Daisuke Sakai

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
221 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Daisuke Sakai is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daisuke Sakai has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 109 papers in Surgery and 82 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Daisuke Sakai's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (159 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (77 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (40 papers). Daisuke Sakai is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (159 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (77 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (40 papers). Daisuke Sakai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Daisuke Sakai's co-authors include Joji Mochida, Akihiko Hiyama, Sibylle Grad, Masahiko Watanabe, Tomoko Nakai, Gunnar B. J. Andersson, Masato Sato, Kiyoshi Ando, Tomomitsu Hotta and Mauro Alini and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Daisuke Sakai

209 papers receiving 8.3k citations

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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.

Stem cell therapy for intervertebral disc regeneration: obstacles and solutions

2015 373 citations Daisuke Sakai et al. profile →
Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc

2012 365 citations Daisuke Sakai, Yoshihiko Nakamura et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daisuke Sakai Japan	49	6.1k	3.8k	3.5k	1.4k	1.3k	221	8.5k
Joji Mochida Japan	45	4.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	183	7.3k
Sibylle Grad Switzerland	52	4.6k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	201	8.3k
Jill Urban United Kingdom	49	5.4k 0.9×	3.9k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	821 0.6×	2.0k 1.6×	101	7.8k
James C. Iatridis United States	66	9.8k 1.6×	7.4k 1.9×	5.0k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	2.6k 2.0×	212	12.5k
Tomoatsu Kimura Japan	50	3.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.3×	3.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	457 0.4×	212	7.7k
Sally Roberts United Kingdom	59	6.5k 1.1×	4.6k 1.2×	6.8k 1.9×	1.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.9×	177	13.6k
D. Greg Anderson United States	47	5.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.4×	4.9k 1.4×	503 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	175	7.0k
Yoshiharu Kawaguchi Japan	46	4.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	4.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	435 0.3×	178	7.3k
James Melrose Australia	46	2.5k 0.4×	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	552 0.4×	194	7.0k
Lars G. Gilbertson United States	34	3.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	303 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	70	4.8k

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Ambrosio, Luca, Jordy Schol, Sathish Muthu, et al.. (2025). Efficacy and Safety of Osteobiologics for Lumbar Spinal Fusion. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 107(18). 2110–2121. 1 indexed citations

Hiyama, Akihiko, Daisuke Sakai, Hiroyuki Katoh, Masato Sato, & Masahiko Watanabe. (2025). Segmental Lordosis and Disc Height Discrepancies in Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Expandable Cages. The International Journal of Spine Surgery. 19(2). 188–199.

Hiyama, Akihiko, Daisuke Sakai, Hiroyuki Katoh, Masato Sato, & Masahiko Watanabe. (2025). Local fragility index and Radiomics-lite modeling of CT-Derived Hounsfield units for osteoporosis risk assessment in spine surgery patients. European Spine Journal. 35(3). 1183–1193.

Hiyama, Akihiko, Daisuke Sakai, Hiroyuki Katoh, Masato Sato, & Masahiko Watanabe. (2024). The Role of Cage Placement Angle in Optimizing Short-Term Clinical Outcomes in Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. World Neurosurgery. 192. e306–e317.

Hiyama, Akihiko, Daisuke Sakai, Hiroyuki Katoh, Masato Sato, & Masahiko Watanabe. (2024). Does Bone Density Affect Outcomes in Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion? A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Preoperative Hounsfield Units. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(21). 6374–6374. 2 indexed citations

Shigematsu, Hideki, Akimasa Yasuda, Chris Yin Wei Chan, et al.. (2024). Current trends in intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring among Asia–Pacific countries: an Asia–Pacific Spine Society survey. Asian Spine Journal. 18(6). 813–821. 1 indexed citations

Kimura, Yutaka, Naotoshi Sugimoto, Shunji Endo, et al.. (2024). Short-term outcomes of a phase II trial of perioperative capecitabine plus oxaliplatin therapy for advanced gastric cancer with extensive lymph node metastases (OGSG1701). Gastric Cancer. 28(1). 112–121.

Sakai, Daisuke, Hidetoshi Nojiri, Yoshihiko Nakamura, et al.. (2024). SOD2 orchestrates redox homeostasis in intervertebral discs: A novel insight into oxidative stress-mediated degeneration and therapeutic potential. Redox Biology. 71. 103091–103091. 19 indexed citations

Soma, H., Daisuke Sakai, Yoshihiko Nakamura, et al.. (2023). Recombinant Laminin-511 Fragment (iMatrix-511) Coating Supports Maintenance of Human Nucleus Pulposus Progenitor Cells In Vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(23). 16713–16713. 6 indexed citations

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Ambrosio, Luca, et al.. (2023). Threats and opportunities of using ChatGPT in scientific writing—The risk of getting spine less. JOR Spine. 7(1). e1296–e1296. 7 indexed citations

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Hiyama, Akihiko, Daisuke Sakai, Hiroyuki Katoh, Satoshi Nomura, & Masahiko Watanabe. (2023). Assessing Procedural Accuracy in Lateral Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis of Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement with Intraoperative CT Navigation. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(21). 6914–6914. 5 indexed citations

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Tahara, Makoto, Tatsunori Shimoi, Satoshi Nishiwaki, et al.. (2023). Phase II trial of dabrafenib and trametinib in patients with BRAFV600E/R or non-BRAFV600 mutated advanced solid tumors: Results from the BELIEVE trial (NCCH1901).. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(16_suppl). 3096–3096. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Jie, Rose G. Long, Tomoko Nakai, et al.. (2020). Functional cell phenotype induction with TGF-β1 and collagen-polyurethane scaffold for annulus fibrosus rupture repair. European Cells and Materials. 39. 1–17. 29 indexed citations

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Mauck, Robert L., Mauro Alini, & Daisuke Sakai. (2019). A common language for evaluating disc degeneration and regeneration: A JOR Spine/ORS Spine Section initiative. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e1056–e1056. 3 indexed citations

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Mauck, Robert L., Daisuke Sakai, & Mauro Alini. (2018). JOR Spine: A (first) year in review. JOR Spine. 1(4). e1041–e1041. 1 indexed citations

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Sakai, Daisuke, Robert L. Mauck, & Mauro Alini. (2018). Future of spine research: “The Asian perspectives”. JOR Spine. 1(2). e1019–e1019. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Lachlan J., Daisuke Sakai, Christine L. Le Maitre, et al.. (2018). Advancing cell therapies for intervertebral disc regeneration from the lab to the clinic: Recommendations of the ORS spine section. JOR Spine. 1(4). e1036–e1036. 82 indexed citations

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Isa, Isma Liza Mohd, Sunny Akogwu Abbah, Michelle Kilcoyne, et al.. (2018). Implantation of hyaluronic acid hydrogel prevents the pain phenotype in a rat model of intervertebral disc injury. Science Advances. 4(4). eaaq0597–eaaq0597. 127 indexed citations

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Nakai, Tomoko, Joji Mochida, & Daisuke Sakai. (2008). Synergistic role of c-Myc and ERK1/2 in the mitogenic response to TGFβ-1 in cultured rat nucleus pulposus cells. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 10(6). R140–R140. 22 indexed citations

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Sato, Masato, Y. Yamamoto, Daisuke Sakai, & Joji Mochida. (2004). [Characterization of intervertebral disc--disc cells and pericellular microenvironment].. PubMed. 14(7). 64–9. 4 indexed citations

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