Hiroaki Kimura

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
244 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Hiroaki Kimura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroaki Kimura has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Surgery and 56 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hiroaki Kimura's work include Cancer Research and Treatments (35 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (35 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (22 papers). Hiroaki Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Research and Treatments (35 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (35 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (22 papers). Hiroaki Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Italy. Hiroaki Kimura's co-authors include Masafumi Takahashi, Patrizio Caturegli, Tadayoshi Karasawa, Hitoshi Endou, Michio Takeda, Seok Ho, Takashi Sekine, Makoto Hosoyamada, Kimiyoshi Ichida and Noel R. Rose and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hiroaki Kimura

225 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Molecular identification of a renal urate–anion exchanger that regulates blood urate levels

2002 1.1k citations Hiroaki Kimura et al. profile →
Ferroptosis driven by radical oxidation of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids mediates acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure

2020 245 citations Naoya Yamada, Tadayoshi Karasawa et al. profile →
Iron overload as a risk factor for hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury in liver transplantation: Potential role of ferroptosis

2020 217 citations Naoya Yamada, Tadayoshi Karasawa et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroaki Kimura Japan	45	2.6k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	244	7.7k
Peter R. Mertens Germany	53	2.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	826 0.6×	2.2k 1.8×	785 0.7×	249	8.3k
Hideki Fujii Japan	55	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	2.8k 2.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	330	9.3k
Masafumi Takahashi Japan	60	5.8k 2.2×	2.3k 1.5×	963 0.7×	629 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	255	11.0k
Luigi Biancone Italy	45	4.7k 1.8×	1.9k 1.2×	547 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	615 0.5×	207	9.1k
Edward M. Conway Canada	50	2.8k 1.1×	877 0.6×	822 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	768 0.6×	143	9.7k
Peter S.T. Yuen United States	50	4.4k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	455 0.3×	2.0k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	83	9.7k
Shuei‐Liong Lin Taiwan	47	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	520 0.4×	3.0k 2.5×	1.4k 1.2×	208	8.8k
Marina Morigi Italy	53	3.5k 1.3×	2.4k 1.6×	414 0.3×	2.1k 1.8×	769 0.6×	110	9.2k
George F. Schreiner United States	56	4.2k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	759 0.6×	3.1k 2.5×	1.4k 1.2×	139	11.3k
Anil Chandraker United States	50	1.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	760 0.6×	771 0.6×	194	9.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroaki Kimura

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Kimura, Hiroaki, Hisaki Aiba, Shiro Saito, Takao Sakai, & Hideki Murakami. (2024). Long-term follow-up of chronic osteomyelitis after bone tumor resection. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 31(3). 102597–102597.

Hirata, Kazuhiko, Hiroaki Kimura, Yoshitaka Iwamoto, et al.. (2023). Motion Measurement and Analysis for Functional Independence Measure. International Journal of Automation Technology. 17(3). 237–247. 1 indexed citations

Ito, Homare, Hiroaki Kimura, Tadayoshi Karasawa, et al.. (2020). NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Lung Vascular Endothelial Cells Contributes to Intestinal Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Acute Lung Injury. The Journal of Immunology. 205(5). 1393–1405. 31 indexed citations

Shiraishi, Yasuyuki, Atsushi Kimura, Hiroaki Kimura, et al.. (2020). Deletion of inflammasome adaptor protein ASC enhances functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 26(3). 487–493. 11 indexed citations

Deguchi, Ichiro, Takashi Osada, Hiroaki Kimura, et al.. (2019). A case of acute cerebral infarction associated with an accessory middle cerebral artery in a patient who underwent thrombectomy. Acute Medicine & Surgery. 7(1). e459–e459. 3 indexed citations

Higuchi, Takashi, Kentaro Miyake, Norihiko Sugisawa, et al.. (2019). Olaratumab combined with doxorubicin and ifosfamide overcomes individual doxorubicin and olaratumab resistance of an undifferentiated soft-tissue sarcoma in a PDOX mouse model. Cancer Letters. 451. 122–127. 12 indexed citations

Sasaki, Kousuke, Tamotsu Sugai, Kazuyuki Ishida, et al.. (2018). Analysis of cancer-associated fibroblasts and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cutaneous basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma. Human Pathology. 79. 1–8. 49 indexed citations

Igarashi, Kentaro, Kei Kawaguchi, Tasuku Kiyuna, et al.. (2017). Antimetastatic Efficacy of the Combination of Caffeine and Valproic Acid on an Orthotopic Human Osteosarcoma Cell Line Model in Nude Mice. Anticancer Research. 37(3). 1005–1012. 10 indexed citations

Hayashi, Katsuhiro, Norio Yamamoto, Toshiharu Shirai, et al.. (2017). Sequential histological findings and clinical response after carbon ion radiotherapy for unresectable sarcoma. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 2. 41–45. 3 indexed citations

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Kimura, Hiroaki, Norio Yamamoto, Toshiharu Shirai, et al.. (2016). Clinical Outcome of Reconstruction Using Frozen Autograft for a Humeral Bone Tumor. Anticancer Research. 36(12). 6631–6636. 12 indexed citations

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Inatani, Hiroyuki, Norio Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Hayashi, et al.. (2016). Surgical management of proximal fibular tumors: A report of 12 cases. Journal of bone oncology. 5(4). 163–166. 12 indexed citations

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Mizushina, Yoshiko, Koumei Shirasuna, Fumitake Usui, et al.. (2014). NLRP3 Protein Deficiency Exacerbates Hyperoxia-induced Lethality through Stat3 Protein Signaling Independent of Interleukin-1β. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(8). 5065–5077. 50 indexed citations

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Takeuchi, Akihiko, Norio Yamamoto, Hideji Nishida, et al.. (2013). Complete necrosis of a giant cell tumor with high expression of PPARγ: a case report.. PubMed. 33(5). 2169–74. 5 indexed citations

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Miwa, Shinji, Shuya Yano, Yukihiko Hiroshima, et al.. (2013). Imaging UVC-induced DNA damage response in models of minimal cancer. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 114(11). 2493–2499. 21 indexed citations

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Kimura, Hiroaki, et al.. (2012). Results from Field Verification Tests of Green Wave Advisory System. 19th ITS World CongressERTICO - ITS EuropeEuropean CommissionITS AmericaITS Asia-Pacific. 84. 1 indexed citations

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Kimura, Hiroaki, Koichi Suzuki, Melissa A. Landek‐Salgado, et al.. (2011). Application of Innate Immune Molecules for a New Class of Drugs: Infection, Inflammation and Beyond. Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets. 11(1). 68–75. 1 indexed citations

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Landek‐Salgado, Melissa A., Hongen Yin, William D. Swaim, et al.. (2009). Interleukin‐12 induces salivary gland dysfunction in transgenic mice, providing a new model of Sjögren's syndrome. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 60(12). 3633–3641. 48 indexed citations

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Cao, Hop S. Tran, Hiroaki Kimura, Sharmeela Kaushal, et al.. (2009). The cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) transgenic mouse as a model for imaging pancreatic exocrine cells.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 11 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Seiichiro, et al.. (2007). Reconstruction of a Severe Maxillofacial Deformity After Tumorectomy and Irradiation Using Distraction Osteogenesis and LeFort I Osteotomy Before Vascularized Bone Graft. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 18(5). 1133–1137. 13 indexed citations

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Kudo, Yoshiko, et al.. (2002). Quantifying the syncytialisation of a human placental trophoblast cell line grown in vitro. The Journal of Physiology. 543. 1 indexed citations

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