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Stefan R. Bornstein

Stefan R. Bornstein

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
124
Citations
78571
World Ranking
3161
National Ranking
170

Stefan R. Bornstein 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 Stefan R. Bornstein sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 838 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan R. Bornstein 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 Stefan R. Bornstein sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 84th percentile

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

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Overview

Stefan R. Bornstein is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and has a significant body of research largely focused on the medical and biochemical fields. Their primary fields of study include Medicine with 428 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 114 publications. Within these broader areas, they have specialized in subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, and Neurology.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass a variety of clinical and biological themes, including:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Stefan R. Bornstein are:

  • Practical recommendations for the management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Endocrine and metabolic link to coronavirus infection, 2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Other influential publications related to their fields, though not authored by Bornstein, include studies like "New-Onset Diabetes in Covid-19" (2020, New England Journal of Medicine), "Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity" (2025, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology), and "Metabolic surgery versus conventional medical therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes: 10-year follow-up of an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial" (2021, The Lancet).

Stefan R. Bornstein collaborates frequently with several co-authors, the most recurrent being Charlotte Steenblock, Geltrude Mingrone, Felix Beuschlein, Graeme Eisenhofer, and Roman N. Rodionov.

Their research has appeared extensively across multiple publication venues including:

  • Hormone and Metabolic Research
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.

    Stefan R. Bornstein;Bruno Allolio;Wiebke Arlt;Andreas Barthel

  • Bariatric-metabolic surgery versus conventional medical treatment in obese patients with type 2 diabetes: 5 year follow-up of an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial

    Geltrude Mingrone;Geltrude Mingrone;Simona Panunzi;Andrea De Gaetano;Caterina Guidone

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • The Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass: Update in Diagnosis and Management

    Georg Mansmann;Joseph Lau;Ethan Balk;Michael Rothberg

  • Practical recommendations for the management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19.

    Stefan R. Bornstein;Francesco Rubino;Francesco Rubino;Kamlesh Khunti;Geltrude Mingrone;Geltrude Mingrone

  • Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

    Robert A Scott;Vasiliki Lagou;Ryan P Welch;Eleanor Wheeler

  • Pheochromocytoma: recommendations for clinical practice from the First International Symposium

    Karel Pacak;Graeme Eisenhofer;Håkan Ahlman;Stefan R Bornstein

  • Intraadrenal Interactions in the Regulation of Adrenocortical Steroidogenesis

    Monika Ehrhart-Bornstein;Joy P. Hinson;Stefan R. Bornstein;Werner A. Scherbaum

  • New-Onset Diabetes in Covid-19.

    Francesco Rubino;Stephanie A. Amiel;Paul Zimmet;K. George M. M. Alberti

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • The Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass: Update in Diagnosis and Management

    G. Mannsmann;S. R. Bornstein

Frequent Co-Authors

George P. Chrousos
George P. Chrousos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Geltrude Mingrone
Geltrude Mingrone King's College London
Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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