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William F. Young

William F. Young

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
46492
World Ranking
8170
National Ranking
4236

William F. Young 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 William F. Young sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 419 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William F. Young 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 William F. Young sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 100 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% 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

  • 1947 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1931 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William F. Young is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio covering various aspects of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields, including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, cancer research, neurology, and epidemiology.

Their research primarily focuses on topics such as adrenal and paraganglionic tumors, pituitary gland disorders and treatments, hormonal regulation and hypertension, cancer related to hypoxia and metabolism, adrenal hormones and disorders, neuroblastoma research and treatments, as well as growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors.

Recent publications by William F. Young include:

  • Epidemiology of adrenal tumours in Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA: a population-based cohort study (2020) in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Urine steroid metabolomics for the differential diagnosis of adrenal incidentalomas in the EURINE-ACT study: a prospective test validation study (2020) in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Hormonal and Metabolic Changes of Aging and the Influence of Lifestyle Modifications (2021) in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • International consensus on initial screening and follow-up of asymptomatic SDHx mutation carriers (2021) in Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Clinical course of adrenal myelolipoma: A long-term longitudinal follow-up study (2020) in Clinical Endocrinology

The scientist has frequently published in these venues:

  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Clinical Endocrinology
  • European Journal of Endocrinology
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William F. Young include:

  • Irina Bancos
  • Travis J. McKenzie
  • Melanie L. Lyden
  • Jamie J. Van Gompel
  • Elizabeth J. Atkinson

William F. Young has been recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as a Fellow on two occasions, in 1931 and 1947.

Best Publications

  • Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: An endocrine society clinical practice guideline

    Jacques W.M. Lenders;Quan Yang Duh;Graeme Eisenhofer;Anne Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo

  • The Management of Primary Aldosteronism: Case Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    John W. Funder;Robert M. Carey;Franco Mantero;M. Hassan Murad

  • International Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury. American Spinal Injury Association.

    J. F. Ditunno;William Young;W. H. Donovan;G. Creasey

  • Case detection, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with primary aldosteronism: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.

    John Funder;Robert Carey;Carlos Fardella;Celso Gomez-Sanchez

  • The incidentally discovered adrenal mass

    William F. Young

  • Increased Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism, Including Surgically Correctable Forms, in Centers from Five Continents

    Paolo Mulatero;Michael Stowasser;Keh Chuan Loh;Carlos E. Fardella

  • Role for adrenal venous sampling in primary aldosteronism

    William F. Young;Anthony W. Stanson;Geoffrey B. Thompson;Clive S. Grant

  • Primary aldosteronism: renaissance of a syndrome.

    William F. Young

  • Outcomes after adrenalectomy for unilateral primary aldosteronism: an international consensus on outcome measures and analysis of remission rates in an international cohort

    Tracy A Williams;Tracy A Williams;Jacques W M Lenders;Jacques W M Lenders;Paolo Mulatero;Jacopo Burrello

  • Benign Paragangliomas: Clinical Presentation and Treatment Outcomes in 236 Patients

    Dana Erickson;Yogish C. Kudva;Michael J. Ebersold;Geoffrey B. Thompson

  • A comparison of biochemical tests for pheochromocytoma: measurement of fractionated plasma metanephrines compared with the combination of 24-hour urinary metanephrines and catecholamines.

    Anna M. Sawka;Roman Jaeschke;Ravinder J. Singh;William F. Young

  • An expert consensus statement on use of adrenal vein sampling for the subtyping of primary aldosteronism.

    Gian Paolo Rossi;Richard J. Auchus;Morris Brown;Jacques W.M. Lenders;Jacques W.M. Lenders

  • Minireview: Primary Aldosteronism—Changing Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment

    William F. Young

  • Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.

    Hartmut P H Neumann;William F Young;Charis Eng

  • MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMAS: A View from Rochester, Minnesota

    William F. Young

  • Prevalence of primary aldosteronism among Asian hypertensive patients in Singapore.

    Keh Chuan Loh;Evelyn S. Koay;Min Cheh Khaw;Shanta C. Emmanuel

  • Malignant pheochromocytoma: Current status and initiatives for future progress

    Graeme Eisenhofer;Stefan R. Bornstein;Frederieke M. Brouwers;Nai Kong V. Cheung

  • Pituitary carcinoma: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases.

    Peter J. Pernicone;Bernd W. Scheithauer;Thomas J. Sebo;Kalman T. Kovacs

  • Laparoscopic versus open posterior adrenalectomy: A case-control study of 100 patients

    Geoffrey B Thompson;Geoffrey B Thompson;Clive S Grant;Clive S Grant;Jon A van Heerden;Jon A van Heerden;Richard T Schlinkert;Richard T Schlinkert

  • Primary aldosteronism: factors associated with normalization of blood pressure after surgery.

    Anna M. Sawka;William F. Young;Geoffrey B. Thompson;Clive S. Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

Clive S. Grant
Clive S. Grant Mayo Clinic
David R. Farley
David R. Farley Mayo Clinic
Ricardo V. Lloyd
Ricardo V. Lloyd University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bruce E. Pollock
Bruce E. Pollock Mayo Clinic
Eva Horvath
Eva Horvath University of Toronto
Jacques W.M. Lenders
Jacques W.M. Lenders Radboud University
Kalman Kovacs
Kalman Kovacs St. Michael's Hospital

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