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Stephen A. Burns

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1976
Retinal Imaging and AnalysisOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesGlaucoma and retinal disordersRetinal Diseases and TreatmentsVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Publications

376

Citations

8,925

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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Stephen A. Burns conducts research on high-resolution imaging of the eye's retina, developing and applying advanced optical techniques such as adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). His work aims to visualize fine retinal structures—like blood vessels, photoreceptor cells, and vessel walls—to study how diseases such as diabetes affect the eye and to link retinal features to broader health conditions. Much of this involves building custom imaging instruments and image-processing methods.

Retinal imaging with adaptive opticsDiabetic retinopathy and vascular changesOphthalmic imaging instrumentationPhotoreceptor (cone) structure and vision testingRetinal biomarkers for systemic disease

Publication activity has generally slowed over the past decade, from around 14-16 papers per year in 2017-2018 to roughly 3-4 per year more recently.

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

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

8 earlier awards
  • NSF 2102923Jul 2021 – Dec 2024 · $441k awarded

    Collaborative Research: P2C2--MADagascar Caves And Paleoclimate II (MADCAP II), Continuing Study of Climate Variability in the Southern Hemisphere of the Western Indian Ocean

  • NIH R01EY024315Dec 2014 – Nov 2024 · $462k awarded

    Adaptive Optics Imaging of Human Retinal Vascular Structure and Function

  • NSF 1702891Nov 2017 – Oct 2021 · $492k awarded

    Collaborative Research: P2C2--Madagascar Caves and Paleoclimate (MADCAP), Investigating Climate Variability in the Southern Hemisphere of the Western Indian Ocean

  • NSF 1719464Aug 2017 – Jul 2018 · $97k awarded

    Upgrade of Carbonate Preparation System, Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of Massachusetts

  • NSF 1502877Jun 2015 – May 2018 · $148k awarded

    P2C2:Collaborative Research: A Speleothem Study of the Paleoclimatology of the Yucatan Peninsula: Testing Modes and Causes of Variability in the North American Tropics

  • NIH R01EY004395Nov 1987 – Aug 2016 · $340k awarded

    Investigations of Human Cone Kinetics

  • NIH P30EY019008Jul 2009 – Jun 2016 · $321k awarded

    Core Support for Vision Research at Indiana University

  • NSF 1003466Sep 2010 – Aug 2014 · $292k awarded

    P2C2: Holocene and Late Pleistocene Climate Change in Tropical South America Based on Speleothems from the Peruvian Andes

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 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 8,925cohort median 2,525
h-index: 52cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 3.8cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 17% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 32 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
2017: 16 publications16172018: 14 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 5 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: 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: 4 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science×21
  • Biomedical Optics Express×9
  • Vision Research×4
  • Figshare×4
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology×3
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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