Akihito Minamide

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Akihito Minamide is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihito Minamide has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Surgery, 78 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 26 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Akihito Minamide's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (78 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (40 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (26 papers). Akihito Minamide is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (78 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (40 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (26 papers). Akihito Minamide collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Akihito Minamide's co-authors include Hiroshi Hashizume, Munehito Yoshida, Hiroshi Yamada, Mamoru Kawakami, Scott D. Boden, Keiji Nagata, Tomoyuki Akamaru, Hiroyuki Oka, William Hutton and Yukihiro Nakagawa and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Akihito Minamide

93 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

  1. Prevalence and distribution of intervertebral disc degeneration over the entire spine in a population-based cohort: the Wakayama Spine Study
    2013 347 citations Masatoshi Teraguchi, Noriko Yoshimura et al. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage profile →

Peers

Akihito Minamide
Tae‐Hong Lim United States
H. Merk Germany
Sung Uk Kuh South Korea
Yasuaki Tokuhashi Japan
Sohei Ebara Japan
Masahiro Kanayama Japan
Noboru Hosono Japan
Scott D. Daffner United States
Akinobu Suzuki Japan
Louis G. Jenis United States
Tae‐Hong Lim United States
Akihito Minamide
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akihito Minamide

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akihito Minamide. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akihito Minamide 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 Akihito Minamide. Akihito Minamide is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Takami, Masanari, Shunji Tsutsui, Motohiro Okada, et al.. (2023). Unique Characteristics of New Bone Formation Induced by Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedure. Spine Surgery and Related Research. 7(5). 450–457. 1 indexed citations
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Iwasaki, Hiroshi, Hiroyuki Oka, Hiroshi Hashizume, et al.. (2022). A novel technique using ultrasonography in upper airway management after anterior cervical decompression and fusion. BMC Medical Imaging. 22(1). 67–67. 1 indexed citations
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Simpson, Andrew K., Harry M. Lightsey, Grace X. Xiong, et al.. (2021). Spinal endoscopy: evidence, techniques, global trends, and future projections. The Spine Journal. 22(1). 64–74. 65 indexed citations
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Iwasaki, Hiroshi, Hiroshi Hashizume, Yasutsugu Yukawa, et al.. (2021). Improving effect of microendoscopic decompression surgery on low back pain in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and predictive factors of postoperative residual low back pain: a single-center retrospective study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 22(1). 954–954. 13 indexed citations
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Minamide, Akihito, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2019). <p>Prevalence of Facet Effusion and Its Relationship with Lumbar Spondylolisthesis and Low Back Pain: The Wakayama Spine Study</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 12. 3521–3528. 13 indexed citations
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Nagata, Keiji, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Hashizume, et al.. (2019). Physical performance decreases in the early stage of cervical myelopathy before the myelopathic signs appear: the Wakayama Spine Study. European Spine Journal. 28(5). 1217–1224. 8 indexed citations
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Nagata, Keiji, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Hashizume, et al.. (2014). The prevalence of cervical myelopathy among subjects with narrow cervical spinal canal in a population-based magnetic resonance imaging study: the Wakayama Spine Study. The Spine Journal. 14(12). 2811–2817. 42 indexed citations
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Minamide, Akihito, Munehito Yoshida, Hiroshi Yamada, et al.. (2014). Clinical outcomes after microendoscopic laminotomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a 5-year follow-up study. European Spine Journal. 24(2). 396–403. 45 indexed citations
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Ishimoto, Yuyu, Noriko Yoshimura, Shigeyuki Muraki, et al.. (2013). Associations between radiographic lumbar spinal stenosis and clinical symptoms in the general population: the Wakayama Spine Study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 21(6). 783–788. 129 indexed citations
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Teraguchi, Masatoshi, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Hashizume, et al.. (2013). Prevalence and distribution of intervertebral disc degeneration over the entire spine in a population-based cohort: the Wakayama Spine Study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 22(1). 104–110. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Minamide, Akihito, Munehito Yoshida, & Kazuhiro Maio. (2013). The natural clinical course of lumbar spinal stenosis: a longitudinal cohort study over a minimum of 10years. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 18(5). 693–698. 49 indexed citations
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Ando, Muneharu, Tetsuya Tamaki, Mamoru Kawakami, et al.. (2012). Electrophysiological diagnosis using sensory nerve action potential for the intraforaminal and extraforaminal L5 nerve root entrapment. European Spine Journal. 22(4). 833–839. 22 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Yukihiro, Munehito Yoshida, Mamoru Kawakami, et al.. (2007). Microendoscopic surgery for lumbosacral nerve root anomalies. 18(3). 651–653. 1 indexed citations
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Louis‐Ugbo, John, Hideki Murakami, Hak‐Sun Kim, Akihito Minamide, & Scott D. Boden. (2004). Evidence of Osteoinduction by Grafton Demineralized Bone Matrix in Nonhuman Primate Spinal Fusion. Spine. 29(4). 360–366. 43 indexed citations
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Kim, Hak‐Sun, Manjula Viggeswarapu, Scott D. Boden, et al.. (2003). Overcoming the Immune Response to Permit Ex Vivo Gene Therapy for Spine Fusion With Human Type 5 Adenoviral Delivery of the LIM Mineralization Protein-1 cDNA. Spine. 28(3). 219–226. 26 indexed citations
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Minamide, Akihito, Mamoru Kawakami, Hiroshi Hashizume, Ryosuke Sakata, & Tetsuya Tamaki. (2001). Evaluation of Carriers of Bone Morphogenetic Protein for Spinal Fusion. Spine. 26(8). 933–939. 73 indexed citations
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Minamide, Akihito, Munehito Yoshida, Hiroshi Hashizume, Tetsuya Tamaki, & Yukihiro Nakagawa. (2001). The use of sintered bone in spinal surgery. European Spine Journal. 10(0). S185–S188. 8 indexed citations
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Minamide, Akihito, et al.. (1999). Effects of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Spontaneous Resorption of Herniated Intervertebral Discs. Spine. 24(10). 940–945. 49 indexed citations
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