Bungo Otsuki

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Bungo Otsuki is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bungo Otsuki has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Surgery, 59 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bungo Otsuki's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (58 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (45 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (21 papers). Bungo Otsuki is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (58 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (45 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (21 papers). Bungo Otsuki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Bungo Otsuki's co-authors include Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Shuichi Matsuda, Mitsuru Takemoto, Tadashi Kokubo, Takashi Nakamura, Tomiharu Matsushita, Kiyoyuki Sasaki, Masashi Neo, Takayoshi Shimizu and Koichi Murata and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Bungo Otsuki

100 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effect of pore size on bone ingrowth into porous titanium implants fabricated by additive manufacturing: An in vivo experiment

2015 756 citations Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Mitsuru Takemoto et al. Materials Science and Engineering C profile →

Peers

Bungo Otsuki

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Christoph M. Sprecher Switzerland

Mitsuru Takemoto Japan

Duncan E. T. Shepherd United Kingdom

Jae Hyup Lee South Korea

Zhongjun Liu China

Sharon L. Hyzy United States

Zixiang Wu China

Michele Marcolongo United States

Matthew H. Pelletier Australia

Armando Giunti Italy

Christoph M. Sprecher Switzerland

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1.4k ×0.9

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1.1k ×0.8

166 ×0.2

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307 ×0.8

261 ×0.7

Citations per year, relative to Bungo Otsuki Bungo Otsuki (= 1×) peers Christoph M. Sprecher

Countries citing papers authored by Bungo Otsuki

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bungo Otsuki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bungo Otsuki

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

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Shimizu, Takayoshi, Masahiro Yakami, Takashi Sono, et al.. (2025). Assessment of muscle quality and quantity in individuals with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. Modern Rheumatology. 36(2). 313–318.

Murata, Koichi, Takayuki Fujii, Akira Ōnishi, et al.. (2024). Low Hounsfield unit values on computed tomography as a potential predictor of vertebral fracture in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The KURAMA cohort study. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 27(4). e15146–e15146. 2 indexed citations

Tanida, Shimei, et al.. (2024). Pressure Dynamics on Intervertebral Disc Cages in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Cadaver Study. World Neurosurgery. 185. e1321–e1329.

Fujibayashi, Shunsuke, Takayoshi Shimizu, Seiji Yamaguchi, et al.. (2024). Strontium‐loaded 3D intramedullary nail titanium implant for critical‐sized femoral defect in rabbits. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 112(3). e35393–e35393. 4 indexed citations

Fujibayashi, Shunsuke, Hirotaka Onoe, Koji Goto, et al.. (2024). Bone ingrowth into a porous structure is achieved by preceding fibrogenesis and vascularization. Acta Biomaterialia. 177. 243–252. 14 indexed citations

Murata, Koichi, Bungo Otsuki, Takayoshi Shimizu, et al.. (2024). Sagittal Section Hounsfield Units of the Upper Instrumented Vertebrae as a Predictor of Proximal Junctional Vertebral Fractures Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery. Asian Spine Journal. 18(2). 209–217. 10 indexed citations

Takeuchi, Masato, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Bungo Otsuki, et al.. (2022). Reoperation Rates of Microendoscopic Discectomy Compared With Conventional Open Lumbar Discectomy: A Large-database Study. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 481(1). 145–154. 14 indexed citations

Fujibayashi, Shunsuke, Mitsuru Takemoto, Ken Ishii, et al.. (2022). Multicenter Prospective Study of Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusions Using Bioactive Porous Titanium Spacers without Bone Grafts. Asian Spine Journal. 16(6). 890–897. 3 indexed citations

Fujibayashi, Shunsuke, Takayoshi Shimizu, Takashi Sono, et al.. (2022). Neurological severity evaluation using magnetic resonance imaging in acute spontaneous spinal epidural haematomas. International Orthopaedics. 46(10). 2347–2355. 3 indexed citations

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Fujibayashi, Shunsuke, Hiroaki Kimura, Shimei Tanida, et al.. (2021). Salvage Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion for Pseudarthrosis after Posterior/Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Technical Note. World Neurosurgery. 152. 107–112. 3 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Takayoshi, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Bungo Otsuki, Koichi Murata, & Shuichi Matsuda. (2020). Indirect Decompression Through Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion for Revision Surgery After Lumbar Decompression. World Neurosurgery. 141. e389–e399. 14 indexed citations

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Murata, Koichi, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Bungo Otsuki, Takayoshi Shimizu, & Shuichi Matsuda. (2020). Repair of Iliac Crest Defects with a Hydroxyapatite/Collagen Composite. Asian Spine Journal. 14(6). 808–813. 10 indexed citations

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Shikinami, Yasuo, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Koji Goto, et al.. (2018). Implantable composite devices of unsintered hydroxyapatite and poly-l-lactide with dispersive marbling morphology to enhance in vivo bioactivity and bioresorbability. Materials Science and Engineering C. 97. 698–706. 8 indexed citations

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Fujibayashi, Shunsuke, Bungo Otsuki, Takeshi Sakamoto, et al.. (2018). Clinical and radiological features of spinal extradural arachnoid cysts: Valve-like mechanism involving the nerve root fiber as a possible cause of cyst expansion. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 23(3). 464–469. 16 indexed citations

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Fujibayashi, Shunsuke, et al.. (2017). Preoperative assessment of the ureter with dual-phase contrast-enhanced computed tomography for lateral lumbar interbody fusion procedures. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 22(3). 420–424. 17 indexed citations

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Takemoto, Mitsuru, et al.. (2017). Occipital and external acoustic meatus to axis angle as a predictor of the oropharyngeal space in healthy volunteers: a novel parameter for craniocervical junction alignment. The Spine Journal. 18(5). 811–817. 14 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Takayoshi, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Seiji Yamaguchi, et al.. (2016). Bioactivity of sol–gel-derived TiO2 coating on polyetheretherketone: In vitro and in vivo studies. Acta Biomaterialia. 35. 305–317. 79 indexed citations

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Tanida, Shimei, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Bungo Otsuki, et al.. (2016). Vertebral Endplate Cyst as a Predictor of Nonunion After Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Spine. 41(20). E1216–E1222. 46 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Takayoshi, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Mitsuru Takemoto, et al.. (2015). A multi-center study of reoperations within 30 days of spine surgery. European Spine Journal. 25(3). 828–835. 22 indexed citations

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Kimura, Hiroaki, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Mitsuru Takemoto, Bungo Otsuki, & Shuichi Matsuda. (2014). Spontaneous Reduction in Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Thoracic Spine After Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Decompression. Spine. 39(6). E417–E419. 7 indexed citations

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