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John W. Kusek 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 John W. Kusek sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 520 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John W. Kusek 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 John W. Kusek sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 136 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John W. Kusek is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on nephrology. Their academic work spans multiple subfields including nephrology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, rheumatology, and transplantation.

The primary areas of research for John W. Kusek cover topics such as dialysis and renal disease management, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, blood pressure and hypertension studies, folate and B vitamins research, chronic kidney disease and diabetes, GDF15 and related biomarkers, and heart failure treatment and management.

Recent notable publications authored or co-authored by John W. Kusek feature in leading journals and include:

  • Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation, Functional Patency, and Intervention Rates, 2021, JAMA Surgery
  • Novel Risk Factors for Progression of Diabetic and Nondiabetic CKD: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study, 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Association of Opioids and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs With Outcomes in CKD: Findings From the CRIC (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort) Study, 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Plasma Kidney Injury Molecule 1 in CKD: Findings From the Boston Kidney Biopsy Cohort and CRIC Studies, 2021, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Change in Cardiac Biomarkers and Risk of Incident Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation in CKD: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study, 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Frequent collaborators with John W. Kusek include:

  • Harold I. Feldman
  • James P. Lash
  • Mahboob Rahman
  • Jiang He
  • Lawrence J. Appel

The most common venues where John W. Kusek's work has been published are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Kidney Medicine
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Best Publications

  • A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

    Andrew S. Levey;Lesley A. Stevens;Christopher H. Schmid;Yaping (Lucy) Zhang

  • Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States

    Josef Coresh;Elizabeth Selvin;Lesley A. Stevens;Jane Manzi

  • Using standardized serum creatinine values in the modification of diet in renal disease study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate.

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Tom Greene;Lesley A. Stevens

  • Estimating glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine and cystatin C.

    Lesley A. Inker;Christopher H. Schmid;Hocine Tighiouart;John H. Eckfeldt

  • The Effects of Dietary Protein Restriction and Blood-Pressure Control on the Progression of Chronic Renal Disease

    Saulo Klahr;Andrew S. Levey;Gerald J. Beck;Arlene W. Caggiula

  • The long-term effect of doxazosin, finasteride, and combination therapy on the clinical progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

    John D. McConnell;Claus G. Roehrborn;Oliver M. Bautista;Gerald L. Andriole

  • Effect of Dialysis Dose and Membrane Flux in Maintenance Hemodialysis

    Garabed Eknoyan;Gerald J. Beck;Alfred K. Cheung;John T. Daugirdas

  • FGF23 induces left ventricular hypertrophy

    Christian Faul;Ansel P. Amaral;Behzad Oskouei;Ming Chang Hu

  • Expressing the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate with standardized serum creatinine values.

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Tom Greene;Jane Marsh

  • Estimating GFR Using Serum Cystatin C Alone and in Combination With Serum Creatinine: A Pooled Analysis of 3,418 Individuals With CKD

    Lesley A Stevens;Josef Coresh;Christopher H Schmid;Harold I Feldman

  • Effect of ramipril vs amlodipine on renal outcomes in hypertensive nephrosclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.

    L. Y. Agodoa;L. Appel;G. L. Bakris;G. Beck

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Risks of Mortality and End-Stage Renal Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

    Tamara Isakova;Huiliang Xie;Wei Yang;Dawei Xie

  • Predictors of the progression of renal disease in the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study

    Lawrence G. Hunsicker;Sharon Adler;Arlene Caggiula

  • Calibration and random variation of the serum creatinine assay as critical elements of using equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate.

    Josef Coresh;Brad C. Astor;Geraldine McQuillan;John Kusek

  • Factors other than glomerular filtration rate affect serum cystatin C levels.

    Lesley A Stevens;Christopher H Schmid;Tom Greene;Liang Li

  • Effect of Clopidogrel on Early Failure of Arteriovenous Fistulas for Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Laura M. Dember;Gerald J. Beck;Michael Allon;James A. Delmez

  • Intensive blood-pressure control in hypertensive chronic kidney disease.

    Lawrence J. Appel;Jackson T. Wright;Tom Greene;Lawrence Y. Agodoa

  • Serum creatinine levels in the US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Camille A. Jones;Geraldine M. McQuillan;John W. Kusek;Mark S. Eberhardt

  • Weight Loss to Treat Urinary Incontinence in Overweight and Obese Women

    Leslee L. Subak;Rena Wing;Delia Smith West;Frank Franklin

  • APOL1 Risk Variants, Race, and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

    Afshin Parsa;W. H Linda Kao;Dawei Xie;Brad C. Astor

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold I. Feldman
Harold I. Feldman University of Pennsylvania
Alan S. Go
Alan S. Go Kaiser Permanente
Tom Greene
Tom Greene University of Utah
Jiang He
Jiang He Tulane University
Raymond R. Townsend
Raymond R. Townsend University of Pennsylvania
Mahboob Rahman
Mahboob Rahman Case Western Reserve University
Akinlolu O. Ojo
Akinlolu O. Ojo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andrew S. Levey
Andrew S. Levey Tufts Medical Center
Gerald J. Beck
Gerald J. Beck Cleveland Clinic
Lawrence J. Appel
Lawrence J. Appel Johns Hopkins University

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