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Tatsuyoshi Kono

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1979Rising activity
Pancreatic function and diabetesDiabetes and associated disordersMetabolism, Diabetes, and CancerIon Channels and ReceptorsEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Publications

107

Citations

1,642

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

48

Publishing since 1979

Research summary
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Tatsuyoshi Kono studies the biology of the pancreas and diabetes, with a focus on how insulin-producing pancreatic islet (beta) cells respond to stress, including damage from inflammation. Recent work involves building large multi-omics datasets—combining measurements of genes, proteins, and other molecules—to understand how these cells react to pro-inflammatory signals.

Pancreatic islet and beta cell biologyDiabetes and metabolic diseaseCellular stress responses (e.g., endoplasmic reticulum stress)Multi-omics data generation and analysisIon channels and cell signaling

Publication activity has grown over the last decade, with a notable spike in 2023 and 2026 driven largely by data-package releases, averaging about 9.8 outputs 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: 1,642cohort median 2,525
h-index: 21cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 9.8cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~10 · 2% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 12 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 15 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 7 publications252026: 23 publications2326
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: 3 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 4 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Diabetes×22
  • DOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Repository×22
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
  • PMC×3
  • Diabetologia×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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