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Thomas Nowak

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1978Rising activity
Gastrointestinal motility and disordersGastroesophageal reflux and treatmentsVagus Nerve Stimulation ResearchGastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsEsophageal and GI Pathology

Publications

127

Citations

3,222

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

49

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher works largely in gastroenterology, focusing on how electrical stimulation of nerves and the stomach affects digestive function. Much of the work studies gastroparesis (a condition where the stomach empties too slowly) and vagus nerve stimulation, including how stomach electrical stimulation influences muscle activity and metabolic markers like insulin and glucose. Some recent publications also touch on artificial intelligence and neural network methods.

Gastrointestinal motility and gastroparesisGastric electrical stimulationVagus nerve stimulationEndoscopic treatment techniquesApplied machine learning and neural networks

Publication activity grew over the decade, rising from about two per year in 2017 to a peak of around ten to eleven in 2023-2024, averaging roughly seven per year over the last five years.

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.

2 earlier awards
  • NIH R01DK043766Sep 1995 – Aug 2000 · $113k awarded

    NEUROENDOCRINE ETIOLOGY OF DIABETIC GASTROPATHY

  • NIH R29DK038863Jul 1987 – Aug 1993 · $74k awarded

    NEUROENDOCRINE CONTROL OF SMALL INTESTINAL MOTILITY

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 4,953 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 3,222cohort median 2,544
h-index: 22cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 7.4cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~6 · 10% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 5 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.4/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 11 publications11232024: 10 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Gastroenterology×21
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy×13
  • The FASEB Journal×6
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology×3
  • Elsevier eBooks×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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