Hitoshi Oshitani

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Hitoshi Oshitani is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation. According to data from OpenAlex, Hitoshi Oshitani has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Epidemiology, 92 papers in Infectious Diseases and 35 papers in Modeling and Simulation. Recurrent topics in Hitoshi Oshitani's work include Respiratory viral infections research (66 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (49 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (44 papers). Hitoshi Oshitani is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (66 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (49 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (44 papers). Hitoshi Oshitani collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Philippines and United Kingdom. Hitoshi Oshitani's co-authors include Taro Kamigaki, Akira Suzuki, Yuki Furuse, Tadatsugu Imamura, Isidore Koffi Kouadio, Mayuko Saito, Socorro Lupisan, Michiko Okamoto, Karen Hammad and Syed Mohamed Aljunid and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hitoshi Oshitani

173 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hitoshi Oshitani Japan	37	2.0k	1.9k	717	687	446	179	4.5k
Peter Horby United Kingdom	40	2.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.4×	294 0.4×	826 1.2×	419 0.9×	184	6.3k
Natasha S. Crowcroft Canada	43	4.8k 2.4×	2.8k 1.5×	384 0.5×	603 0.9×	338 0.8×	262	8.2k
Mark J. Siedner United States	43	1.4k 0.7×	2.6k 1.4×	274 0.4×	310 0.5×	216 0.5×	281	5.6k
Beth P. Bell United States	54	7.0k 3.5×	4.3k 2.2×	372 0.5×	560 0.8×	1.0k 2.2×	135	13.2k
Dale Fisher Singapore	41	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	143 0.2×	241 0.4×	322 0.7×	158	5.8k
Cheryl Cohen South Africa	43	4.4k 2.2×	3.1k 1.6×	439 0.6×	832 1.2×	392 0.9×	253	7.7k
Richard Pebody United Kingdom	54	6.9k 3.4×	3.0k 1.6×	399 0.6×	1.4k 2.1×	782 1.8×	297	10.0k
Rebecca F. Grais United States	43	2.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	229 0.3×	1.7k 2.5×	236 0.5×	193	6.9k
Walter Haas Germany	36	3.1k 1.5×	3.0k 1.6×	186 0.3×	471 0.7×	364 0.8×	183	4.7k
Vicky J. Fang Hong Kong	33	3.0k 1.5×	2.0k 1.0×	754 1.1×	1.5k 2.2×	279 0.6×	85	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hitoshi Oshitani

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Tan, Joanna Weihui, et al.. (2025). Lessons for future outbreaks from successful contact tracing systems in Asia. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 58. 101563–101563.

Bont, Louis, et al.. (2024). Respiratory syncytial virus: Time for surveillance across all ages, with a focus on adults. Journal of Global Health. 14. 3008–3008. 2 indexed citations

Oshitani, Hitoshi, et al.. (2023). Comparison of the incidence of severe outcomes in outpatients with COVID-19 or seasonal influenza without risk factors: Retrospective analysis of a health insurance claims-database. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 100175–100175. 2 indexed citations

Kamigaki, Taro, et al.. (2022). Spatial Distribution of Tuberculosis in the Western Region of Java Island, Indonesia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 41(1). 1–1.

Ko, Yura K, Yuki Furuse, Reiko Miyahara, et al.. (2022). Secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the first two waves in Japan: Demographic characteristics and overdispersion. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 116. 365–373. 12 indexed citations

Sayama, Yusuke, et al.. (2022). Japanese encephalitis virus genotype III from mosquitoes in Tarlac, Philippines. IJID Regions. 4. 59–65. 1 indexed citations

Nomoto, Hidetoshi, Masahiro Ishikane, Takahiro Maeki, et al.. (2021). Facilitating the deployment of Japanese human resources for responding global outbreaks of emerging and Re-emerging infectious diseases: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. 28(1). 41–46. 3 indexed citations

Imamura, Tadatsugu, Tomoya Saito, & Hitoshi Oshitani. (2020). Roles of Public Health Centers and Cluster-Based Approach for COVID-19 Response in Japan. Health Security. 19(2). 229–231. 23 indexed citations

Suzuki, Yuki, Ryuichi Nakano, Akiyo Nakano, et al.. (2019). Environmental Presence and Genetic Characteristics of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae from Hospital Sewage and River Water in the Philippines. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(2). 46 indexed citations

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Sato, Mari, Hitoshi Oshitani, Raita Tamaki, et al.. (2018). Father’s roles and perspectives on healthcare seeking for children with pneumonia: findings of a qualitative study in a rural community of the Philippines. BMJ Open. 8(11). e023857–e023857. 10 indexed citations

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Lansbury, Louise, Sherie Smith, W.E.P. Beyer, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccines: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine. 35(16). 1996–2006. 43 indexed citations

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Kanda, Teru, Yuki Furuse, Hitoshi Oshitani, & Tohru Kiyono. (2016). Highly Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Cloning and Functional Characterization of Gastric Cancer-Derived Epstein-Barr Virus Strains. Journal of Virology. 90(9). 4383–4393. 55 indexed citations

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Masago, Yoshifumi, Shinobu Kazama, Kentaro Tohma, et al.. (2016). Comparative Evaluation of Real-Time PCR Methods for Human Noroviruses in Wastewater and Human Stool. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0160825–e0160825. 12 indexed citations

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Miura, Takayuki, Shinobu Kazama, Yoshifumi Masago, et al.. (2016). APPLICABILITY OF NOROVIRUS MONITORING IN SEWAGE AS AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM OF INFECTIOUS GASTROENTERITIS. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser G (Environmental Research). 72(7). III_285–III_294. 2 indexed citations

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Kamigaki, Taro, Satoshi Mimura, Yoshihiro Takahashi, & Hitoshi Oshitani. (2015). Analysis of influenza transmission in the households of primary and junior high school students during the 2012–13 influenza season in Odate, Japan. BMC Infectious Diseases. 15(1). 282–282. 10 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Akira, Taro Kamigaki, Kentaro Tohma, et al.. (2013). Molecular evolution of the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza viruses in Sendai, Japan, during 2009–2011. Virus Genes. 47(3). 456–466. 15 indexed citations

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Horby, Peter, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, & Hitoshi Oshitani. (2013). Prospects for Emerging Infections in East and Southeast Asia 10 Years after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(6). 853–60. 41 indexed citations

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Tohma, Kentaro, et al.. (2012). Detection and Serotyping of Human Adenoviruses from Patients with Influenza-Like Illness in Mongolia. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 65(4). 289–294. 6 indexed citations

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Mimura, Satoshi, Taro Kamigaki, & Hitoshi Oshitani. (2012). Infectious Disease Risk After the Great East Japan Earthquake. Journal of Disaster Research. 7(6). 741–745. 3 indexed citations

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Odagiri, Takashi, et al.. (2012). Cumulative incidence of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 by a community‐based serological cohort study in Selenghe Province, Mongolia. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 6(6). e97–e104. 8 indexed citations

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