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5056
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Ronald J. Prineas publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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 Ronald J. Prineas sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 462 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ronald J. Prineas D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ronald J. Prineas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 112 D-Index — 75th percentile

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Overview

Ronald J. Prineas is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Molecular Biology.

Their scholarly activity includes 75 publications in Medicine, with notable emphases in Diabetes Care, UNC Libraries, and Circulation. Other venues where they have published include The Journal of Pediatrics and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Ronald J. Prineas include Dana Dabelea, Ronald Goldberg, Helen P. Hazuda, David R. Jacobs, and Markus Juonala. The repeated collaboration with these researchers indicates sustained co-authorship within related medical and clinical research networks.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diabetes Management and Research

Recent publications by Ronald J. Prineas feature contributions to cardiovascular and diabetes research, with papers addressing topics such as childhood cardiovascular risk factors, diabetes prevention, and smoking behaviors related to cardiovascular outcomes. Selected recent works include:

  • Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of Metformin and Lifestyle Interventions on Mortality in the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, 2021, Diabetes Care
  • The Impact of Physical Activity on the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence and Lessons Learned From the Diabetes Prevention Program, a Long-Standing Clinical Trial Incorporating Subjective and Objective Activity Measures, 2020, Diabetes Care
  • Non-HDL Cholesterol Levels in Childhood and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • Childhood/Adolescent Smoking and Adult Smoking and Cessation: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort (i3C) Consortium, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association

Best Publications

  • The fourth report on the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure in children and adolescents

    Bonita Falkner;Stephen R. Daniels;Joseph T. Flynn;Samuel Gidding

  • Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection : a case control study

    Daniel D. Murray;Kazuo Suzuki;Matthew Law;Jonel Trebicka

  • Effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with low bone density but without vertebral fractures: results from the Fracture Intervention Trial.

    Steven R. Cummings;Dennis M. Black;Desmond E. Thompson;William B. Applegate

  • Fifteen year mortality in Coronary Drug Project patients: Long-term benefit with niacin

    Paul L. Canner;Kenneth G. Berge;Nanette K. Wenger;Jeremiah Stamler

  • Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study: Final Results

    J D Neaton;R H Grimm;R J Prineas;J Stamler

  • The Minnesota Code Manual of Electrocardiographic Findings

    Ronald J. Prineas;Richard S. Crow;Zhu-Ming Zhang

  • Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins and Death from Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women

    Lawrence H. Kushi;Aaron R. Folsom;Ronald J. Prineas;Pamela J. Mink

  • Physical activity and cardiovascular health

    Russell V Luepker;S. B. Johnson;L. Breslow;A. V. Chobanian

  • The reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study: objectives and design.

    Virginia J. Howard;Mary Cushman;LeaVonne Pulley;Camilo R. Gomez

  • Case definitions for acute coronary heart disease in epidemiology and clinical research studies: a statement from the AHA Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; AHA Statistics Committee; World Heart Federation Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    Russell V. Luepker;Fred S. Apple;Robert H. Christenson;Richard S. Crow

  • Insulin resistance during puberty: results from clamp studies in 357 children.

    Antoinette Moran;David R. Jacobs;Julia Steinberger;Ching Ping Hong

  • Associations of general and abdominal obesity with multiple health outcomes in older women: the Iowa Women's Health Study.

    Aaron R. Folsom;Lawrence H. Kushi;Kristin E. Anderson;Pamela J. Mink

  • Body Fat Distribution and 5-Year Risk of Death in Older Women

    Aaron R. Folsom;Susan A. Kaye;Thomas A. Sellers;Ching Ping Hong

  • Sex differences in the evolution of the electrocardiographic QT interval with age.

    Rautaharju Pm;Zhou Sh;Wong S;Calhoun Hp

  • Comparison of self-reported and measured height and weight

    Mari Palta;Ronald J. Prineas;Reuben Berman;Peter J Hannan

  • Inflammation, Coagulation and Cardiovascular Disease in HIV-Infected Individuals

    Daniel A. Duprez;Jacqueline Neuhaus;Lewis H. Kuller;Russell Tracy

  • Long-Term Effects on Sexual Function of Five Antihypertensive Drugs and Nutritional Hygienic Treatment in Hypertensive Men and Women: Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study (TOMHS)

    R.H. Grimm;G.A. Grandits;R.J. Prineas;R.H. McDonald

  • Effects of Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction on Mortality Risk in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Trial

    Rodica Pop-Busui;Gregory W. Evans;Hertzel C. Gerstein;Vivian Fonseca

  • International diagnostic criteria for acute myocardial infarction and acute stroke

    Richard F. Gillum;Stephen P. Fortmann;Ronald J. Prineas;Thomas E. Kottke

  • 96137949 Dietary antioxidant vitamins and death from coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women

    L.H. Kushi;A.R. Folsom;R.J. Prineas;P.J. Mink

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Elsayed Z. Soliman
Elsayed Z. Soliman Wake Forest University
Aaron R. Folsom
Aaron R. Folsom University of Minnesota
Julia Steinberger
Julia Steinberger University of Minnesota
James D. Neaton
James D. Neaton University of Minnesota
Stephen R. Daniels
Stephen R. Daniels University of Colorado Denver
Richard H. Grimm
Richard H. Grimm University of Minnesota
Henry Blackburn
Henry Blackburn University of Minnesota
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Markus Juonala
Markus Juonala Turku University Hospital

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