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Kate R. Fortney

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1998Rising activity
Syphilis Diagnosis and TreatmentReproductive tract infections researchPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatmentHIV Research and TreatmentIron Metabolism and Disorders

Publications

79

Citations

1,931

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

28

Publishing since 1998

Research summary
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Kate R. Fortney studies how disease-causing bacteria interact with the human body and cause infections. Much of the work focuses on sexually transmitted and skin-infecting bacteria such as Haemophilus ducreyi (which causes genital and skin ulcers), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea), and uropathogenic E. coli (urinary tract infections), including experimental infection studies in human volunteers and animal models. A recurring theme is identifying bacterial regulatory systems and genes that could serve as targets for vaccines or new treatments.

Bacterial pathogen–host interactionsSexually transmitted and skin ulcer infectionsBacterial gene regulation and virulenceVaccine and drug target identificationExperimental human and animal infection models

Publication activity was steady in the late 2010s, paused around 2020–2021, and has resumed at a lower rate in recent years, averaging under two papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 1,931cohort median 2,525
h-index: 29cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 1.8cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~9 · 0% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 5 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications4182019: 4 publications41920212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 3 publications2526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 10 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Infection and Immunity×7
  • mBio×4
  • PMC×4
  • Microbiology Spectrum×1
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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