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D-Index
77
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22546
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18401
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256

Lourdes Ibáñez 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 Lourdes Ibáñez sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 360 publications — 30th percentile

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Lourdes Ibáñez 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 Lourdes Ibáñez sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 77 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Lourdes Ibáñez is affiliated with Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Hospital in Spain. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Reproductive Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, and Physiology. The scientist's work covers multiple topics including ovarian function and disorders, birth, development, and health, reproductive biology and fertility, growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors, adipose tissue and metabolism, gestational diabetes research and management, as well as GDF15 and related biomarkers.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lourdes Ibáñez include:

  • Francis de Zegher
  • Abel López-Bermejo
  • Marta Díaz
  • Judit Bassols
  • Cristina García-Beltrán

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Pediatric Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Ibáñez's recent publications demonstrate a focus on adolescent health and endocrinology. Representative papers include:

  • "Safety and Efficacy of Pediatric Growth Hormone Therapy: Results From the Full KIGS Cohort," 2022, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • "Adolescent PCOS: a postpubertal central obesity syndrome," 2023, Trends in Molecular Medicine
  • "Toward a Treatment Normalizing Ovulation Rate in Adolescent Girls With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome," 2020, Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • "Reduced circulating levels of chemokine CXCL14 in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome: normalization after insulin sensitization," 2020, BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
  • "Gut microbiota in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome: Effects of randomized treatments," 2020, Pediatric Obesity

In addition to journal articles, Lourdes Ibáñez has contributed to book publications, including:

  • Impact of Polycystic Ovary, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity on Women Health, 2021, Springer International Publishing

Best Publications

  • The Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome during Adolescence

    Selma F. Witchel;Sharon Oberfield;Robert L. Rosenfield;Ethel Codner

  • Early development of adiposity and insulin resistance after catch-up weight gain in small-for-gestational-age children.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Ken Ong;Ken Ong;David B. Dunger;Francis de Zegher

  • Precocious pubarche, hyperinsulinism, and ovarian hyperandrogenism in girls: relation to reduced fetal growth.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Neus Potau;Inge Francois;Francis de Zegher

  • Premature adrenarche--normal variant or forerunner of adult disease?

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Joan DiMartino-Nardi;Neus Potau;Paul Saenger

  • Evaluation and Treatment of Hirsutism in Premenopausal Women: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Kathryn A. Martin;R. Jeffrey Chang;David A. Ehrmann;Lourdes Ibanez

  • An International Consortium Update: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Adolescence.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Sharon E Oberfield;Selma Witchel;Richard J Auchus

  • Postpubertal outcome in girls diagnosed of premature pubarche during childhood: increased frequency of functional ovarian hyperandrogenism.

    L Ibañez;N Potau;R Virdis;M Zampolli

  • Opposing influences of prenatal and postnatal weight gain on adrenarche in normal boys and girls

    Ken K. Ong;Neus Potau;Clive J. Petry;Richard Jones

  • Hyperinsulinemia and decreased insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 are common features in prepubertal and pubertal girls with a history of premature pubarche

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Neus Potau;Maria Zampolli;Susanna RiquÉ

  • Early puberty: rapid progression and reduced final height in girls with low birth weight.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Angela Ferrer;Maria Victoria Marcos;Francisco Rodriguez Hierro

  • Sensitization to insulin in adolescent girls to normalize hirsutism, hyperandrogenism, oligomenorrhea, dyslipidemia, and hyperinsulinism after precocious pubarche.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Carme Valls;Neus Potau;Maria Victoria Marcos

  • Exaggerated adrenarche and hyperinsulinism in adolescent girls born small for gestational age.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Neus Potau;Maria Victoria Marcos;Francis de Zegher

  • Ethinylestradiol-Drospirenone, Flutamide-Metformin, or Both for Adolescents and Women with Hyperinsulinemic Hyperandrogenism: Opposite Effects on Adipocytokines and Body Adiposity

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Francis de Zegher

  • 21-Hydroxylase-deficient nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia is a progressive disorder: a multicenter study.

    Carlos Moran;Ricardo Azziz;Enrico Carmina;Didier Dewailly

  • Reduced uterine and ovarian size in adolescent girls born small for gestational age.

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Neus Potau;Goya Enriquez;Francis De Zegher

  • Early Puberty-Menarche After Precocious Pubarche: Relation to Prenatal Growth

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Rafael Jiménez;Francis de Zegher

  • Sensitization to insulin induces ovulation in nonobese adolescents with anovulatory hyperandrogenism

    Lourdes Ibanez;Carme Valls;Angela Ferrer;Maria Victoria Marcos

  • Hyperinsulinaemia, dyslipaemia and cardiovascular risk in girls with a history of premature pubarche

    L. Ibáñez;N. Potau;P. Chacon;C. Pascual

  • Reduced Ovulation Rate in Adolescent Girls Born Small for Gestational Age

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Neus Potau;Angela Ferrer;Francisco Rodriguez-Hierro

  • Polycystic ovary syndrome after precocious pubarche: ontogeny of the low‐birthweight effect

    Lourdes Ibáñez;Carme Valls;Neus Potau;Maria Victoria Marcos

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Dunger
David B. Dunger University of Cambridge
Ken K. Ong
Ken K. Ong University of Cambridge
Francesc Villarroya
Francesc Villarroya University of Barcelona
José Manuel Fernández-Real
José Manuel Fernández-Real University of Girona
robert feil
robert feil Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Xavier Correig
Xavier Correig Rovira i Virgili University
Wifredo Ricart
Wifredo Ricart Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Juri Rappsilber
Juri Rappsilber Technical University of Berlin
Antonio Zorzano
Antonio Zorzano University of Barcelona

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