2026 Robert V. Considine: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	87	13434	12642	6833	6318	249	38662

Overview

Robert V. Considine is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, with a distinct focus on subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's research topics include:

Diabetes Treatment and Management
Diet and metabolism studies
Ovarian function and disorders
Lipid metabolism and disorders
Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Diabetes Management and Research

Robert V. Considine has coauthored extensively with several researchers, among the most frequent collaborators are:

Anthony J. Acton
Frank González
Ola A. Abdelhadi
Kieren J. Mather
Richard D. Mattes

The scientist's publications are commonly found in the following venues:

Diabetes
American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Current Developments in Nutrition
Fertility and Sterility

Significant recent papers authored by Robert V. Considine include:

Inflammation Triggered by Saturated Fat Ingestion Is Linked to Insulin Resistance and Hyperandrogenism in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (2020) - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Treatment With Treprostinil and Metformin Normalizes Hyperglycemia and Improves Cardiac Function in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (2020) - Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
A Reduced Pancreatic Polypeptide Response is Associated With New-onset Pancreatogenic Diabetes Versus Type 2 Diabetes (2022) - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Effect of changes in children's bedtime and sleep period on targeted eating behaviors and timing of caloric intake (2022) - Eating Behaviors
Randomized double-masked controlled trial of cognitive training in breast cancer survivors: a preliminary study (2022) - Supportive Care in Cancer

Best Publications

Serum Immunoreactive-Leptin Concentrations in Normal-Weight and Obese Humans

Robert V. Considine;Madhur K. Sinha;Mark L. Heiman;Aidas Kriauciunas

8647
Citations
Secretion of Angiogenic and Antiapoptotic Factors by Human Adipose Stromal Cells

Jalees Rehman;Dmitry Traktuev;Jingling Li;Stephanie Merfeld-Clauss

2826
Citations
Decreased cerebrospinal-fluid/serum leptin ratio in obesity: a possible mechanism for leptin resistance

José F Caro;Jerzy W Kolaczynski;Mark R Nyce;Joanna P Ohannesian

1632
Citations
Leptin: The Tale of an Obesity Gene

José F Caro;Madhur K Sinha;Jerzy W Kolaczynski;Pei Li Zhang

1430
Citations
Acute and chronic effects of insulin on leptin production in humans: Studies in vivo and in vitro.

Jerzy W Kolaczynski;Mark R Nyce;Robert V Considine;Guenther Boden

1136
Citations
Resistin / Fizz3 Expression in Relation to Obesity and Peroxisome Proliferator - Activated Receptor-γ Action in Humans

David B. Savage;Ciaran P. Sewter;Ellen S. Klenk;David G. Segal

1130
Citations
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gene expression in human tissues. Effects of obesity, weight loss, and regulation by insulin and glucocorticoids.

Antonio J. Vidal-Puig;Robert Considine;Mercedes Jimenez-Liñan;Ariel Werman

1089
Citations
Responses of Leptin to Short-Term Fasting and Refeeding in Humans: A Link With Ketogenesis but Not Ketones Themselves

Jerzy W Kolaczynski;Robert V Considine;Joanna Ohannesian;Cheryl Marco

719
Citations
Human leptin: from an adipocyte hormone to an endocrine mediator.

M Wauters;RV Considine;LF Van Gaal

714
Citations
Serum Resistin (FIZZ3) Protein Is Increased in Obese Humans

Mikako Degawa-Yamauchi;Jason E. Bovenkerk;Beth Elisa Juliar;William Watson

651
Citations
Response of leptin to short-term and prolonged overfeeding in humans.

J W Kolaczynski;J P Ohannesian;R V Considine;C C Marco

636
Citations
Serum leptin in children with obesity : Relationship to gender and development

S G Hassink;D V Sheslow;E de Lancey;I Opentanova

567
Citations
Evidence against either a premature stop codon or the absence of obese gene mRNA in human obesity.

Robert V. Considine;Eileen L. Considine;Charlene J. Williams;Mark R. Nyce

547
Citations
Synthesis of Leptin in Human Placenta

Rosa Señarís;Tomás Garcia-Caballero;Xesús Casabiell;Rosalía Gallego

521
Citations
Regulation of in vivo growth hormone secretion by leptin.

E. Carro;R. Señaris;R. V. Considine;F. F. Casanueva

495
Citations
Placental Leptin: An Important New Growth Factor in Intrauterine and Neonatal Development?

S G Hassink;E de Lancey;D V Sheslow;S M Smith-Kirwin

429
Citations
A New Paradigm for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Could It Be a Disease of the Foregut?

Matthew Hickey;Walter Pories;Kenneth MacDonald;Kelly Cory

401
Citations
Plasma leptin is partly cleared by the kidney and is elevated in hemodialysis patients

Kumar Sharma;Kumar Sharma;Robert V. Considine;Robert V. Considine;Beckie Michael;Beckie Michael;Stephen R. Dunn;Stephen R. Dunn

389
Citations
Gender-dependent effects of exercise training on serum leptin levels in humans

Matthew S. Hickey;Joseph A. Houmard;Robert V. Considine;Gilian L. Tyndall

337
Citations
The Hypothalamic Leptin Receptor in Humans: Identification of Incidental Sequence Polymorphisms and Absence of the Db/Db Mouse and Fa/Fa Rat Mutations

Considine Rv;Considine El;Williams Cj;Hyde Tm

320
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Vidal-Puig University of Cambridge

Richard D. Mattes Purdue University West Lafayette

Felipe F. Casanueva University of Santiago de Compostela

Carlos Dieguez University of Santiago de Compostela

Mario Dzemidzic Indiana University

Rena R. Wing Brown University

Mary A. Carskadon Brown University

Stephen O'Rahilly University of Cambridge

Chantelle N. Hart Temple University

Janice S. Blum Indiana University

External Links

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