Kentaro Murakami

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
228 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Kentaro Murakami is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kentaro Murakami has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 78 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 76 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Kentaro Murakami's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (151 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (105 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (65 papers). Kentaro Murakami is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (151 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (105 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (65 papers). Kentaro Murakami collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Kentaro Murakami's co-authors include Satoshi Sasaki, M. Barbara E. Livingstone, Hitomi Okubo, Aryeh Routtenberg, Satoshi Sasaki, Naoko Hirota, Mitsuru Fukui, Chigusa Date, Akiko Notsu and Satomi Kobayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Kentaro Murakami

217 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Comparison of relative validity of food group intakes estimated by comprehensive and brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaires against 16 d dietary records in Japanese adults
    2011 666 citations Kentaro Murakami, Satoshi Sasaki et al. Public Health Nutrition profile →
  2. Both Comprehensive and Brief Self-Administered Diet History Questionnaires Satisfactorily Rank Nutrient Intakes in Japanese Adults
    2012 645 citations Kentaro Murakami, Satoshi Sasaki et al. profile →

Peers

Kentaro Murakami
Alberto Ascherio United States
Martha Clare Morris United States
Helmut Schröder Spain
Éilis J. O’Reilly United States
Joseph R. Hibbeln United States
Vincenzo Solfrizzi Italy
Kuan‐Pin Su Taiwan
Christy Tangney United States
Jane Christensen Denmark
Lotte Lauritzen Denmark
Alberto Ascherio United States
Kentaro Murakami
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kentaro Murakami

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All Works

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Murakami, Kentaro, Nana Shinozaki, M. Barbara E. Livingstone, Shizuko Masayasu, & Satoshi Sasaki. (2025). Food literacy and eating motivation in relation to diet quality and general and abdominal obesity: A cross-sectional study. Appetite. 209. 107968–107968.
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Sugimoto, Minami, Keiko Asakura, Nana Shinozaki, et al.. (2024). Contribution of fortified foods and dietary supplements to total nutrient intakes and their adequacy in Japanese adults. BMC Nutrition. 10(1). 125–125.
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Shinozaki, Nana, Kentaro Murakami, Shizuko Masayasu, & Satoshi Sasaki. (2023). Usual Nutrient Intake Distribution and Prevalence of Nutrient Intake Inadequacy among Japanese Children and Adults: A Nationwide Study Based on 8-Day Dietary Records. Nutrients. 15(24). 5113–5113. 10 indexed citations
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Shinozaki, Nana, Kentaro Murakami, Natsumi Kimoto, Shizuko Masayasu, & Satoshi Sasaki. (2023). Association between meal context and diet quality in Japanese adults: a multilevel analysis. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 82(OCE5). 1 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Aya, Ami Fukunaga, Kentaro Murakami, et al.. (2023). Association between Dietary Hardness and Cognitive Dysfunction among Japanese Men in Their 60s: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 15(11). 2485–2485. 1 indexed citations
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Murakami, Kentaro, et al.. (2021). Effects of individualized dietary advice compared with conventional dietary advice for adults with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 32(4). 1035–1044. 6 indexed citations
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Iwata, Hiroshi, Eric A. Osborn, Giovanni J. Ughi, et al.. (2021). Highly Selective PPARα (Peroxisome Proliferator‐Activated Receptor α) Agonist Pemafibrate Inhibits Stent Inflammation and Restenosis Assessed by Multimodality Molecular‐Microstructural Imaging. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(20). e020834–e020834. 8 indexed citations
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Murakami, Kentaro, Keiko Asakura, Aya Fujiwara, et al.. (2020). Snacking in Japanese nursery school children aged 3–6 years: its characteristics and contribution to overall dietary intake. Public Health Nutrition. 24(5). 1042–1051. 6 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Yusuke, Toshiya Tanaka, Shogo Yamamoto, et al.. (2020). Pemafibrate, a selective PPARα modulator, prevents non-alcoholic steatohepatitis development without reducing the hepatic triglyceride content. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7818–7818. 77 indexed citations
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Murakami, Kentaro, M. Barbara E. Livingstone, & Satoshi Sasaki. (2018). Meal-specific dietary patterns and their contribution to overall dietary patterns in the Japanese context: Findings from the 2012 National Health and Nutrition Survey, Japan. Nutrition. 59. 108–115. 38 indexed citations
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Murakami, Kentaro, M. Barbara E. Livingstone, & Satoshi Sasaki. (2017). Establishment of a Meal Coding System for the Characterization of Meal-Based Dietary Patterns in Japan. Journal of Nutrition. 147(11). 2093–2101. 30 indexed citations
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Murakami, Kentaro & M. Barbara E. Livingstone. (2015). Prevalence and characteristics of misreporting of energy intake in US children and adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003–2012. British Journal Of Nutrition. 115(2). 294–304. 50 indexed citations
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Murakami, Kentaro & M. Barbara E. Livingstone. (2015). Eating Frequency Is Positively Associated with Overweight and Central Obesity in US Adults. Journal of Nutrition. 145(12). 2715–2724. 86 indexed citations
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Kumar, Vinit, Tamaki Endoh, Kentaro Murakami, & Naoki Sugimoto. (2012). Dehydration from conserved stem regions is fundamental for ligand-dependent conformational transition of the adenine-specific riboswitch. Chemical Communications. 48(78). 9693–9693. 14 indexed citations
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Ishida, Hiromi, et al.. (2011). The relationship between habitual dietary phosphorus and calcium intake, and bone mineral density in young Japanese women: a cross-sectional study.. PubMed. 20(3). 411–7. 34 indexed citations
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Murakami, Kentaro, et al.. (2011). Neighborhood Restaurant Availability and Frequency of Eating Out in Relation to Dietary Intake in Young Japanese Women. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 57(1). 87–94. 16 indexed citations
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Okubo, Hitomi, Yoshihiro Miyake, Satoshi Sasaki, et al.. (2010). Dietary patterns during pregnancy and the risk of postpartum depression in Japan: the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study. British Journal Of Nutrition. 105(8). 1251–1257. 59 indexed citations
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Okubo, Hitomi, et al.. (2007). Three major dietary patterns are all independently related to the risk of obesity among 3760 Japanese women aged 18–20 years. International Journal of Obesity. 32(3). 541–549. 90 indexed citations

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