2026 Stephan Herzig: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	62	1854	1665	130	121	175	13180

Overview

Stephan Herzig is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable focus areas in Physiology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics relevant to health and disease mechanisms, including:

Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Pancreatic function and diabetes
Diet and metabolism studies
Dietary Effects on Health
Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Stephan Herzig has frequently published research in several academic venues, indicating an active presence in both specialized and broad-spectrum scientific journals. These venues include:

Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cell Metabolism
Molecular Metabolism
Diabetologia

Their notable recent papers include:

"Emerging Targets in Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Complications," 2021, published in Advanced Science
"The glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) regulates body weight and food intake via CNS-GIPR signaling," 2021, published in Cell Metabolism
"Liver-fibrosis-activated transcriptional networks govern hepatocyte reprogramming and intra-hepatic communication," 2021, published in Cell Metabolism
"Liver alanine catabolism promotes skeletal muscle atrophy and hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes," 2021, published in Nature Metabolism
"High-protein diet more effectively reduces hepatic fat than low-protein diet despite lower autophagy and FGF21 levels," 2020, published in Liver International

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research output. Frequent co-authors associated with Stephan Herzig include:

Peter P. Nawroth
Stefan Kopf
Alba Sulaj
Julia Szendrödi
Ζoltan Κender

Best Publications

CREB regulates hepatic gluconeogenesis through the coactivator PGC-1

Stephan Herzig;Fanxin Long;Fanxin Long;Ulupi S. Jhala;Susan Hedrick

1681
Citations
TRB3: A tribbles Homolog That Inhibits Akt/PKB Activation by Insulin in Liver

Keyong Du;Stephan Herzig;Rohit N. Kulkarni;Marc Montminy

1204
Citations
PGC-1 promotes insulin resistance in liver through PPAR-α-dependent induction of TRB-3

Seung Hoi Koo;Hiroaki Satoh;Stephan Herzig;Chih Hao Lee

667
Citations
Glucocorticoids, metabolism and metabolic diseases

Alexandros Vegiopoulos;Stephan Herzig

643
Citations
Cyclooxygenase-2 Controls Energy Homeostasis in Mice by de Novo Recruitment of Brown Adipocytes

Alexandros Vegiopoulos;Karin Müller-Decker;Daniela Strzoda;Iris Schmitt

540
Citations
CREB controls hepatic lipid metabolism through nuclear hormone receptor PPAR-γ

Stephan Herzig;Susan Hedrick;Ianessa Morantte;Seung Hoi Koo

353
Citations
Alternatively activated macrophages do not synthesize catecholamines or contribute to adipose tissue adaptive thermogenesis

Katrin Fischer;Henry H. Ruiz;Kevin Jhun;Brian Finan

350
Citations
Selective enrichment of newly synthesized proteins for quantitative secretome analysis

Katrin Eichelbaum;Markus Winter;Mauricio Berriel Diaz;Stephan Herzig

328
Citations
Emerging Targets in Type 2 Diabetes and Diabetic Complications.

Sevgican Demir;Peter P. Nawroth;Stephan Herzig;Bilgen Ekim Üstünel

293
Citations
Detecting endogenous SUMO targets in mammalian cells and tissues.

Janina Becker;Sina V. Barysch;Samir Karaca;Claudia Dittner;Claudia Dittner

264
Citations
Pancreatic cancer microenvironment.

Jörg Kleeff;Philipp Beckhove;Irene Esposito;Stephan Herzig

253
Citations
Attenuation of a phosphorylation-dependent activator by an HDAC–PP1 complex

Gianluca Canettieri;Ianessa Morantte;Ernesto Guzmán;Hiroshi Asahara;Hiroshi Asahara

248
Citations
Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase 1-Dependent Protein Acetylation Controls Breast Cancer Metastasis and Recurrence

Marcos Rios Garcia;Brigitte Steinbauer;Kshitij Srivastava;Mahak Singhal

238
Citations
Dicarbonyls and Advanced Glycation End-Products in the Development of Diabetic Complications and Targets for Intervention.

Sebastian Brings;Thomas Fleming;Thomas Fleming;Marc Freichel;Martina U. Muckenthaler

195
Citations
MicroRNA-26 family is required for human adipogenesis and drives characteristics of brown adipocytes.

Michael Karbiener;Didier F. Pisani;Didier F. Pisani;Didier F. Pisani;Andrea Frontini;Lisa M. Oberreiter

183
Citations
The glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) regulates body weight and food intake via CNS-GIPR signaling.

Qian Zhang;Challa Tenagne Delessa;Robert Augustin;Mostafa Bakhti

182
Citations
Protein Kinase G Controls Brown Fat Cell Differentiation and Mitochondrial Biogenesis

Bodo Haas;Peter Mayer;Katja Jennissen;Daniela Scholz

178
Citations
The glucocorticoid receptor controls hepatic dyslipidemia through Hes1.

Ulrike Lemke;Anja Krones-Herzig;Mauricio Berriel Diaz;Prachiti Narvekar

162
Citations
A liver stress-endocrine nexus promotes metabolic integrity during dietary protein dilution

Adriano Maida;Annika Zota;Kim A. Sjøberg;Jonas Schumacher

158
Citations
Cancer Cachexia: More Than Skeletal Muscle Wasting

Søren Fisker Schmidt;Maria Rohm;Stephan Herzig;Mauricio Berriel Diaz

157
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter P. Nawroth Heidelberg University

Ez-Zoubir Amri Grenoble Alpes University

Norbert Gretz Heidelberg University

Matthias Blüher Leipzig University

Marc Montminy Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Mathias Heikenwalder German Cancer Research Center

Jeroen Krijgsveld German Cancer Research Center

Hugo A. Katus Heidelberg University

Dominique Langin Inserm

Martin Klingenspor Technical University of Munich

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