Masako Chiyo

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Masako Chiyo is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masako Chiyo has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 13 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Masako Chiyo's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (31 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (22 papers) and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies (9 papers). Masako Chiyo is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (31 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (22 papers) and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies (9 papers). Masako Chiyo collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Masako Chiyo's co-authors include Takehiko Fujisawa, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Yasuo Sekine, Toshihiko Iizasa, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Takahiro Nakajima, Prashant N. Chhajed, Kenzo Hiroshima, Akira Iyoda and Kazuhiro Yasufuku and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Masako Chiyo

55 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

  1. Real-time Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration of Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph Nodes
    2004 500 citations Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Masako Chiyo et al. CHEST Journal profile →

Peers

Masako Chiyo
Shigetoshi Yoshida Japan
Yukihiro Imai Japan
Noriyoshi Sawabata Japan
Robert J. Korst United States
Giovanni Franchin Italy
James P. Neifeld United States
Margaret M. Grimes United States
Heiji Yoshinaka Japan
Herbert Decaluwé Belgium
Naohiro Kajiwara Japan
Shigetoshi Yoshida Japan
Masako Chiyo
Citations per year, relative to Masako Chiyo Masako Chiyo (= 1×) peers Shigetoshi Yoshida

Countries citing papers authored by Masako Chiyo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masako Chiyo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masako Chiyo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masako Chiyo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masako Chiyo 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 Masako Chiyo. Masako Chiyo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fujiwara, Taiki, Takahiro Nakajima, Terunaga Inage, et al.. (2020). Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with previously treated lung cancer. Surgery Today. 51(3). 415–421. 1 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Takahiro, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Katsushi Kurosu, et al.. (2009). The role of EBUS-TBNA for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis – comparisons with other bronchoscopic diagnostic modalities. Respiratory Medicine. 103(12). 1796–1800. 120 indexed citations
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Iwata, Takekazu, Alexander Philipovskiy, Amanda Fisher, et al.. (2008). Anti-Type V Collagen Humoral Immunity in Lung Transplant Primary Graft Dysfunction. The Journal of Immunology. 181(8). 5738–5747. 85 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Takahiro, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Taiki Fujiwara, et al.. (2008). Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for the Diagnosis of Intrapulmonary Lesions. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 3(9). 985–988. 85 indexed citations
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Mohamed, Sherif, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Takahiro Nakajima, et al.. (2008). Nuclear survivin in pN2 nonsmall cell lung cancer: prognostic and clinical implications. European Respiratory Journal. 33(1). 127–133. 24 indexed citations
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Yasufuku, Kazuhiro, Takahiro Nakajima, Taiki Fujiwara, et al.. (2007). UTILITY OF ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL MASSES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. CHEST Journal. 132(4). 465A–465A. 1 indexed citations
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Yasufuku, Kazuhiro, Takahiro Nakajima, Masako Chiyo, et al.. (2007). Endobronchial Ultrasonography: Current Status and Future Directions. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2(10). 970–979. 71 indexed citations
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Sekine, Yasuo, Yoshito Yamada, Masako Chiyo, et al.. (2007). P3-260: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease decreases postoperative survival due to higher recurrence in male patients with stage IA lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2(8). S790–S790. 3 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Shigetoshi, Takekazu Iwata, Masako Chiyo, et al.. (2007). Metalloproteinase Inhibition Has Differential Effects on Alloimmunity, Autoimmunity, and Histopathology in the Transplanted Lung. Transplantation. 83(6). 799–808. 11 indexed citations
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Sekine, Yasuo, Yoshito Yamada, Masako Chiyo, et al.. (2007). Association of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Tumor Recurrence in Patients With Stage IA Lung Cancer After Complete Resection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 84(3). 946–950. 68 indexed citations
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Sekine, Yasuo, Yukio Saitoh, Masako Chiyo, et al.. (2006). Characteristics of Tumor Extension Requiring Bronchoplasty and Pneumonectomy in Patients with Lung Cancer and Positive Bronchoscopic Findings. Surgery Today. 36(6). 491–498. 2 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Satoshi, Azizul Haque, Teruaki Mizobuchi, et al.. (2006). Anti-Type V Collagen Lymphocytes that Express IL-17 and IL-23 Induce Rejection Pathology in Fresh and Well-Healed Lung Transplants. American Journal of Transplantation. 6(4). 724–735. 138 indexed citations
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Yasufuku, Kazuhiro, Masako Chiyo, Eitetsu Koh, et al.. (2005). Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration for staging of lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 50(3). 347–354. 349 indexed citations
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Chiyo, Masako, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Hidehisa Hoshino, et al.. (2005). Effective detection of bronchial preinvasive lesions by a new autofluorescence imaging bronchovideoscope system. Lung Cancer. 48(3). 307–313. 71 indexed citations
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Yasufuku, Kazuhiro, Masako Chiyo, Takekazu Iwata, et al.. (2004). Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Biopsy in Respiratory Disease-Real-time Endobronchial Ultrasound GuidedTransbronchial Needle Aspiration. 26(8). 704–710. 1 indexed citations
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Yasufuku, Kazuhiro, Masako Chiyo, Yasuo Sekine, et al.. (2004). Real-time Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration of Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph Nodes. CHEST Journal. 126(1). 122–128. 500 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sekine, Yasuo, Yukio Saitoh, Takehiko Fujisawa, et al.. (2002). Evaluation of Tumor Invasion to the Bronchial Wall and Nodal Metastasis by Endobronchial Ultrasonography. 24(4). 283–287. 1 indexed citations
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Iizasa, Toshihiko, Takashi Anayama, Masayuki Baba, et al.. (2002). A Clinical Investigation of Multiple Carcinomas in Resected Cases of Lung Carcinoma.. Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho. 53(2). 77–82. 1 indexed citations

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