Joji Mochida

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
183 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

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Joji Mochida is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joji Mochida has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Surgery, 89 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 54 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Joji Mochida's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (84 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (47 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (30 papers). Joji Mochida is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (84 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (47 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (30 papers). Joji Mochida collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Joji Mochida's co-authors include Daisuke Sakai, Masato Sato, Akihiko Hiyama, Tomoko Nakai, Kazuhiro Nishimura, Kiyoshi Ando, Tomomitsu Hotta, Toru Iwashina, Y. Yamamoto and Eiren Toh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Joji Mochida

182 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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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.

Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc

2012 365 citations Daisuke Sakai, Tomoko Nakai et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joji Mochida Japan	45	4.1k	3.2k	2.6k	1.5k	1.2k	183	7.3k
Sibylle Grad Switzerland	52	4.6k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	2.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	201	8.3k
Daisuke Sakai Japan	49	6.1k 1.5×	3.5k 1.1×	3.8k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	221	8.5k
Tomoatsu Kimura Japan	50	3.0k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 1.5×	1.8k 1.5×	212	7.7k
James Melrose Australia	46	2.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	194	7.0k
J Urban United Kingdom	41	5.3k 1.3×	3.2k 1.0×	3.8k 1.5×	2.3k 1.5×	911 0.8×	94	8.1k
Sally Roberts United Kingdom	59	6.5k 1.6×	6.8k 2.1×	4.6k 1.8×	5.8k 3.9×	1.3k 1.1×	177	13.6k
Vyl Leung Hong Kong	31	1.7k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	526 0.4×	793 0.7×	85	3.4k
Minoru Doita Japan	38	2.0k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	663 0.4×	469 0.4×	178	4.6k
Leena Ala‐Kokko Finland	52	1.5k 0.4×	928 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.6×	2.6k 2.2×	142	8.1k
J. Menage United Kingdom	25	2.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	405 0.3×	37	3.7k

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Hiyama, Akihiko, Masahiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Katoh, et al.. (2016). Effect of depression and neuropathic pain using questionnaires on quality of life in patients with low back pain; cross-sectional retrospective study. European Spine Journal. 25(9). 2750–2760. 19 indexed citations

Sato, Masato, Akihiro Umezawa, Genya Mitani, et al.. (2015). Assessment of the Safety of Chondrocyte Sheet Implantation for Cartilage Regeneration. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 22(1). 59–68. 10 indexed citations

Mitani, Genya, Tomonori Takagaki, Kosuke Hamahashi, et al.. (2015). Associations between venous thromboembolism onset, D-dimer, and soluble fibrin monomer complex after total knee arthroplasty. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 10(1). 172–172. 26 indexed citations

Tamaki, Tetsuro, Yoshiyasu Uchiyama, Maki Hirata, et al.. (2015). Therapeutic isolation and expansion of human skeletal muscle-derived stem cells for the use of muscle-nerve-blood vessel reconstitution. Frontiers in Physiology. 6. 165–165. 27 indexed citations

Ikeda, Masayoshi, et al.. (2014). Conservative treatment using a newly designed custom-made wrist splint for ulnocarpal abutment syndrome. Prosthetics and Orthotics International. 39(6). 496–501. 3 indexed citations

Watanabe, Masahiko, Daisuke Sakai, Y. Yamamoto, et al.. (2013). Analysis of predisposing factors in elderly people with Type II odontoid fracture. The Spine Journal. 14(6). 861–866. 20 indexed citations

Hiyama, Akihiko, et al.. (2012). The effects of oxygen tension and antiaging factor Klothoon Wnt signaling in nucleus pulposus cells. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 14(3). R105–R105. 22 indexed citations

Kutsuna, Toshiharu, Masato Sato, Miya Ishihara, et al.. (2009). Noninvasive Evaluation of Tissue-Engineered Cartilage with Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 16(3). 365–373. 10 indexed citations

Watanabe, Masahiko, Daisuke Sakai, Y. Yamamoto, et al.. (2009). Upper cervical spinal cord tumors: review of 13 cases. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 14(2). 175–181. 21 indexed citations

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Rutges, Joost, Laura B. Creemers, Wouter J.A. Dhert, et al.. (2009). Variations in gene and protein expression in human nucleus pulposus in comparison with annulus fibrosus and cartilage cells: potential associations with aging and degeneration. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 18(3). 416–423. 140 indexed citations

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Nagai, Toshihiro, Masato Sato, Katsuko FURUKAWA, et al.. (2008). Optimization of Allograft Implantation Using Scaffold-Free Chondrocyte Plates. Tissue Engineering Part A. 14(7). 1225–1235. 26 indexed citations

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Nagai, Toshihiro, Katsuko FURUKAWA, Masato Sato, Takashi Ushida, & Joji Mochida. (2008). Characteristics of a Scaffold-Free Articular Chondrocyte Plate Grown in Rotational Culture. Tissue Engineering Part A. 14(7). 1183–1193. 26 indexed citations

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Nakai, Tomoko, Joji Mochida, & Daisuke Sakai. (2008). Synergistic role of c-Myc and ERK1/2 in the mitogenic response to TGFβ-1 in cultured rat nucleus pulposus cells. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 10(6). R140–R140. 22 indexed citations

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Hiyama, Akihiko, Joji Mochida, Toru Iwashina, et al.. (2008). Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells in a canine disc degeneration model. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 26(5). 589–600. 196 indexed citations

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Ishihara, Miya, Masato Sato, Genya Mitani, et al.. (2005). . Nippon Laser Igakkaishi. 26(1). 53–59. 3 indexed citations

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Takagaki, Tomonori, Tetsuya Nomura, Eiren Toh, Masahiko Watanabe, & Joji Mochida. (2005). Multiple extradural arachnoid cysts at the spinal cord and cauda equina levels in the young. Spinal Cord. 44(1). 59–62. 31 indexed citations

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Sato, Masato, Y. Yamamoto, Daisuke Sakai, & Joji Mochida. (2004). [Characterization of intervertebral disc--disc cells and pericellular microenvironment].. PubMed. 14(7). 64–9. 4 indexed citations

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Toh, Eiren & Joji Mochida. (1997). Histologic Analysis of the Lumbosacral Nerve Roots After Compression in Young and Aged Rabbits. Spine. 22(7). 721–726. 11 indexed citations

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Mochida, Joji, et al.. (1997). An Innovative Method Using the Leeds-Keio Artificial Ligament in the Unstable Spine. Orthopedics. 20(1). 17–23. 16 indexed citations

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Mochida, Joji, Kazuhiro Nishimura, Takeshi Nomura, Eiren Toh, & Masahiro Chiba. (1996). The Importance of Preserving Disc Structure in Surgical Approaches to Lumbar Disc Herniation. Spine. 21(13). 1556–1563. 112 indexed citations

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