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Rudolph L. Leibel 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 Rudolph L. Leibel sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 358 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Rudolph L. Leibel 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 Rudolph L. Leibel sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Rudolph L. Leibel is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a significant research presence in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Surgery, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their research focuses on various main topics such as Pancreatic function and diabetes, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Diabetes and associated disorders, Diet and metabolism studies, and FOXO transcription factor regulation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Leibel include:

  • Ketogenic Diets Alter the Gut Microbiome Resulting in Decreased Intestinal Th17 Cells, 2020, Cell
  • Describing the Weight-Reduced State: Physiology, Behavior, and Interventions, 2021, Obesity
  • Loss of MAGEL2 in Prader-Willi syndrome leads to decreased secretory granule and neuropeptide production, 2020, JCI Insight
  • Biological constraints on GWAS SNPs at suggestive significance thresholds reveal additional BMI loci, 2021, eLife
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins regulate intracellular signaling and neuronal function in patient-specific iPSC-derived neurons, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Leibel frequently collaborates with several researchers including:

  • Charles A. LeDuc (16 collaborations)
  • Claudia A. Doege (10 collaborations)
  • Wendy K. Chung (10 collaborations)
  • Michael Rosenbaum (9 collaborations)
  • Dieter Egli (7 collaborations)

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 publications
  • Molecular Metabolism with 4 publications
  • International Journal of Obesity with 4 publications
  • Obesity with 2 publications
  • JCI Insight with 2 publications

In recognition of their contributions to the medical and scientific community, Rudolph L. Leibel was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Obesity is associated with macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue

    Stuart P. Weisberg;Daniel McCann;Manisha Desai;Michael Rosenbaum

  • Changes in Energy Expenditure Resulting from Altered Body Weight

    Rudolph L. Leibel;Michael Rosenbaum;Jules Hirsch

  • Induced pluripotent stem cells generated from patients with ALS can be differentiated into motor neurons.

    John T. Dimos;Kit T. Rodolfa;Kathy K. Niakan;Laurin M. Weisenthal

  • The Long-Term Stability of the Human Gut Microbiota

    Jeremiah J. Faith;Janaki L. Guruge;Mark Charbonneau;Sathish Subramanian

  • CCR2 modulates inflammatory and metabolic effects of high-fat feeding

    Stuart P. Weisberg;Deborah Hunter;Reid Huber;Jacob Lemieux

  • Phenotypes of Mouse diabetes and Rat fatty Due to Mutations in the OB (Leptin) Receptor

    Streamson C. Chua;Wendy K. Chung;X. Sharon Wu-Peng;Yiying Zhang

  • Waist Circumference and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Consensus Statement from Shaping America's Health: Association for Weight Management and Obesity Prevention; NAASO, The Obesity Society; the American Society for Nutrition; and the American Diabetes Association

    Samuel Klein;David B. Allison;Steven B. Heymsfield;David E. Kelley

  • Effects of gender, body composition, and menopause on plasma concentrations of leptin.

    M Rosenbaum;M Nicolson;J Hirsch;S B Heymsfield

  • Obesity and leptin resistance: distinguishing cause from effect.

    Martin G. Myers;Rudolph L. Leibel;Randy J. Seeley;Michael W. Schwartz

  • Generation of pluripotent stem cells from patients with type 1 diabetes.

    René Maehr;Shuibing Chen;Melinda Snitow;Thomas Ludwig

  • Medical progress: Obesity.

    Michael Rosenbaum;Rudolph L. Leibel;Jules Hirsch

  • Low-dose leptin reverses skeletal muscle, autonomic, and neuroendocrine adaptations to maintenance of reduced weight

    Michael Rosenbaum;Rochelle Goldsmith;Daniel Bloomfield;Anthony Magnano

  • Obesity Pathogenesis: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement

    Michael W Schwartz;Randy J Seeley;Lori M Zeltser;Adam Drewnowski

  • Long-term persistence of adaptive thermogenesis in subjects who have maintained a reduced body weight

    Michael Rosenbaum;Jules Hirsch;Dympna A Gallagher;Rudolph L Leibel

  • Leptin reverses weight loss–induced changes in regional neural activity responses to visual food stimuli

    Michael Rosenbaum;Melissa Sy;Katherine Pavlovich;Rudolph L. Leibel

  • Low dose leptin administration reverses effects of sustained weight-reduction on energy expenditure and circulating concentrations of thyroid hormones.

    Michael Rosenbaum;Ellen M. Murphy;Steven B. Heymsfield;Dwight E. Matthews

  • Is the energy homeostasis system inherently biased toward weight gain

    Michael W. Schwartz;Stephen C. Woods;Randy J. Seeley;Gregory S. Barsh

  • The gut microbiota in human energy homeostasis and obesity

    Michael Rosenbaum;Rob Knight;Rudolph L. Leibel

  • Responses of Gut Microbiota to Diet Composition and Weight Loss in Lean and Obese Mice

    Yann Ravussin;Omry Koren;Ayme Spor;Charles LeDuc

  • Waist circumference and cardiometabolic risk: a consensus statement from Shaping America's Health: Association for Weight Management and Obesity Prevention; NAASO, The Obesity Society; the American Society for Nutrition; and the American Diabetes

    Samuel Klein;David B Allison;Steven B Heymsfield;David E Kelley

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy K. Chung
Wendy K. Chung Columbia University
Dieter Egli
Dieter Egli Columbia University
Streamson C. Chua
Streamson C. Chua Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Eric Ravussin
Eric Ravussin Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Steven B. Heymsfield
Steven B. Heymsfield Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Jeffrey M. Friedman
Jeffrey M. Friedman Rockefeller University
David B. Allison
David B. Allison Indiana University
Steven R. Smith
Steven R. Smith Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
Marc L. Reitman
Marc L. Reitman National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen
Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen University of Copenhagen

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