2026 Steven C. Hunt: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	120	3686	3449	2030	1877	509	69247

Overview

Steven C. Hunt is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Language and Linguistics, and Physiology. The research topics they have contributed to include Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, Body Contouring and Surgery, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, Birth, Development, and Health, and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to metabolic disorders, obesity, and cardiovascular health. These include:

Associations of Visceral, Subcutaneous, Epicardial, and Liver Fat with Metabolic Disorders up to 14 Years After Weight Loss Surgery, 2020, Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders
Longitudinal Changes in Cardiac Structure and Function in Severe Obesity: 11-Year Follow-Up in the Utah Obesity Study, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
Gut microbiota differs a decade after bariatric surgery relative to a nonsurgical comparison group, 2020, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Metabolic and Metabo-Clinical Signatures of Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Retinopathy, and Dyslipidemia, 2021, Diabetes
Long-term all-cause and cause-specific mortality for four bariatric surgery procedures, 2023, Obesity

Steven C. Hunt has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Ted D. Adams, Donna K. Arnett, James S. Pankow, Lance E. Davidson, and Gerardo Heiss. These collaborations suggest active engagement in multi-author research projects, often related to obesity, cardiometabolic health, and surgery outcomes.

The scientist has contributed books as well, with a notable publication through Bloomsbury Academic eBooks titled "Teaching Latin: Contexts, Theories, Practices," published in 2022, which indicates an interdisciplinary interest that includes language and linguistics alongside biomedical research.

Steven C. Hunt's work has been published in a variety of venues, primarily in areas related to health and medicine. Frequent publication outlets include The Journal of Classics Teaching, UNC Libraries, Obesity, Frontiers in Endocrinology, and Diabetes. This range of venues reflects a diverse publishing profile with both scientific and academic language contributions.

Best Publications

Long-Term Mortality after Gastric Bypass Surgery

Ted D. Adams;Richard E. Gress;Sherman C. Smith;R. Chad Halverson

3272
Citations
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

3259
Citations
Molecular basis of human hypertension: Role of angiotensinogen

Xavier Jeunemaitre;Florent Soubrier;Yuri V. Kotelevtsev;Richard P. Lifton;Richard P. Lifton

2533
Citations
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

2279
Citations
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

2210
Citations
A key role for autophagy and the autophagy gene Atg16l1 in mouse and human intestinal Paneth cells

Ken Cadwell;John Y. Liu;Sarah L. Brown;Hiroyuki Miyoshi

1778
Citations
Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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

1689
Citations
Colon Cancer, Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

Al B. Benson;Alan P. Venook;Mahmoud M. Al-Hawary;Mustafa A. Arain

1228
Citations
Colon Cancer, Version 1.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

Al B. Benson;Alan P. Venook;Lynette Cederquist;Emily Chan

1182
Citations
Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

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

1080
Citations
NCCN Guidelines® Insights Colon Cancer, Version 2.2018 Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines

Al B Benson;Alan P. Venook;Mahmoud M. Al-Hawary;Lynette Cederquist

932
Citations
Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

918
Citations
Rectal cancer, version 2.2018 clinical practice guidelines in Oncology

Al B Benson;Alan P. Venook;Mahmoud M. Al-Hawary;Lynette Cederquist

833
Citations
Health Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery after 6 Years

Ted D. Adams;Lance E. Davidson;Sheldon E. Litwin;Sheldon E. Litwin;Ronette L. Kolotkin

825
Citations
Weight and Metabolic Outcomes 12 Years after Gastric Bypass

Ted D. Adams;Ted D. Adams;Lance E. Davidson;Lance E. Davidson;Sheldon E. Litwin;Jaewhan Kim

794
Citations
Diagnosing heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia using new practical criteria validated by molecular genetics

Roger R. Williams;Roger R. Williams;Roger R. Williams;Steven C. Hunt;Steven C. Hunt;Steven C. Hunt;M.Catherine Schumacher;M.Catherine Schumacher;M.Catherine Schumacher;Robert A. Hegele;Robert A. Hegele;Robert A. Hegele

667
Citations
Genetic Structure, Self-Identified Race/Ethnicity, and Confounding in Case-Control Association Studies

Hua Tang;Tom Quertermous;Beatriz Rodriguez;Sharon L.R. Kardia

650
Citations
Higher serum bilirubin is associated with decreased risk for early familial coronary artery disease

P N Hopkins;L L Wu;S C Hunt;B C James

622
Citations
Gender and telomere length : systematic review and meta-analysis

Michael Gardner;David Bann;Laura Wiley;Rachel Cooper

585
Citations
Absence of linkage between the angiotensin converting enzyme locus and human essential hypertension.

Xavier Jeunemaitre;Richard P. Lifton;Richard P. Lifton;Steven C. Hunt;Roger R. Williams

575
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul N. Hopkins University of Utah

Donna K. Arnett University of South Carolina

Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Lily Wu University of California, Los Angeles

Michael A. Province Washington University in St. Louis

James S. Pankow University of Minnesota

Sandra J. Hasstedt University of Utah

Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington

Dabeeru C. Rao Washington University in St. Louis

Aravinda Chakravarti New York University Langone Medical Center

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