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Kitt Falk Petersen

Kitt Falk Petersen

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
87
Citations
47379
World Ranking
13396
National Ranking
6813

Kitt Falk Petersen 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 Kitt Falk Petersen sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 177 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kitt Falk Petersen 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 Kitt Falk Petersen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kitt Falk Petersen is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and focuses research efforts primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans subfields including Physiology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, notably:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

Recent publications by Kitt Falk Petersen include the following:

  • Effect of a ketogenic diet on hepatic steatosis and hepatic mitochondrial metabolism in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Insulin Resistance, and Potential Genetic Implications (2020), Endocrinology
  • Effect of a Low-Fat Vegan Diet on Body Weight, Insulin Sensitivity, Postprandial Metabolism, and Intramyocellular and Hepatocellular Lipid Levels in Overweight Adults (2020), JAMA Network Open
  • Glucagon stimulates gluconeogenesis by INSP3R1-mediated hepatic lipolysis (2020), Nature
  • Metabolic control analysis of hepatic glycogen synthesis in vivo (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Kitt Falk Petersen frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Gerald I. Shulman
  • Ali Nasiri
  • Ikki Sakuma
  • Rafael Calais Gaspar
  • Mario Kahn

Publications appear predominantly in journals such as:

  • Diabetes
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell Metabolism
  • American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Journal of Hepatology

Best Publications

  • Impaired mitochondrial activity in the insulin-resistant offspring of patients with type 2 diabetes.

    Kitt Falk Petersen;Sylvie Dufour;Douglas Befroy;Rina Garcia

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in the elderly: possible role in insulin resistance

    Kitt Falk Petersen;Douglas Befroy;Sylvie Dufour;James Dziura

  • Mechanism of free fatty acid-induced insulin resistance in humans.

    Michael Roden;Thomas B. Price;Gianluca Perseghin;Kitt Falk Petersen

  • Effects of free fatty acids on glucose transport and IRS-1–associated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activity

    Alan Dresner;Didier Laurent;Melissa Marcucci;Margaret E. Griffin

  • Intramyocellular lipid concentrations are correlated with insulin sensitivity in humans: a 1H NMR spectroscopy study.

    Krssak M;Falk Petersen K;Dresner A;DiPietro L

  • Disordered Lipid Metabolism and the Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance

    David B. Savage;Kitt Falk Petersen;Gerald I. Shulman

  • Lipid-induced insulin resistance: unravelling the mechanism

    Varman T Samuel;Kitt Falk Petersen;Gerald I Shulman

  • Mechanism by which metformin reduces glucose production in type 2 diabetes.

    Ripudaman S. Hundal;Martin Krssak;Sylvie Dufour;Didier Laurent

  • Acetate mediates a microbiome–brain–β-cell axis to promote metabolic syndrome

    Rachel J. Perry;Liang Peng;Natasha A. Barry;Gary W. Cline

  • Molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance in humans and their potential links with mitochondrial dysfunction.

    Katsutaro Morino;Kitt Falk Petersen;Gerald I. Shulman

  • The role of hepatic lipids in hepatic insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes

    Rachel J. Perry;Varman T. Samuel;Kitt F. Petersen;Gerald I. Shulman

  • Etiology of Insulin Resistance

    Kitt Falk Petersen;Gerald I. Shulman

  • Reversal of Nonalcoholic Hepatic Steatosis, Hepatic Insulin Resistance, and Hyperglycemia by Moderate Weight Reduction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    Kitt Falk Petersen;Sylvie Dufour;Douglas Befroy;Michael Lehrke

  • Reduced mitochondrial density and increased IRS-1 serine phosphorylation in muscle of insulin-resistant offspring of type 2 diabetic parents

    Katsutaro Morino;Kitt Falk Petersen;Sylvie Dufour;Douglas Befroy

  • Increased Glucose Transport–Phosphorylation and Muscle Glycogen Synthesis after Exercise Training in Insulin-Resistant Subjects

    Gianluca Perseghin;Thomas B. Price;Kitt Falk Petersen;Michael Roden

  • Leptin reverses insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis in patients with severe lipodystrophy

    Kitt Falk Petersen;Elif Arioglu Oral;Sylvie Dufour;Douglas Befroy

  • Mechanism by which high-dose aspirin improves glucose metabolism in type 2 diabetes

    Ripudaman S. Hundal;Kitt F. Petersen;Adam B. Mayerson;Pritpal S. Randhawa

  • Impaired glucose transport as a cause of decreased insulin-stimulated muscle glycogen synthesis in type 2 diabetes.

    Gary W. Cline;Kitt Falk Petersen;Martin Krssak;Jun Shen

  • The role of skeletal muscle insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome

    Kitt Falk Petersen;Sylvie Dufour;David B. Savage;Stefan Bilz

  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes

    Rebecca Parish;Kitt Falk Petersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald I. Shulman
Gerald I. Shulman Yale University
Gary W. Cline
Gary W. Cline Yale University
Douglas L. Rothman
Douglas L. Rothman Yale University
Graeme F. Mason
Graeme F. Mason Yale University
Kevin L. Behar
Kevin L. Behar Yale University
James Dziura
James Dziura Yale University
Silvio E. Inzucchi
Silvio E. Inzucchi Yale University
Michael Roden
Michael Roden Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Yu-Shin Ding
Yu-Shin Ding New York University
Ognen A. C. Petroff
Ognen A. C. Petroff Yale University

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