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Robert A. Star 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 Robert A. Star sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 214 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert A. Star 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 Robert A. Star sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert A. Star is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in nephrology and related fields. Their research spans several specialized areas including acute kidney injury, sepsis diagnosis and treatment, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Subfields of study focus on:

  • Nephrology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Acute Kidney Injury Research
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Renal function and acid-base balance
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Among the recent publications by Robert A. Star are:

  • SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy, 2022, Nature
  • Cell-free DNA maps COVID-19 tissue injury and risk of death and can cause tissue injury, 2021, JCI Insight
  • BAM15 treats mouse sepsis and kidney injury, linking mortality, mitochondrial DNA, tubule damage, and neutrophils, 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Improving Care for Patients after Hospitalization with AKI, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Macrophage depletion protects against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity, 2024, Science Advances

The frequent co-authors associated with Robert A. Star include:

  • Peter S.T. Yuen
  • Xuzhen Hu
  • Takayuki Tsuji
  • Naoki Hayase
  • Yoshitaka Naito

Publications have appeared regularly in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • JCI Insight
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Best Publications

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • Bone marrow stromal cells attenuate sepsis via prostaglandin E(2)-dependent reprogramming of host macrophages to increase their interleukin-10 production.

    Krisztián Németh;Asada Leelahavanichkul;Peter S T Yuen;Balázs Mayer

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease

    Shaul G. Massry;Jack W. Coburn;Glenn M. Chertow;Keith Hruska

  • Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

    Paul M. Palevsky;Jane Hongyuan Zhang;Theresa Z. O'Connor;Glenn M. Chertow

  • Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease as interconnected syndromes

    Lakhmir S. Chawla;Paul W. Eggers;Robert A. Star;Paul L. Kimmel

  • K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Michael V. Rocco;Sharon Anderson;Sharon P. Andreoli

  • Incidence and Mortality of Acute Renal Failure in Medicare Beneficiaries, 1992 to 2001

    Jay L. Xue;Frank Daniels;Robert A. Star;Paul L. Kimmel

  • Exosomes from human saliva as a source of microRNA biomarkers.

    Amanda Michael;Siddhartha D. Bajracharya;Peter S.T. Yuen;Hua Zhou

  • Large-Scale Proteomics and Phosphoproteomics of Urinary Exosomes

    Patricia A. Gonzales;Trairak Pisitkun;Jason D. Hoffert;Dmitry Tchapyjnikov

  • Collection, storage, preservation, and normalization of human urinary exosomes for biomarker discovery

    Hua Zhou;Peter S.T. Yuen;Trairak Pisitkun;Patricia A. Gonzales

  • The effects of frequent nocturnal home hemodialysis: the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Nocturnal Trial

    Michael V. Rocco;Robert S. Lockridge;Gerald J. Beck;Paul W. Eggers

  • Rapid isolation of urinary exosomal biomarkers using a nanomembrane ultrafiltration concentrator.

    Anita Cheruvanky;Hua Zhou;Trairak Pisitkun;Jeffrey B. Kopp

  • Exosomal Fetuin-A identified by proteomics: a novel urinary biomarker for detecting acute kidney injury.

    Hua Zhou;Trairak Pisitkun;Angel Aponte;Peter S.T. Yuen

  • Interleukin-10 inhibits ischemic and cisplatin-induced acute renal injury.

    Jiangping Deng;Yukimasa Kohda;Hsi Chiao;Yuqin Wang

  • Reduced Production of Creatinine Limits Its Use as Marker of Kidney Injury in Sepsis

    Kent Doi;Peter S.T. Yuen;Christoph Eisner;Xuzhen Hu

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • Discovery of Protein Biomarkers for Renal Diseases

    Stephen M Hewitt;James Dear;Robert A Star

  • Hemolysis-associated endothelial dysfunction mediated by accelerated NO inactivation by decompartmentalized oxyhemoglobin

    Peter C. Minneci;Katherine J. Deans;Huang Zhi;Peter S.T. Yuen

  • Urinary exosomal transcription factors, a new class of biomarkers for renal disease

    Hua Zhou;Anita Cheruvanky;Xuzhen Hu;Takayuki Matsumoto

  • Macromolecular MRI Contrast Agents with Small Dendrimers: Pharmacokinetic Differences between Sizes and Cores

    Hisataka Kobayashi;Satomi Kawamoto;Sang Kyung Jo;Henry L. Bryant

Frequent Co-Authors

Hisataka Kobayashi
Hisataka Kobayashi National Institutes of Health
Mark A. Knepper
Mark A. Knepper National Institutes of Health
Martin W. Brechbiel
Martin W. Brechbiel National Institutes of Health
Jurgen Schnermann
Jurgen Schnermann National Institutes of Health
Trairak Pisitkun
Trairak Pisitkun Chulalongkorn University
Peter L. Choyke
Peter L. Choyke National Institutes of Health
Alan T. Remaley
Alan T. Remaley National Institutes of Health
Thomas A. Waldmann
Thomas A. Waldmann National Institutes of Health
Stephen M. Hewitt
Stephen M. Hewitt National Institutes of Health
Bruce A. Molitoris
Bruce A. Molitoris Indiana University

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