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D-Index
82
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36894
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15877
National Ranking
7988

Moonseong Heo 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 Moonseong Heo sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 307 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Moonseong Heo 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 Moonseong Heo sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Moonseong Heo is affiliated with Clemson University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, and Physiology.

Their research topics include:

  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Moonseong Heo has published articles in several journals, most frequently in the following venues:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • JAMA Network Open

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study, 2020, Obesity
  • Effectiveness of peer recovery support services on stages of the opioid use disorder treatment cascade: A systematic review, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Patient-centred models of hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs: a multicentre, pragmatic randomised trial, 2022, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Community Attitudes Toward Opioid Use Disorder and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in a Rural Appalachian County, 2020, The Journal of Rural Health
  • Inpatient link to peer recovery coaching: Results from a pilot randomized control trial, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Moonseong Heo's frequent co-authors include:

  • Alain H. Litwin
  • Irene Pericot-Valverde
  • Brianna L. Norton
  • Julia H. Arnsten
  • Paula J. Lum

Best Publications

  • Improved survival with an implanted defibrillator in patients with coronary disease at high risk for ventricular arrhythmia

    Arthur J. Moss;W. Jackson Hall;David S. Cannom;James P. Daubert

  • Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain: A Comprehensive Research Synthesis

    David B. Allison;Janet L. Mentore;Moonseong Heo;Linda P. Chandler

  • Healthy percentage body fat ranges: an approach for developing guidelines based on body mass index

    Dympna Gallagher;Steven B Heymsfield;Moonseong Heo;Susan A Jebb

  • Total-body skeletal muscle mass: development and cross-validation of anthropometric prediction models

    Robert C Lee;ZiMian Wang;Moonseong Heo;Robert Ross

  • Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children with Obesity Living in Verona, Italy: A Longitudinal Study.

    Angelo Pietrobelli;Luca Pecoraro;Alessandro Ferruzzi;Moonseong Heo

  • Waist circumference and obesity-associated risk factors among whites in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: clinical action thresholds

    Shan Kuan Zhu;Zi Mian Wang;Stanley Heshka;Moonseong Heo

  • What is the best measure of adiposity change in growing children: BMI, BMI %, BMI z-score or BMI centile?

    T J Cole;M S Faith;A Pietrobelli;A Pietrobelli;M Heo

  • Weight management using a meal replacement strategy: meta and pooling analysis from six studies

    S B Heymsfield;C A J van Mierlo;H C M van der Knaap;M Heo

  • The distribution of body mass index among individuals with and without schizophrenia.

    David B. Allison;Kevin R. Fontaine;Moonseong Heo;Moonseong Heo;Janet L. Mentore

  • Weight criticism during physical activity, coping skills, and reported physical activity in children.

    Myles S. Faith;Mary Ann Leone;Tim S. Ayers;Moonseong Heo

  • A mixture model approach for the analysis of microarray gene expression data

    David B. Allison;Gary L. Gadbury;Moonseong Heo;José R. Fernández

  • Depressive mood and obesity in US adults : comparison and moderation by sex, age, and race

    M Heo;A Pietrobelli;K R Fontaine;J A Sirey

  • Re-engineering systems for the treatment of depression in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial

    Allen J Dietrich;Thomas E Oxman;John W Williams;Herbert C Schulberg

  • Executive dysfunction and the course of geriatric depression.

    George S. Alexopoulos;Dimitris N. Kiosses;Moonseong Heo;Christopher F. Murphy

  • Why are there race/ethnic differences in adult body mass index-adiposity relationships? A quantitative critical review.

    S. B. Heymsfield;C. M. Peterson;D. M. Thomas;M. Heo

  • Outcomes of minor and subsyndromal depression among elderly patients in primary care settings.

    Jeffrey M. Lyness;Moonseong Heo;Catherine J. Datto;Thomas R. Ten Have

  • Estimating the consequences of anti-psychotic induced weight gain on health and mortality rate

    Kevin R Fontaine;Moonseong Heo;Edmund P Harrigan;Charles L Shear

  • Waist circumference-to-height ratio predicts adiposity better than body mass index in children and adolescents

    P Brambilla;G Bedogni;M Heo;A Pietrobelli

  • Hypothesis Concerning the U-shaped Relation between Body Mass Index and Mortality

    David B. Allison;David B. Allison;Myles S. Faith;Moonseong Heo;Donald P. Kotler

  • Ethnicity‐related skeletal muscle differences across the lifespan

    Analiza M. Silva;Wei Shen;Moonseong Heo;Dympna Gallagher

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Allison
David B. Allison Indiana University
Angelo Pietrobelli
Angelo Pietrobelli University of Verona
Steven B. Heymsfield
Steven B. Heymsfield Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Judith Wylie-Rosett
Judith Wylie-Rosett Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Benoit H. Mulsant
Benoit H. Mulsant Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Andrew C. Leon
Andrew C. Leon Cornell University
Thomas E. Rohan
Thomas E. Rohan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dympna Gallagher
Dympna Gallagher Columbia University
George S. Alexopoulos
George S. Alexopoulos Cornell University
Martha L. Bruce
Martha L. Bruce Dartmouth College

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