Katsuji Imai

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 967 citations indexed

About

Katsuji Imai is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Katsuji Imai has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 967 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 4 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 2 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Katsuji Imai's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (4 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (3 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (3 papers). Katsuji Imai is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (4 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (3 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (3 papers). Katsuji Imai collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Katsuji Imai's co-authors include Hideyuki Sato, Hitoshi Ozaki, Takenobu Kamada, Michitoshi Inoue, Hideo Kusuoka, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Kunihiro Kinjo, Daisaku Nakatani, Masatsugu Hori and Hiroya Mizuno and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, The American Journal of Cardiology and Circulation Journal.

In The Last Decade

Katsuji Imai

8 papers receiving 927 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.

Vagally mediated heart rate recovery after exercise is accelerated in athletes but blunted in patients with chronic heart failure

1994 797 citations Katsuji Imai, Hideyuki Sato et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katsuji Imai Japan	6	875	435	199	128	70	8	967
Adam Scott United Kingdom	15	615 0.7×	441 1.0×	99 0.5×	71 0.6×	44 0.6×	33	808
Pier Luigi Soldà Italy	8	1.3k 1.4×	631 1.5×	365 1.8×	216 1.7×	66 0.9×	29	1.4k
Hitoshi Ozaki Japan	4	781 0.9×	435 1.0×	196 1.0×	72 0.6×	16 0.2×	6	832
N P Buller Bulgaria	12	522 0.6×	273 0.6×	184 0.9×	186 1.5×	107 1.5×	17	864
Alastair J. McCance United Kingdom	9	877 1.0×	587 1.3×	120 0.6×	102 0.8×	38 0.5×	22	996
Ludmiła Daniłowicz‐Szymanowicz Poland	12	540 0.6×	144 0.3×	142 0.7×	71 0.6×	68 1.0×	80	693
Sara S. Jarvis United States	16	648 0.7×	235 0.5×	66 0.3×	183 1.4×	33 0.5×	35	872
Kegan Moneghetti United States	13	497 0.6×	109 0.3×	133 0.7×	114 0.9×	65 0.9×	50	676
Katharine D. Currie Canada	18	688 0.8×	468 1.1×	70 0.4×	135 1.1×	29 0.4×	73	1.2k
J. Myers United States	8	462 0.5×	297 0.7×	71 0.4×	63 0.5×	16 0.2×	13	579

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8 of 8 papers shown

Kinoshita, Naokazu, Katsuji Imai, Kunihiro Kinjo, & Masashi Naka. (2005). Longitudinal Study of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Southeast Osaka District From 1988 to 2002. Circulation Journal. 69(10). 1170–1175. 15 indexed citations

Kurotobi, Toshiya, Hiroshi Sato, Kunihiro Kinjo, et al.. (2004). Reduced collateral circulation to the infarct-related artery in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 44(1). 28–34. 72 indexed citations

Kinjo, Kunihiro, Hiroshi Sato, Yozo Ohnishi, et al.. (2003). Impact of high-sensitivity c-reactive protein on predicting long-term mortality of acute myocardial infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology. 91(8). 931–935. 53 indexed citations

Naka, Masashi, Issei Shiotani, Yukihiro Koretsune, et al.. (1997). Occurrence of Sustained Increase in QT Dispersion Following Exercise in Patients With Residual Myocardial Ischemia After Healing of Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology. 80(12). 1528–1531. 18 indexed citations

Imai, Katsuji, Masashi Naka, Naokazu Kinoshita, Hideyuki Sato, & Yukihiro Koretsune. (1996). Effects of digitalis and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors on postexercise vagal reactivation in patients with chronic heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(2). 202–202. 1 indexed citations

Sato, Hideyuki, Masatsugu Hori, Hitoshi Ozaki, et al.. (1995). Quantitative Assessment of Daily Physical Activity Levels in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure by Measuring Energy Expenditure. Effects of Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy.. Japanese Circulation Journal. 59(10). 647–653. 5 indexed citations

Imai, Katsuji, Hideyuki Sato, Hideo Kusuoka, et al.. (1994). Vagally mediated heart rate recovery after exercise is accelerated in athletes but blunted in patients with chronic heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 24(6). 1529–1535. 797 indexed citations breakdown →

Sato, Hideyuki, Akira Kitabatake, Hitoshi Ozaki, et al.. (1992). Blunted cardiac responses to exercise-induced sympathetic stimulation in non-failing aortic regurgitation: insight intorole of cardiac dilatation in hyporesponse of failing hearts.. Japanese Circulation Journal. 56(2). 117–127. 6 indexed citations

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