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Norbert Stefan 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 Norbert Stefan sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 448 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Norbert Stefan 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 Norbert Stefan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Norbert Stefan is affiliated with the German Center for Diabetes Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant specialization in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. The scientist's work spans related subfields including epidemiology, physiology, molecular biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics covered in Norbert Stefan's work include:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

They have published extensively, contributing papers to key venues in the field. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Diabetes
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Die Diabetologie
  • Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Among recent papers authored by Norbert Stefan are:

  • "Obesity and impaired metabolic health in patients with COVID-19," 2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "Causes, consequences, and treatment of metabolically unhealthy fat distribution," 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Global pandemics interconnected - obesity, impaired metabolic health and COVID-19," 2021, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • "The role of hepatokines in NAFLD," 2023, Cell Metabolism

Norbert Stefan has a network of frequent collaborators. Regular coauthors include:

  • Andreas L. Birkenfeld
  • Andreas Fritsche
  • Róbert Wágner
  • Martin Heni
  • Jürgen Machann

Best Publications

  • Identification and Characterization of Metabolically Benign Obesity in Humans

    Norbert Stefan;Konstantinos Kantartzis;Jiirgeng Machann;Fritz Schick

  • Identification of Serum Metabolites Associated With Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Using a Targeted Metabolomic Approach

    Anna Floegel;Norbert Stefan;Zhonghao Yu;Kristin Mühlenbruch

  • High Alanine Aminotransferase Is Associated With Decreased Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity and Predicts the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

    Barbora Vozarova;Norbert Stefan;Robert S. Lindsay;Aramesh Saremi

  • Non-invasive assessment and quantification of liver steatosis by ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance.

    Nina F. Schwenzer;Fabian Springer;Christina Schraml;Norbert Stefan

  • Metabolically healthy obesity: epidemiology, mechanisms, and clinical implications

    Norbert Stefan;Hans-Ulrich Häring;Frank B Hu;Frank B Hu;Matthias B Schulze

  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: causes, diagnosis, cardiometabolic consequences, and treatment strategies.

    Norbert Stefan;Hans-Ulrich Häring;Kenneth Cusi;Kenneth Cusi

  • Causes and Metabolic Consequences of Fatty Liver

    Norbert Stefan;Konstantinos Kantartzis;Hans-Ulrich Häring

  • Plasma Adiponectin Concentration Is Associated With Skeletal Muscle Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Phosphorylation, and Low Plasma Concentration Precedes a Decrease in Whole-Body Insulin Sensitivity in Humans

    Norbert Stefan;Barbora Vozarova;Tohru Funahashi;Yuji Matsuzawa

  • Obesity and impaired metabolic health in patients with COVID-19.

    Norbert Stefan;Andreas L. Birkenfeld;Matthias B. Schulze;David S. Ludwig

  • α2-Heremans-Schmid Glycoprotein/ Fetuin-A Is Associated With Insulin Resistance and Fat Accumulation in the Liver in Humans

    Norbert Stefan;Anita M. Hennige;Harald Staiger;Jürgen Machann

  • Causes, Characteristics, and Consequences of Metabolically Unhealthy Normal Weight in Humans

    Norbert Stefan;Fritz Schick;Hans-Ulrich Häring

  • The role of hepatokines in metabolism

    Norbert Stefan;Hans-Ulrich Häring

  • Plasma Fetuin-A Levels and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

    Norbert Stefan;Andreas Fritsche;Cornelia Weikert;Heiner Boeing

  • Impact of Age on the Relationships of Brown Adipose Tissue With Sex and Adiposity in Humans

    Christina Pfannenberg;Matthias Klaus Werner;Sabine Ripkens;Irina Stef

  • Causes, consequences, and treatment of metabolically unhealthy fat distribution.

    Norbert Stefan

  • Impaired glucagon-like peptide-1-induced insulin secretion in carriers of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene polymorphisms

    S. A. Schäfer;O. Tschritter;F. Machicao;C. Thamer

  • Adiponectin--its role in metabolism and beyond.

    N. Stefan;M. Stumvoll

  • Plasma adiponectin concentrations in children: relationships with obesity and insulinemia.

    Norbert Stefan;Joy C. Bunt;Arline D. Salbe;Tohru Funahashi

  • Global pandemics interconnected - obesity, impaired metabolic health and COVID-19.

    Norbert Stefan;Andreas L. Birkenfeld;Matthias B. Schulze

  • Transition from metabolic healthy to unhealthy phenotypes and association with cardiovascular disease risk across BMI categories in 90 257 women (the Nurses' Health Study): 30 year follow-up from a prospective cohort study.

    Nathalie Eckel;Yanping Li;Olga Kuxhaus;Norbert Stefan

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Fritsche
Andreas Fritsche University of Tübingen
Jürgen Machann
Jürgen Machann University of Tübingen
Hans-Ulrich Häring
Hans-Ulrich Häring University of Tübingen
Fritz Schick
Fritz Schick University of Tübingen
Claus D. Claussen
Claus D. Claussen University of Tübingen
Erwin Schleicher
Erwin Schleicher University of Ulm
Matthias B. Schulze
Matthias B. Schulze University of Potsdam
Michael Stumvoll
Michael Stumvoll Leipzig University
Markku Laakso
Markku Laakso University of Eastern Finland
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen

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