Junichi Yamane

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Junichi Yamane is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Junichi Yamane has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Surgery, 29 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Junichi Yamane's work include Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (28 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (24 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (23 papers). Junichi Yamane is often cited by papers focused on Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (28 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (24 papers) and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (23 papers). Junichi Yamane collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Spain. Junichi Yamane's co-authors include Hideyuki Okano, Masaya Nakamura, Yoshiaki Toyama, Hiroyuki Katoh, Ken Ishii, Seiji Okada, Yukihide Iwamoto, Takuya Shimazaki, Akihiko Yoshimura and Akio Iwanami and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Junichi Yamane

40 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Conditional ablation of Stat3 or Socs3 discloses a dual role for reactive astrocytes after spinal cord injury

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junichi Yamane Japan	14	771	769	582	523	403	44	2.0k
Hiromi Kumamaru Japan	23	1.0k 1.3×	993 1.3×	675 1.2×	676 1.3×	350 0.9×	34	2.3k
Qilin Cao United States	21	781 1.0×	826 1.1×	853 1.5×	687 1.3×	266 0.7×	35	2.0k
David O. Dias Sweden	8	725 0.9×	462 0.6×	634 1.1×	557 1.1×	192 0.5×	9	1.8k
Kevin P. Horn United States	17	1.3k 1.7×	794 1.0×	630 1.1×	588 1.1×	200 0.5×	28	2.3k
Sarah A. Busch United States	13	1.6k 2.1×	882 1.1×	835 1.4×	706 1.3×	288 0.7×	15	2.5k
Bradley T. Lang United States	18	908 1.2×	503 0.7×	664 1.1×	734 1.4×	161 0.4×	20	2.2k
Benjamin Ellezam Canada	18	734 1.0×	401 0.5×	462 0.8×	647 1.2×	127 0.3×	51	1.9k
Jun Kohyama Japan	32	787 1.0×	347 0.5×	950 1.6×	1.8k 3.4×	275 0.7×	56	2.9k
Jae K. Lee United States	28	2.0k 2.6×	1.3k 1.7×	1.2k 2.0×	1.2k 2.2×	398 1.0×	62	3.7k
Jared H. Miller United States	4	2.0k 2.7×	860 1.1×	1.2k 2.1×	740 1.4×	233 0.6×	5	2.9k

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Ozaki, Masahiro, Narihito Nagoshi, Junichi Yamane, et al.. (2025). Symptom-specific Analysis of Surgical Outcomes and Predictors of Residual Symptoms in Patients With Mild Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Spine. 51(8). 556–563.

Okubo, Toshiki, Narihito Nagoshi, Junichi Yamane, et al.. (2025). Does Surgeon Experience Influence Surgical Safety and Patient Satisfaction After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion? A Prospective Multicenter Comparison Study Between Non-Board-Certified and Board-Certified Spine Surgeons. Global Spine Journal. 3054331096–3054331096.

Aoyama, Ryoma, Junichi Yamane, Ken Ninomiya, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Cervical Spinal Canal Stenosis: Identifying Imaging Risk Factors in Extended Positions. Asian Spine Journal. 18(2). 227–235. 2 indexed citations

Okubo, Toshiki, Narihito Nagoshi, Hitoshi Kono, et al.. (2024). Comparison of Surgical Outcomes After Posterior Decompression by Junior or Senior Surgeons for Patients With Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Results From Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study. Global Spine Journal. 15(3). 1703–1711. 1 indexed citations

Aoyama, Ryoma, Junichi Yamane, Ken Ninomiya, et al.. (2022). Disc Height Narrowing Could Not Stabilize the Mobility at the Level of Cervical Spondylolisthesis: A Retrospective Study of 83 Patients with Cervical Single-Level Spondylolisthesis. Asian Spine Journal. 17(1). 138–148. 3 indexed citations

