Mami Matsushita

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Mami Matsushita is a scholar working on Physiology, Rehabilitation and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mami Matsushita has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Physiology, 17 papers in Rehabilitation and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Mami Matsushita's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (30 papers), Thermoregulation and physiological responses (17 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (17 papers). Mami Matsushita is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (30 papers), Thermoregulation and physiological responses (17 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (17 papers). Mami Matsushita collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Mami Matsushita's co-authors include Masayuki Saito, Takeshi Yoneshiro, Toshimitsu Kameya, Yuko Kawai, Toshihiko Iwanaga, Yuko Okamatsu‐Ogura, Sayuri Aita, Kunihiro Nakada, Masao Miyagawa and Masayuki Tsujisaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Mami Matsushita

31 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

High Incidence of Metabolically Active Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Adult Humans

2009 1.5k citations Masayuki Saito, Yuko Okamatsu‐Ogura et al. Diabetes profile →
Recruited brown adipose tissue as an antiobesity agent in humans

2013 755 citations Takeshi Yoneshiro, Sayuri Aita et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mami Matsushita Japan	17	3.4k	1.3k	1.1k	862	619	31	3.8k
Toshimitsu Kameya Japan	11	3.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	893 1.0×	621 1.0×	18	3.7k
Janne Orava Finland	7	3.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	816 0.7×	854 1.0×	544 0.9×	8	3.4k
Markku Taittonen Finland	17	3.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	737 0.7×	935 1.1×	499 0.8×	36	3.7k
Denis P. Blondin Canada	23	2.8k 0.8×	808 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	700 0.8×	600 1.0×	63	3.1k
Mariëtte R. Boon Netherlands	35	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	515 0.5×	788 0.9×	355 0.6×	112	3.7k
Anisha Korde United States	6	3.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	814 0.7×	413 0.5×	459 0.7×	9	3.9k
Takeshi Yoneshiro Japan	31	5.4k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	962 1.6×	55	6.3k
Birgitte F. Vind Denmark	17	4.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	918 0.8×	502 0.6×	843 1.4×	21	5.3k
Joo Young Huh South Korea	16	2.8k 0.8×	982 0.8×	833 0.8×	214 0.2×	541 0.9×	23	3.1k
Sayuri Aita Japan	8	2.0k 0.6×	735 0.6×	692 0.6×	536 0.6×	365 0.6×	14	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Mami Matsushita

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mami Matsushita

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Yoneshiro, Takeshi, Mami Matsushita, Yuko Kurosawa, et al.. (2025). Pre-fertilization-origin preservation of brown fat-mediated energy expenditure in humans. Nature Metabolism. 7(4). 778–791. 4 indexed citations

Yoneshiro, Takeshi, Mami Matsushita, Juro Sakai, & Masayuki Saito. (2025). Brown fat thermogenesis and cold adaptation in humans. Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 44(1). 11–11. 3 indexed citations

Matsushita, Mami, Takeshi Yoneshiro, Masayuki Saito, et al.. (2024). Genetic evidence for involvement of β2-adrenergic receptor in brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in humans. International Journal of Obesity. 48(8). 1110–1117. 9 indexed citations

Matsushita, Mami, et al.. (2024). Association between thermogenic brown fat and genes under positive natural selection in circumpolar populations. Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 43(1). 19–19. 5 indexed citations

Takayama, Hiroaki, Kiyo‐aki Ishii, Yumie Takeshita, et al.. (2022). Selenoprotein P-mediated reductive stress impairs cold-induced thermogenesis in brown fat. Cell Reports. 38(13). 110566–110566. 23 indexed citations

Yoneshiro, Takeshi, Mami Matsushita, Sayuri Aita, et al.. (2021). Prolonged Treatment with Grains of Paradise (<i>Aframomum melegueta</i>) Extract Recruits Adaptive Thermogenesis and Reduces Body Fat in Humans with Low Brown Fat Activity. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. 67(2). 99–104. 2 indexed citations

Matsushita, Mami, Shinsuke Nirengi, Masanobu Hibi, et al.. (2021). Diurnal variations of brown fat thermogenesis and fat oxidation in humans. International Journal of Obesity. 45(11). 2499–2505. 24 indexed citations

Hamaoka, Takafumi, Shinsuke Nirengi, Shiho Amagasa, et al.. (2020). Near-Infrared Time-Resolved Spectroscopy for Assessing Brown Adipose Tissue Density in Humans: A Review. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 11. 261–261. 17 indexed citations

Saito, Masayuki, Mami Matsushita, Takeshi Yoneshiro, & Yuko Okamatsu‐Ogura. (2020). Brown Adipose Tissue, Diet-Induced Thermogenesis, and Thermogenic Food Ingredients: From Mice to Men. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 11. 222–222. 163 indexed citations

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Nirengi, Shinsuke, Shiho Amagasa, Toshiyuki Homma, et al.. (2019). Applicability of Supraclavicular Oxygenated and Total Hemoglobin Evaluated by Near-Infrared Time-Resolved Spectroscopy as Indicators of Brown Adipose Tissue Density in Humans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(9). 2214–2214. 7 indexed citations

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Nirengi, Shinsuke, Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Mami Matsushita, et al.. (2019). An optimal condition for the evaluation of human brown adipose tissue by infrared thermography. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0220574–e0220574. 34 indexed citations

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Okamatsu‐Ogura, Yuko, et al.. (2019). Association of circulating exosomal miR-122 levels with BAT activity in healthy humans. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13243–13243. 20 indexed citations

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Nirengi, Shinsuke, Shiho Amagasa, Toshiyuki Homma, et al.. (2018). Brown adipose tissue density measured by near-infrared time-resolved spectroscopy in Japanese, across a wide age range. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 23(6). 1–1. 19 indexed citations

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Yoneshiro, Takeshi, Mami Matsushita, Masanobu Hibi, et al.. (2017). Tea catechin and caffeine activate brown adipose tissue and increase cold-induced thermogenic capacity in humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 105(4). 873–881. 82 indexed citations

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Saito, Masayuki, Takeshi Yoneshiro, & Mami Matsushita. (2016). Activation and recruitment of brown adipose tissue by cold exposure and food ingredients in humans. Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 30(4). 537–547. 48 indexed citations

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Yoneshiro, Takeshi, Mami Matsushita, Satoshi Nakae, et al.. (2016). Brown adipose tissue is involved in the seasonal variation of cold-induced thermogenesis in humans. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 310(10). R999–R1009. 73 indexed citations

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Nirengi, Shinsuke, Takeshi Yoneshiro, Sayuri Aita, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of Brown Adipose Tissue Using Near-Infrared Time-Resolved Spectroscopy. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 876. 371–376. 2 indexed citations

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Saito, Masayuki, Takeshi Yoneshiro, & Mami Matsushita. (2015). Food Ingredients as Anti-Obesity Agents. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 26(11). 585–587. 41 indexed citations

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Yoneshiro, Takeshi, Sayuri Aita, Mami Matsushita, et al.. (2013). Recruited brown adipose tissue as an antiobesity agent in humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 123(8). 3404–3408. 755 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saito, Masayuki, Yuko Okamatsu‐Ogura, Mami Matsushita, et al.. (2009). High Incidence of Metabolically Active Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Adult Humans. Diabetes. 58(7). 1526–1531. 1523 indexed citations breakdown →

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