Akira Ihara

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 869 citations indexed

About

Akira Ihara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Ihara has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 869 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Akira Ihara's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (3 papers) and Kruppel-like factors research (2 papers). Akira Ihara is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (3 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (3 papers) and Kruppel-like factors research (2 papers). Akira Ihara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Netherlands and United States. Akira Ihara's co-authors include Ko Okumura, Mitsuaki Isobe, Hideo Yagita∥, Toshiyuki Uchikoshi, Hirotaka Koizumi, Rintaro Hashizume, Tomohiko Ohta, Masamichi Isobe, Laura Boyle and Teresa Ramirez‐Montagut and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Hepatology and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

Akira Ihara

9 papers receiving 843 citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

Specific Acceptance of Cardiac Allograft After Treatment with Antibodies to ICAM-1 and LFA-1

1992 617 citations Mitsuaki Isobe, Hideo Yagita∥ et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akira Ihara Japan	7	358	350	294	175	106	9	869
F I Preffer United States	11	307 0.9×	159 0.5×	186 0.6×	90 0.5×	109 1.0×	20	730
Dan Hauzenberger Sweden	18	225 0.6×	178 0.5×	225 0.8×	108 0.6×	42 0.4×	37	772
S L Wee United States	13	443 1.2×	143 0.4×	180 0.6×	295 1.7×	117 1.1×	24	887
Peter Gribling United States	12	595 1.7×	215 0.6×	71 0.2×	81 0.5×	299 2.8×	12	1.0k
Ingrid Raab Austria	10	333 0.9×	391 1.1×	64 0.2×	297 1.7×	63 0.6×	10	1.2k
Mitsutaka Sugita Japan	16	57 0.2×	262 0.7×	194 0.7×	421 2.4×	142 1.3×	48	1.1k
Sook Kyung Chang United States	11	642 1.8×	319 0.9×	102 0.3×	96 0.5×	66 0.6×	13	1.1k
H Mitsui Japan	11	554 1.5×	243 0.7×	173 0.6×	26 0.1×	75 0.7×	15	798
Nobuko Ishiura Japan	12	630 1.8×	80 0.2×	81 0.3×	35 0.2×	76 0.7×	20	911
Harry V. Wright United States	13	448 1.3×	149 0.4×	115 0.4×	59 0.3×	63 0.6×	17	661

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Ihara

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Ihara, Akira & Akira Umemura. (2005). Microgravity Research on Liquid Jet Instability. 56th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law. 2 indexed citations

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Ramirez‐Montagut, Teresa, Akira Ihara, Shazib Pervaiz, et al.. (2000). Melanoma antigen recognition by tumour-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TIL): effect of differential expression of Melan-A/MART-1. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 119(1). 11–18. 16 indexed citations

3.

Ihara, Akira. (1996). Expression of epithelial cadherin and alpha- and beta-catenins in nontumoral livers and hepatocellular carcinomas. Hepatology. 23(6). 1441–1447. 117 indexed citations

4.

Hashizume, Rintaro, Hirotaka Koizumi, Akira Ihara, Tomohiko Ohta, & Toshiyuki Uchikoshi. (1996). Expression of β‐catenin in normal breast tissue and breast carcinoma: a comparative study with epithelial cadherin and α‐catenin. Histopathology. 29(2). 139–146. 77 indexed citations

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Ihara, Akira, Hirotaka Koizumi, Rintaro Hashizume, & Toshiyuki Uchikoshi. (1996). Expression of Epithelial Cadherin and α– and β–Catenins in Nontumoral Livers and Hepatocellular Carcinomas. Hepatology. 23(6). 1441–1447. 15 indexed citations

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Furue, Masutaka, Nobuo Yamada, Takenori Takahashi, et al.. (1994). Immunotherapy for Stewart-Treves syndrome. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 30(5). 899–903. 13 indexed citations

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Isobe, Masamichi & Akira Ihara. (1993). Tolerance induction against cardiac allograft by anti-ICAM-1 and anti-LFA-1 treatment: T cells respond to in vitro allostimulation.. PubMed. 25(1 Pt 2). 1079–80. 11 indexed citations

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Isobe, Mitsuaki, Hideo Yagita∥, Ko Okumura, & Akira Ihara. (1992). Specific Acceptance of Cardiac Allograft After Treatment with Antibodies to ICAM-1 and LFA-1. Science. 255(5048). 1125–1127. 617 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ihara, Akira, et al.. (1975). Electron Microscope Analysis of the Surface Charge of Human Platelets; Stored and Aggregated by Polymeric Bases. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 34(2). 568–568. 1 indexed citations

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