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D-Index
78
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20454
World Ranking
1774
National Ranking
57

Roger A.H. Adan publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger A.H. Adan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 312 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Roger A.H. Adan D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger A.H. Adan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Roger A.H. Adan is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands, focusing primarily on neuroscience and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including endocrine and autonomic systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, clinical psychology, molecular biology, and nutrition and dietetics.

The primary topics of their work include regulation of appetite and obesity, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, eating disorders and behaviors, receptor mechanisms and signaling, genetic associations and epidemiology, and obesity, physical activity, and diet.

They have contributed frequently to the following publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience Applied
  • Psychopharmacology
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Nature Communications

Several recent papers illustrate the range of their research interests and collaborations:

  • Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • The melanocortin pathway and energy homeostasis: From discovery to obesity therapy, 2021, Molecular Metabolism
  • Tolerable upper intake level for dietary sugars, 2022, EFSA Journal
  • Temporally Specific Roles of Ventral Tegmental Area Projections to the Nucleus Accumbens and Prefrontal Cortex in Attention and Impulse Control, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Modulation of value-based decision making behavior by subregions of the rat prefrontal cortex, 2020, Psychopharmacology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mieneke C. M. Luijendijk
  • Suzanne L. Dickson
  • Frank J. Meye
  • Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren
  • Iris Stoltenborg

The breadth of their work is reflected in the volume of publications within neuroscience (74) and medicine (40), demonstrating a cross-disciplinary approach. Their focus on cellular mechanisms and behavioral outcomes aligns with ongoing research themes in metabolic regulation, appetite control, and neuropsychopharmacology.

Best Publications

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • “Eating addiction”, rather than “food addiction”, better captures addictive-like eating behavior

    Johannes Hebebrand;Özgür Albayrak;Roger Adan;Jochen Antel

  • AgRP(83-132) acts as an inverse agonist on the human-melanocortin-4 receptor.

    Wouter A. J. Nijenhuis;Julia Oosterom;Roger A. H. Adan

  • Neuropeptides, food intake and body weight regulation: a hypothalamic focus

    J.J.G. Hillebrand;D. de Wied;R.A.H. Adan

  • Nutritional psychiatry: Towards improving mental health by what you eat

    Roger A.H. Adan;Roger A.H. Adan;Eline M. van der Beek;Jan K. Buitelaar;John F. Cryan

  • The determinants of food choice

    Gareth Leng;Roger A H Adan;Michele Belot;Jeffrey M Brunstrom

  • A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa

    Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud;Gun Peggy Knudsen;Ole Andreas Andreassen;Thomas Espeseth

  • The MC4 receptor and control of appetite

    R A H Adan;B Tiesjema;J J G Hillebrand;S E la Fleur

  • Gold-Enhanced Biomolecular Surface Imaging of Cells and Tissue by SIMS and MALDI Mass Spectrometry

    A. F. Maarten Altelaar;Ivo Klinkert;Kees Jalink;Robert P. J. de Lange

  • Eating disorders: the big issue

    Ulrike Schmidt;Roger Adan;Ilka Böhm;Iain C Campbell

  • Obesity genes identified in genome-wide association studies are associated with adiposity measures and potentially with nutrient-specific food preference

    Florianne Bauer;Clara C. Elbers;Roger A. H. Adan;Ruth J. F. Loos

  • Leptin resistance in diet-induced obesity: the role of hypothalamic inflammation.

    K. C. G. de Git;R. A. H. Adan

  • Association between an agouti-related protein gene polymorphism and anorexia nervosa

    T Vink;A Hinney;A A van Elburg;S H van Goozen

  • The melanocortin pathway and energy homeostasis: From discovery to obesity therapy.

    Giles S.H. Yeo;Daniela Herrera Moro Chao;Anna Maria Siegert;Zoe M. Koerperich

  • Role of leptin in energy expenditure: the hypothalamic perspective

    Rahul Pandit;Sanne Beerens;Roger Ah Adan

  • A reciprocal interaction between food-motivated behavior and diet-induced obesity

    S E la Fleur;L J M J Vanderschuren;M C Luijendijk;B M Kloeze

  • Neuropsychological weaknesses in anorexia nervosa: Set‐shifting, central coherence, and decision making in currently ill and recovered women

    Unna N. Danner;Nicole Sanders;Paul A. M. Smeets;Floor van Meer

  • Feelings about food: the ventral tegmental area in food reward and emotional eating

    Frank J. Meye;Roger A.H. Adan

  • The snacking rat as model of human obesity: effects of a free-choice high-fat high-sugar diet on meal patterns

    S E la Fleur;M C M Luijendijk;E M van der Zwaal;M A D Brans

  • Brain Melanocortin Receptors: From Cloning to Function

    Roger A.H Adan;Willem Hendrik Gispen

Frequent Co-Authors

Martien J H Kas
Martien J H Kas University of Groningen
Suzanne L. Dickson
Suzanne L. Dickson University of Gothenburg
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anke Hinney
Anke Hinney University of Duisburg-Essen
Hunna J. Watson
Hunna J. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo
Ulrike Schmidt
Ulrike Schmidt King's College London
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Susanne E. la Fleur
Susanne E. la Fleur University of Amsterdam

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