Akihiko Wada

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
257 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Akihiko Wada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihiko Wada has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Molecular Biology, 72 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 67 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Akihiko Wada's work include Ion channel regulation and function (43 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (40 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (33 papers). Akihiko Wada is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (43 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (40 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (33 papers). Akihiko Wada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Hungary. Akihiko Wada's co-authors include Hideyuki Kobayashi, Toshihiko Yanagita, Nobuyuki Yanagihara, Hiroki Yokoo, Futoshi Izumi, Tanenao Eto, Izumi Fukuda, Akifumi Hagiwara, Masaaki Hori and Koji Kamagata and has published in prestigious journals such as Immunity, Circulation Research and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Akihiko Wada

243 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Association of MRI Indices of Glymphatic System With Amyloid Deposition and Cognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease

2022 195 citations Koji Kamagata, Christina Andica et al. profile →

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Christopher Huang United Kingdom

Satoshi O. Suzuki Japan

Richard A. Hawkins United States

Alan M. Laties United States

Anker Jón Hansen Denmark

Wolfgang Kuschinsky Germany

Marjorie R. Grafe United States

Thomas V. Bilfinger United States

Sami I. Harik United States

Mark L. Cohen United States

Christopher Huang United Kingdom

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1.0k ×1.0

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559 ×0.7

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394 ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Akihiko Wada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akihiko Wada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akihiko Wada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akihiko Wada based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akihiko Wada. Akihiko Wada is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Tanaka, Yuya, Koji Kamagata, Yuya Saito, et al.. (2025). The coupling of global brain activity and cerebrospinal fluid flow as a potential predictive marker of brain amyloid-β accumulation. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 12(8). 100228–100228.

Inaoka, Tsutomu, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Image Quality of Knee MRI in Low-Field MRI Using Deep Learning [Presidential Award Proceedings]. 44(3). 109–110.

Wada, Akihiko, Toshiaki Akashi, George Shih, et al.. (2024). Optimizing GPT-4 Turbo Diagnostic Accuracy in Neuroradiology through Prompt Engineering and Confidence Thresholds. Diagnostics. 14(14). 1541–1541. 13 indexed citations

Saito, Yuya, Koji Kamagata, Christina Andica, et al.. (2023). Traveling Subject-Informed Harmonization Increases Reliability of Brain Diffusion Tensor and Neurite Mapping. Aging and Disease. 15(6). 0–0. 3 indexed citations

Hagiwara, Akifumi, Yuji Tomizawa, Kazumasa Yokoyama, et al.. (2023). Glymphatic System Dysfunction in Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Immunoglobulin G Antibody–Associated Disorders: Association with Clinical Disability. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 45(1). 66–71. 10 indexed citations

Saito, Yuya, Koji Kamagata, Christina Andica, et al.. (2023). Glymphatic system impairment in corticobasal syndrome: diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS). Japanese Journal of Radiology. 41(11). 1226–1235. 13 indexed citations

Wada, Akihiko, Toshiaki Akashi, Akifumi Hagiwara, et al.. (2023). Deep Learning‐Driven Transformation: A Novel Approach for Mitigating Batch Effects in Diffusion MRI Beyond Traditional Harmonization. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 60(2). 510–522. 3 indexed citations

Kikuta, Junko, Koji Kamagata, Masahiro Abe, et al.. (2022). Effects of Arterial Stiffness on Cerebral WM Integrity in Older Adults: A Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging and Magnetization Transfer Saturation Imaging Study. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 43(12). 1706–1712. 2 indexed citations

Andica, Christina, Koji Kamagata, Taku Hatano, et al.. (2020). Neurocognitive and psychiatric disorders‐related axonal degeneration in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 98(5). 936–949. 15 indexed citations

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Hagiwara, Akifumi, Christina Andica, Kazumasa Yokoyama, et al.. (2020). Myelin Measurement Using Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Correlation Study Comparing Various Imaging Techniques in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Cells. 9(2). 393–393. 25 indexed citations

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Andica, Christina, Koji Kamagata, Taku Hatano, et al.. (2019). Free-Water Imaging in White and Gray Matter in Parkinson’s Disease. Cells. 8(8). 839–839. 48 indexed citations

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Hagiwara, Akifumi, Koji Kamagata, Keigo Shimoji, et al.. (2019). White Matter Abnormalities in Multiple Sclerosis Evaluated by Quantitative Synthetic MRI, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 40(10). 1642–1648. 50 indexed citations

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Kamagata, Koji, Christina Andica, Taku Hatano, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of white matter microstructure in patients with Parkinson’s disease using microscopic fractional anisotropy. Neuroradiology. 62(2). 197–203. 7 indexed citations

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Berre, Alice Le, Koji Kamagata, Yujiro Otsuka, et al.. (2019). Convolutional neural network-based segmentation can help in assessing the substantia nigra in neuromelanin MRI. Neuroradiology. 61(12). 1387–1395. 30 indexed citations

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Kamagata, Koji, Eiji Kirino, Christina Andica, et al.. (2019). White matter alterations in adult with autism spectrum disorder evaluated using diffusion kurtosis imaging. Neuroradiology. 61(12). 1343–1353. 16 indexed citations

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Maekawa, Tomoko, Masaaki Hori, Katsutoshi Murata, et al.. (2018). Choroid plexus cysts analyzed using diffusion-weighted imaging with short diffusion-time. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 57. 323–327. 14 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Yuki, et al.. (2013). Radiation-induced lung injury outside the irradiated area after radiation therapy for breast cancer. 2(3). 169–174. 1 indexed citations

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Yamämoto, Yasushi, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of Shortened Protocol of Graph Plot Method with <sup>123</sup>I-IMP. Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology. 67(5). 524–533.

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Ueda, Takashi, et al.. (2003). Usefulness of 3D-VIBE Method in Breast Dynamic MRI : Imaging Parameters and Contrasting Effects. Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology. 59(6). 759–764. 4 indexed citations

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Ueda, Takashi, et al.. (2003). Fundamental Study of the Relation Between Flow Velocity and Signal Intensity in the TrueFISP Sequence. Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology. 59(12). 1529–1534. 3 indexed citations

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