Table 5.

Top 10 highly cited articles in diabetes and IR research.

Rank	First author	Title	Year	Citations	JCR	IF
1	Kahn SE	Mechanisms linking obesity to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes	2006	3,616	Q1	50.5
2	Weyer C	Hypoadiponectinemia in obesity and type 2 diabetes: Close association with insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia	2001	2,855	Q1	5
3	Kadowaki T	Adiponectin and adiponectin receptors in insulin resistance, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome	2006	2,175	Q1	13.3
4	TODD JA	HLA-DQ-beta Gene Contributes to Susceptibility and Resistance to Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus	1987	1920	Q1	50.5
5	GuilhermeA	Adipocyte dysfunctions linking obesity to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes	2008	1,677	Q1	81.3
6	Yang Q	Serum retinol binding protein 4 contributes to insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes	2005	1,644	Q1	50.5
7	Dandona P	Inflammation: the link between insulin resistance, obesity and diabetes	2004	1,614	Q1	13.1
8	Kahn SE	The relative contributions of insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction to the pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes	2003	1,600	Q1	8.4
9	Patti ME	Coordinated reduction of genes of oxidative metabolism in humans with insulin resistance and diabetes:: Potential role of PGC1 and NRF1	2003	1,591	Q1	9.4
10	Cho H	Insulin resistance and a diabetes mellitus-like syndrome in mice lacking the protein kinase Akt2 (PKBβ)	2001	1,498	Q1	44.7