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Karl A. Nath

Karl A. Nath

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
26576
World Ranking
12309
National Ranking
6304

Karl A. Nath 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 Karl A. Nath sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 343 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl A. Nath 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 Karl A. Nath sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Karl A. Nath is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has published extensively in the field of Medicine, with particular focus on nephrology, cardiology, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Their research contributions span a variety of specialized topics, including COVID-19 clinical research studies, healthcare impacts of COVID-19, chronic kidney disease and diabetes, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, long-term effects of COVID-19, renal diseases and glomerulopathies, and the study of heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Mayo Clinic consensus report on membranous nephropathy: proposal for a novel classification (2023) in Kidney International
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, COVID-19, and the Renin-Angiotensin System (2020) in Hypertension
  • Membranous Nephropathy in Syphilis is Associated with Neuron-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (2023) in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Identification of a Heme Activation Site on the MD-2/TLR4 Complex (2020) in Frontiers in Immunology
  • Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 6 (PCSK6) is a likely antigenic target in membranous nephropathy and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use (2023) in Kidney International

Their work appears prominently in several publication venues, including:

  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings (163 publications)
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (14 publications)
  • Kidney360 (7 publications)
  • Kidney International (4 publications)
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2 publications)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Karl A. Nath include:

  • Raman Deep Singh (18 joint publications)
  • Vesna D. Garovic (17 joint publications)
  • Anthony J. Croatt (17 joint publications)
  • Joseph P. Grande (15 joint publications)
  • Allan W. Ackerman (12 joint publications)

The scientist's research areas encompass significant intersections of cardiovascular medicine and nephrology, with additional engagement in molecular biology and infectious diseases. Key clinical topics addressed involve the complexities of COVID-19, the long-term health impacts arising from the disease, and renal pathology including membranous nephropathy.

Karl A. Nath has received recognition as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Ferritin: a cytoprotective antioxidant strategem of endothelium.

    György Balla;Harry S. Jacob;József Balla;M. Rosenberg

  • Tubulointerstitial changes as a major determinant in the progression of renal damage.

    Karl A. Nath

  • Induction of heme oxygenase is a rapid, protective response in rhabdomyolysis in the rat

    Karl A. Nath;Gyorgy Balla;Gregory M. Vercellotti;Jozsef Balla

  • Heme triggers TLR4 signaling leading to endothelial cell activation and vaso-occlusion in murine sickle cell disease

    John D. Belcher;Chunsheng Chen;Julia Nguyen;Liming Milbauer

  • Endothelial-cell heme uptake from heme proteins: induction of sensitization and desensitization to oxidant damage.

    Jozsef Balla;Harry S. Jacob;Gyorgy Balla;Karl Nath

  • Pathophysiology of chronic tubulo-interstitial disease in rats. Interactions of dietary acid load, ammonia, and complement component C3.

    Karl A Nath;M. K. Hostetter;T. H. Hostetter

  • Reactive oxygen species and acute renal failure

    Karl A Nath;Suzanne M Norby

  • Heme oxygenase-1: A provenance for cytoprotective pathways in the kidney and other tissues

    K.A. Nath

  • Physiology and Pathophysiology of Heme: Implications for Kidney Disease

    Michal J. Tracz;Jawed Alam;Karl A. Nath

  • Resident dendritic cells are the predominant TNF-secreting cell in early renal ischemia-reperfusion injury.

    X. Dong;S. Swaminathan;L.-A. Bachman;A.-J. Croatt

  • Increased Oxidative Stress in Experimental Renovascular Hypertension

    Lilach O. Lerman;Karl A. Nath;Martin Rodriguez-Porcel;James D. Krier

  • Hydrogen peroxide-induced renal injury. A protective role for pyruvate in vitro and in vivo.

    Abdulla K. Salahudeen;Edward C. Clark;Edward C. Clark;Karl A. Nath

  • A Proposal for a Serology-Based Approach to Membranous Nephropathy

    An S. De Vriese;Richard J. Glassock;Karl A. Nath;Sanjeev Sethi

  • Sickle cell disease: renal manifestations and mechanisms

    Karl A. Nath;Robert P. Hebbel

  • Heme oxygenase: protective gene or Trojan horse.

    Jeffrey L. Platt;Karl A. Nath

  • Induction of heme oxygenase in toxic renal injury: A protective role in cisplatin nephrotoxicity in the rat

    Anupam Agarwal;József Balla;Jawed Alam;Anthony J. Croatt

  • The indispensability of heme oxygenase-1 in protecting against acute heme protein-induced toxicity in vivo.

    Karl A. Nath;Jill J. Haggard;Anthony J. Croatt;Joseph P. Grande

  • Heme protein-induced chronic renal inflammation: suppressive effect of induced heme oxygenase-1.

    Karl A. Nath;Karl A. Nath;Gregory M. Vercellotti;Gregory M. Vercellotti;Joseph P. Grande;Joseph P. Grande;Hiroko Miyoshi;Hiroko Miyoshi;Hiroko Miyoshi

  • Mayo Clinic/Renal Pathology Society Consensus Report on Pathologic Classification, Diagnosis, and Reporting of GN

    Sanjeev Sethi;Mark Haas;Glen S. Markowitz;Vivette D. D’Agati

  • Transplantation of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Restores Endothelial Function of Denuded Rabbit Carotid Arteries

    Tongrong He;Leslie A. Smith;Sean Harrington;Karl A. Nath

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph P. Grande
Joseph P. Grande Mayo Clinic
Gregory M. Vercellotti
Gregory M. Vercellotti University of Minnesota
Robert P. Hebbel
Robert P. Hebbel University of Minnesota
Jawed Alam
Jawed Alam University Medical Center New Orleans
Lilach O. Lerman
Lilach O. Lerman Mayo Clinic
Anupam Agarwal
Anupam Agarwal University of Alabama at Birmingham
Harry S. Jacob
Harry S. Jacob University of Minnesota

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