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Citations
54190
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9085
National Ranking
4687

Rexford S. Ahima 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 Rexford S. Ahima sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 350 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rexford S. Ahima 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 Rexford S. Ahima sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 97 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Rexford S. Ahima is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with 176 publications attributed to this area. Subfields of focus include Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics:

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rexford S. Ahima include:

  • Global warming threatens human thermoregulation and survival, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Metabolic Dyslipidemia and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Findings From the Look AHEAD Study, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Brain Insulin Signaling, Alzheimer Disease Pathology, and Cognitive Function, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • Prolonged, Controlled Daytime versus Delayed Eating Impacts Weight and Metabolism, 2020, Current Biology
  • Oxidized CaMKII and O-GlcNAcylation cause increased atrial fibrillation in diabetic mice by distinct mechanisms, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ahima are:

  • Frederick Anokye-Danso
  • Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui
  • Prasanna Santhanam
  • Arnaud D. Kazé
  • Vsevolod Y. Polotsky

Publication venues that often feature their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society

Rexford S. Ahima has also contributed to book publications. One such publication with Johns Hopkins University Press is Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? published in 2021.

Award recognitions include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2020
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes

    Claire M. Steppan;Shannon T. Bailey;Savitha Bhat;Elizabeth J. Brown

  • Role of leptin in the neuroendocrine response to fasting

    Rexford S. Ahima;Daniel Prabakaran;Christos Mantzoros;Daqing Qu

  • Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ

    Rexford S Ahima;Jeffery S Flier

  • High-fat diet determines the composition of the murine gut microbiome independently of obesity.

    Marie A. Hildebrandt;Christian Hoffmann;Scott A. Sherrill-Mix;Sue A. Keilbaugh

  • Brain insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer disease: concepts and conundrums

    Steven E. Arnold;Zoe Arvanitakis;Shannon L. Macauley-Rambach;Aaron M. Koenig

  • Distributions of leptin receptor mRNA isoforms in the rat brain.

    Joel K. Elmquist;Christian Bjørbæk;Rexford S. Ahima;Jeffrey S. Flier

  • Rapamycin-Induced Insulin Resistance Is Mediated by mTORC2 Loss and Uncoupled from Longevity

    Dudley W. Lamming;Lan Ye;Pekka Katajisto;Marcus D. Goncalves

  • Functional improvement of dystrophic muscle by myostatin blockade

    Sasha Bogdanovich;Thomas O.B. Krag;Elisabeth R. Barton;Linda D. Morris

  • Leptin Differentially Regulates NPY and POMC Neurons Projecting to the Lateral Hypothalamic Area

    Carol F Elias;Carl Aschkenasi;Charlotte Lee;Joseph Kelly

  • Adiponectin acts in the brain to decrease body weight

    Yong Qi;Nobuhiko Takahashi;Stanley M. Hileman;Hiralben R. Patel

  • Leptin regulation of neuroendocrine systems.

    Rexford S. Ahima;Clifford B. Saper;Jeffrey S. Flier;Joel K. Elmquist

  • Leptin accelerates the onset of puberty in normal female mice.

    Rexford S. Ahima;Jody Dushay;Sarah N. Flier;Daniel Prabakaran

  • Regulation of Fasted Blood Glucose by Resistin

    Ronadip R. Banerjee;Shamina M. Rangwala;Jennifer S. Shapiro;A. Sophie Rich

  • Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ.

    Rexford S. Ahima

  • Leptin Activates Hypothalamic CART Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord

    Carol F. Elias;Charlotte Lee;Joseph Kelly;Carl Aschkenasi

  • Postnatal leptin surge and regulation of circadian rhythm of leptin by feeding. Implications for energy homeostasis and neuroendocrine function.

    Rexford S. Ahima;Daniel Prabakaran;Jeffrey S. Flier

  • Physiology of leptin: energy homeostasis, neuroendocrine function and metabolism

    Hyeong Kyu Park;Rexford S. Ahima

  • Leptin prevents fasting-induced suppression of prothyrotropin-releasing hormone messenger ribonucleic acid in neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus.

    Gábor Légràdi;Charles H. Emerson;Rexford S. Ahima;Jeffrey S. Flier

  • Leptin inhibition of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in response to stress.

    Mark L. Heiman;Rexford S. Ahima;Libbey S. Craft;Brigitte Schoner

  • Characterization of CART neurons in the rat and human hypothalamus.

    Carol F. Elias;Charlotte E. Lee;Joseph F. Kelly;Rexford S. Ahima

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Flier
Jeffrey S. Flier Harvard University
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Joel K. Elmquist
Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mitchell A. Lazar
Mitchell A. Lazar University of Pennsylvania
Philipp E. Scherer
Philipp E. Scherer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Clifford B. Saper
Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Muredach P. Reilly
Muredach P. Reilly Columbia University
Daniel J. Rader
Daniel J. Rader University of Pennsylvania
Steven E. Arnold
Steven E. Arnold Harvard University
Kelly C. Allison
Kelly C. Allison University of Pennsylvania

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