Ken Shinmura

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Ken Shinmura is a scholar working on Physiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Shinmura has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Physiology, 32 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 29 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ken Shinmura's work include Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (32 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (26 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (18 papers). Ken Shinmura is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (32 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (26 papers) and Frailty in Older Adults (18 papers). Ken Shinmura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Ken Shinmura's co-authors include Kayoko Tamaki, Roberto Bolli, Motoaki Sano, Keiichi Fukuda, Jin Endo, Yoshinori Katsumata, Xiaoxiang Yan, Tomohiro Matsuhashi, Xian‐Liang Tang and Atsushi Anzai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Ken Shinmura

117 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Temporal dynamics of cardiac immune cell accumulation following acute myocardial infarction

2013 484 citations Xiaoxiang Yan, Yoshinori Katsumata et al. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Shinmura Japan	34	1.4k	1.2k	1.0k	1.0k	859	121	4.6k
Lei Xi United States	37	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	336 0.4×	97	4.3k
Fadi N. Salloum United States	53	1.2k 0.8×	4.1k 3.5×	2.9k 2.8×	1.5k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	135	8.1k
Tiziano M. Scarabelli United States	35	411 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	729 0.7×	502 0.6×	100	4.1k
Salvatore Pepe Australia	35	751 0.5×	2.2k 1.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	429 0.5×	115	4.4k
Wayne Bond Lau United States	46	1.3k 1.0×	2.6k 2.2×	1.7k 1.6×	658 0.7×	655 0.8×	130	6.0k
Cláudia Penna Italy	45	986 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	2.0k 2.0×	539 0.6×	167	5.5k
Shintaro Kinugawa Japan	49	1.9k 1.3×	2.7k 2.3×	4.0k 3.9×	850 0.8×	789 0.9×	185	8.0k
Susan C. Fagan United States	52	758 0.5×	2.2k 1.9×	1.4k 1.4×	382 0.4×	487 0.6×	162	9.0k
Sang‐Bing Ong United Kingdom	27	436 0.3×	2.4k 2.1×	963 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	336 0.4×	69	4.0k
Alexander S. Clanachan Canada	36	720 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	649 0.8×	131	4.1k

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Kusunoki, Hiroshi, Yoko Hasegawa, Yasuyuki Nagasawa, et al.. (2024). Oral Frailty and Its Relationship with Physical Frailty in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study Using the Oral Frailty Five-Item Checklist. Nutrients. 17(1). 17–17. 1 indexed citations

Abe, Takumi, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Akihiko Kitamura, et al.. (2024). Higher‐level competence: Results from the Integrated Longitudinal Studies on Aging in Japan (ILSA‐J) on the shape of associations with impaired physical and cognitive functions. Geriatrics and gerontology international. 24(4). 352–358. 3 indexed citations

Hasegawa, Yoko, Hiroshi Kusunoki, Koutatsu Nagai, et al.. (2024). Predicting cognitive function changes from oral health status: a longitudinal cohort study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 24153–24153. 1 indexed citations

Shinmura, Ken, Koutatsu Nagai, Kensaku Shojima, et al.. (2024). Association between frailty and subjective and objective sleep indicators in Japanese community-dwelling older adults. Sleep Medicine. 125. 185–191. 2 indexed citations

Nagasawa, Yasuyuki, Ryohei Yamamoto, Maki Shinzawa, et al.. (2024). Cigarette smoking and progression of kidney dysfunction: a longitudinal cohort study. Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 28(8). 793–802. 2 indexed citations

Nagai, Koutatsu, Ryota Matsuzawa, Kayoko Tamaki, et al.. (2023). Decline of instrumental activities of daily living is a risk factor for nutritional deterioration in older adults: a prospective cohort study. BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). 5 indexed citations

Shojima, Kensaku, et al.. (2023). Estrogen contributes to the sex difference in the occurrence of senescence-related T cells during the development of visceral adipose tissue inflammation. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 324(5). H662–H674. 12 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Tsunehisa, Jin Endo, Masaharu Kataoka, et al.. (2019). Sirt1 counteracts decrease in membrane phospholipid unsaturation and diastolic dysfunction during saturated fatty acid overload. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 133. 1–11. 15 indexed citations

Hasegawa, Yoko, Hideyuki Sugita, Kana Hasegawa, et al.. (2019). Relationship between oral environment and frailty among older adults dwelling in a rural Japanese community: a cross-sectional observational study. BMC Oral Health. 19(1). 23–23. 33 indexed citations

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Tamaki, Kayoko, Hiroshi Kusunoki, Shotaro Tsuji, et al.. (2018). The Relationship between Dietary Habits and Frailty in Rural Japanese Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Observation Study Using a Brief Self-Administered Dietary History Questionnaire. Nutrients. 10(12). 1982–1982. 30 indexed citations

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Nakano, Shintaro, Isao Ishii, Ken Shinmura, et al.. (2015). Hyperhomocysteinemia abrogates fasting-induced cardioprotection against ischemia/reperfusion by limiting bioavailability of hydrogen sulfide anions. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 93(8). 879–889. 35 indexed citations

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Morizane, Shintaro, Fumiko Mitani, Kentaro Ito, et al.. (2012). Biphasic Time Course of the Changes in Aldosterone Biosynthesis Under High-Salt Conditions in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 32(5). 1194–1203. 24 indexed citations

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Shinmura, Ken. (2011). Cardiovascular protection afforded by caloric restriction: Essential role of nitric oxide synthase. Geriatrics and gerontology international. 11(2). 143–156. 21 indexed citations

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Shinmura, Ken, Kayoko Tamaki, Kiyomi Saito, et al.. (2007). Cardioprotective Effects of Short-Term Caloric Restriction Are Mediated by Adiponectin via Activation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. Circulation. 116(24). 2809–2817. 136 indexed citations

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Shinmura, Ken, et al.. (2004). Gender and aging do not impair opioid-induced late preconditioning in rats. Basic Research in Cardiology. 99(1). 46–55. 28 indexed citations

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Shinmura, Ken, Eitaro Kodani, Yu‐Ting Xuan, et al.. (2003). Effect of aspirin on late preconditioning against myocardial stunning in conscious rabbits. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(7). 1183–1194. 30 indexed citations

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Bolli, Roberto & Ken Shinmura. (2003). Cyclooxygenase-2 in myocardial ischemia. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 42(9). 1714–1715. 1 indexed citations

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Takayama, Michiyo, Ken Shinmura, Hiroshi Hasegawa, et al.. (2000). Clinical Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) in Type-2 Diabetic Patients. 43(5). 347–354. 1 indexed citations

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Ebihara, Yoshinori, Masato Tani, Ken Shinmura, Yoshiro Nakamura, & Yasushi Asakura. (1996). Effect of Stepwise Normalization of Perfusate pH on Post-Ischemic Functional Recovery and Ca<sup>2+</sup> Overload in Isolated Rat Hearts. Japanese Circulation Journal. 60(9). 683–690. 2 indexed citations

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Tani, Masato, Ken Shinmura, Hiroshi Hasegawa, & Yoshiro Nakamura. (1996). Effect of Methylisobutyl Amiloride on [Na+]i, Reperfusion Arrhythmias, and Function in Ischemic Rat Hearts. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 27(6). 794–801. 10 indexed citations

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