Kunihiro Nishimura

15.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
444 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Kunihiro Nishimura is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunihiro Nishimura has authored 444 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 103 papers in Surgery and 87 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kunihiro Nishimura's work include Heart Failure Treatment and Management (35 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (29 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (26 papers). Kunihiro Nishimura is often cited by papers focused on Heart Failure Treatment and Management (35 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (29 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (26 papers). Kunihiro Nishimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Kunihiro Nishimura's co-authors include Shunichi Kumagai, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Daisuke Sugiyama, Akio Morinobu, Michikazu Nakai, Satoshi Yasuda, Takashi Nakazawa, Tomonori Okamura, Goh Tsuji and Teruo Noguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Kunihiro Nishimura

411 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Meta-analysis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Anti–Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody and Rheumatoid Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis

2007 587 citations Kunihiro Nishimura et al. profile →
Vegetarian Diets and Blood Pressure

2014 332 citations Kunihiro Nishimura, Misa Takegami et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kunihiro Nishimura	2.8k	1.7k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	444	9.4k
Lai‐Chu See	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	300	8.9k
Greg Gamble	3.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	755 0.6×	376	16.4k
Cheng‐Li Lin	1.3k 0.5×	2.9k 1.7×	2.1k 1.4×	2.6k 1.9×	1.0k 0.8×	985	14.4k
Alexandra Kaider	1.2k 0.4×	2.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	651 0.5×	297	9.6k
Emmanuel J. Favaloro	3.8k 1.3×	3.2k 1.8×	1.3k 0.9×	752 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	704	15.9k
Jennifer E. Ho	5.2k 1.8×	1.4k 0.8×	783 0.5×	782 0.6×	767 0.6×	194	9.6k
Xavier Bosch	3.2k 1.1×	3.3k 1.9×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	420	11.5k
Jeroen P. Jansen	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	943 0.7×	146	12.1k
Chris Cameron	1.5k 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	704 0.6×	86	9.4k
Alexander Zarbock	2.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	2.2k 1.6×	561 0.4×	288	17.7k

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Fujimoto, Wataru, Makoto Takemoto, Koji Kuroda, et al.. (2025). Prognostic Impact of Annual Changes in the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index in Malnourished Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation Reports. 7(12). 1211–1221.

Yoshimoto, Takeshi, Yorito Hattori, Hiroyuki Ishiyama, et al.. (2025). CYP2C19 Polymorphism and Clopidogrel Efficacy in Long-Term Outcomes of Large-Artery Atherosclerotic Stroke. JACC Asia. 5(11). 1444–1453.

Tanaka, Tomotaka, Satoshi Saitô, Takeshi Yoshimoto, et al.. (2024). High pillow and spontaneous vertebral artery dissection: A case-control study implicating “Shogun pillow syndrome”. European Stroke Journal. 9(2). 501–509. 1 indexed citations

Ogata, Soshiro, Satoshi Honda, Toshiyuki Nagai, et al.. (2024). Prolonged delirium during hospitalization is associated with worse long-term and short-term outcomes in patients with acute heart failure. International Journal of Cardiology. 399. 131776–131776. 6 indexed citations

Makino, Hisashi, Cheol Son, Kunihiro Nishimura, et al.. (2024). Comparison of canagliflozin and teneligliptin on energy intake and body weight in Japanese patients with Type 2 diabetes: a subanalysis of the CANTABILE study. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 24(1). 153–153.

Shimamoto, Keiko, Federica Dagradi, Seiko Ohno, et al.. (2024). Clinical Features, Long-Term Prognosis, and Clinical Management of Genotype-Negative Long QT Syndrome Patients. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 10(12). 2584–2596. 6 indexed citations

Nakaoku, Yuriko, Soshiro Ogata, Tomotaka Tanaka, et al.. (2024). Ten-year national trends in in-hospital mortality and functional outcomes after intracerebral hemorrhage by age in Japan: J-ASPECT study. European Stroke Journal. 9(2). 398–408. 3 indexed citations

Yoshimoto, Takeshi, Hiroyuki Ishiyama, Yorito Hattori, et al.. (2023). Association of thyroid peroxidase antibody with the RNF213 p.R4810K variant in ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack. Atherosclerosis. 382. 117281–117281. 5 indexed citations

Narita, Zui, Ryo Okubo, Yohei Sasaki, et al.. (2023). Association of COVID-19-related discrimination with subsequent depression and suicidal ideation in healthcare workers. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 159. 153–158. 13 indexed citations

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Noguchi, Teruo, et al.. (2023). Association Between Genetic Diagnosis and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(8). e028625–e028625. 10 indexed citations

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Fukuma, Kazuki, Tomotaka Tanaka, Katsuya Kobayashi, et al.. (2023). Periodic discharges plus fast activity on electroencephalogram predict worse outcomes in poststroke epilepsy. Epilepsia. 64(12). 3279–3293. 2 indexed citations

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Yoshikawa, Yusuke, Teruo Noguchi, Soshiro Ogata, et al.. (2023). Changes in neurological outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a population-based nationwide observational study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 36. 100771–100771. 4 indexed citations

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Ogata, Soshiro, Eri Kiyoshige, Kunihiro Nishimura, et al.. (2022). Associations Between Adherence to Evidence-Based, Stroke Quality Indicators and Outcomes of Acute Reperfusion Therapy. Stroke. 53(11). 3359–3368. 4 indexed citations

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Nakai, Michikazu, Yoshitaka Iwanaga, Yoko Sumita, et al.. (2022). Associations among cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: Analysis of the nationwide claims-based JROAD-DPC dataset. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0264390–e0264390. 19 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Tomotaka, Kazuki Fukuma, Soichiro Matsubara, et al.. (2022). Association of Cortical Superficial Siderosis with Post‐Stroke Epilepsy. Annals of Neurology. 93(2). 357–370. 11 indexed citations

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Fukuma, Kazuki, Shuhei Ikeda, Tomotaka Tanaka, et al.. (2022). Clinical and imaging features of nonmotor onset seizure in poststroke epilepsy. Epilepsia. 63(8). 2068–2080.

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Ogata, Soshiro, et al.. (2021). A multiple 24-hour urine collection study indicates that kidney function decline is related to urinary sodium and potassium excretion in patients with chronic kidney disease. Kidney International. 101(1). 164–173. 17 indexed citations

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Kurogi, Ryota, Kunihiro Nishimura, Koichi Arimura, et al.. (2020). Effect of treatment modality and cerebral vasospasm agent on patient outcomes after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the elderly aged 75 years and older. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0230953–e0230953. 18 indexed citations

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Miyazaki, Takahiro, Kentaro Otani, Ayano Chiba, et al.. (2018). A New Secretory Peptide of Natriuretic Peptide Family, Osteocrin, Suppresses the Progression of Congestive Heart Failure After Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Research. 122(5). 742–751. 39 indexed citations

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Honda, Satoshi, Toshiyuki Nagai, Kunihiro Nishimura, et al.. (2018). Long-term prognostic significance of urinary sodium concentration in patients with acute heart failure. International Journal of Cardiology. 254. 189–194. 41 indexed citations

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