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 Roger H Unger sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 531 publications — 63rd percentile
63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger H Unger sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 147 D-Index — 94th percentile
94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Roger H Unger was affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research spanned key areas within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on surgery, genetics, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.
Their primary topics of work included pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes and associated disorders, and diabetes management and research. This thematic focus highlighted the intersection of metabolic regulation and disease mechanisms.
One of the documented research papers by Roger H Unger is titled "Glucagon blockade restores functional β-cell mass in type 1 diabetic mice and enhances function of human islets", published in 2021 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This work was cited 44 times and involved collaboration with co-author May-Yun Wang.
Frequent collaborators in their research included May-Yun Wang, E. Danielle Dean, Ezekiel Quittner-Strom, Yi Zhu, and Kamrul Hasan Chowdhury.
Their publications were frequently featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, illustrating a focus on high-impact journals in the biomedical sciences.
Roger H Unger received recognition as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1986 and was also a member of the Association of American Physicians.
Roger H Unger
Michio Shimabukuro;Yan Ting Zhou;Yan Ting Zhou;Moshe Levi;Roger H Unger
Yan Ting Zhou;Paul Grayburn;Paul Grayburn;Asad Karim;Asad Karim;Michio Shimabukuro;Michio Shimabukuro
Roger H. Unger;E. Aguilar-Parada;Walter A. Müller;Anna M. Eisentraut
Roger H Unger
Michio Shimabukuro;Kazunori Koyama;Guoxun Chen;May-Yun Wang
Roger H. Unger;Alan D. Cherrington
Walter A. Müller;Gerald R. Faloona;Eugenio Aguilar-Parada;Roger H. Unger
M. D. Siperstein;Roger H Unger;L. L. Madison
E. Aguilar-Parada;A. M. Eisentraut;Roger H Unger
Roger H Unger;Lelio Orci
Roger H. Unger;Gregory O. Clark;Philipp E. Scherer;Lelio Orci
Roger H Unger;Scott M Grundy
Jonathan M. McGavock;Ildiko Lingvay;Ivana Zib;Tommy Tillery
Roger H Unger;Yan Ting Zhou
Ralph V. Shohet;Shuyuan Chen;Yan Ting Zhou;Zhuowei Wang
Roger H Unger;Yan Ting Zhou;Yan Ting Zhou;Lelio Orci
Roger H. Unger;Roger H. Unger;Lelio Orci
Lelio Orci;Roger H Unger
Abhimanyu Garg;Andrea Bonanome;Scott M. Grundy;Zu-Jun Zhang
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