Masahiko Murakami

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Masahiko Murakami is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiko Murakami has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Surgery, 46 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 30 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Masahiko Murakami's work include Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (20 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (17 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (15 papers). Masahiko Murakami is often cited by papers focused on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (20 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (17 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (15 papers). Masahiko Murakami collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Egypt. Masahiko Murakami's co-authors include Takeshi Aoki, Mitsuo Kusano, Koji Otsuka, P Behn, Kimiyasu Yamazaki, Patricia Crock, Hiroshi Inoue, Ernesto Bernal‐Mizrachi, Yukio Tanizawa and Y. Oka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Masahiko Murakami

99 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

A gene encoding a transmembrane protein is mutated in patients with diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy (Wolfram syndrome)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masahiko Murakami Japan	18	921	503	400	392	364	116	1.8k
M. Lise Italy	27	1.2k 1.3×	456 0.9×	684 1.7×	284 0.7×	76 0.2×	116	2.3k
John Wang Taiwan	20	252 0.3×	164 0.3×	320 0.8×	444 1.1×	158 0.4×	45	1.3k
Jun Nagata Japan	15	395 0.4×	173 0.3×	396 1.0×	326 0.8×	63 0.2×	44	1.1k
Yanxin Luo China	26	406 0.4×	361 0.7×	892 2.2×	865 2.2×	47 0.1×	88	2.0k
Masato Imai Japan	20	427 0.5×	95 0.2×	249 0.6×	261 0.7×	46 0.1×	34	1.7k
Andrew J. Haak United States	21	188 0.2×	420 0.8×	171 0.4×	554 1.4×	256 0.7×	57	1.5k
Norihide Yoneda Japan	27	981 1.1×	319 0.6×	433 1.1×	284 0.7×	35 0.1×	68	2.7k
Goro Takahashi Japan	24	477 0.5×	323 0.6×	870 2.2×	325 0.8×	67 0.2×	135	1.6k
Yunosuke Nishihara Japan	24	590 0.6×	331 0.7×	369 0.9×	209 0.5×	32 0.1×	55	1.6k
Maria Ausiliatrice Puglisi Italy	18	443 0.5×	197 0.4×	598 1.5×	459 1.2×	38 0.1×	38	1.5k

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Otsuka, Koji, et al.. (2025). The correlation between intrathoracic herniation of the gastric tube and postoperative complications and the efficacy of laparoscopic retrosternal route creation. Esophagus. 22(3). 382–389. 1 indexed citations

Otsuka, Koji, et al.. (2022). Predictive Factors of Febrile Neutropenia After Primary Prophylactic Pegfilgrastim With DCF Chemotherapy for Esophageal Cancer. Anticancer Research. 42(12). 6071–6081.

Aoki, Takeshi, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Yuta Enami, et al.. (2021). Clinical Treatment of Perioperative Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Patients Who Underwent Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. The American Surgeon. 89(4). 907–913. 2 indexed citations

Tashiro, Yoshihiko, Hannah M. Hollandsworth, Hiroto Nishino, et al.. (2020). Indocyanine Green Labels an Orthotopic Nude-Mouse Model of Very-Early Colon-Cancer Liver Metastases. In Vivo. 34(5). 2277–2280. 6 indexed citations

Otsuka, Koji, Masahiko Murakami, Satoru Goto, et al.. (2020). Minimally invasive esophagectomy and radical lymph node dissection without recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. Surgical Endoscopy. 34(6). 2749–2757. 23 indexed citations

Ohike, Nobuyuki, Takeshi Aoki, Yuta Enami, et al.. (2020). Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas with High-Grade Malignant Transformation Involving p16-RB Pathway Alterations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2020. 1–6. 6 indexed citations

Aoki, Takeshi, Tomotake Koizumi, Maki Sugimoto, & Masahiko Murakami. (2020). Holography-guided percutaneous puncture technique for selective near-infrared fluorescence-guided laparoscopic liver resection using mixed-reality wearable spatial computer. Surgical Oncology. 35. 476–477. 11 indexed citations

Otsuka, Yuichiro, Taiga Wakabayashi, Masahiro Shinoda, et al.. (2020). Six autoantibodies as potential serum biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma: A prospective multicenter study. International Journal of Cancer. 147(9). 2578–2586. 16 indexed citations

Aoki, Takeshi, Masahiko Murakami, Tomotake Koizumi, et al.. (2018). Determination of the surgical margin in laparoscopic liver resections using infrared indocyanine green fluorescence. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 403(5). 671–680. 54 indexed citations

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Tashiro, Yoshihiko, et al.. (2017). Pubic osteomyelitis after transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair. Hernia. 21(5). 813–815. 1 indexed citations

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Murakami, Masahiko, Makoto Watanabe, Akira Fujimori, et al.. (2017). Rare Case of Cecal Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma with Distal Intramural Spread. In Vivo. 31(4). 705–708.

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Aoki, Takeshi, Masahiko Murakami, Tomotake Koizumi, et al.. (2016). Ultrasound with Electromagnetic Tracking Navigation and Image Fusion System in Laparoscopic Liver Surgery: An Initial Clinical Experience. The American Surgeon. 82(12). 366–368. 4 indexed citations

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Murakami, Masahiko, et al.. (2015). Morphometric and quantitative evaluation of the gastroepiploic artery. Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica. 92(2). 33–35. 4 indexed citations

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Matsuda, Kazuhiro, Masahiko Murakami, Takeshi Aoki, et al.. (2013). Outcomes of Hepatectomy for Liver Metastasis of Gastric Cancer. Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association). 74(11). 2962–2967.

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Murakami, Masahiko, et al.. (2011). A CASE OF LARREY HERNIA WITH DUODENAL HERNIATION REPAIRED BY LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY USING COMPOSIX KUGEL PATCH. Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association). 72(7). 1729–1733.

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Shimizu, Yoshinori, Takeshi Aoki, Tomokazu Kusano, et al.. (2009). Natural course of the remnant hepatic functional reserve as estimated by technetium-99m-galactosyl human serum albumin scintigraphy after a hepatectomy. Journal of Gastroenterology. 45(3). 308–316. 3 indexed citations

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Enami, Yuta, Hirohisa Kato, Masahiko Murakami, et al.. (2001). Anti-transforming growth factor-β1 antibody transiently enhances DNA synthesis during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. 8(3). 250–258. 17 indexed citations

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Ishihara, Akira, Masahiko Murakami, Atsushi Satō, et al.. (2001). A Case of Large Esophageal Hiatal Hernia Successfully Treated by Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication.. The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery. 34(3). 210–213. 3 indexed citations

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Murakami, Masahiko, et al.. (1998). A Case of Verrucous Skin Lesions on the Feet in Diabetic Neuropathy.. The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology. 60(3). 318–320. 1 indexed citations

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Murakami, Masahiko, et al.. (1987). Electron microscopic and immunohistochemical studies on follicular mucinosis.. The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology. 49(6). 1032–1038. 1 indexed citations

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