The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 140 publications — 32nd percentile
32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 75 D-Index — 62nd percentile
62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.
Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg is affiliated with MSD in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work spans several subfields including Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Surgery.
The main topics of their research focus on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, and Pancreatic function and diabetes.
Van der Ploeg's recent publication includes a paper titled "Deuterium-Stabilized (R)-Pioglitazone (PXL065) Is Responsible for Pioglitazone Efficacy in NASH yet Exhibits Little to No PPARγ Activity", published in 2021 in the journal Hepatology Communications. This paper has received citations reflecting impact within the scientific community.
Frequent coauthors collaborating with Van der Ploeg include:
Publication venues for Van der Ploeg's research primarily include Hepatology Communications.
Andrew D. Howard;Scott D. Feighner;Doris F. Cully;Joseph P. Arena
Xiao-Ming Guan;Hong Yu;Oksana C. Palyha;Karen Kulju McKee
Airu S. Chen;Donald J. Marsh;Myrna E. Trumbauer;Easter G. Frazier
Hui Zheng;Minghao Jiang;Myrna E. Trumbauer;Dalip J.S. Sirinathsinghji
Philip C. Wong;Hui Zheng;Hua Chen;Mark W. Becher
Doris F. Cully;Demetrios K. Vassilatis;Ken K. Liu;Philip S. Paress
Roy G. Smith;Lex H. T. Van der Ploeg;Andrew D. Howard;Scott D. Feighner
Donald J. Marsh;Drew T. Weingarth;Dawn E. Novi;Howard Y. Chen
Andrew D. Howard;Ruiping Wang;Sheng-Shung Pong;Theodore N. Mellin
Karen Kulju McKee;Oksana C. Palyha;Scott D. Feighner;Donna L. Hreniuk
Su Qian;Howard Chen;Drew Weingarth;Myrna E. Trumbauer
Hui Zheng;Daniel Fletcher;Wieslaw Kozak;Minghao Jiang
Lex H.T. Van der Ploeg;David C. Schwartz;Charles R. Cantor;Piet Borst
Andrew D Howard;George McAllister;Scott D Feighner;Qingyun Liu
Mary M. Hagan;Paul A. Rushing;Laurel M. Pritchard;Michael W. Schwartz
Lex H. T. Van der Ploeg;William J. Martin;Andrew D. Howard;Ravi P. Nargund
Ruth G. Perez;Hui Zheng;Lex H. T. Van der Ploeg;Edward H. Koo;Edward H. Koo
Carina P. Tan;Hideki Sano;Hisashi Iwaasa;Jie Pan
Andreas W. Sailer;Hideki Sano;Zhizhen Zeng;Terrence P. McDonald
Andrew D Howard;Carina Tan;Lin-Lin Shiao;Oksana C Palyha
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