Ichiro Kawachi

52.0k total citations · 16 hit papers
338 papers, 33.4k citations indexed

About

Ichiro Kawachi is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ichiro Kawachi has authored 338 papers receiving a total of 33.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 309 papers in Health, 205 papers in General Health Professions and 79 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ichiro Kawachi's work include Health disparities and outcomes (298 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (89 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (56 papers). Ichiro Kawachi is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (298 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (89 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (56 papers). Ichiro Kawachi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Ichiro Kawachi's co-authors include Bruce P. Kennedy, S. V. Subramanian, Deborah Prothrow‐Stith, Kimberly Lochner, Takeo Fujiwara, Roger I. Glass, Graham A. Colditz, Lisa Berkman, S. V. Subramanian and Daniel Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ichiro Kawachi

333 papers receiving 31.4k citations

Hit Papers

Social Ties and Mental Health 1996 2026 2006 2016 2001 1997 1999 2001 2008 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Social Ties and Mental Health
    2001 2.5k citations Ichiro Kawachi profile →
  2. Social capital, income inequality, and mortality.
    1997 2.3k citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  3. Social capital and self-rated health: a contextual analysis.
    1999 1.3k citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  4. Adolescents' Perceptions of Social Status: Development and Evaluation of a New Indicator
    2001 818 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  5. Social Capital and Health
    2008 683 citations Takeo Fujiwara, Ichiro Kawachi profile →
  6. A glossary for health inequalities
    2002 636 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →
  7. Income distribution and mortality: cross sectional ecological study of the Robin Hood index in the United States
    1996 608 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  8. “Fundamental Causes” of Social Inequalities in Mortality: A Test of the Theory
    2004 592 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  9. Socioeconomic determinants of health : Health and social cohesion: why care about income inequality?
    1997 563 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  10. Income distribution, socioeconomic status, and self rated health in the United States: multilevel analysis
    1998 551 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  11. Income inequality and health: pathways and mechanisms.
    1999 535 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  12. Income inequality, mortality, and self rated health: meta-analysis of multilevel studies
    2009 496 citations Naoki Kondo, Ichiro Kawachi et al. profile →
  13. The dark side of social capital: A systematic review of the negative health effects of social capital
    2017 373 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. Social Science & Medicine profile →
  14. Social Capital and Health: A Review of Prospective Multilevel Studies
    2012 371 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. Journal of Epidemiology profile →
  15. Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications
    2022 293 citations Tomotaka Ugai, Naoko Sasamoto et al. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology profile →
  16. Twenty years of social capital and health research: a glossary
    2017 274 citations Ichiro Kawachi et al. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ichiro Kawachi United States 88 18.9k 15.9k 9.1k 5.0k 4.8k 338 33.4k
Nancy E. Adler United States 100 10.4k 0.5× 14.5k 0.9× 6.6k 0.7× 6.5k 1.3× 7.4k 1.5× 340 41.4k
S. V. Subramanian United States 92 10.3k 0.5× 11.6k 0.7× 5.4k 0.6× 2.1k 0.4× 2.9k 0.6× 649 32.3k
Nancy Krieger United States 93 10.5k 0.6× 13.4k 0.8× 11.0k 1.2× 2.3k 0.5× 6.1k 1.3× 343 38.4k
James S. House United States 62 9.3k 0.5× 10.9k 0.7× 6.7k 0.7× 5.2k 1.0× 3.9k 0.8× 112 24.6k
David R. Williams United States 108 14.6k 0.8× 17.7k 1.1× 21.5k 2.4× 7.1k 1.4× 15.9k 3.3× 540 53.8k
Ichiro Kawachi United States 98 6.2k 0.3× 9.4k 0.6× 4.1k 0.5× 2.7k 0.5× 5.5k 1.1× 708 34.5k
John Lynch Australia 74 9.0k 0.5× 9.4k 0.6× 2.7k 0.3× 2.0k 0.4× 2.4k 0.5× 397 22.9k
Johan P. Mackenbach Netherlands 88 9.9k 0.5× 12.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.3× 1.7k 0.3× 3.2k 0.7× 544 31.0k
Robert J. Sampson United States 91 10.5k 0.6× 18.1k 1.1× 39.1k 4.3× 3.2k 0.6× 10.1k 2.1× 201 51.9k
Richard Schulz United States 100 6.4k 0.3× 10.2k 0.6× 9.4k 1.0× 6.0k 1.2× 9.8k 2.0× 418 35.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ichiro Kawachi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goto, Ryunosuke, Ichiro Kawachi, Naoki Kondo, & Kosuke Inoue. (2023). Contribution of vaccinations to reducing socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 deaths across U.S. counties. Annals of Epidemiology. 86. 65–71.e3. 1 indexed citations
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Kawachi, Ichiro, et al.. (2023). County-Level Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and Deaths of Despair in the US, 2000-2019. JAMA Network Open. 6(7). e2323030–e2323030. 19 indexed citations
