Hiroshi Kimura

22.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
585 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Kimura is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Kimura has authored 585 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 107 papers in Physiology and 106 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Kimura's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (78 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (51 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (45 papers). Hiroshi Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (78 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (51 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (45 papers). Hiroshi Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Hiroshi Kimura's co-authors include S.R. Vincent, Edith G. McGeer, Patrick L. McGeer, Yasuhiro Fukuoka, Ikuo Tooyama, Avis H. Cohen, Toshihiro Maeda, Ferid Murad, Motoo Yamauchi and Y. Sano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Kimura

562 papers receiving 17.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Histochemical mapping of nitric oxide synthase in the rat brain

1992 1.7k citations Hiroshi Kimura et al. profile →
The central cholinergic system studied by choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry in the cat

1981 731 citations Hiroshi Kimura et al. profile →
Demonstration of a unique population of neurons with NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry

1983 613 citations Hiroshi Kimura et al. profile →
Adaptive Dynamic Walking of a Quadruped Robot on Irregular Terrain Based on Biological Concepts

2003 489 citations Hiroshi Kimura et al. profile →
Evidence for Two Different Forms of Guanylate Cyclase in Rat Heart

1974 238 citations Hiroshi Kimura et al. profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Kimura

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Symptomatic Pulmonary Regurgitation Without Right Ventricular Enlargement Accompanied by Biventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot and Related Diseases 2026 ·Circulation Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shuichi Kitada, Toshihiko Goto, (unknown), Hiroshi Kimura, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Association between mental health social worker staffing in psychiatric emergency wards and readmission outcomes: A nationwide survey in Japan 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Tomihisa Niitsu, Hiroshi Kimura, (unknown), (unknown), Hideki Komatsu, Kensuke Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Masaomi Iyo	0
3	Ultra-Low Specific on-Resistance Achieved in 3.3 kV-Class SiC Superjunction MOSFET 2021 ·Masakazu Baba, Takeshi Tawara, (unknown), Shinsuke Harada, Manabu Takei, Hiroshi Kimura	37
4	Intrinsic cholinergic innervation in the human sigmoid colon revealed using CLARITY, three‐dimensional (3D) imaging, and a novel anti‐human peripheral choline acetyltransferase (hpChAT) antiserum 2020 ·Neurogastroenterology & Motility ·Pu‐Qing Yuan, Jean‐Pierre Bellier, Tao Li, Mary R. Kwaan, Hiroshi Kimura, Yvette Taché	16
5	Relationship Between Intermittent Hypoxia and Type 2 Diabetes in Sleep Apnea Syndrome 2019 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Hiroyo Ota, Yukio Fujita, Motoo Yamauchi, Shigeo Muro, Hiroshi Kimura, Shin Takasawa	42
6	The effects of arousal accompanying an apneic event on blood pressure and sympathetic nerve activity in severe obstructive sleep apnea 2017 ·Sleep And Breathing ·(unknown), Motoo Yamauchi, Yukio Fujita, Masanori Yoshikawa, Yoshinobu Ohnishi, Hiroshi Kimura	11
7	Effect of Laughter Yoga on Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 2016 ·Atsuhiko Fukuoka, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Masanori Yoshikawa, (unknown), Koichi Tomoda, Hiroshi Kimura	11
8	Towards a general neural controller for quadrupedal locomotion 2007 ·(unknown), Hiroshi Kimura	3
9	[A questionnaire report concerning the actual situation of respiratory physicians in Japan]. 2006 ·PubMed ·Hiroshi Kimura, Hirohisa Toga, Hiroshi Inoue, Tomoaki Iwanaga, Nobuoki Kohno, Shu Hashimoto, Yoshinori Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Hizawa, Mutsuo Yamaya, Michiaki Mishima	2
10	Adrenomedullin Regenerates Alveoli and Vasculature in Elastase-induced Pulmonary Emphysema in Mice 2005 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Shinsuke Murakami, Noritoshi Nagaya, Takefumi Itoh, Takashi Iwase, Toshiya Fujisato, Keisuke Nishioka, Kaoru Hamada, Kenji Kangawa, Hiroshi Kimura	60
11	Elevated Plasma Ghrelin Level in Underweight Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2004 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Takefumi Itoh, Noritoshi Nagaya, Masanori Yoshikawa, Atsuhiko Fukuoka, Hideaki Takenaka, Yoshito Shimizu, Yoshinori Haruta, Hideo Oya, Masakazu Yamagishi, Hiroshi Hosoda, Kenji Kangawa, Hiroshi Kimura	112
12	A Combination of Oral Sildenafil and Beraprost Ameliorates Pulmonary Hypertension in Rats 2003 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Takefumi Itoh, Noritoshi Nagaya, Takafumi Fujii, Takashi Iwase, Norifumi Nakanishi, Kaoru Hamada, Kenji Kangawa, Hiroshi Kimura	88
13	Plasma Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 and Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension 2001 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Hiroshi Kimura, Osamu Okada, Nobuhiro Tanabe, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Masaru Terai, Yuichi Takiguchi, Masahisa Masuda, Nobuyuki Nakajima, Kenzo Hiroshima, Hidekuni Inadera, Kouji Matsushima, Takayuki Kuriyama	112
14	FIELD STUDY ON VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN RESIDENCES 1999 ·Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) ·Kazukiyo Kumagai, Koichi Ikeda, Masahiro Hori, (unknown), (unknown), Hiroshi Kimura, (unknown), Susumu Yoshizawa	7
15	Manifestation of Pulmonary Hypertension During REM Sleep in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome 1999 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·(unknown), Hiroshi Kimura, (unknown), (unknown), Jian Kang, Shigeru Masuyama, Koichiro Tatsumi, Takayuki Kuriyama	52
16	Alleviation of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension by antibodies to monocyte chemotactic and activating factor/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1. 1998 ·PubMed ·Hiroshi Kimura, Yoshinori Kasahara, Katsushi Kurosu, (unknown), Yuichi Takiguchi, Masaru Terai, (unknown), (unknown), Naofumi Mukaida, Koji Matsushima, T Kuriyama	73
17	Landing Control of a Jumping Machine in Two Dimensional Space. 1994 ·Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan ·Hiroki Okubo, Eiji Nakano, Hiroshi Kimura	1
18	Three-dimensional Shape Measurement of Teeth (Part 1) -Measurement by Means of High Precision Laser Displacement Meter- 1988 ·Hiroshi Kimura, Taiji Sohmura, Takashi Watanabe	1
19	ALTERATION OF DOPAMINE AND TRH IN RAT BRAIN DURING HYPOTHERMIA 1986 ·Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics ·(unknown), Toshiki Mizobe, Masao Miyazaki, Hiroshi Kimura, Kinya Kuriyama	0
20	A Highly Sensitive Thiocholine Method for AChE Histochemistry. 1983 ·ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA ·Hisao Tago, (unknown), Hisashi Kumashiro, Hiroshi Kimura, Toshihiro Maeda	0

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