Kinji Shirota

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kinji Shirota is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kinji Shirota has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kinji Shirota's work include Veterinary Oncology Research (18 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (17 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (13 papers). Kinji Shirota is often cited by papers focused on Veterinary Oncology Research (18 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (17 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (13 papers). Kinji Shirota collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Kinji Shirota's co-authors include Serge Jothy, Nicole Beauchemin, Clifford P. Stanners, Sarita Benchimol, Abraham Fuks, Songyang Yuan, Lam Leduy, Yasuo Nomura, Junichi Kamiie and Mariko Shirota and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Kinji Shirota

108 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Carcinoembryonic antigen,... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Carcinoembryonic antigen, a human tumor marker, functions as an intercellular adhesion molecule
    1989 808 citations Serge Jothy, Kinji Shirota et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kinji Shirota Japan 16 581 399 354 280 246 112 1.8k
N. N. Teng United States 21 560 1.0× 300 0.8× 384 1.1× 497 1.8× 265 1.1× 37 2.1k
Luis Marrero United States 27 957 1.6× 566 1.4× 208 0.6× 459 1.6× 518 2.1× 61 2.3k
Randall W. Barton United States 18 665 1.1× 362 0.9× 254 0.7× 620 2.2× 392 1.6× 42 1.9k
T Otsuka Japan 21 614 1.1× 386 1.0× 244 0.7× 1.3k 4.7× 166 0.7× 53 2.5k
D A Carson United States 29 1.1k 1.9× 410 1.0× 470 1.3× 919 3.3× 416 1.7× 50 3.0k
Kiyoyasu Fukushima Japan 23 776 1.3× 199 0.5× 304 0.9× 482 1.7× 439 1.8× 69 2.0k
Motoki Nakamura Japan 25 470 0.8× 414 1.0× 279 0.8× 906 3.2× 548 2.2× 93 2.4k
Cristina Maria Failla Italy 27 1.2k 2.0× 638 1.6× 428 1.2× 462 1.6× 676 2.7× 58 2.9k
D Henriksen-DeStefano United States 10 519 0.9× 355 0.9× 176 0.5× 959 3.4× 218 0.9× 10 1.9k
Ping Tsui United States 23 902 1.6× 169 0.4× 486 1.4× 364 1.3× 156 0.6× 53 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kinji Shirota

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kinji Shirota

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kinji Shirota

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kinji Shirota. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kinji Shirota based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kinji Shirota. Kinji Shirota is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yamada, Naoaki, Junichi Kamiie, Takuya Doi, et al.. (2017). Relationship Between Immunoglobulin Deposition and Early Lesions of Progressive Glomerulonephropathy in Young Common Marmosets. Veterinary Pathology. 55(1). 173–176. 3 indexed citations
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Kamiie, Junichi, et al.. (2017). A study on periostin involvement in the pathophysiology of canine atopic skin. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 80(1). 103–111. 12 indexed citations
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Hisasue, Masaharu, Shinobu Matsuura, Yukari Inoue, et al.. (2014). Canine Pemphigus Foliaceus with Concurrent Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 51(1). 56–63. 3 indexed citations
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Matsuura, Shinobu, et al.. (2014). A Case of Cutaneous Sterile Pyogranuloma/Granuloma Syndrome in a Maltese. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 50(4). 278–283. 4 indexed citations
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Kawashima, Jun, T. Nakamura, Yuko Ogawa, et al.. (2012). Delayed effects of single neonatal subcutaneous exposure of low-dose 17α-ethynylestradiol on reproductive function in female rats. The Journal of Toxicological Sciences. 37(4). 681–690. 23 indexed citations
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Artuković, Branka, Željko Grabarević, Andrea Gudan Kurilj, et al.. (2010). Clinical and pathological findings of an outbreak of Tyzzer’s disease in a rabbit colony in Croatia. Veterinarski arhiv. 80(6). 761–770. 1 indexed citations
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Ishikawa, Makoto, Takashi Kato, Ryosuke Kobayashi, et al.. (2010). Early-Onset Podocyte Injury and Glomerular Sclerosis in Osborne-Mendel Rats. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 72(10). 1319–1327. 13 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masashi, et al.. (2009). Dermal Fowlpoxvirus Infection in a Sparrow Diagnosed by PCR. 15(1). 39–41. 1 indexed citations
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Shirota, Kinji, et al.. (2008). Caudal Cutaneous Horn in a Shetland sheepdog. 14(4). 199–199.
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Shirota, Mariko, et al.. (2006). Internal dose-effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in gonadotropin-primed weanling rat model. Archives of Toxicology. 81(4). 261–269. 4 indexed citations
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Sasamoto, Takeo, Shozo Horii, Akihiro IBE, Naoko Takada, & Kinji Shirota. (2005). Concentration changes of PCDDs, PCDFs, and dioxin-like PCBs in human breast milk samples as shown by a follow-up survey. Chemosphere. 64(4). 642–649. 20 indexed citations
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Mizuno, Satoshi, et al.. (2002). Acute Vascular and Interstitial Rejection Following Renal Allograft Transplantation in Dogs.. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 64(12). 1137–1140. 3 indexed citations
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Kamiie, Junichi, et al.. (2000). Abnormal Distribution of Anionic Sites in the Glomerular Basement Membrane in Glomerulonephritis of Dogs Infected with Dirofilaria immitis.. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 62(11). 1193–1195. 3 indexed citations
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Shirota, Kinji, Lam Leduy, Songyang Yuan, & Serge Jothy. (1989). Interleukin-6 and its receptor are expressed in human intestinal epithelial cells. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology Including Molecular Pathology. 58(1). 303–308. 129 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Akinobu, et al.. (1987). Aortic Body Tumor in a Cow. Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association. 40(7). 523–525. 2 indexed citations
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Shirota, Kinji, et al.. (1986). Immunofluorescence for IgG and C3 in the swine kidney with trypsin-treated paraffin section: The influence of condition of formalin-fixation.. The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science. 48(4). 851–854. 1 indexed citations
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Shirota, Kinji, Reiji Takahashi, Kôsaku Fujiwara, & Atsuhiko Hasegawa. (1979). Canine Interstitial Nephritis with Special Referenee to Glomerular Lesions and Filariasis. The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science. 41(2). 119–127. 18 indexed citations

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