2026 Rafael Simó: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	89	12715	11969	178	175	489	28297

Overview

Rafael Simó is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain and has an extensive academic presence in the field of medicine, with a primary focus on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolic disorders. Their research portfolio includes a significant number of publications, contributing to both clinical and molecular aspects of diabetes and related ophthalmic conditions.

Their main fields of study comprise medicine broadly, with specialization in subfields such as endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, ophthalmology, radiology including nuclear medicine and imaging, physiology, and molecular biology.

Key research topics addressed by Rafael Simó include:

Retinal Diseases and Treatments
Retinal Imaging and Analysis
Diabetes Treatment and Management
Diabetes Management and Research
Advanced Glycation End Products research
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Glaucoma and retinal disorders

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Journal of Clinical Medicine
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Frontiers in Endocrinology
Endocrinología Diabetes y Nutrición
Diabetes

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Rafael Simó are:

Cristina Hernández
Olga Simó-Servat
Andreea Ciudin
Patricia Bogdanov
Albert Lecube

Selected recent papers include:

"Screening for diabetic retinopathy: new perspectives and challenges" (2020), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
"Understanding multifactorial brain changes in type 2 diabetes: a biomarker perspective" (2020), published in The Lancet Neurology
"Anti-interleukin-21 antibody and liraglutide for the preservation of β-cell function in adults with recent-onset type 1 diabetes: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial" (2021), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
"Integrated image-based deep learning and language models for primary diabetes care" (2024), published in Nature Medicine
"Relationship between Central Obesity and the incidence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia from Cohort Studies Involving 5,060,687 Participants" (2021), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Best Publications

The progress in understanding and treatment of diabetic retinopathy

Alan W. Stitt;Timothy M. Curtis;Mei Chen;Reinhold J. Medina

1012
Citations
Liraglutide vs insulin glargine and placebo in combination with metformin and sulfonylurea therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (LEAD-5 met+SU): a randomised controlled trial

D. Russell-Jones;A. Vaag;O. Schmitz;B. K. Sethi

1009
Citations
The Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Something More than a Constituent of the Blood-Retinal Barrier—Implications for the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy

Rafael Simó;Marta Villarroel;Lídia Corraliza;Cristina Hernández

538
Citations
Neurodegeneration in the diabetic eye: new insights and therapeutic perspectives

Rafael Simó;Cristina Hernández

526
Citations
Angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Rafael Simo;Esther Carrasco;Marta Garcia-Ramirez;Cristina Hernandez

520
Citations
Neurodegeneration in diabetic retinopathy: does it really matter?

Rafael Simó;Alan W. Stitt;Thomas W. Gardner

484
Citations
Screening for diabetic retinopathy: new perspectives and challenges

Stela Vujosevic;Stephen J Aldington;Paolo Silva;Paolo Silva;Cristina Hernández;Cristina Hernández

420
Citations
Effects of Sotagliflozin Added to Insulin in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Satish K. Garg;Robert R. Henry;Phillip Banks;John B. Buse

383
Citations
High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Diabetic Patients

Rafael Simó;Cristina Hernández;Joan Genescà;Rossend Jardí

360
Citations
Novel insights in SHBG regulation and clinical implications.

Rafael Simó;Cristina Sáez-López;Anna Barbosa-Desongles;Cristina Hernández

311
Citations
Impaired endothelial function is not associated with arterial stiffness in adults with type 1 diabetes

G. Llauradó;V. Ceperuelo-Mallafré;C. Vilardell;R. Simó

310
Citations
Intravitreous anti-VEGF for diabetic retinopathy: hopes and fears for a new therapeutic strategy

R. Simó;C. Hernández

294
Citations
Ocular Anti-VEGF Therapy for Diabetic Retinopathy: The Role of VEGF in the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy

Rafael Simó;Jeffrey M. Sundstrom;David A. Antonetti

289
Citations
Diabetic macular oedema

Gavin S Tan;Ning Cheung;Rafael Simó;Gemmy C M Cheung

286
Citations
Association between plasma triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and microvascular kidney disease and retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a global case-control study in 13 countries.

Frank M. Sacks;Michel P. Hermans;Paola Fioretto;Paul Valensi

278
Citations
Vascular endothelial growth factor and diabetic complications

Barbara Wirostko;Tien Y Wong;Rafael Simó

275
Citations
High prevalence of glucose abnormalities in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a multivariate analysis considering the liver injury.

Albert Lecube;Cristina Hernández;Joan Genescà;Joan I. Esteban

268
Citations
Novel approaches for treating diabetic retinopathy based on recent pathogenic evidence.

Rafael Simó;Cristina Hernández

258
Citations
Proinflammatory Cytokines, Insulin Resistance, and Insulin Secretion in Chronic Hepatitis C patients A case-control study

Albert Lecube;Cristina Hernández;Joan Genescà;Rafael Simó

250
Citations
Interleukin-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and IL-10 in the vitreous fluid of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

C. Hernández;R. M. Segura;A. Fonollosa;E. Carrasco

243
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ángela M. Valverde Spanish National Research Council

José Manuel Fernández-Real University of Girona

Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University

Bengt Winblad Karolinska Institute

Francisco J. Tinahones University of Malaga

Pascale Massin Université Paris Cité

Ole Schmitz Aarhus University Hospital

Guntram Schernthaner Medical University of Vienna

Frank Jessen University of Cologne

Pieter Jelle Visser Amsterdam University Medical Centers

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