2026 Robert L. Rosenfield: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	89	12619	11876	6455	5971	299	31504

Overview

Robert L. Rosenfield is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. The subfields also include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their published work spans key topics such as:

Ovarian function and disorders
Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Reproductive Biology and Fertility
Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
Reproductive Health and Technologies
Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Robert L. Rosenfield has contributed articles to multiple scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Endocrine Reviews
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Current Opinion in Pediatrics
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Journal of the Endocrine Society

Recent papers authored by Rosenfield include:

"Normal and Premature Adrenarche," 2021, Endocrine Reviews
"Current concepts of polycystic ovary syndrome pathogenesis," 2020, Current Opinion in Pediatrics
"Perspectives on the International Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescence," 2020, Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
"The Search for the Causes of Common Hyperandrogenism, 1965 to Circa 2015," 2024, Endocrine Reviews
"Letter to the Editor: 'Glucocorticoid Resistance in Premature Adrenarche and PCOS: From Childhood to Adulthood,'" 2020, Journal of the Endocrine Society

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

David W. Cooke
Sally Radovick
Kathryn A. Martin
R. Jeffrey Chang
David A. Ehrmann

Best Publications

Prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

D A Ehrmann;R B Barnes;R L Rosenfield;M K Cavaghan

1719
Citations
Hirsutism: Implications, etiology, and management☆

Richard Hatch;Robert L. Rosenfield;Moon H. Kim;M. D. Donald Tredway

1350
Citations
The Pathogenesis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): The Hypothesis of PCOS as Functional Ovarian Hyperandrogenism Revisited.

Robert L. Rosenfield;David A. Ehrmann

1273
Citations
The Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome during Adolescence

Selma F. Witchel;Sharon Oberfield;Robert L. Rosenfield;Ethel Codner

1150
Citations
Polycystic ovary syndrome as a form of functional ovarian hyperandrogenism due to dysregulation of androgen secretion

David A. Ehrmann;Randall B. Barnes;Robert L. Rosenfield

758
Citations
TROGLITAZONE IMPROVES DEFECTS IN INSULIN ACTION, INSULIN SECRETION, OVARIAN STEROIDOGENESIS, AND FIBRINOLYSIS IN WOMEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

David A. Ehrmann;David J. Schneider;Burton E. Sobel;Melissa K. Cavaghan

664
Citations
Evaluation and Treatment of Hirsutism in Premenopausal Women: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Kathryn A. Martin;R. Jeffrey Chang;David A. Ehrmann;Lourdes Ibanez

568
Citations
Insulin secretory defects in polycystic ovary syndrome. Relationship to insulin sensitivity and family history of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

D A Ehrmann;J Sturis;M M Byrne;T Karrison

567
Citations
Thelarche, Pubarche, and Menarche Attainment in Children With Normal and Elevated Body Mass Index

Robert L Rosenfield;Rebecca B Lipton;Melinda L Drum

543
Citations
Role of Hormones in Pilosebaceous Unit Development

Dianne Deplewski;Robert L. Rosenfield

523
Citations
The biochemical basis for increased Testosterone production in theca cells propagated from patients with polycystic ovary syndrome

Velen L. Nelson;Ke-nan Qin;Robert L. Rosenfield;Jennifer R. Wood

505
Citations
Effects of metformin on insulin secretion, insulin action, and ovarian steroidogenesis in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

David A. Ehrmann;Melissa K. Cavaghan;Jacqueline Imperial;Jeppe Sturis

465
Citations
Insulin-like growth factor I and insulin potentiate luteinizing hormone-induced androgen synthesis by rat ovarian thecal-interstitial cells.

José F. Cara;Robert L. Rosenfield

455
Citations
Detection of Functional Ovarian Hyperandrogenism in Women With Androgen Excess

David A. Ehrmann;Robert L. Rosenfield;Randall B. Barnes;Deborah F. Brigell

455
Citations
Sexual hormones in human skin.

C. C. Zouboulis;W.-C. Chen;M. J. Thornton;K. Qin

437
Citations
Follow-up study of male and female offspring of DES-exposed mothers.

M Bibbo;W B Gill;F Azizi;R Blough

424
Citations
What is the pathogenesis of acne

C C Zouboulis;A Eady;M.P. Philpott;LA Goldsmith

416
Citations
Pituitary-ovarian responses to nafarelin testing in the polycystic ovary syndrome

Randall B. Barnes;Robert L. Rosenfield;Stephen Burstein;David A. Ehrmann

400
Citations
Ovarian hyperandrogynism as a result of congenital adrenal virilizing disorders: evidence for perinatal masculinization of neuroendocrine function in women.

Randall B. Barnes;Robert L. Rosenfield;David A. Ehrmann;Jose F. Cara

365
Citations
Clinical review: Identifying children at risk for polycystic ovary syndrome.

Robert L. Rosenfield

364
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel Refetoff University of Chicago

Kenneth S. Polonsky University of Chicago

Christos C. Zouboulis Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane

Judith L. Ross Thomas Jefferson University

Martijn H. Breuning Leiden University Medical Center

Johannes D. Veldhuis Mayo Clinic

Lourdes Ibáñez Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Hopital

Silva A. Arslanian University of Pittsburgh

Linda A. DiMeglio Indiana University

Pinchas Cohen University of Southern California

External Links

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