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106
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33018
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6617
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378

Werner F. Blum 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 Werner F. Blum sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 401 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Werner F. Blum 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 Werner F. Blum sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Werner F. Blum is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with primary focus areas in Social Sciences, Medicine, and Mathematics. Within these fields, specific contributions have been made to Education, Statistics and Probability, Information Systems and Management, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their work covers a range of topics, notably Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques, Educational Assessment and Improvement, Statistics Education and Methodologies, Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors, Education Methods and Technologies, Cognitive and Developmental Aspects of Mathematical Skills, and Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes.

Recent publications illustrate the breadth of their scholarly activity. Key papers include:

  • Competence as a continuum in the COACTIV study: the "cascade model", 2020, ZDM
  • Fostering mathematical modelling competency of South African engineering students: which influence does the teaching design have?, 2021, Educational Studies in Mathematics
  • Open modelling problems: cognitive barriers and instructional prompts, 2023, Educational Studies in Mathematics
  • Development of a Predictive Enrichment Marker for the Oral GH Secretagogue LUM-201 in Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency, 2021, Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Serum IGF1 and linear growth in children with congenital leptin deficiency before and after leptin substitution, 2021, International Journal of Obesity

Blum has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable coauthors include Alfred Lindl, Rina Durandt, Stefan Krauß, Dominik Leiß, and Stanislaw Schukajlow.

Their publications frequently appear in journals such as the Journal of the Endocrine Society, ZDM, Educational Studies in Mathematics, GeroScience, and the International Journal of Obesity.

In addition to journal articles, Blum has contributed to book publications. A notable book titled "PISA 2022" published by Waxmann Verlag GmbH eBooks in 2023 has also received citations.

Best Publications

  • Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of growth hormone (GH) deficiency in childhood and adolescence: Summary statement of the GH research society

    Kenneth M. Attie;Bengt Ake Bengtsson;Sandra L. Blethen;Werner Blum

  • Plasma Leptin Levels in Healthy Children and Adolescents: Dependence on Body Mass Index, Body Fat Mass, Gender, Pubertal Stage, and Testosterone

    Werner F. Blum;Piera Englaro;Sigrid Hanitsch;Anders Juul

  • Insulin and Cortisol Promote Leptin Production in Cultured Human Fat Cells

    Martin Wabitsch;Per Bo Jensen;Werner F Blum;Claus T Christoffersen

  • A specific radioimmunoassay for the growth hormone (GH)-dependent somatomedin-binding protein: its use for diagnosis of GH deficiency.

    Werner F. Blum;Michael B. Ranke;Klaus Kietzmann;Elisabeth Gauggel

  • Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and IGF binding protein 3 reflect spontaneous growth hormone secretion

    W F Blum;K Albertsson-Wikland;S Rosberg;M B Ranke

  • Low cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin (orexin) and altered energy homeostasis in human narcolepsy

    Seiji Nishino;Beth Ripley;Sebastiaan Overeem;Sebastiaan Overeem;Sona Nevsimalova

  • Contribution of androgens to the gender difference in leptin production in obese children and adolescents.

    Martin Wabitsch;WF Blum;Rainer Muche;M Braun

  • Radioimmunoassays for IGFs and IGFBPs.

    Blum Wf;Breier Bh

  • Levels of Leptin in Maternal Serum, Amniotic Fluid, and Arterial and Venous Cord Blood: Relation to Neonatal and Placental Weight

    C. Schubring;W. Kiess;P. Englaro;W. Rascher

  • Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in healthy infants, children, and adolescents: the relation to IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2, age, sex, body mass index, and pubertal maturation

    A Juul;P Dalgaard;W F Blum;P Bang

  • Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I)-binding protein complex is a better mitogen than free IGF-I.

    W. F. Blum;E. W. Jenne;F. Reppin;K. Kietzmann

  • Testosterone Substitution Normalizes Elevated Serum Leptin Levels in Hypogonadal Men

    Friedrich Jockenhövel;Werner F. Blum;Elisabeth Vogel;Piera Englaro

  • Genotypes and phenotypes in children with short stature: clinical indicators of SHOX haploinsufficiency

    Gudrun Rappold;Werner F Blum;Elena P Shavrikova;Brenda J Crowe

  • Growth hormone resistance and inhibition of somatomedin activity by excess of insulin-like growth factor binding protein in uraemia.

    Werner F. Blum;Michael B. Ranke;Klaus Kietzmann;Burkhardt Tönshoff

  • Leptin levels in patients with anorexia nervosa are reduced in the acute stage and elevated upon short-term weight restoration

    J Hebebrand;W F Blum;W F Blum;N Barth;H Coners

  • Growth hormone stimulates proliferation and differentiation of normal human osteoblast-like cells in vitro

    M Kassem;W Blum;J Ristelli;L Mosekilde

  • Leptin suppresses semi-starvation induced hyperactivity in rats: implications for anorexia nervosa.

    C Exner;J Hebebrand;H Remschmidt;C Wewetzer

  • Effect of Growth Hormone Treatment on Adult Height in Peripubertal Children with Idiopathic Short Stature: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Ellen Werber Leschek;Susan R. Rose;Jack A. Yanovski;James F. Troendle

  • Leptin production and release in the dually in vitro perfused human placenta

    Knud Linnemann;Antoine Malek;Ruth Sager;Werner F. Blum

  • Placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over trial of growth hormone treatment in prepubertal children with chronic renal failure.

    A.C.S. Hokken-Koelega;S.M.P.F. de Muinck Keizer-Schrama;S.L.S. Drop;E.D. Wolff

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. Ranke
Michael B. Ranke University of Tübingen
Johannes Hebebrand
Johannes Hebebrand University of Duisburg-Essen
Wieland Kiess
Wieland Kiess Leipzig University
Helmut Remschmidt
Helmut Remschmidt Philipp University of Marburg
Ron G. Rosenfeld
Ron G. Rosenfeld Oregon Health & Science University
Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Ulm
Eckhard Wolf
Eckhard Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang Rascher
Wolfgang Rascher University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Gudrun A. Rappold
Gudrun A. Rappold Heidelberg University
Judith L. Ross
Judith L. Ross Thomas Jefferson University

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