Ninomiya, Ken, Ryoma Aoyama, Satoshi Nori, et al.. (2021). Surgical Outcomes of Selective Laminectomy for Patients With Cervical Kyphosis: A Retrospective Study of 379 Cases. Global Spine Journal. 13(7). 1777–1786. 3 indexed citations

Nori, Satoshi, Narihito Nagoshi, Hitoshi Kono, et al.. (2021). Baseline severity of myelopathy predicts neurological outcomes after posterior decompression surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a retrospective study. Spinal Cord. 59(5). 547–553. 3 indexed citations

Ninomiya, Ken, Junichi Yamane, Ryoma Aoyama, et al.. (2020). Clinical Effects of Anterior Cervical Spondylolisthesis on Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy After Posterior Decompression Surgery: A Retrospective Multicenter Study of 732 Cases. Global Spine Journal. 12(5). 820–828. 6 indexed citations

Nori, Satoshi, Tateru Shiraishi, Ryoma Aoyama, et al.. (2018). Extremely high preoperative C7 slope limits compensatory cervical lordosis after muscle-preserving selective laminectomy. European Spine Journal. 27(8). 2029–2037. 10 indexed citations

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Nori, Satoshi, Tateru Shiraishi, Ryoma Aoyama, et al.. (2018). Upper cervical lordosis compensates lower cervical kyphosis to maintain whole cervical lordosis after selective laminectomy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 58. 64–69. 5 indexed citations

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Nori, Satoshi, Tateru Shiraishi, Ryoma Aoyama, et al.. (2018). Posterior spinal cord shift does not affect surgical outcomes after muscle-preserving selective laminectomy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 50. 226–231. 5 indexed citations

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Nori, Satoshi, Tateru Shiraishi, Ryoma Aoyama, et al.. (2018). Narrow width of muscle-preserving selective laminectomy demonstrated sufficient surgical outcomes and reduced surgical invasiveness. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 52. 60–65. 1 indexed citations

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Konomi, Tsunehiko, Akimasa Yasuda, Kanehiro Fujiyoshi, et al.. (2017). Clinical outcomes of late decompression surgery following cervical spinal cord injury with pre-existing cord compression. Spinal Cord. 56(4). 366–371. 6 indexed citations

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Spungen, Ann M., Pierre Asselin, Noam Y. Harel, et al.. (2013). Awards Poster Session. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 19(Supplement 1). 8–13. 2 indexed citations

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Kumagai, Gentaro, Yohei Okada, Junichi Yamane, et al.. (2009). Roles of ES Cell-Derived Gliogenic Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells in Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. PLoS ONE. 4(11). e7706–e7706. 97 indexed citations

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Yaguchi, Masae, Shigeki Ohta, Kozo Ohkusu‐Tsukada, et al.. (2009). Transplantation of dendritic cells promotes functional recovery from spinal cord injury in common marmoset. Neuroscience Research. 65(4). 384–392. 21 indexed citations

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Masuda, Hirotaka, Tetsuo Maruyama, Junichi Yamane, et al.. (2007). Noninvasive and real-time assessment of reconstructed functional human endometrium in NOD/SCID/γ _c ^null immunodeficient mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(6). 1925–1930. 119 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Kazuya, Akio Iwanami, Masaya Nakamura, et al.. (2007). Hepatocyte growth factor promotes endogenous repair and functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 85(11). 2332–2342. 133 indexed citations

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Ikegami, Takeshi, Masaya Nakamura, Junichi Yamane, et al.. (2005). Chondroitinase ABC combined with neural stem/progenitor cell transplantation enhances graft cell migration and outgrowth of growth‐associated protein‐43‐positive fibers after rat spinal cord injury. European Journal of Neuroscience. 22(12). 3036–3046. 137 indexed citations

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Iwanami, Akio, Junichi Yamane, Hiroyuki Katoh, et al.. (2005). Establishment of graded spinal cord injury model in a nonhuman primate: The common marmoset. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 80(2). 172–181. 105 indexed citations

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