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Matthew R. Allen

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1968
Bone health and osteoporosis researchBone health and treatmentsBone Metabolism and DiseasesParathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsBone fractures and treatments

Publications

536

Citations

14,406

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

59

Publishing since 1968

Research summary
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Matthew R. Allen studies bone health, focusing on how bones lose strength and quality in conditions such as osteoporosis, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes. His work combines biology with engineering approaches to measure the mechanical properties of bone and to test drug treatments (such as raloxifene and romosozumab) that aim to improve bone quality and reduce fracture risk.

Bone strength and fracture mechanicsChronic kidney disease and boneOsteoporosis drug treatmentsSkeletal tissue biology and mechanicsParathyroid hormone and bone metabolism

Publication output has been steady over the past decade, averaging around 20-25 papers per year (about 17 per year over the last five years), with 2026 counts still accumulating.

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

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through July 2029 — about 3 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH P30AR083854through Jul 2029 · $142k awarded

    Histology and Histomorphometry Core (HHC)

  • ActiveNIH R25TR004387through Apr 2028 · $108k awarded

    Clinical and Translational Science Workforce Development through a Statewide Community College Partnership

  • ActiveNIH R01DK138021through Nov 2027 · $599k awarded

    Uremic toxins and osteocyte dysfunction in CKD

  • ActiveNSF 2348509through Aug 2027 · $517k awarded

    Models for Material Damping of Powders in Additively Manufactured Metal Parts

3 earlier awards
  • NIH R01DK110871Aug 2016 – Jun 2021 · $431k awarded

    Pathogenesis of compromised bone quality and mechanics in chronic kidney disease.

  • NIH R01AR062002Mar 2012 – Jan 2018 · $323k awarded

    Enhancing bone strength using combination drug therapy

  • NIH R21DE019686Jun 2009 – Mar 2012 · $114k awarded

    Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: Bridging the clinical-preclinica

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 5,055 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 14,406cohort median 2,516
h-index: 59cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 17.4cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~6 · 27% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 58 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 17.4/year recently
2017: 29 publications172018: 22 publications182019: 35 publications35192020: 21 publications202021: 27 publications212022: 20 publications222023: 22 publications232024: 21 publications242025: 20 publications252026: 4 publications26
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: 6 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 7 collaborators at the same institution2022: 1 collaborator at the same institution2023: 1 collaborator at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Bone×24
  • PMC×19
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology×13
  • Bone Reports×11
  • Author eBooks×11
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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