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D-Index
89
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38140
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12492
National Ranking
405

Luigi Fontana 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 Luigi Fontana sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 273 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luigi Fontana 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 Luigi Fontana sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Luigi Fontana is a researcher primarily affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their scholarly work is extensively focused on the field of Medicine, with particular attention to various subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and General Health Professions.

Their research encompasses a range of topics, centering on diet, metabolism, and health-related studies. Major thematic areas include diet and metabolism studies, nutritional studies and diet, dietary effects on health, physical activity and health, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, obesity, physical activity, diet, and the interrelations of diet, metabolism, and disease.

Luigi Fontana's scholarly output includes work published in several frequently appearing venues. These include the European Heart Journal, Nutrients, Nutrition, Aging Cell, and Nutrition and Healthy Aging, reflecting a consistent engagement with journals that address nutrition, aging, and cardiovascular health.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Andrius Masedunskas, Nicola Veronese, Tian Wang, Cynthia M. Kroeger, and Sophie Cassidy, with collaboration counts ranging from 15 to 21 joint publications each.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Luigi Fontana are:

  • Molecular mechanisms of dietary restriction promoting health and longevity, 2021, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Intermittent fasting in the prevention and treatment of cancer, 2021, CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • Vegetarian and vegan diets: benefits and drawbacks, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • Aging and chronic inflammation: highlights from a multidisciplinary workshop, 2023, Immunity & Ageing
  • Effects of dietary restriction on neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases, 2021, The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Best Publications

  • Extending Healthy Life Span-From Yeast to Humans

    Luigi Fontana;Linda Partridge;Valter D. Longo

  • Diet drives convergence in gut microbiome functions across mammalian phylogeny and within humans

    Brian D. Muegge;Justin Kuczynski;Dan Knights;Jose C. Clemente

  • Visceral Fat Adipokine Secretion Is Associated With Systemic Inflammation in Obese Humans

    Luigi Fontana;J. Christopher Eagon;Maria E. Trujillo;Philipp E. Scherer

  • Promoting Health and Longevity through Diet: From Model Organisms to Humans

    Luigi Fontana;Linda Partridge

  • Absence of an Effect of Liposuction on Insulin Action and Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease

    Samuel Klein;Luigi Fontana;V. Leroy Young;Andrew R. Coggan

  • Long-term calorie restriction is highly effective in reducing the risk for atherosclerosis in humans

    Luigi Fontana;Timothy E. Meyer;Samuel Klein;John O. Holloszy

  • Low Protein Intake Is Associated with a Major Reduction in IGF-1, Cancer, and Overall Mortality in the 65 and Younger but Not Older Population

    Morgan E. Levine;Jorge A. Suarez;Sebastian Brandhorst;Priya Balasubramanian

  • Hereditary and acquired angioedema: problems and progress: proceedings of the third C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency workshop and beyond.

    Angelo Agostoni;Emel Aygören-Pürsün;Karen E. Binkley;Alvaro Blanch

  • Sub-Lingual Immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009

    G Walter Canonica;Jean Bousquet;Thomas Casale;Richard F Lockey

  • Sub-lingual immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009.

    Canonica Gw;Bousquet J;Casale T;Lockey Rf

  • Aging, adiposity, and calorie restriction.

    Luigi Fontana;Samuel Klein

  • Interventions to Slow Aging in Humans: Are We Ready?

    Valter D. Longo;Adam Antebi;Andrzej Bartke;Nir Barzilai

  • Meal frequency and timing in health and disease

    Mark M.P. Mattson;Mark M.P. Mattson;David D.B. Allison;Luigi Fontana;Michelle Harvie

  • Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet: Metabolic and Molecular Mechanisms.

    Valeria Tosti;Beatrice Bertozzi;Luigi Fontana;Luigi Fontana

  • A 2-Year Randomized Controlled Trial of Human Caloric Restriction: Feasibility and Effects on Predictors of Health Span and Longevity

    Eric Ravussin;Leanne M. Redman;James Rochon;Sai Krupa Das

  • Calorie restriction in humans: An update.

    Jasper Most;Valeria Tosti;Leanne M. Redman;Luigi Fontana;Luigi Fontana

  • Fasting and cancer treatment in humans: A case series report

    Fernando M. Safdie;Tanya Dorff;David Quinn;Luigi Fontana

  • Long-term effects of calorie or protein restriction on serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentration in humans.

    Luigi Fontana;Luigi Fontana;Edward P. Weiss;Edward P. Weiss;Dennis T. Villareal;Samuel Klein

  • Improvements in glucose tolerance and insulin action induced by increasing energy expenditure or decreasing energy intake: a randomized controlled trial.

    Edward P Weiss;Susan B Racette;Dennis T Villareal;Luigi Fontana

  • Interventions to slow aging in humans: are we ready? [forthcoming]

    L Fontana;A Antebi;A Bartke;N Barzilai

Frequent Co-Authors

John O. Holloszy
John O. Holloszy Washington University in St. Louis
Samuel Klein
Samuel Klein Washington University in St. Louis
Nicola Veronese
Nicola Veronese University of Palermo
Valter D. Longo
Valter D. Longo University of Southern California
Brendon Stubbs
Brendon Stubbs Medical University of Vienna
Ali A. Ehsani
Ali A. Ehsani Washington University in St. Louis
Leanne M. Redman
Leanne M. Redman Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Susan B. Roberts
Susan B. Roberts Tufts University
Roberto Pili
Roberto Pili University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Roberto Perricone
Roberto Perricone University of Rome Tor Vergata

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