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Sophia Zoungas

Sophia Zoungas

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
31475
World Ranking
15442
National Ranking
514

Sophia Zoungas 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 Sophia Zoungas sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 376 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sophia Zoungas 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 Sophia Zoungas sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Sophia Zoungas is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the field of diabetes and related complications. Their scholarly output includes over 340 publications primarily in medicine, with focused contributions to endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their main areas of study encompass:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Surgery
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Physiology

Key research topics addressed by Zoungas include:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zoungas are:

  • Ella Zomer
  • Stephen J. Nicholls
  • Danny Liew
  • Rory Wolfe
  • Zanfina Ademi

Sophia Zoungas has published regularly in several scientific journals. The venues with the highest publication frequency include:

  • Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Diabetes Care
  • Kidney International
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • European Heart Journal

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Zoungas are:

  • "KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease," 2022, Kidney International
  • "The case for early identification and intervention of chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference," 2020, Kidney International
  • "Impact of age at type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosis on mortality and vascular complications: systematic review and meta-analyses," 2020, Diabetologia
  • "Tirzepatide cardiovascular event risk assessment: a pre-specified meta-analysis," 2022, Nature Medicine
  • "Executive summary of the 2020 KDIGO Diabetes Management in CKD Guideline: evidence-based advances in monitoring and treatment," 2020, Kidney International

Best Publications

  • Aortic pulse wave velocity improves cardiovascular event prediction: an individual participant meta-analysis of prospective observational data from 17,635 subjects

    Yoav Ben-Shlomo;Melissa Spears;Chris Boustred;Margaret May

  • Severe Hypoglycemia and Risks of Vascular Events and Death

    Sophia Zoungas;Sophia Zoungas;Anushka Patel;John Chalmers;Bastiaan E. de Galan;Bastiaan E. de Galan

  • Albuminuria and Kidney Function Independently Predict Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Diabetes

    Toshiharu Ninomiya;Vlado Perkovic;Bastiaan E de Galan;Bastiaan E de Galan;Sophia Zoungas

  • Diabetic kidney disease

    Merlin C. Thomas;Michael Brownlee;Katalin Susztak;Kumar Sharma

  • KDIGO 2020 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Ian H. de Boer;M. Luiza Caramori;Juliana C.N. Chan;Hiddo J.L. Heerspink

  • Follow-up of Blood-Pressure Lowering and Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

    Sophia Zoungas;John Chalmers;Bruce Neal;Laurent Billot

  • Diabetes and Hypertension: A Position Statement by the American Diabetes Association

    Ian H. De Boer;Sripal Bangalore;Athanase Benetos;Andrew M. Davis

  • Effect of lowering blood pressure on cardiovascular events and mortality in patients on dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Hiddo J Lambers Heerspink;Hiddo J Lambers Heerspink;Toshiharu Ninomiya;Sophia Zoungas;Sophia Zoungas;Dick de Zeeuw

  • Impact of age, age at diagnosis and duration of diabetes on the risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications and death in type 2 diabetes

    Sophia Zoungas;Sophia Zoungas;Mark Woodward;Mark Woodward;Qiang Li;Mark Emmanuel Cooper

  • Glucose concentrations of less than 3.0 mmol/l (54 mg/dl) should be reported in clinical trials: a joint position statement of the American Diabetes Association and the Europian Association for the Study of Diabetes

    Stephanie A. Amiel;Pablo Aschner;Belinda Childs R N;Philip E. Cryer

  • Effects of intensive glucose control on microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised controlled trials.

    Sophia Zoungas;Sophia Zoungas;Hisatomi Arima;Hisatomi Arima;Hertzel C Gerstein;Rury R Holman

  • Hypoglycaemia, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in diabetes: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and management

    Stephanie A Amiel;Pablo Aschner;Belinda Childs;Philip E Cryer

  • Association of HbA1c levels with vascular complications and death in patients with type 2 diabetes: evidence of glycaemic thresholds

    Sophia Zoungas;Sophia Zoungas;J Chalmers;Toshiharu Ninomiya;Qiang Li

  • Intensive glucose control improves kidney outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes

    Vlado Perkovic;Hiddo Lambers Heerspink;John P Chalmers;Mark Woodward;Mark Woodward

  • Impact of visit-to-visit glycemic variability on the risks of macrovascular and microvascular events and all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes: the ADVANCE trial

    Yoichiro Hirakawa;Hisatomi Arima;Sophia Zoungas;Sophia Zoungas;Toshiharu Ninomiya

  • Combined Effects of Routine Blood Pressure Lowering and Intensive Glucose Control on Macrovascular and Microvascular Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes New results from the ADVANCE trial

    Sophia Zoungas;Sophia Zoungas;Bastiaan E. de Galan;Bastiaan E. de Galan;Toshiharu Ninomiya;Diederick Grobbee

  • The case for early identification and intervention of chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Michael G. Shlipak;Michael G. Shlipak;Sri Lekha Tummalapalli;Sri Lekha Tummalapalli;L. Ebony Boulware;Morgan E. Grams;Morgan E. Grams

  • Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in the Atherosclerosis and Folic Acid Supplementation Trial (ASFAST) in Chronic Renal Failure: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Sophia Zoungas;Barry Patrick McGrath;Pauline Branley;Peter Kerr

  • Prevalence of infertility and use of fertility treatment in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: data from a large community-based cohort study.

    Anju Elizabeth Joham;Helena Jane Teede;Sanjeeva Ranasinha;Sophia Zoungas

  • Correction: Diabetic kidney disease

    Merlin C. Thomas;Michael Brownlee;Katalin Susztak;Kumar Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
John Chalmers
John Chalmers University of New South Wales
Anushka Patel
Anushka Patel University of New South Wales
Vlado Perkovic
Vlado Perkovic George Institute for Global Health
Michel Marre
Michel Marre Université Paris Cité
Helena J. Teede
Helena J. Teede Monash University
Bruce Neal
Bruce Neal George Institute for Global Health
Giuseppe Mancia
Giuseppe Mancia University of Milano-Bicocca
Alan Cass
Alan Cass Charles Darwin University
Neil R. Poulter
Neil R. Poulter Imperial College London

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