Konosuke Morimoto

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Konosuke Morimoto is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Konosuke Morimoto has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Epidemiology, 19 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Konosuke Morimoto's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (30 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (24 papers) and Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (13 papers). Konosuke Morimoto is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (30 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (24 papers) and Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (13 papers). Konosuke Morimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Vietnam. Konosuke Morimoto's co-authors include Koya Ariyoshi, Motoi Suzuki, William J. Janssen, Peter M. Henson, R. William Vandivier, Makito Yaegashi, Masahiro Aoshima, Lay‐Myint Yoshida, Kathleen A. McPhillips and Norichika Asoh and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Konosuke Morimoto

80 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Konosuke Morimoto Japan	26	956	674	630	372	349	82	2.7k
Birgit Weinberger Austria	30	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.9×	233 0.4×	509 1.4×	304 0.9×	91	3.8k
Kevin S. Harrod United States	36	896 0.9×	641 1.0×	829 1.3×	723 1.9×	222 0.6×	78	2.9k
Wojciech Feleszko Poland	29	439 0.5×	390 0.6×	737 1.2×	877 2.4×	804 2.3×	119	3.4k
Yan Song China	24	381 0.4×	388 0.6×	326 0.5×	378 1.0×	109 0.3×	102	2.8k
Mitchell H. Grayson United States	35	662 0.7×	1.4k 2.0×	488 0.8×	486 1.3×	1.3k 3.7×	115	4.2k
Willem van de Veen Switzerland	27	369 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	265 0.4×	446 1.2×	1.2k 3.4×	47	4.5k
Ja‐Young Kwon South Korea	31	668 0.7×	508 0.8×	325 0.5×	359 1.0×	88 0.3×	161	3.2k
Jin‐Fu Xu China	31	880 0.9×	303 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	709 1.9×	342 1.0×	182	3.2k
José Roberto Lapa e Silva Brazil	35	1.2k 1.3×	916 1.4×	826 1.3×	407 1.1×	886 2.5×	139	3.8k
Ricardo J. José United Kingdom	22	519 0.5×	365 0.5×	418 0.7×	285 0.8×	95 0.3×	64	2.2k

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Maeda, Haruka & Konosuke Morimoto. (2025). Global distribution and characteristics of pneumococcal serotypes in adults. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 21(1). 2469424–2469424. 5 indexed citations

Yamashita, Yoshiro, Ikkoh Yasuda, Takeshi Tanaka, et al.. (2023). Antigen-specific cytokine profiles for pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease stage diagnosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1222428–1222428. 1 indexed citations

Dhoubhadel, Bhim Gopal, Tomoko Ishifuji, Makito Yaegashi, et al.. (2022). High prevalence of multiple serotypes of pneumococci in patients with pneumonia and their associated risk factors. Thorax. 77(11). 1121–1130. 4 indexed citations

Maeda, Haruka, Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Eiichiro Sando, et al.. (2022). Long-term impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for children on adult pneumococcal pneumonia in Japan: Two multicenter observational studies from 2011 to 2020. Vaccine. 40(37). 5504–5512. 11 indexed citations

Sando, Eiichiro, Motoi Suzuki, Masayuki Ishida, et al.. (2021). Definitive and Indeterminate Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia: A Prospective Observational Study. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 18(9). 1475–1481. 13 indexed citations

Morimoto, Konosuke, et al.. (2020). La urgencia de implementar y ampliar la telepsiquiatría durante la crisis de COVID-19: perspectiva de los jóvenes psiquiatras. Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental. 13(3). 174–175. 2 indexed citations

Ito, Hiroyuki, Yoshiro Yamashita, Takeshi Tanaka, et al.. (2020). Cigarette smoke induces endoplasmic reticulum stress and suppresses efferocytosis through the activation of RhoA. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 12620–12620. 20 indexed citations

Sano, Masahiro, Motohiro Sekino, Masahiro Takaki, et al.. (2020). Pneumatocele formation in a fatal adult pneumonia patient coinfected with Streptococcus pyogenes emm-type 3 and influenza A: a case report. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 892–892. 1 indexed citations

Hasegawa, Shinya, Atsushi Shiraishi, Makito Yaegashi, et al.. (2019). Ceftriaxone versus ampicillin/sulbactam for the treatment of aspiration-associated pneumonia in adults. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. 8(15). 1275–1284. 13 indexed citations

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Hasegawa, Shinya, et al.. (2019). 1g versus 2 g daily intravenous ceftriaxone in the treatment of community onset pneumonia – a propensity score analysis of data from a Japanese multicenter registry. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19(1). 1079–1079. 10 indexed citations

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Miyahara, Reiko, Motoi Suzuki, Konosuke Morimoto, et al.. (2018). Nosocomial Outbreak of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection With β-Lactamase-Negative Ampicillin-Resistant Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 39(6). 652–659. 5 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Takeshi, Nobuo Saito, Masahiro Takaki, et al.. (2016). Refractory chylothorax in HIV/AIDS-related disseminated mycobacterial infection. Thorax. 71(10). 960–961. 5 indexed citations

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Aoshima, Masahiro, Koya Ariyoshi, Norichika Asoh, et al.. (2014). The two years of prospective hospital based multicenter adult pneumonia surveillance in Japan; the final year report of APSG-Japan. European Respiratory Journal. 44(Suppl 58). P1054–P1054. 1 indexed citations

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Ono, Shinji, Takahiro Tanaka, Masaki Ishida, et al.. (2011). Surfactant protein C G100S mutation causes familial pulmonary fibrosis in Japanese kindred. European Respiratory Journal. 38(4). 861–869. 60 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Takayuki, Yoshiko Tsuchihashi, Ryushi Tazawa, et al.. (2010). Adult-onset hereditary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis caused by a single-base deletion in CSF2RB. Journal of Medical Genetics. 48(3). 205–209. 71 indexed citations

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Richens, Tiffany R., Derek J. Linderman, Cherie Lambert, et al.. (2009). Cigarette Smoke Impairs Clearance of Apoptotic Cells through Oxidant-dependent Activation of RhoA. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(11). 1011–1021. 126 indexed citations

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Janssen, William J., Kathleen A. McPhillips, Matthew Dickinson, et al.. (2008). Surfactant Proteins A and D Suppress Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis via Interaction with SIRPα. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(2). 158–167. 166 indexed citations

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Freire-de-Lima, Célio Geraldo, William J. Janssen, Konosuke Morimoto, et al.. (2006). Oxidants Selectively Reverse TGF-β Suppression of Proinflammatory Mediator Production. The Journal of Immunology. 176(2). 1209–1217. 35 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Konosuke, William J. Janssen, Michael B. Fessler, et al.. (2006). Lovastatin Enhances Clearance of Apoptotic Cells (Efferocytosis) with Implications for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The Journal of Immunology. 176(12). 7657–7665. 184 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Konosuke, et al.. (2006). Statins Enhance Clearance of Apoptotic Cells through Modulation of Rho-GTPases. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society. 3(6). 516–517. 13 indexed citations

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