Akihiko Saika

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Akihiko Saika is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Rheumatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihiko Saika has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pharmacology, 6 papers in Rheumatology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Akihiko Saika's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (7 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (4 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (4 papers). Akihiko Saika is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (7 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (4 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (4 papers). Akihiko Saika collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Akihiko Saika's co-authors include Hiroyuki Oka, Toru Akune, Shigeyuki Muraki, Yoshio Enyo, Takao Suzuki, Hideyo Yoshida, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Akihiko Mabuchi and Kozo Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases and Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.

In The Last Decade

Akihiko Saika

10 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis, lumbar spondylosis, and osteoporosis in Japanese men and women: the research on osteoarthritis/osteoporosis against disability study

2009 606 citations Noriko Yoshimura, Shigeyuki Muraki et al. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akihiko Saika Japan	8	633	597	448	286	250	10	1.3k
Yoshio Enyo Japan	21	1.0k 1.6×	800 1.3×	590 1.3×	345 1.2×	533 2.1×	42	1.9k
Fumiaki Tokimura Japan	16	568 0.9×	339 0.6×	232 0.5×	148 0.5×	231 0.9×	37	1.1k
Michael Ryder United States	8	537 0.8×	468 0.8×	395 0.9×	211 0.7×	140 0.6×	13	1.2k
Daniel Pinto United States	16	371 0.6×	319 0.5×	280 0.6×	154 0.5×	175 0.7×	48	1.1k
Tokuhide Doi Japan	15	498 0.8×	309 0.5×	285 0.6×	115 0.4×	146 0.6×	34	1.1k
Yuyu Ishimoto Japan	20	999 1.6×	299 0.5×	848 1.9×	310 1.1×	1.2k 4.9×	63	1.9k
Keiji Nagata Japan	21	1.1k 1.8×	280 0.5×	869 1.9×	310 1.1×	1.3k 5.1×	89	1.9k
Cathy Chapple New Zealand	19	435 0.7×	325 0.5×	337 0.8×	107 0.4×	112 0.4×	45	1.0k
Devyani Misra United States	17	990 1.6×	662 1.1×	218 0.5×	233 0.8×	43 0.2×	34	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Akihiko Saika

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akihiko Saika

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2011). Health-Related Quality of Life in Subjects With Low Back Pain and Knee Pain in a Population-Based Cohort Study of Japanese Men. Spine. 36(16). 1312–1319. 42 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2010). Association of radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis with health-related quality of life in a population-based cohort study in Japan: the ROAD study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 18(9). 1227–1234. 108 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2010). Impact of knee and low back pain on health-related quality of life in Japanese women: the Research on Osteoarthritis Against Disability (ROAD). Modern Rheumatology. 20(5). 444–451. 39 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2010). Impact of knee and low back pain on health-related quality of life in Japanese women: the Research on Osteoarthritis Against Disability (ROAD). Modern Rheumatology. 20(5). 444–451. 32 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2010). Health-related quality of life with vertebral fracture, lumbar spondylosis and knee osteoarthritis in Japanese men: the ROAD study. Archives of Osteoporosis. 5(1-2). 91–99. 5 indexed citations

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Yoshimura, Noriko, Shigeyuki Muraki, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2009). Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis, lumbar spondylosis, and osteoporosis in Japanese men and women: the research on osteoarthritis/osteoporosis against disability study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. 27(5). 620–628. 606 indexed citations breakdown →

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Hiroyuki Oka, Toru Akune, et al.. (2009). Prevalence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis and its association with knee pain in the elderly of Japanese population-based cohorts: The ROAD study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 17(9). 1137–1143. 317 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2009). Association of occupational activity with radiographic knee osteoarthritis and lumbar spondylosis in elderly patients of population‐based cohorts: A large‐scale population‐based study. Arthritis Care & Research. 61(6). 779–786. 74 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Hiroyuki Oka, Toru Akune, et al.. (2008). Prevalence of radiographic lumbar spondylosis and its association with low back pain in elderly subjects of population-based cohorts: the ROAD study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 68(9). 1401–1406. 108 indexed citations

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Saika, Akihiko, Takayuki Kanno, Akiko Shiotani, et al.. (1997). A Case of the Tuberculous Abscess in the Abdominal Wall. Kansenshogaku zasshi. 71(6). 540–544. 2 indexed citations

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