Hiroaki Yamato

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Hiroaki Yamato is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroaki Yamato has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Surgery, 14 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Hiroaki Yamato's work include Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (13 papers), Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (9 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (7 papers). Hiroaki Yamato is often cited by papers focused on Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (13 papers), Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments (9 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (7 papers). Hiroaki Yamato collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Hiroaki Yamato's co-authors include Masahiro Asaka, Masaki Kuwatani, Shin Haba, Hiroshi Kawakami, Kazunori Eto, Nobuyuki Ehira, Satoshi Hirano, Karen Yotsumoto, Takao Fukuda and Fusanori Nishimura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Immunology, Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Hiroaki Yamato

36 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Exosomes from TNF-α-treated human gingiva-derived MSCs enhance M2 macrophage polarization and inhibit periodontal bone loss
    2020 348 citations Yuki Nakao, Takao Fukuda et al. Acta Biomaterialia profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hiroaki Yamato Japan 18 537 464 418 400 304 38 1.5k
Hans Snoeck United States 8 396 0.7× 501 1.1× 242 0.6× 290 0.7× 682 2.2× 13 1.6k
Sung Joo Kim South Korea 23 616 1.1× 239 0.5× 201 0.5× 281 0.7× 174 0.6× 88 1.6k
Marianne Kambouchner France 29 464 0.9× 370 0.8× 1.6k 3.9× 271 0.7× 307 1.0× 80 2.5k
Andreas Kreft Germany 21 309 0.6× 344 0.7× 143 0.3× 271 0.7× 161 0.5× 64 1.4k
Seema Kashyap India 22 319 0.6× 302 0.7× 157 0.4× 327 0.8× 135 0.4× 159 1.6k
Beatriz Lifschitz‐Mercer Israel 21 499 0.9× 389 0.8× 388 0.9× 248 0.6× 173 0.6× 73 1.5k
Kimo C. Stine United States 22 243 0.5× 323 0.7× 332 0.8× 315 0.8× 110 0.4× 59 1.4k
Eri Ishikawa Japan 20 250 0.5× 349 0.8× 142 0.3× 353 0.9× 239 0.8× 109 1.3k
Christina Morse United States 15 186 0.3× 610 1.3× 614 1.5× 154 0.4× 798 2.6× 24 2.0k
Deborah Belchis United States 20 301 0.6× 270 0.6× 341 0.8× 195 0.5× 66 0.2× 44 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hiroaki Yamato

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroaki Yamato

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

All Works

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Yoshinaga, Yasunori, et al.. (2025). Recombinant human fibroblast growth factor-2 promotes surgical-wound healing in the rat gingiva. Journal of Dental Sciences. 20(4). 2407–2415. 1 indexed citations
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Honjo, K., 政之 原, & Hiroaki Yamato. (2025). Assessing the impact of climate and population changes on heatstroke incidence in Saitama City, Japan. Environmental Research Climate. 4(2). 25009–25009.
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Watanabe, Yukari, Takao Fukuda, Chikako Hayashi, et al.. (2022). Extracellular vesicles derived from GMSCs stimulated with TNF-α and IFN-α promote M2 macrophage polarization via enhanced CD73 and CD5L expression. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13344–13344. 45 indexed citations
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Nakao, Yuki, Takao Fukuda, Qunzhou Zhang, et al.. (2020). Exosomes from TNF-α-treated human gingiva-derived MSCs enhance M2 macrophage polarization and inhibit periodontal bone loss. Acta Biomaterialia. 122. 306–324. 348 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kawakubo, Kazumichi, Hiroshi Kawakami, Masaki Kuwatani, et al.. (2016). Lower incidence of complications in endoscopic nasobiliary drainage for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 8(9). 385–385. 26 indexed citations
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Yamada, Taisho, Hiromasa Horimoto, Takeshi Kameyama, et al.. (2016). Constitutive aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling constrains type I interferon–mediated antiviral innate defense. Nature Immunology. 17(6). 687–694. 188 indexed citations
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Hatanaka, Kazuteru, Kenji Kinoshita, Yasuyuki Kawamoto, et al.. (2014). [Successful treatment of advanced sigmoid colon cancer with liver metastases with cetuximab monotherapy as first-line treatment-a case report].. PubMed. 41(7). 897–900. 1 indexed citations
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Yamato, Hiroaki, Hiroshi Kawakami, Koji Ogawa, et al.. (2014). Acute pancreatitis caused by Anisakis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 79(4). 676–678. 3 indexed citations
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Kudo, Taiki, Hiroshi Kawakami, Masaki Kuwatani, et al.. (2011). Three cases of retroperitoneal schwannoma diagnosed by EUS-FNA. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 17(29). 3459–3464. 24 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Hiroshi, Satoshi Kondo, Masaki Kuwatani, et al.. (2011). Preoperative biliary drainage for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: which stent should be selected?. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 18(5). 630–635. 38 indexed citations
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Kuwatani, Masaki, et al.. (2011). Portobiliary fistula: unusual complication of wire-guided cannulation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Endoscopy. 43(S 02). E98–E99. 19 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Hiroshi, Yoh Zen, Masaki Kuwatani, et al.. (2010). IgG4‐related sclerosing cholangitis and autoimmune pancreatitis: Histological assessment of biopsies from Vater's ampulla and the bile duct. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 25(10). 1648–1655. 75 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Hiroshi, Masaki Kuwatani, Manabu Onodera, et al.. (2010). Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage is the most suitable preoperative biliary drainage method in the management of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Journal of Gastroenterology. 46(2). 242–248. 148 indexed citations
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Yamato, Hiroaki, Hiroshi Kawakami, Masaki Kuwatani, et al.. (2009). Pancreatic Carcinoma Associated with Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus: Three Case Reports. Internal Medicine. 48(3). 143–150. 26 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Hiroshi, Minoru Uebayashi, Masaki Kuwatani, et al.. (2008). A rare complication with extraction of proximally migrated biliary stent by using a basket catheter. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 67(7). 1170–1172. 2 indexed citations
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Tsutsumi, Yutaka, Hiroaki Yamato, Nobuyuki Ehira, et al.. (2005). Randomized study of Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy and proton pump inhibitor monotherapy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Annals of Hematology. 84(12). 807–811. 26 indexed citations
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Tsutsumi, Yutaka, Arata Fukushima, Nobuyuki Ehira, et al.. (2004). Successful treatment of lymphoma with fludarabine combined with rituximab after immune thrombocytopenia induced by fludarabine. Annals of Hematology. 84(4). 269–271. 4 indexed citations
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Yamada, Koki, S Furusawa, Kei Saito, et al.. (1995). Concurrent use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor with low-dose cytosine arabinoside and aclarubicin for previously treated acute myelogenous leukemia: a pilot study.. PubMed. 9(1). 10–4. 86 indexed citations

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