Kazuya Kitamura

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Kazuya Kitamura is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazuya Kitamura has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Surgery, 33 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 26 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kazuya Kitamura's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (19 papers), Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (19 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (19 papers). Kazuya Kitamura is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (19 papers), Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (19 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (19 papers). Kazuya Kitamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Colombia. Kazuya Kitamura's co-authors include Chifumi Fujii, Toshikazu Kondo, Naofumi Mukaida, Yu Wu, Takashi Kagaya, Masanobu Oshima, Boryana Konstantinova Popivanova, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Sawai and Akeo Hagiwara and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Kazuya Kitamura

118 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Blocking TNF-α in mice reduces colorectal carcinogenesis associated with chronic colitis

2008 718 citations Kazuya Kitamura, Takashi Kagaya et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kazuya Kitamura Japan	28	847	811	709	600	554	123	3.2k
Yanfang Guan China	31	499 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	401 0.7×	880 1.6×	144	3.5k
Brian J. Nickoloff United States	33	544 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	859 1.2×	503 0.8×	180 0.3×	49	4.3k
Przemysław Błyszczuk Switzerland	29	974 1.1×	1.6k 2.0×	369 0.5×	167 0.3×	209 0.4×	71	3.3k
Jochen W.U. Fries Germany	27	785 0.9×	1.6k 2.0×	291 0.4×	159 0.3×	302 0.5×	81	3.7k
Thomas E. Ichim United States	39	1.1k 1.3×	2.0k 2.5×	548 0.8×	362 0.6×	185 0.3×	126	5.1k
Barbara Łukomska Poland	34	1.0k 1.2×	1.8k 2.2×	392 0.6×	173 0.3×	192 0.3×	112	4.6k
Patricia Simon‐Assmann France	41	968 1.1×	2.3k 2.9×	1.3k 1.8×	403 0.7×	260 0.5×	95	4.9k
Yan Wu China	28	318 0.4×	987 1.2×	414 0.6×	176 0.3×	191 0.3×	110	2.7k
Nance Beyer Nardi Brazil	27	2.0k 2.4×	1.9k 2.3×	680 1.0×	140 0.2×	343 0.6×	128	5.7k
Katsuto Tamai Japan	32	517 0.6×	1.7k 2.1×	462 0.7×	250 0.4×	145 0.3×	129	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazuya Kitamura

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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

Maeshige, Noriaki, Miki Fujii, Hoshinori Kanazawa, et al.. (2023). Acute Effects of Combination Therapy by Triceps Surae Stretching and Electrical Stimulation to the Tibialis Anterior on Medial Forefoot Plantar Pressure During Gait in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus. The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds. 24(4). 1075–1085. 2 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

Shimizu, Yoshiaki, Kuniaki Arai, Taro Yamashita, et al.. (2020). Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents Reduce the Risk of Malignant Transformation of Hepatobiliary Phase-Hypointense Nodule without Arterial Phase Hyperenhancement to Hepatocellular Carcinoma on Gd-EOB-DPTA-Enhanced Imaging in the Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Liver. Liver Cancer. 9(3). 261–274. 4 indexed citations

Iijima, Hideki, Taku Kobayashi, Mitsuo Nagasaka, et al.. (2020). Management of Primary Nonresponders and Partial Responders to Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitor Induction Therapy among Patients with Crohn’s Disease. Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases. 5(2). 78–83. 5 indexed citations

Terashima, Takeshi, Tatsuya Yamashita, Tatsuya Yamashita, et al.. (2020). Safety and efficacy of sorafenib followed by regorafenib or lenvatinib in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology Research. 51(2). 190–200. 8 indexed citations

Terashima, Takeshi, Tatsuya Yamashita, Tatsuya Yamashita, et al.. (2018). Analysis of the liver functional reserve of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing sorafenib treatment: Prospects for regorafenib therapy. Hepatology Research. 48(12). 956–966. 30 indexed citations

Kitamura, Kazuya, Akio Iwanami, Hiroki Iwai, et al.. (2016). Therapeutic Time Window and Preclinical Efficacy of Intrathecal Administration of Recombinant Human Hepatocyte Growth Factor for Acute Spinal Cord Injury (日本脊椎脊髄病学会原著号) -- (Excellent Papers of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research). 934–939. 1 indexed citations

Terashima, Takeshi, Tatsuya Yamashita, Tatsuya Yamashita, et al.. (2016). Response to chemotherapy improves hepatic reserve for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and Child–Pugh B cirrhosis. Cancer Science. 107(9). 1263–1269. 19 indexed citations

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Terashima, Takeshi, Tatsuya Yamashita, Tatsuya Yamashita, et al.. (2015). Post‐progression survival and progression‐free survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated by sorafenib. Hepatology Research. 46(7). 650–656. 43 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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Nomura, Yoshimoto, Takashi Kagaya, Teruyuki Ueda, et al.. (2012). The biliary drainage for patients with obstructive jaundice due to hepatocellular carcinoma. Kanzo. 53(11). 734–740. 1 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Kazuya, et al.. (2010). Gene manipulation of the biosynthetic pathway for molecular breeding of soybean flavonoids.. 13(31). 37–42. 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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Shimakami, Tetsuro, Tatsuya Yamashita, Yoshio Sakai, et al.. (2007). A case of primary biliary cirrhosis with progressive jaundice due to Basedow's disease. Kanzo. 48(9). 452–457.

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Carrão-Panizzi, M. C., Adelaide Del Pino Beléia, Kazuya Kitamura, & M. C. N. de Oliveira. (1999). Isoflavone Content in Seeds of Soybean Cultivars Grown in Different Areas of Brazil. Journal of Medicinal Food. 2(3-4). 189–189. 1 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Kazuya, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Kazuma Okamoto, et al.. (1995). Total gastrectomy for early gastric cancer. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 60(2). 83–88. 21 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Kazuya, et al.. (1993). The role of monoclonal antibody A7 as a drug modifier in cancer therapy. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 36(3). 177–184. 5 indexed citations

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Noguchi, Akinori, Akinori Noguchi, Toshio Takahashi, et al.. (1992). Enhanced Tumor Localization of Monoclonal Antibody by Treatment with Kininase II Inhibitor and Angiotensin II. Japanese Journal of Cancer Research. 83(3). 240–243. 27 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Kazuya, Akio Kikuchi, & K. Harada. (1987). Research Notes : Performance of near-isogenic lines lacking seed lipoxygenases. Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University). 1 indexed citations

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