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Ugai, Tomotaka, Naoko Sasamoto, Hwa‐Young Lee, et al.. (2022). Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic? Current evidence and future implications. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 19(10). 656–673. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yazawa, Aki, et al.. (2022). Comparison of three indices of relative income deprivation in predicting health status. Social Science & Medicine. 294. 114722–114722. 15 indexed citations
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Tani, Yukako, et al.. (2021). Prospective Study of Engagement in Leisure Activities and All-Cause Mortality Among Older Japanese Adults. Journal of Epidemiology. 32(6). 245–253. 15 indexed citations
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Islam, Nazrul, Ben Lacey, Sharmin Shabnam, et al.. (2021). Social inequality and the syndemic of chronic disease and COVID-19: county-level analysis in the USA. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 75(6). 496–500. 73 indexed citations
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Jang, Soong‐Nang & Ichiro Kawachi. (2019). Why Do Older Korean Adults Respond Differently to Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living? A Differential Item Functioning Analysis. Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research. 23(4). 197–203. 20 indexed citations
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Hikichi, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2019). Reciprocity of social support is associated with psychological distress and suicidal ideation in older Japanese people: A population-based study. Social Science & Medicine. 230. 131–137. 7 indexed citations
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Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Kafui, Ichiro Kawachi, S. V. Subramanian, & Mauricio Avendaño. (2018). Income inequality and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a highly unequal country: a fixed-effects analysis from South Africa. International Journal for Equity in Health. 17(1). 31–31. 24 indexed citations
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Wood, Lisa, Karen Martin, Hayley Christian, et al.. (2017). Social capital and pet ownership – A tale of four cities. SSM - Population Health. 3. 442–447. 50 indexed citations
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Pega, Frank, Paola Gilsanz, Ichiro Kawachi, Nick Wilson, & Tony Blakely. (2017). Cumulative receipt of an anti-poverty tax credit for families did not impact tobacco smoking among parents. Social Science & Medicine. 179. 160–165. 7 indexed citations
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Mackenbach, Joreintje D., Jeroen Lakerveld, Frank J. van Lenthe, et al.. (2016). Neighbourhood social capital: measurement issues and associations with health outcomes. Obesity Reviews. 17(S1). 96–107. 39 indexed citations
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Hikichi, Hiroyuki, Naoki Kondo, Katsunori Kondo, et al.. (2015). Effect of a community intervention programme promoting social interactions on functional disability prevention for older adults: propensity score matching and instrumental variable analyses, JAGES Taketoyo study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 69(9). 905–910. 156 indexed citations
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Ichida, Yukinobu, Hiroshi Hirai, Katsunori Kondo, et al.. (2013). Does social participation improve self-rated health in the older population? A quasi-experimental intervention study. Social Science & Medicine. 94. 83–90. 135 indexed citations
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Siddiqi, Arjumand, Ichiro Kawachi, Daniel P. Keating, & Clyde Hertzman. (2013). A Comparative Study of Population Health in the United States and Canada during the Neoliberal Era, 1980–2008. International Journal of Health Services. 43(2). 193–216. 31 indexed citations
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Tsakos, Georgios, Wael Sabbah, Tarani Chandola, et al.. (2013). Social Relationships and Oral Health Among Adults Aged 60 Years or Older. Psychosomatic Medicine. 75(2). 178–186. 75 indexed citations
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Kai, Yuko, Katsunori Kondo, Hiroshi Hirai, et al.. (2012). Participation in Sports Organizations and the Prevention of Functional Disability in Older Japanese: The AGES Cohort Study. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e51061–e51061. 60 indexed citations
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Jang, Soong‐Nang, Sung‐Il Cho, & Ichiro Kawachi. (2010). Is socioeconomic disparity in disability improving among Korean elders?. Social Science & Medicine. 71(2). 282–287. 19 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Etsuji, Takeo Fujiwara, Soshi Takao, et al.. (2010). Multi-level, cross-sectional study of workplace social capital and smoking among Japanese employees. BMC Public Health. 10(1). 489–489. 39 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Etsuji, Soshi Takao, S. V. Subramanian, et al.. (2010). Does low workplace social capital have detrimental effect on workers' health?. Social Science & Medicine. 70(9). 1367–1372. 71 indexed citations

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