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Kausik Umanath

Medicine · Indiana University

Mid career · publishing since 2012

Publications

56

Citations

2,708

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
AI-generated

Kausik Umanath conducts clinical research in kidney medicine (nephrology), studying how chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes are connected and how they can be treated. Much of the work evaluates medications such as SGLT2 inhibitors and aldosterone synthase inhibitors, and explores biological markers of hard-to-control hypertension. The research also includes clinical trial analyses and case studies of kidney-related conditions.

Chronic kidney disease treatmentHypertension (high blood pressure) managementDiabetes and kidney diseaseDrug therapies (SGLT2 and aldosterone inhibitors)Kidney injury and inflammation biomarkers

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the past decade, averaging around two to three papers per year with some year-to-year variation.

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

In context
Among 4,618 mid career Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 2,708cohort median 616
h-index: 19cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 2.0cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~9 · 18% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 20 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 9 publications9212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 3 publications24252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases×4
  • Hypertension×4
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology×3
  • Kidney International×2
  • Journal of Behavioral Medicine×2
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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 Jul 27, 2026.

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