Masako Kanai‐Pak

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 767 citations indexed

About

Masako Kanai‐Pak is a scholar working on Physiology, Rehabilitation and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Masako Kanai‐Pak has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 767 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physiology, 6 papers in Rehabilitation and 4 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Masako Kanai‐Pak's work include Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (8 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (6 papers) and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (4 papers). Masako Kanai‐Pak is often cited by papers focused on Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare (8 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (6 papers) and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (4 papers). Masako Kanai‐Pak collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Masako Kanai‐Pak's co-authors include Douglas M. Sloane, Lusine Poghosyan, Linda H. Aiken, Eunhee Cho, Sean P. Clarke, Yupin Aungsuroch, Lin You, C. Max Finlayson, Jun Ota and Noriaki Kuwahara and has published in prestigious journals such as Sensors, Journal of Advanced Nursing and Applied Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masako Kanai‐Pak

27 papers receiving 710 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.

Importance of work environments on hospital outcomes in nine countries

2011 365 citations Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane et al. International Journal for Quality in Health Care profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masako Kanai‐Pak Japan	9	460	187	90	87	85	27	767
Jan M. Davies Canada	18	303 0.7×	108 0.6×	57 0.6×	351 4.0×	43 0.5×	59	1.3k
Kathy Malloch United States	14	290 0.6×	72 0.4×	73 0.8×	194 2.2×	36 0.4×	58	659
Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem Saudi Arabia	14	169 0.4×	38 0.2×	74 0.8×	87 1.0×	136 1.6×	105	707
Kathryn L. Ricker Canada	13	396 0.9×	149 0.8×	52 0.6×	149 1.7×	23 0.3×	21	1.0k
Susan J. Grobe United States	16	314 0.7×	50 0.3×	105 1.2×	80 0.9×	56 0.7×	24	981
Jacqueline Moss United States	18	246 0.5×	59 0.3×	223 2.5×	314 3.6×	98 1.2×	65	1.3k
Jeungok Choi United States	15	352 0.8×	58 0.3×	101 1.1×	30 0.3×	53 0.6×	42	653
Shu‐Yuan Lin Taiwan	13	237 0.5×	46 0.2×	43 0.5×	140 1.6×	81 1.0×	49	673
Michelle Aebersold United States	23	433 0.9×	168 0.9×	51 0.6×	346 4.0×	41 0.5×	62	1.6k
Carol L. Huston United States	8	152 0.3×	133 0.7×	23 0.3×	52 0.6×	25 0.3×	10	436

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Ogata, Taiki, Zhihang Zhong, Masako Kanai‐Pak, et al.. (2021). Development of Robot Patient Lower Limbs to Reproduce the Sit-to-Stand Movement with Correct and Incorrect Applications of Transfer Skills by Nurses. Applied Sciences. 11(6). 2872–2872. 8 indexed citations

Saito, Toki, et al.. (2020). Effects of Virtual Reality Practice as Simulation-based Education on Multi Tasks of Nursing. 17(1). 15–22. 1 indexed citations

Ogata, Taiki, Zhihang Zhong, