Aki Kato

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Aki Kato is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aki Kato has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Ophthalmology, 34 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Aki Kato's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (39 papers), Retinal Imaging and Analysis (25 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (20 papers). Aki Kato is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (39 papers), Retinal Imaging and Analysis (25 papers) and Glaucoma and retinal disorders (20 papers). Aki Kato collaborates with scholars based in Japan and Germany. Aki Kato's co-authors include Yuichiro Ogura, Miho Nozaki, Noriaki Takase, Munenori Yoshida, Hironori Ozeki, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Junko Okabe, Hideya Kimura, Sho Nishida and Takafumi Mizuno and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

Aki Kato

53 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ENLARGEMENT OF FOVEAL AVASCULAR ZONE IN DIABETIC EYES EVALUATED BY EN FACE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY

2015 379 citations Noriaki Takase, Miho Nozaki et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aki Kato Japan	18	827	662	196	171	97	55	1.3k
Acácio Alves de Souza Lima Filho Brazil	18	553 0.7×	528 0.8×	152 0.8×	28 0.2×	35 0.4×	55	907
Taiping Li China	14	166 0.2×	189 0.3×	188 1.0×	24 0.1×	94 1.0×	51	685
Wu Liu China	18	617 0.7×	499 0.8×	207 1.1×	10 0.1×	30 0.3×	109	1.0k
Jeffery R. Cook United States	16	48 0.1×	296 0.4×	182 0.9×	91 0.5×	57 0.6×	31	884
Ryota Inoue Japan	15	251 0.3×	351 0.5×	171 0.9×	11 0.1×	30 0.3×	85	793
Ying Song China	15	25 0.0×	265 0.4×	210 1.1×	25 0.1×	55 0.6×	46	857
Haibo Chen China	12	49 0.1×	70 0.1×	125 0.6×	9 0.1×	57 0.6×	35	369
Béatrice Le Varlet France	15	52 0.1×	31 0.0×	169 0.9×	23 0.1×	73 0.8×	21	788
Wen-Ya Qiu China	9	98 0.1×	184 0.3×	119 0.6×	14 0.1×	21 0.2×	15	469
Jee-Bum Lee South Korea	19	40 0.0×	80 0.1×	317 1.6×	18 0.1×	45 0.5×	86	1.0k

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Nagai, Norihiro, Hisashi Matsubara, Hiroto Terasaki, et al.. (2024). Extent of Complete Retinal Pigment Epithelial and Outer Retinal Atrophy with Foveal Center Involvement is Associated with Visual Acuity. Ophthalmology Science. 5(1). 100612–100612. 2 indexed citations

Tomita, Shuhei, Aki Kato, Koichi Ono, et al.. (2024). Factors Affecting Visual Acuity After Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Multicenter Study in Japan. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(20). 6244–6244.

Kato, Hiroshi, Shuntaro Ogura, Masayo Kimura, et al.. (2024). Electrical stimulation of the lower eyelid orbicularis oculi muscle improves periocular dark circles. Skin Research and Technology. 30(4). e13678–e13678. 1 indexed citations

Yoneda, Keisuke, Masaru Takeuchi, Tsutomu Yasukawa, et al.. (2023). Anti-VEGF Treatment Strategies for 3 Subtypes of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Clinical Setting. Ophthalmology Retina. 7(10). 869–878. 2 indexed citations

Nozaki, Miho, et al.. (2023). Retinal Microvascular Changes after Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide in Diabetic Macular Edema. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(10). 3475–3475. 4 indexed citations

Kato, Aki, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Munenori Yoshida, et al.. (2022). Mental Status and Feasibility of an Intravitreal Ranibizumab Treat-and-Extend Regimen in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Advances in Therapy. 39(3). 1403–1416. 3 indexed citations

Kimura, Takeshi, Takashi Araki, Tsutomu Yasukawa, et al.. (2022). Differences in clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of submacular hemorrhage caused by age-related macular degeneration and retinal macroaneurysms: A multicenter survey from the Japan Clinical Retina Study (J-CREST) group. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0274508–e0274508. 3 indexed citations

Inoue, Naomi, Aki Kato, Takashi Araki, et al.. (2022). Visual prognosis of submacular hemorrhage secondary to age-related macular degeneration: A retrospective multicenter survey. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0271447–e0271447. 9 indexed citations

Kato, Aki, Kazuhisa Takami, Naomi Inoue, et al.. (2021). Remote screening of diabetic retinopathy using ultra-widefield retinal imaging. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 177. 108902–108902. 3 indexed citations

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Kato, Aki, et al.. (2019). Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Overexpression and Phosphorylation in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma and their Clinicopathological Significance. Pathology & Oncology Research. 26(3). 1659–1667. 9 indexed citations

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Kato, Aki, Fumi Gomi, Seiji Takagi, et al.. (2019). Tilted Disc Syndrome Associated with Serous Retinal Detachment: Long-term Prognosis. A Retrospective Multicenter Survey. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 207. 313–318. 6 indexed citations

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Kato, Aki, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Munenori Yoshida, et al.. (2019). Psychological impact of treat-and-extend ranibizumab therapy in patients with age-related macular degeneration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 60(9). 89–89. 1 indexed citations

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Kato, Aki, et al.. (2019). Bilateral giant retinal pigment epithelial tears in hypertensive choroidopathy. American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 15. 100525–100525. 3 indexed citations

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Kato, Aki, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Munenori Yoshida, et al.. (2018). Assessment of Mental Burden of Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treated by Treat-and-Extend Regimen with Intravitreal Ranibizumab. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 59(9). 800–800. 2 indexed citations

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Kimura, Masayo, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Aki Kato, et al.. (2018). Flattening of retinal pigment epithelial detachments after pneumatic displacement of submacular hemorrhages secondary to age-related macular degeneration. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 256(10). 1823–1829. 4 indexed citations

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Shinojima, Ari, Miki Sawa, Tetsuju Sekiryu, et al.. (2017). A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study of Antioxidant Supplementation with Lutein for Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. Ophthalmologica. 237(3). 159–166. 16 indexed citations

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Kato, Aki, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of peripheral fundus autofluorescence in eyes with wet age-related macular degeneration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Ogura, Shuntaro, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Aki Kato, et al.. (2015). Indocyanine Green Angiography-Guided Focal Laser Photocoagulation for Diabetic Macular Edema. Ophthalmologica. 234(3). 139–150. 22 indexed citations

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Kato, Aki, Ari Shinojima, Miki Sawa, et al.. (2015). A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study of Antioxidant Supplementation with Lutein for the Treatment of Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 56(7). 167–167. 1 indexed citations

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Kimura, Hideya, et al.. (2003). Intraocular Tissue Distribution of Betamethasone after Intrascleral Administration Using a Non-biodegradable Sustained Drug Delivery Device. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(6). 2702–2702. 52 indexed citations

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