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Acute Kidney Injury Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Telma Pais
Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte
2
Yuhui Zhang
Peking University
3
Weijian Yao
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
4
Junzi Dong
Chengdu Medical College
5
Chenning Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Yong-Yoon Ahn
Korea Polar Research Institute
7
Haijian Ma
Fudan University
8
Naomi Boyer
Royal Surrey County Hospital
9
Megersa Feyera
Unknown
10
Yimin Lin
Tongji University

Papers

1
Acute Kidney Injury in Sepsis
International Journal of Molecular Sciences|2024
104 cit.
2
The emerging role of regulated cell death in ischemia and reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury: current evidence and future perspectives
Cell Death Discovery|2024
83 cit.
3
Freezing-enhanced degradation of azo dyes in the chloride-peroxymonosulfate system
Chemosphere|2024
7 cit.
4
A novel simultaneous abatement of bromate and diphenyl phosphate using the freezing process
Chemosphere|2024
1 cit.
5
Bromide oxidation by bromate in a frozen solution and reactive bromine species production
Water Research|2025
1 cit.
6
#1751 Validation of the ReDO Death Score in a Portuguese cohort
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation|2024
0 cit.
7
Autosomal Dominant Tubulointerstitial Kidney Diseases
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology|2024
0 cit.
8
External validation of a predictive model for one-year mortality in incident hemodialysis patients: a Portuguese cohort
Nefrología|2025
0 cit.
9
Publication in Nefrología (English Edition) (2025) [W4414579411]
Nefrología (English Edition)|2025
0 cit.
10
Publication in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2025) [W4414799810]
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jia Hwei Ng
Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
2
Kanyi Pu
Nanyang Technological University
3
Saori Nishio
Hokkaido University Hospital
4
Loukia Spanou
KAT General Hospital of Attica
5
Dongshan Zhang
China Communications Construction Company (China)
6
Lin‐Li Lv
Zhongda Hospital Southeast University
7
Tobias Bergler
Klinikum Ingolstadt
8
Weiqing Han
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
9
Shao-Bin Duan
Central South University
10
Pascal Kennedy
University Hospital Regensburg

Papers

1
Nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced afterglow luminescence for tumour-specific theranostics
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2022
252 cit.
2
Molecular radio afterglow probes for cancer radiodynamic theranostics
Nature Materials|2023
190 cit.
3
Renal clearable polyfluorophore nanosensors for early diagnosis of cancer and allograft rejection
Nature Materials|2022
189 cit.
4
A Dual‐Locked Activatable Phototheranostic Probe for Biomarker‐Regulated Photodynamic and Photothermal Cancer Therapy
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
169 cit.
5
Activatable near-infrared probes for the detection of specific populations of tumour-infiltrating leukocytes in vivo and in urine
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2023
157 cit.
6
Catalytical nano-immunocomplexes for remote-controlled sono-metabolic checkpoint trimodal cancer therapy
Nature Communications|2022
139 cit.
7
Activatable Cancer Sono‐Immunotherapy using Semiconducting Polymer Nanobodies
Advanced Materials|2022
132 cit.
8
Checkpoint Nano‐PROTACs for Activatable Cancer Photo‐Immunotherapy
Advanced Materials|2022
116 cit.
9
A Dual‐Locked Tandem Fluorescent Probe for Imaging of Pyroptosis in Cancer Chemo‐Immunotherapy
Advanced Materials|2022
100 cit.
10
Chemiluminescent Probes with Long‐Lasting High Brightness for In Vivo Imaging of Neutrophils
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
92 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
John A. Kellum
University of Pittsburgh
2
Rinaldo Bellomo
The University of Melbourne
3
Prasad Devarajan
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
4
Joseph V. Bonventre
Brigham and Women's Hospital
5
Stuart L. Goldstein
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
6
Claudio Ronco
Ospedale San Bortolo
7
Chirag R. Parikh
College of Medicine & JNM Hospital
8
Robert A. Star
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
9
Susan L. Furth
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
10
Ravindra L. Mehta
University of California San Diego

Papers

1
Acute Kidney Injury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes in acute kidney injury
Critical Care|2007
7.1k cit.
2
New Equations to Estimate GFR in Children with CKD
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology|2009
3.7k cit.
3
Epidemiology of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: the multinational AKI-EPI study
Intensive Care Medicine|2015
3.1k cit.
4
Diagnosis, evaluation, and management of acute kidney injury: a KDIGO summary (Part 1)
Critical Care|2013
2.8k cit.
5
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a biomarker for acute renal injury after cardiac surgery
The Lancet|2005
2.4k cit.
6
Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (KIM-1): A novel biomarker for human renal proximal tubule injury
Kidney International|2002
1.9k cit.
7
Cardiorenal Syndrome
Journal of the American College of Cardiology|2008
1.8k cit.
8
Intensity of Renal Support in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
New England Journal of Medicine|2008
1.8k cit.
9
Identification of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin as a Novel Early Urinary Biomarker for Ischemic Renal Injury
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology|2003
1.7k cit.
10
Mortality Related to Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Among Critically Ill Patients in Australia and New Zealand, 2000-2012
JAMA|2014
1.7k cit.

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