Hiroaki Nozawa

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
317 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Hiroaki Nozawa is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroaki Nozawa has authored 317 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 225 papers in Oncology, 148 papers in Surgery and 85 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hiroaki Nozawa's work include Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (150 papers), Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (66 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (63 papers). Hiroaki Nozawa is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (150 papers), Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (66 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (63 papers). Hiroaki Nozawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Hong Kong. Hiroaki Nozawa's co-authors include Douglas Hanahan, Christopher Chiu, Kazushige Kawai, Keisuke Hata, Toshiaki Tanaka, Soichiro Ishihara, Koji Murono, Takeshi Nishikawa, Toshiaki Watanabe and Tomomichi Kiyomatsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Hiroaki Nozawa

301 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Infiltrating neutrophils mediate the initial angiogenic s... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Infiltrating neutrophils mediate the initial angiogenic switch in a mouse model of multistage carcinogenesis
    2006 728 citations Hiroaki Nozawa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hiroaki Nozawa Japan 31 2.8k 1.4k 1.0k 1.0k 821 317 4.8k
Farshid Dayyani United States 32 1.5k 0.5× 745 0.5× 975 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 768 0.9× 149 4.2k
Adam C. Berger United States 33 2.7k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 691 0.7× 1.7k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 137 4.8k
Jochen H. Lorch United States 32 2.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 601 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 948 1.2× 121 5.4k
Gaspare Gulotta Italy 29 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 538 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 665 0.8× 130 4.2k
Tetsuo Ushiku Japan 35 2.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 513 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 1.5k 1.9× 305 5.0k
Aatur D. Singhi United States 43 3.9k 1.4× 2.3k 1.6× 660 0.6× 1.7k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 225 6.8k
Xavier Sagaert Belgium 35 2.2k 0.8× 929 0.7× 781 0.7× 1.4k 1.4× 996 1.2× 118 4.9k
Yoshiaki Nakamura Japan 29 2.6k 0.9× 782 0.6× 1.9k 1.8× 638 0.6× 1.2k 1.5× 233 5.0k
Pierluigi Pilati Italy 36 1.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 453 0.4× 893 0.9× 720 0.9× 139 3.7k
Sonshin Takao Japan 48 3.7k 1.3× 2.4k 1.7× 875 0.8× 2.4k 2.3× 1.7k 2.1× 216 7.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hiroaki Nozawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroaki Nozawa

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All Works

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Emoto, Shigenobu, Kazushige Kawai, Koji Oba, et al.. (2025). Preoperative chemoradiotherapy with the TEGAFIRI regimen achieves significant local control in locally advanced rectal cancer. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 40(1). 76–76.
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Sakamoto, Akira, Kazuhito Sasaki, Hiroaki Nozawa, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of anorectal function using real-time tissue elastography before and after preoperative chemoradiotherapy. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 39(1). 56–56. 1 indexed citations
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Nozawa, Hiroaki, Kazuhito Sasaki, Shigenobu Emoto, et al.. (2024). Role of Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Surgical Resection of Paraaortic Lymph Node Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer—A Multicenter Retrospective Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 32(4). 2282–2291.
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Abe, Shinya, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazuhito Sasaki, et al.. (2024). Preoperative sarcopenia negatively impacts short‐ and long‐term outcomes of rectal cancer: A propensity score‐matched analysis. Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery. 9(3). 518–528. 1 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Kazuhito, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazushige Kawai, et al.. (2023). Prognostic Significance of Enlarged Lymph Nodes in Stage II Colorectal Cancer. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 66(11). e1097–e1106. 1 indexed citations
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Abe, Shinya, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazuhito Sasaki, et al.. (2023). Diverticular perforation of terminal ileum associated with chemotherapy for non-small cell lung carcinoma: a case report. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2023(4). rjad179–rjad179. 1 indexed citations
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Anzai, Hiroyuki, Satoko Eguchi, Masako Ikemura, et al.. (2023). Metastasis of Ovarian Cancer to the Descending Colon. Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 17(1). 136–143. 1 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Yuichiro, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazuhito Sasaki, et al.. (2023). Essential anatomy for lateral lymph node dissection. Annals of Coloproctology. 39(6). 457–466. 4 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Kazuhito, Hiroaki Nozawa, Koji Murono, et al.. (2023). Poor prognosis of young male patients with stage III colorectal cancer: A multicenter retrospective study. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 129(4). 785–792. 5 indexed citations
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Nozawa, Hiroaki, Chieko Hayashi, Kazushige Kawai, et al.. (2022). Impact of COVID‐19 Outbreak on Stoma Surgery and Stoma Clinic Service: A Retrospective Study at a Single Japanese Referral Hospital. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 2022(1). 4789775–4789775. 2 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Kazuhito, Hiroaki Nozawa, Kazushige Kawai, et al.. (2021). Risk of extracolonic malignancies and metachronous rectal cancer after colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis in familial adenomatous polyposis. Asian Journal of Surgery. 45(1). 396–400. 3 indexed citations
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Sonoda, Hirofumi, Hiroyuki Anzai, Yuzo Nagai, et al.. (2021). Expression of Lysophosphatidylinositol Signaling-relevant Molecules in Colorectal Cancer. Anticancer Research. 41(5). 2349–2355. 6 indexed citations
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Okuno, Takayuki, Kazushige Kawai, Keisuke Hata, et al.. (2018). SN-38 Acts as a Radiosensitizer for Colorectal Cancer by Inhibiting the Radiation-induced Up-regulation of HIF-1α. Anticancer Research. 38(6). 3323–3331. 24 indexed citations
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Nozawa, Hiroaki, Soichiro Ishihara, Koji Murono, et al.. (2016). Laparoscopy-assisted versus open surgery for multiple colorectal cancers with two anastomoses: a cohort study. SpringerPlus. 5(1). 287–287. 3 indexed citations
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Nozawa, Hiroaki, Soichiro Ishihara, Hirotoshi Takiyama, et al.. (2016). Secondary metastasis in the lymph node of the bowel invaded by colon cancer: a report of three cases. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 14(1). 273–273. 4 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Toshiaki, Kazushige Kawai, Hiroyuki Abé, et al.. (2016). Giant mucocele of the colon at the distal stump due to low-grade mucinous neoplasia. Surgical Case Reports. 2(1). 117–117. 3 indexed citations
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Nozawa, Hiroaki, et al.. (2004). THE SURVEY OF ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE IN PROVINCIAL CITIES : 19years renewal instructions in Nagano city. Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ). 69(582). 31–36.

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