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Susan Bonner-Weir

Susan Bonner-Weir

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
119
Citations
57143
World Ranking
583
National Ranking
350

Medicine

D-Index
119
Citations
58136
World Ranking
3860
National Ranking
2111

Susan Bonner-Weir 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 Susan Bonner-Weir sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 346 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan Bonner-Weir 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 Susan Bonner-Weir sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 119 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Susan Bonner-Weir is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has produced significant research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Surgery, Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes and associated disorders, diabetes management and research, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, cannabis and cannabinoid research, and phagocytosis and immune regulation.

Among the recent published papers by Susan Bonner-Weir are:

  • Inadequate β-cell mass is essential for the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Beta cell identity changes with mild hyperglycemia: Implications for function, growth, and vulnerability, 2020, Molecular Metabolism
  • Unique Human and Mouse β-Cell Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP) Reveal Conserved Signaling Pathways and Heterogeneous Factors, 2021, Diabetes
  • PAHSAs reduce cellular senescence and protect pancreatic beta cells from metabolic stress through regulation of Mdm2/p53, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Externalized phosphatidylinositides on apoptotic cells are eat-me signals recognized by CD14, 2022, Cell Death and Differentiation

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Gordon C. Weir, Jennifer Hollister-Lock, María F. Rubín de Celis, Hui Pan, and Brooke Sullivan.

The most common venues for their publications include Diabetes, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Molecular Metabolism, and Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Susan Bonner-Weir was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • β-Cell Deficit and Increased β-Cell Apoptosis in Humans With Type 2 Diabetes

    Alexandra E. Butler;Juliette Janson;Susan Bonner-Weir;Robert A Ritzel

  • Disruption of IRS-2 causes type 2 diabetes in mice

    Dominic J. Withers;Julio Sanchez Gutierrez;Heather Towery;Deborah J. Burks

  • Exendin-4 stimulates both beta-cell replication and neogenesis, resulting in increased beta-cell mass and improved glucose tolerance in diabetic rats.

    Gang Xu;D. A. Stoffers;J. F. Habener;S. Bonner-Weir

  • Translational Control Is Required for the Unfolded Protein Response and In Vivo Glucose Homeostasis

    Donalyn Scheuner;Benbo Song;Edward McEwen;Chuan Liu

  • In vitro cultivation of human islets from expanded ductal tissue

    Susan Bonner-Weir;Monica Taneja;Gordon C. Weir;Krystyna Tatarkiewicz

  • Five Stages of Evolving Beta-Cell Dysfunction During Progression to Diabetes

    Gordon C. Weir;Susan Bonner-Weir

  • p16INK4a induces an age-dependent decline in islet regenerative potential.

    Janakiraman Krishnamurthy;Matthew R. Ramsey;Keith L. Ligon;Chad Torrice

  • A Second Pathway for Regeneration of Adult Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas: A Possible Recapitulation of Embryonic Development

    Susan Bonner-Weir;Leslie A Baxter;George T Schuppin;Fannie E Smith

  • Selective β-Cell Loss and α-Cell Expansion in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Korea

    Kun Ho Yoon;Seung Hyun Ko;Jae Hyoung Cho;Jung Min Lee

  • Dynamics of beta-cell mass in the growing rat pancreas. Estimation with a simple mathematical model.

    Diane T Finegood;Luisa Scaglia;Susan Bonner-Weir

  • Insulinotropic glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists stimulate expression of homeodomain protein IDX-1 and increase islet size in mouse pancreas.

    Doris A. Stoffers;Timothy J. Kieffer;Mehboob A. Hussain;Daniel J. Drucker

  • Role of apoptosis in failure of beta-cell mass compensation for insulin resistance and beta-cell defects in the male Zucker diabetic fatty rat.

    Anthony Pick;Joshua Clark;Christian Kubstrup;Matteo Levisetti

  • Chronic hyperglycemia triggers loss of pancreatic beta cell differentiation in an animal model of diabetes.

    Jean-Christophe Jonas;Arun Sharma;Wendy Hasenkamp;Hasan Ilkova

  • Development of a novel polygenic model of NIDDM in mice heterozygous for IR and IRS-1 null alleles.

    Jens C Brüning;Jonathon Winnay;Susan Bonner-Weir;Simeon I Taylor

  • New Perspectives on the Microvasculature of the Islets of Langerhans in the Rat

    S Bonner-Weir;L Orci

  • New sources of pancreatic beta-cells.

    Susan Bonner-Weir;Gordon C Weir

  • Partial pancreatectomy in the rat and subsequent defect in glucose-induced insulin release.

    S Bonner-Weir;D F Trent;G C Weir

  • Beta-cell adaptation and decompensation during the progression of diabetes.

    Gordon C. Weir;David Ross Laybutt;Hideaki Kaneto;Susan Bonner-Weir

  • Compensatory growth of pancreatic beta-cells in adult rats after short-term glucose infusion.

    Susan Bonner-Weir;Deanna Deery;John L Leahy;Gordon C Weir

  • Residual Insulin Production and Pancreatic β-Cell Turnover After 50 Years of Diabetes: Joslin Medalist Study

    Hillary A. Keenan;Jennifer K. Sun;Jared Levine;Alessandro Doria

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon C. Weir
Gordon C. Weir Harvard University
Arun K. Sharma
Arun K. Sharma University of Calcutta
George L. King
George L. King Harvard University
Dennis C. Sgroi
Dennis C. Sgroi Harvard University
George S. Eisenbarth
George S. Eisenbarth University of Colorado Denver
Mary-Elizabeth Patti
Mary-Elizabeth Patti Harvard University
Allison B. Goldfine
Allison B. Goldfine Harvard University
Joel F. Habener
Joel F. Habener Harvard University
Ton J. Rabelink
Ton J. Rabelink Leiden University Medical Center
Lorenzo Piemonti
Lorenzo Piemonti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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