2026 Rexford S. Ahima: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	97	9085	8528	4687	4335	350	54190

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

7277
Citations
Role of leptin in the neuroendocrine response to fasting

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

4129
Citations
Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ

Rexford S Ahima;Jeffery S Flier

2221
Citations
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

1826
Citations
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

1473
Citations
Distributions of leptin receptor mRNA isoforms in the rat brain.

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

1342
Citations
Rapamycin-Induced Insulin Resistance Is Mediated by mTORC2 Loss and Uncoupled from Longevity

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

1288
Citations
Functional improvement of dystrophic muscle by myostatin blockade

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

1120
Citations
Leptin Differentially Regulates NPY and POMC Neurons Projecting to the Lateral Hypothalamic Area

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

1111
Citations
Adiponectin acts in the brain to decrease body weight

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

1047
Citations
Leptin regulation of neuroendocrine systems.

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

1022
Citations
Leptin accelerates the onset of puberty in normal female mice.

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

1017
Citations
Regulation of Fasted Blood Glucose by Resistin

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

1009
Citations
Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ.

Rexford S. Ahima

970
Citations
Leptin Activates Hypothalamic CART Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord

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

948
Citations
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

780
Citations
Physiology of leptin: energy homeostasis, neuroendocrine function and metabolism

Hyeong Kyu Park;Rexford S. Ahima

742
Citations
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

642
Citations
Leptin inhibition of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in response to stress.

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

637
Citations
Characterization of CART neurons in the rat and human hypothalamus.

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

581
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Flier Harvard University

Joel K. Elmquist The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Mitchell A. Lazar University of Pennsylvania

Philipp E. Scherer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Muredach P. Reilly Columbia University

Daniel J. Rader University of Pennsylvania

Steven E. Arnold Harvard University

Kelly C. Allison University of Pennsylvania

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