Richard J. Coward

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Richard J. Coward is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Coward has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Nephrology, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Coward's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (41 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (19 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (19 papers). Richard J. Coward is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (41 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (19 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (19 papers). Richard J. Coward collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Richard J. Coward's co-authors include Moin A. Saleem, Peter W. Mathieson, Lan Ni, Gavin I. Welsh, Simon C. Satchell, Carol Inward, Rachel Lennon, Jochen Reiser, Timothy Farren and Peter Mündel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLoS ONE and Cell Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Coward

72 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Conditionally Immortalized Human Podocyte Cell Line Demonstrating Nephrin and Podocin Expression

2002 896 citations Moin A. Saleem, Richard J. Coward et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard J. Coward United Kingdom	31	2.3k	1.4k	619	490	436	72	4.0k
James Pullman United States	30	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	561 0.9×	409 0.8×	490 1.1×	65	4.0k
Alessia Fornoni United States	39	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.7×	448 0.9×	481 1.1×	140	5.1k
Noriaki Yorioka Japan	30	2.0k 0.9×	949 0.7×	648 1.0×	428 0.9×	623 1.4×	176	3.9k
Christian Rosenberger Germany	36	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	622 1.0×	612 1.2×	637 1.5×	81	5.0k
J. Ashley Jefferson United States	27	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	673 1.1×	520 1.1×	1.1k 2.6×	50	5.2k
Markus Bitzer United States	28	1.8k 0.8×	2.9k 2.1×	436 0.7×	478 1.0×	584 1.3×	77	5.3k
Günter Wolf Germany	34	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	448 0.7×	274 0.6×	406 0.9×	70	4.5k
Jeffrey L. Barnes United States	37	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	599 1.0×	268 0.5×	497 1.1×	92	4.9k
Daniela Corna Italy	46	2.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 2.1×	304 0.6×	686 1.6×	105	6.7k
Rujun Gong United States	38	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	526 0.8×	235 0.5×	432 1.0×	102	3.8k

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Berger, Mario, Aidan MacNamara, Peter Kolkhof, et al.. (2025). Finerenone effects on biomarkers: an analysis from the FIGARO-DKD trial. European Heart Journal. 46(34). 3382–3386. 3 indexed citations

Hurcombe, Jenny, et al.. (2024). Contrasting consequences of podocyte insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor inhibition. iScience. 27(5). 109749–109749. 1 indexed citations

Qiu, Yan, Raina Ramnath, Monica Gamez, et al.. (2024). Adiponectin Reduces Glomerular Endothelial Glycocalyx Disruption and Restores Glomerular Barrier Function in a Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes. 73(6). 964–976. 11 indexed citations

Barreiro, Karina, Abigail C. Lay, Germán Leparc, et al.. (2023). An in vitro approach to understand contribution of kidney cells to human urinary extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 12(2). e12304–e12304. 22 indexed citations

Pranke, Iwona, Ruth Rollason, Matthew Butler, et al.. (2023). A small molecule chaperone rescues keratin-8 mediated trafficking of misfolded podocin to correct genetic Nephrotic Syndrome. Kidney International. 105(4). 744–758. 2 indexed citations

Ziauddeen, Nida, Dagmar Waiblinger, Simon Fraser, et al.. (2023). Role of foetal kidney size on kidney function in childhood: the born in bradford cohort renal study. BMC Nephrology. 24(1). 41–41. 1 indexed citations

Lay, Abigail C., Lorna J. Hale, Robert J. P. Pope, et al.. (2021). IGFBP-1 expression is reduced in human type 2 diabetic glomeruli and modulates β1-integrin/FAK signalling in human podocytes. Diabetologia. 64(7). 1690–1702. 25 indexed citations

Lay, Abigail C. & Richard J. Coward. (2018). The Evolving Importance of Insulin Signaling in Podocyte Health and Disease. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9. 693–693. 34 indexed citations

Garner, Kathryn, Virginie M.S. Betin, Vanda Pinto, et al.. (2018). Enhanced insulin receptor, but not PI3K, signalling protects podocytes from ER stress. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3902–3902. 17 indexed citations

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Keir, Lindsay, Daniel Feitelberg, Susumu Sakimoto, et al.. (2016). VEGF regulates local inhibitory complement proteins in the eye and kidney. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(1). 199–214. 126 indexed citations

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Santamaría, Beatriz, Eva Márquez, Abigail C. Lay, et al.. (2015). IRS2 and PTEN are key molecules in controlling insulin sensitivity in podocytes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1853(12). 3224–3234. 27 indexed citations

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Moore, Samantha, Christopher Williams, Edward M. Brown, et al.. (2015). Loss of the insulin receptor in murine megakaryocytes/platelets causes thrombocytosis and alterations in IGF signalling. Cardiovascular Research. 107(1). 9–19. 43 indexed citations

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Hale, Lorna J., Jenny Hurcombe, Abigail C. Lay, et al.. (2013). Insulin directly stimulates VEGF-A production in the glomerular podocyte. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 305(2). F182–F188. 52 indexed citations

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Bisson, Nicolas, Julie Ruston, Marie Jeansson, et al.. (2012). The Adaptor Protein Grb2 Is Not Essential for the Establishment of the Glomerular Filtration Barrier. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50996–e50996. 9 indexed citations

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Welsh, Gavin I., Lorna J. Hale, Vera Eremina, et al.. (2010). Insulin Signaling to the Glomerular Podocyte Is Critical for Normal Kidney Function. Cell Metabolism. 12(4). 329–340. 353 indexed citations

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Murphy, Gavin J., Hua Lin, Richard J. Coward, et al.. (2009). An initial evaluation of post-cardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury in swine☆. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 36(5). 849–855. 32 indexed citations

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Connor, Kip M., et al.. (2008). A fair reason for failing to thrive. Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice. 93(2). 50–57. 2 indexed citations

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Farmer, Katie, et al.. (2007). Meningococcal disease associated with an acute post-streptococcal complement deficiency. Pediatric Nephrology. 22(5). 747–749. 4 indexed citations

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Coward, Richard J., Gavin I. Welsh, Geoffrey D. Holman, et al.. (2003). Human podocytes rapidly utilize glucose by both GLUT1 and GLUT4 in response to insulin; with significant differences in glucose transporter levels occurring in diabetic nephropathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 14. 4 indexed citations

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Coward, Richard J., R. A. Risdon, Coralie Bingham, Andrew T. Hattersley, & Adrian S. Woolf. (2001). Kidney disease in hypomelanosis of Ito. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 16(6). 1267–1269. 11 indexed citations

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