Hirofumi Chiba

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Hirofumi Chiba is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Hirofumi Chiba has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 37 papers in Oncology and 31 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Hirofumi Chiba's work include Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (51 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (21 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (20 papers). Hirofumi Chiba is often cited by papers focused on Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (51 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (21 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (20 papers). Hirofumi Chiba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Hirofumi Chiba's co-authors include Hiroki Takahashi, Yoshio Kuroki, Koji Kuronuma, Mitsuo Otsuka, Hiroki Takahashi, Dennis R. Voelker, Hitomi Sano, Mitsuru Mori, Yukihiko Sugiyama and Shosaku Abe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hirofumi Chiba

148 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Epidemiologic Survey of Japanese Patients with Idiopathic... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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. Epidemiologic Survey of Japanese Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Investigation of Ethnic Differences
    2014 350 citations Hirofumi Chiba, Koji Kuronuma et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

Peers

Hirofumi Chiba
C. M. O’Connor Ireland
Raphael Breuer Israel
Masaki Okamoto Japan
Tomoyuki Kakugawa Japan
Etsuro Yamaguchi Japan
Kazuyoshi Kurashima Japan
Jeffrey J. Atkinson United States
Yuji Ishimatsu Japan
Gregory P. Cosgrove United States
Eishi Miyazaki Japan
C. M. O’Connor Ireland
Hirofumi Chiba
Citations per year, relative to Hirofumi Chiba Hirofumi Chiba (= 1×) peers C. M. O’Connor

Countries citing papers authored by Hirofumi Chiba

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hirofumi Chiba

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hirofumi Chiba

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

All Works

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Moroi, Rintaro, Kotaro Nochioka, Satoshi Miyata, et al.. (2025). Endoscopic radial incision and cutting using balloon-assisted enteroscopy for small intestinal stenosis related to Crohn’s disease: a pilot study. Intestinal Research. 23(3). 302–308.
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Sato, Toyotaka, Soh Yamamoto, Noriko Ogasawara, et al.. (2025). Rapid and Integrated Bacterial Evolution Analysis unveils gene mutations and clinical risk of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2917–2917. 1 indexed citations
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Sumi, Toshiyuki, et al.. (2025). Switching to tezepelumab from other biologics in patients with severe asthma: a retrospective study. Respiratory Investigation. 63(4). 592–599.
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Bando, Masashi, Hirofumi Chiba, Yasunari Miyazaki, & Takafumi Suda. (2024). Current challenges in the diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Japan. Respiratory Investigation. 62(5). 785–793.
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Sugawara, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2024). Therapeutic effect of long-acting muscarinic antagonist for treating uncontrolled asthma assessed using impulse oscillometry. Respiratory Research. 25(1). 300–300. 1 indexed citations
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Moroi, Rintaro, Kotaro Nochioka, Satoshi Miyata, et al.. (2024). Safety and effectiveness of additional triamcinolone acetonide with endoscopic radial incision and cutting for benign stenosis of the lower gastrointestinal tract: A pilot study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 3 indexed citations
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Sumi, Toshiyuki, et al.. (2023). Severe heart failure due to peripartum cardiomyopathy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(5). e01137–e01137. 2 indexed citations
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Sumi, Toshiyuki, et al.. (2023). Transbronchial cryobiopsy for small peripheral pulmonary lesions using endobronchial ultrasonography and an ultrathin bronchoscope. Respiratory Investigation. 62(1). 77–84. 6 indexed citations
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Murakami, Haruyasu, Keita Miura, Yuko Iida, et al.. (2023). Safety and efficacy of amrubicin with primary prophylactic pegfilgrastim as second‐line chemotherapy in patients with small cell lung cancer. Thoracic Cancer. 14(35). 3475–3482. 1 indexed citations
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Kuronuma, Koji, Yasuo Kitamura, Hayato Yabe, et al.. (2023). Pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium lentiflavum at a general hospital in Japan. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 44(11). 1809–1815. 1 indexed citations
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Shiga, Hisashi, Hirofumi Chiba, Rintaro Moroi, et al.. (2022). Serum leucine‐rich alpha‐2 glycoprotein as a predictive factor of endoscopic remission in Crohn's disease. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 37(9). 1741–1748. 14 indexed citations
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Moroi, Rintaro, Hisashi Shiga, Kotaro Nochioka, et al.. (2022). Endoscopic radial incision and cutting for benign stenosis of the lower gastrointestinal tract: An investigation of novel endoscopic treatment in multicenter trial. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 37(8). 1554–1560. 5 indexed citations
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Hattori, Takeshi, Atsushi Saito, Hirofumi Chiba, et al.. (2021). Characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted into two hospitals in sapporo, Japan: Analyses and insights from two outbreak waves. Respiratory Investigation. 59(2). 180–186. 6 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yusuke, Miki Yamaguchi, Sachie Hirai, et al.. (2018). Characterization of distal airway stem-like cells expressing N-terminally truncated p63 and thyroid transcription factor-1 in the human lung. Experimental Cell Research. 372(2). 141–149. 16 indexed citations
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Kondoh, Yasuhiro, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Kensuke Kataoka, et al.. (2017). Disease severity staging system for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Japan. Respirology. 22(8). 1609–1614. 20 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Hiroki, Yoshio Kuroki, Hiroshi Tanaka, et al.. (2000). Serum Levels of Surfactant Proteins A and D Are Useful Biomarkers for Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Progressive Systemic Sclerosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(1). 258–263. 131 indexed citations

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