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Sharon K. Inouye 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 Sharon K. Inouye sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 476 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sharon K. Inouye 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 Sharon K. Inouye sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 123 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Sharon K. Inouye is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, General Health Professions, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Developmental Neuroscience, and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology.

The scientist's main topics of work include Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents, Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Recent papers authored by Sharon K. Inouye cover various aspects of delirium and its intersections with COVID-19, dementia, and health economics. These include:

  • Delirium in Older Patients With COVID-19 Presenting to the Emergency Department (2020, JAMA Network Open)
  • The inter-relationship between delirium and dementia: the importance of delirium prevention (2022, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • One-Year Medicare Costs Associated With Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Major Elective Surgery (2021, JAMA Surgery)
  • Delirium: a missing piece in the COVID-19 pandemic puzzle (2020, Age and Ageing)
  • Delirium in the Elderly (2020, Clinics in Geriatric Medicine)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sharon K. Inouye include:

  • Edward R. Marcantonio
  • Tamara G. Fong
  • Eva M. Schmitt
  • Richard N. Jones
  • Thomas G. Travison

The scientist has published extensively in several academic venues such as JAMA Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Alzheimer's & Dementia, JAMA Network Open, and the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Sharon K. Inouye has been recognized with membership in the National Academy of Medicine (since 2011) and is also a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Clarifying Confusion: The Confusion Assessment Method: A New Method for Detection of Delirium

    S K Inouye;C H van Dyck;C A Alessi;S Balkin

  • Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit

    E. Wesley Ely;Ayumi Shintani;Brenda Truman;Theodore Speroff

  • A multicomponent intervention to prevent delirium in hospitalized older patients.

    Sharon K. Inouye;Sidney T. Bogardus;Peter A. Charpentier;Linda Leo-Summers

  • Delirium in mechanically ventilated patients: validity and reliability of the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU).

    E W Ely;S K Inouye;G R Bernard;S Gordon

  • Delirium in elderly people

    Sharon K Inouye;Rudi G J Westendorp;Jane S Saczynski

  • Delirium in older persons.

    Sharon K. Inouye

  • Evaluation of Delirium in Critically Ill Patients: Validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU)

    E. Ely;Richard Margolin;Joseph Francis;Lisa May

  • Geriatric Syndromes: Clinical, Research, and Policy Implications of a Core Geriatric Concept

    Sharon K. Inouye;Stephanie Studenski;Mary E. Tinetti;George A. Kuchel

  • Precipitating Factors for Delirium in Hospitalized Elderly Persons: Predictive Model and Interrelationship With Baseline Vulnerability

    Sharon K. Inouye;Peter A. Charpentier

  • Realization of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Lower Dimensions

    A. Görlitz;J. M. Vogels;A. E. Leanhardt;C. Raman

  • The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay

    E. W. Ely;S. Gautam;R. Margolin;J. Francis

  • Cognitive Trajectories after Postoperative Delirium

    Jane S. Saczynski;Edward Ralph Marcantonio;Lien Quach;Tamara G Fong

  • Delirium in elderly adults: diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

    Tamara G. Fong;Samir R. Tulebaev;Sharon K. Inouye

  • Shared risk factors for falls, incontinence, and functional dependence, unifying the approach to geriatric syndromes

    Mary E. Tinetti;Sharon K. Inouye;Thomas M. Gill;John T. Doucette

  • One-year health care costs associated with delirium in the elderly population.

    Douglas L. Leslie;Edward Ralph Marcantonio;Ying Zhang;Ying Zhang;Ying Zhang;Linda Leo-Summers

  • A predictive model for delirium in hospitalized elderly medical patients based on admission characteristics.

    Sharon K. Inouye;Catherine M. Viscoli;Ralph I. Horwitz;Leslie D. Hurst

  • Nurses' recognition of delirium and its symptoms: comparison of nurse and researcher ratings.

    Sharon K. Inouye;Marquis D. Foreman;Lorraine C. Mion;Karol H. Katz

  • Importance of Functional Measures in Predicting Mortality Among Older Hospitalized Patients

    Sharon K. Inouye;Peter N. Peduzzi;Julie T. Robison;John S. Hughes

  • Does delirium contribute to poor hospital outcomes? A three-site epidemiologic study.

    Sharon K. Inouye;Julia T. Rushing;Marquis D. Foreman;Robert M. Palmer

  • The Confusion Assessment Method: a systematic review of current usage.

    Leslie A. Wei;Michael A. Fearing;Eliezer J. Sternberg;Sharon K. Inouye

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward R. Marcantonio
Edward R. Marcantonio Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Richard N. Jones
Richard N. Jones Brown University
Long Ngo
Long Ngo Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas G. Travison
Thomas G. Travison Harvard University
David C. Alsop
David C. Alsop Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Towia A. Libermann
Towia A. Libermann Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Steven E. Arnold
Steven E. Arnold Harvard University
E. Wesley Ely
E. Wesley Ely Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thomas N. Robinson
Thomas N. Robinson University of Colorado Denver

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