Akio Yanagisawa

15.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
259 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Akio Yanagisawa is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Akio Yanagisawa has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Oncology, 117 papers in Surgery and 114 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Akio Yanagisawa's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (69 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (68 papers) and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (36 papers). Akio Yanagisawa is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (69 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (68 papers) and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (36 papers). Akio Yanagisawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, India and United States. Akio Yanagisawa's co-authors include Yo Kato, Hiroyuki Ono, Yukihiro Nakanishi, Takuji Gotoda, Mitsuru Sasako, Tadakazu Shimoda, Yoshihide Fujimoto, Iwao Sugitani, Yukinari Kato and N Kasai and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Akio Yanagisawa

239 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Incidence of lymph node metastasis from early gastric cancer: estimation with a large number of cases at two large centers

2000 1.4k citations Akio Yanagisawa, Yo Kato et al. profile →
Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2017 edited by the Japan esophageal society: part 2

2018 400 citations Akio Yanagisawa et al. profile →
Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2017 edited by the Japan Esophageal Society: part 1

2018 367 citations Akio Yanagisawa et al. profile →
Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Carcinoma of the Esophagus April 2012 edited by the Japan Esophageal Society

2014 348 citations Akio Yanagisawa et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akio Yanagisawa Japan	48	5.6k	5.1k	4.7k	1.8k	1.5k	259	10.6k
Shreyaskumar Patel United States	63	3.5k 0.6×	10.9k 2.1×	6.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	260	14.7k
Yo Kato Japan	37	3.4k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	107	7.4k
Yukihiro Nakanishi Japan	46	3.0k 0.5×	4.2k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	713 0.5×	189	8.3k
Akira Sawaki Japan	44	4.7k 0.8×	7.4k 1.5×	6.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	150	11.8k
Kenji Yamao Japan	53	8.1k 1.4×	4.3k 0.9×	8.6k 1.8×	1.0k 0.6×	545 0.4×	286	12.0k
Yutaka Yonemura Japan	48	5.7k 1.0×	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	481 0.3×	294	8.4k
Marinela Capanu United States	50	2.7k 0.5×	2.9k 0.6×	5.0k 1.1×	469 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	249	9.1k
Brian K. P. Goh Singapore	50	4.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	3.4k 0.7×	948 0.5×	380 0.2×	310	7.5k
David C. Chhieng United States	44	2.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	2.7k 0.6×	482 0.3×	658 0.4×	190	6.1k
John P. Hoffman United States	50	3.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	5.5k 1.2×	696 0.4×	688 0.4×	162	7.9k

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Murakoshi, Fumi, et al.. (2023). A case of hepatic anisakidosis caused by Anisakis pegreffii mimicking liver cancer. PubMed. 61(3). 292–297. 1 indexed citations

Kin, Toshifumi, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Susumu Hijioka, et al.. (2023). A comparative study between computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasound in the detection of a mural nodule in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm –Multicenter observational study in Japan. Pancreatology. 23(5). 550–555. 6 indexed citations

Nakagawa, Hidewaki, Seiko Hirono, Shinichi Takano, et al.. (2019). Genomic analysis of pancreatic juice DNA assesses malignant risk of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of pancreas. Cancer Medicine. 8(10). 4565–4573. 19 indexed citations

Yoshida, Naohisa, Takashi Hisabe, Ryohei Hirose, et al.. (2015). Improvement in the visibility of colorectal polyps by using blue laser imaging. 12 indexed citations

Yoshida, Naohisa, Yutaka Saito, Ryohei Hirose, et al.. (2014). Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Middle and Large Colorectal Polyps with a Double-Loop Snare. Digestion. 90(4). 232–239. 5 indexed citations

Konishi, Eiichi, Yasuhisa Fujimoto, Eriko Tohno, et al.. (2013). Sonographic and Pathologic Image Analysis of Pure Mucinous Carcinoma of the Breast. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 39(7). 1158–1167. 12 indexed citations

Yanagisawa, Akio, et al.. (2013). Reducing Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Rat Lungworm) Infection on the Island of Hawai‘i Through an Educational Research Approach. PubMed Central. 72. 39. 1 indexed citations

Yanagisawa, Akio, et al.. (2013). Correlations of the pattern of podoplanin expression and subsequent cervical lymph node metastasis in stage I and II squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue:. Toukeibu Gan. 39(1). 27–32. 1 indexed citations

Egawa, Shinichi, Hiroki Toma, Hiroaki Ohigashi, et al.. (2012). Japan Pancreatic Cancer Registry; 30th Year Anniversary. Pancreas. 41(7). 985–992. 287 indexed citations

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Kimura, Wataru, Toshiyuki Moriya, Keiji Hanada, et al.. (2012). Multicenter Study of Serous Cystic Neoplasm of the Japan Pancreas Society. Pancreas. 41(3). 380–387. 99 indexed citations

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Maguchi, Hiroyuki, Satoshi Tanno, Nobumasa Mizuno, et al.. (2011). Natural History of Branch Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas. Pancreas. 40(3). 364–370. 166 indexed citations

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Nakajima, Hiroo, Ikuya Fujiwara, Naruhiko Mizuta, et al.. (2008). Prognosis of Japanese Breast Cancer Based on Hormone Receptor and HER2 Expression Determined by Immunohistochemical Staining. World Journal of Surgery. 32(11). 2477–2482. 9 indexed citations

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Itoh, Tsuyoshi, Nobuaki Fuji, Hiroki Taniguchi, et al.. (2008). Double cancer of the cystic duct and gallbladder associated with low junction of the cystic duct. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. 15(3). 338–343. 8 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Naohisa, Naoki Wakabayashi, Daisuke Hasegawa, et al.. (2007). ANALYSIS OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SCORING OF IRREGULAR PITS DETECTED WITH MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPE IN COLORECTAL TUMORS AND THE HISTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS. Acta gastro-enterologica belgica. 49(8). 1806–1814. 2 indexed citations

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Ikeda, Masaki, Akio Yanagisawa, Makoto Seki, et al.. (2007). The early state of invasive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas: Characteristics of the Low papillary type and Flat type Intraductal Carcinoma. Suizo. 22(1). 85–87. 1 indexed citations

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Egashira, Hideto, Akio Yanagisawa, & Yo Kato. (2004). PREDICTIVE VALUE OF DROPLET INFILTRATION IN INVASIVE FRONTS FOR LYMPH NODE METASTASES FROM ESOPHAGEAL CANCERS PENETRATING TO THE MUSCULARIS MUCOSAE. Acta gastro-enterologica belgica. 46(9). 2086–2094.

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Suzuki, Yutaka, Yutaka Atomi, Masanori Sugiyama, et al.. (2004). Cystic Neoplasm of the Pancreas. Pancreas. 28(3). 241–246. 196 indexed citations

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Seki, Makoto, et al.. (2003). Extrapancreatic tumours in 9 cases : Differential diagnosis from primary pancreatic tumors with marked extrapancreatic growth based on imaging studies. Pancreas. 27(1). 91–92. 1 indexed citations

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Yanagisawa, Akio, et al.. (1996). Predicting parameters of cervical lymph node metastasis in carcinomas of the oral tongue: analysis of the cases treated by partial glossectomy alone.:ANALYSIS OF THE CASES TREATED BY PARTIAL GLOSSECTOMY ALONE. Toukeibu Gan. 22(1). 78–82. 1 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Eiji, Toshifusa Nakajima, Shinichi Mizuno, et al.. (1992). Clinicopathological Study of Gastric Malignant Lymphoma.. The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery. 25(4). 985–991. 1 indexed citations

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