Kazuo Kitagawa

21.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
450 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Kazuo Kitagawa is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuo Kitagawa has authored 450 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 93 papers in Epidemiology and 90 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kazuo Kitagawa's work include Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (87 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (69 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (40 papers). Kazuo Kitagawa is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (87 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (69 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (40 papers). Kazuo Kitagawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Russia. Kazuo Kitagawa's co-authors include Masayasu Matsumoto, Masatsugu Hori, Yoshiki Yagita, Toshiho Ohtsuki, Alexei Vinogradov, Manabu Sakaguchi, Masayasu Matsumoto, Tsutomu Sasaki, Kazufumi Kimura and Ryuji Hata and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Kazuo Kitagawa

419 papers receiving 13.4k citations

Hit Papers

‘Ischemic tolerance’ phenomenon found in the brain 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 250 500 750
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. ‘Ischemic tolerance’ phenomenon found in the brain
    1990 943 citations Kazuo Kitagawa, Masayasu Matsumoto et al. Brain Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kazuo Kitagawa Japan 59 3.2k 2.4k 2.2k 1.9k 1.7k 450 13.7k
Yasuo Uchiyama Japan 90 14.0k 4.4× 2.1k 0.9× 4.2k 1.9× 10.0k 5.3× 596 0.3× 472 32.1k
Kazuto Kobayashi Japan 64 4.1k 1.3× 971 0.4× 4.5k 2.1× 1.3k 0.7× 927 0.5× 392 12.7k
Claudia Sommer Germany 90 4.3k 1.4× 2.2k 0.9× 8.1k 3.8× 1.3k 0.7× 485 0.3× 639 30.0k
Masahiro Fujita Japan 60 3.6k 1.1× 979 0.4× 2.2k 1.0× 568 0.3× 222 0.1× 452 12.1k
Kon Chu South Korea 62 4.3k 1.4× 1.5k 0.6× 2.6k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 576 0.3× 355 14.1k
Soon‐Tae Lee South Korea 56 4.2k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 2.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 499 0.3× 341 12.9k
Hong Yi China 60 6.1k 1.9× 384 0.2× 3.0k 1.4× 854 0.5× 233 0.1× 280 12.4k
Jianmin Zhang China 56 3.1k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 289 0.2× 392 10.5k
Zhen Wang China 55 4.8k 1.5× 939 0.4× 752 0.3× 737 0.4× 455 0.3× 391 11.3k
Yoshiaki Toyama Japan 80 6.8k 2.2× 817 0.3× 3.4k 1.6× 1.2k 0.7× 678 0.4× 561 25.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kazuo Kitagawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuo Kitagawa

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All Works

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Hoshino, Takao, Takafumi Mizuno, Kentaro Ishizuka, et al.. (2025). Association between Serum Interleukin-6 Levels and Long-term Outcomes after Ischemic Stroke: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 33(2). 195–203.
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Shiraishi, Takuya, Yuji Nishizawa, Hiroomi Ogawa, et al.. (2024). Prospective Multicenter Study to Clarify the Frequency of Peristomal Skin Disorders and Appropriate Evaluation Time in Patients With Malignant Rectal Tumors. Annals of Surgery. 283(4). 687–696.
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Hoshino, Takao, et al.. (2024). Effect of Pemafibrate on Cerebrovascular Atherosclerosis in Patients with Stroke and Hypertriglyceridemia. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 32(6). 676–687. 1 indexed citations
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Ishizuka, Kentaro, et al.. (2024). Diastolic Dysfunction as a Positive Predictor of Recurrent Vascular Events in Patients With Noncardioembolic Stroke. Stroke. 55(3). 595–603. 1 indexed citations
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Toi, Sono, et al.. (2024). Association of Transcranial Doppler Microembolic Signal With Short‐Term Mortality in Acute Ischemic Stroke and Active Cancer. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(15). e033634–e033634. 2 indexed citations
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Ozaki, Tomohiko, Hiroshi Yamagami, Masafumi Morimoto, et al.. (2023). Relation between duration of dual antiplatelet therapy and risk of ischemic stroke after stent-assisted treatment of cerebral aneurysm (DAPTS ACE-registry). Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. 16(7). 691–697. 2 indexed citations
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Toi, Sono, et al.. (2023). Association between total cerebral small vessel disease score and cognitive function in patients with vascular risk factors. Hypertension Research. 46(5). 1326–1334. 13 indexed citations
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Iijima, Mutsumi, Yasuyuki Okuma, Keisuke Suzuki, et al.. (2023). Associations between non-motor symptoms and patient characteristics in Parkinson’s disease: a multicenter cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15. 1252596–1252596. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xu, Jun‐ichi Kira, Hidenori Ogata, et al.. (2023). Anti-LGI4 Antibody Is a Novel Juxtaparanodal Autoantibody for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation. 10(2). 15 indexed citations
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Toi, Sono, et al.. (2023). Association of Age-Related Spontaneous Internal Jugular Vein Reflux with Cognitive Impairment and Incident Dementia. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 96(3). 1221–1230. 3 indexed citations
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Matsushima, Takako, et al.. (2023). Holmes tremor in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: A video case report. Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology. 15(2). 101–104.
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Hoshino, Takao, Takafumi Mizuno, Ayako Nishimura, et al.. (2022). Reclassification and risk stratification of embolic stroke of undetermined source by ASCOD phenotyping. International Journal of Stroke. 18(3). 322–330.
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Uchiyama, Shinichiro, Ḱazunori Toyoda, Katsuhiro Omae, et al.. (2022). Dual antiplatelet therapy with cilostazol in stroke patients with extracranial arterial stenosis or without arterial stenosis: A subgroup analysis of the CSPS.com trial. International Journal of Stroke. 18(4). 426–432. 4 indexed citations
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Toi, Sono, et al.. (2018). Recurrent Cerebral Infarction Due to Benign Uterine Myoma. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 28(1). e1–e2. 5 indexed citations
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Sato, Naoto, et al.. (2015). Attempts to increase penetration of photoacoustic system using LED array light source. 9323. 3 indexed citations
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Kitagawa, Kazuo, Masayasu Matsumoto, & Masatsugu Hori. (2004). Cerebral ischemia in 5-lipoxygenase knockout mice. Brain Research. 1004(1-2). 198–202. 42 indexed citations
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Kitagawa, Kazuo, Masayasu Matsumoto, Keisuke Kuwabara, et al.. (2002). Protective effect of apolipoprotein E against ischemic neuronal injury is mediated through antioxidant action. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 68(2). 226–232. 35 indexed citations

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