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Sharon B. Bledsoe

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1991
Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsPediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesParathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsUrological Disorders and TreatmentsChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes

Publications

80

Citations

2,687

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1991

Research summary
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Sharon B. Bledsoe studies how kidney stones form, using advanced imaging techniques such as scanning electron microscopy and micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) to examine the mineral and protein structures inside stones and kidney tissue. The research investigates the biological pathways behind stone growth (for example, Randall's plaque and ductal plugging) and also contributes to broader kidney disease projects that integrate molecular and tissue-level data. Related work extends these mineral-deposition methods to conditions like cataracts.

Kidney stone formation and structureImaging of renal minerals (micro-CT, electron microscopy)Randall's plaque and stone pathogenesisKidney tissue and disease analysisMineral deposition in tissues (e.g., cataracts)

Publication activity peaked around 2020 and has gradually slowed in the most recent years, averaging about 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: 2,687cohort median 2,525
h-index: 25cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 2.4cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~8 · 0% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 19 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 4 publications192020: 10 publications10202021: 5 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
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: 10 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 3 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 2 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of Urology×8
  • Urolithiasis×3
  • Journal of Endourology×3
  • PMC×3
  • Kidney International×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 Sep 1, 2026.

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