosomal microRNA miR-92a concentration in serum reflects human brown fat activity

    Yong Chen;Joschka J. Buyel;Joschka J. Buyel;Mark J. W. Hanssen;Franziska Siegel

  • Next-generation in vivo optical imaging with short-wave infrared quantum dots

    Lars Riedemann;Alexander Bartelt;Frank B. Jaworski;Jonas Kloepper

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Enrich
Carlos Enrich University of Barcelona
Horst Weller
Horst Weller Universität Hamburg
Ansgar W. Lohse
Ansgar W. Lohse Universität Hamburg
Gerhard Adam
Gerhard Adam BOKU University
Patrick C. N. Rensen
Patrick C. N. Rensen Leiden University Medical Center
Thomas E. Willnow
Thomas E. Willnow Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Gunilla Olivecrona
Gunilla Olivecrona Umeå University
Marc Lütgehetmann
Marc Lütgehetmann University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Maura Dandri
Maura Dandri Universität Hamburg
Albert Pol
Albert Pol Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

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