Atsushi Sofuni

8.5k total citations
211 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Atsushi Sofuni is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Atsushi Sofuni has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Surgery, 139 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 122 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Atsushi Sofuni's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (121 papers), Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (121 papers) and Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (72 papers). Atsushi Sofuni is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (121 papers), Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (121 papers) and Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (72 papers). Atsushi Sofuni collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Italy. Atsushi Sofuni's co-authors include Takao Itoi, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Fuminori Moriyasu, Toshio Kurihara, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, Shujiro Tsuji, Kentaro Ishii, Kentaro Ishii and Ryosuke Tonozuka and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and Gut.

In The Last Decade

Atsushi Sofuni

199 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Atsushi Sofuni Japan	43	4.5k	3.9k	3.5k	422	395	211	5.6k
Fumihide Itokawa Japan	41	3.7k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	336 0.8×	306 0.8×	126	4.6k
Takayoshi Tsuchiya Japan	40	3.9k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	340 0.8×	293 0.7×	239	5.1k
Alexander Meining Germany	41	3.9k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	879 2.1×	298 0.8×	151	5.4k
Hirofumi Kogure Japan	40	5.0k 1.1×	4.0k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	182 0.4×	722 1.8×	295	6.0k
Irving Waxman United States	35	3.8k 0.9×	2.8k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.0k 2.5×	479 1.2×	204	5.2k
Jong Ho Moon South Korea	37	4.2k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	243 0.6×	296 0.7×	294	5.1k
Raj J. Shah United States	38	3.8k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	606 1.4×	306 0.8×	207	4.7k
Yasushi Sano Japan	35	3.1k 0.7×	4.7k 1.2×	3.8k 1.1×	1.0k 2.4×	288 0.7×	128	6.3k
Sang Soo Lee South Korea	39	3.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	3.4k 1.0×	203 0.5×	1.4k 3.6×	195	5.3k
Krish Ragunath United Kingdom	45	5.1k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 3.7×	548 1.4×	204	7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Atsushi Sofuni

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Sofuni, Atsushi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Reina Tanaka, et al.. (2025). Initial Use Experience of Durvalumab Plus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer in a Japanese Territory Center. Cancers. 17(2). 314–314.

Itoi, Takao, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Reina Tanaka, et al.. (2025). Impact of a Thinner Snare Wire With Optimal Electrosurgical Unit Settings on the Risk of Delayed Bleeding After Endoscopic Papillectomy: A Propensity Score‐Matched Analysis (With Video). Digestive Endoscopy. 37(11). 1170–1178. 1 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Kenjiro, Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, et al.. (2025). Verification in an animal study of the appropriate settings for a novel radiofrequency generator in radiofrequency ablation therapy for residual intraductal lesions after endoscopic papillectomy (with video). Digestive Endoscopy. 37(6). 704–711. 1 indexed citations

Kojima, Hiroyuki, Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, et al.. (2025). The impact of the novel EUS scope and ultrasonographic system for diagnosis and therapy in patients with pancreatobiliary diseases (videos). Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 32(7). 544–553.

Mukai, Shuntaro, Atsushi Sofuni, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2025). Endoscopic Step‐up Approach for Walled‐off Necrosis After Acute Pancreatitis. DEN Open. 6(1). e70188–e70188.

Matsunami, Yukitoshi, Takao Itoi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2024). Overcoming difficulties in duodenoscope insertion due to scope deflection by mounting a splinting tube on a therapeutic video duodenoscope. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 31(10). e58–e59. 1 indexed citations

Mukai, Shuntaro, Takao Itoi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2024). A novel technique for one‐step dilation followed by bile aspiration using an ultra‐tapered bougie dilator with side holes to minimize bile leakage during EUS‐guided hepaticogastrostomy. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 31(5). e17–e19. 1 indexed citations

Mukai, Shuntaro, Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, et al.. (2024). Bridging endoscopic pancreatic stenting for disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome using a rendezvous technique from a walled-off necrosis cavity. Endoscopy. 56(S 01). E29–E30. 2 indexed citations

Mukai, Shuntaro, Takao Itoi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2024). One‐step tract dilation using a novel long balloon catheter during endoscopic ultrasound‐guided hepaticogastrostomy. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 31(7). e38–e40. 4 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kenjiro, Atsushi Sofuni, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2023). Factors predicting technical failure of endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). e308–e308. 1 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Kenjiro, Takao Itoi, Yukitoshi Matsunami, et al.. (2023). Early and late effects of endoscopic interventions in patients with malignant afferent loop syndrome: A single‐center experience and literature review. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 31(2). 120–132. 1 indexed citations

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Mukai, Shuntaro, Takao Itoi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2022). Clinical feasibility of endoscopic ultrasound‐guided biliary drainage for preoperative management of malignant biliary obstruction (with videos). Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 30(7). 983–992. 9 indexed citations

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Mukai, Shuntaro, Takao Itoi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2022). Experimental study of a physician‐controlled electrocautery‐enhanced delivery system incorporating a newly developed lumen‐apposing metal stent for interventional endoscopic ultrasound (with videos). Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 29(7). 817–824. 8 indexed citations

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Nagai, Kazumasa, Takao Itoi, Shuntaro Mukai, et al.. (2022). Single‐session endoscopic ultrasound‐guided hepaticogastrostomy and pancreatic duct drainage for concomitant biliary and pancreatic duct stones in a patient with a surgically altered anatomy. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 29(6). e57–e58. 1 indexed citations

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Mukai, Shuntaro, Takao Itoi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2022). Urgent and emergency endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for gallstone‐induced acute cholangitis and pancreatitis. Digestive Endoscopy. 35(1). 47–57. 11 indexed citations

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Mukai, Shuntaro, Takao Itoi, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2021). New deployment techniques of the lumen‐apposing metal stent in walled‐off necrosis filled with necrotic tissue: Chick opening its mouth (with video). Digestive Endoscopy. 33(6). 985–989. 10 indexed citations

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Itoi, Takao, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Yukitoshi Matsunami, et al.. (2020). EUS‐guided gastrojejunostomy: Double‐balloon occlusion theory with experimental study (with video). Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 27(10). 791–792. 4 indexed citations

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Tsuchiya, Takayoshi, Atsushi Sofuni, Shujiro Tsuji, et al.. (2017). Endoscopic management of acute cholangitis according to the TG13. Digestive Endoscopy. 29(S2). 94–99. 11 indexed citations

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Mukai, Shuntaro, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Takao Itoi, et al.. (2016). Prospective evaluation of a new biflanged metal stent for the treatment of pancreatic fluid collections (with videos). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 86(1). 203–207. 10 indexed citations

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Itoi, Takao, Kentaro Ishii, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, et al.. (2015). Prospective evaluation of endoscopic ultrasonography-guided double-balloon-occluded gastrojejunostomy bypass (EPASS) for malignant gastric outlet obstruction. Gut. 65(2). 193–195. 154 indexed citations

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