Hiroshi Yanagawa

17.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
344 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Yanagawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Yanagawa has authored 344 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Molecular Biology, 117 papers in Surgery and 70 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Yanagawa's work include Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (103 papers), Coronary Artery Anomalies (65 papers) and Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (32 papers). Hiroshi Yanagawa is often cited by papers focused on Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (103 papers), Coronary Artery Anomalies (65 papers) and Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (32 papers). Hiroshi Yanagawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, India and United States. Hiroshi Yanagawa's co-authors include Yosikazu Nakamura, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Masaru Tomita, Shunichi Kosugi, Masako Hasebe, Mayumi Yashiro, I Shigematsu, Nobuhide Doi, Ritei Uehara and Etsuko Miyamoto‐Sato and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Yanagawa

331 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

2 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.

A New Infantile Acute Febrile Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome (MLNS) Prevailing in Japan

1974 1.1k citations Tomisaku Kawasaki, Hiroshi Yanagawa et al. profile →
Systematic identification of cell cycle-dependent yeast nucleocytoplasmic shuttling proteins by prediction of composite motifs

2009 949 citations Hiroshi Yanagawa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroshi Yanagawa Japan	53	5.7k	4.4k	4.3k	1.8k	858	344	12.5k
Frank M. Torti United States	73	2.3k 0.4×	7.5k 1.7×	3.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	467 0.5×	240	21.9k
Thomas K. Waddell Canada	77	10.4k 1.8×	4.3k 1.0×	6.9k 1.6×	1.0k 0.6×	708 0.8×	572	22.3k
Kenneth G. Mann United States	93	2.5k 0.4×	5.6k 1.3×	3.3k 0.8×	3.4k 1.9×	298 0.3×	410	27.4k
James Lee United States	65	2.5k 0.4×	6.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.3×	922 0.5×	545 0.6×	258	17.0k
David A. Geller United States	78	7.0k 1.2×	5.2k 1.2×	3.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	601 0.7×	387	23.3k
James G. White United States	63	1.5k 0.3×	3.8k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	540 0.6×	447	16.4k
Gösta Pettersson United States	51	4.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	4.0k 2.3×	853 1.0×	494	10.8k
Vikas P. Sukhatme United States	92	1.8k 0.3×	16.6k 3.8×	3.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	249	32.8k
Robert A. Star United States	71	2.6k 0.5×	6.3k 1.4×	2.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	510 0.6×	182	18.7k
Graham W. Taylor United Kingdom	58	2.1k 0.4×	3.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	736 0.4×	411 0.5×	344	12.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Yanagawa

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Nakamura, Yosikazu, Mayumi Yashiro, & Hiroshi Yanagawa. (2025). Epidemiology of Kawasaki disease in Japan in 2021–2022: Results of the 27th nationwide survey. Pediatrics International. 67(1). e70007–e70007. 2 indexed citations

Yamada, Tatsuya, Tomohiko Hayashi, Naohiro Kobayashi, et al.. (2019). How Does the Recently Discovered Peptide MIP Exhibit Much Higher Binding Affinity than an Anticancer Protein p53 for an Oncoprotein MDM2?. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(8). 3533–3544. 8 indexed citations

Makino, Nobuko, Yosikazu Nakamura, Mayumi Yashiro, et al.. (2019). Nationwide epidemiologic survey of Kawasaki disease in Japan, 2015–2016. Pediatrics International. 61(4). 397–403. 143 indexed citations

Ae, Ryusuke, Koki Kosami, Yuri Matsubara, et al.. (2019). Seasonality of i.v. immunoglobulin responsiveness in Kawasaki disease. Pediatrics International. 61(6). 539–543. 13 indexed citations

Kuwabara, Masanari, Mayumi Yashiro, Ryusuke Ae, Hiroshi Yanagawa, & Yosikazu Nakamura. (2018). The effects of early intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for Kawasaki disease: The 22nd nationwide survey in Japan. International Journal of Cardiology. 269. 334–338. 14 indexed citations

Tamada, Mayumi, Osamu Nagano, Seiji Tateyama, et al.. (2012). Modulation of Glucose Metabolism by CD44 Contributes to Antioxidant Status and Drug Resistance in Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 72(6). 1438–1448. 213 indexed citations

Tabata, Noriko, Nobutaka Matsumura, Hideaki Takashima, et al.. (2012). A Phthalimide Derivative That Inhibits Centrosomal Clustering Is Effective on Multiple Myeloma. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38878–e38878. 21 indexed citations

Horisawa, Kenichi, Takao Imai, Hideyuki Okano, & Hiroshi Yanagawa. (2010). The Musashi family RNA-binding proteins in stem cells. BioMolecular Concepts. 1(1). 59–66. 18 indexed citations

Sonobe, Tomoyoshi, Nobuyuki Kiyosawa, Keiji Tsuchiya, et al.. (2007). Prevalence of coronary artery abnormality in incomplete Kawasaki disease. Pediatrics International. 49(4). 421–426. 104 indexed citations

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Doi, Nobuhide, et al.. (2007). Photocleavable linkage between genotype and phenotype for rapid and efficient recovery of nucleic acids encoding affinity-selected proteins. Journal of Biotechnology. 131(3). 231–239. 14 indexed citations

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Tsuji, Toru, et al.. (2004). Random Multirecombinant Polymerase Chain Reaction. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 388. 61–75. 4 indexed citations

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Uehara, Ritei, Mayumi Yashiro, Shinya Hayasaka, et al.. (2003). Serum alanine aminotransferase concentrations in patients with Kawasaki disease. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 22(9). 839–842. 20 indexed citations

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Onouchi, Yoshihiro, Mayumi Tamari, Keiko Wakui, et al.. (2003). A genome wide search for Kawasaki disease susceptibility genes. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 73(5). 492. 1 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Yosikazu, Hiroshi Yanagawa, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, & Takeshi Sato. (2000). Epidemiologic features of 65 Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease patients with a history of cadaveric dura mater transplantation in Japan. Epidemiology and Infection. 125(1). 201–205. 4 indexed citations

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Ojima, Toshiyuki, Yosikazu Nakamura, Hiroshi Yanagawa, et al.. (1998). Relationship Between the Level of Activities of Daily Living and Chronic Medical Conditions Among the Elderly. Journal of Epidemiology. 8(5). 272–277. 20 indexed citations

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Nemoto, Naoki, Etsuko Miyamoto‐Sato, Yuzuru Husimi, & Hiroshi Yanagawa. (1997). In vitro virus: Bonding of mRNA bearing puromycin at the 3′‐terminal end to the C‐terminal end of its encoded protein on the ribosome in vitro. FEBS Letters. 414(2). 405–408. 344 indexed citations

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Doi, Nobuhide, Mitsuhiro Itaya, Tetsuya Yomo, Seiichi Tokura, & Hiroshi Yanagawa. (1997). Insertion of foreign random sequences of 120 amino acid residues into an active enzyme. FEBS Letters. 402(2-3). 177–180. 22 indexed citations

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Nagai, Michiaki, et al.. (1994). [Prevalence estimates for non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in Japan from National Survey of Circulatory Disorders 1990 data].. PubMed. 41(8). 720–3. 4 indexed citations

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Holm, Nils G., A. G. Cairns-Smith, Roy M. Daniel, et al.. (1992). Chapter 10 Future research. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 22(1-4). 181–190. 34 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Junji, et al.. (1989). New Modified Method for the Surgical Treatment of Syndactyly. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 23(6). 511–518. 17 indexed citations

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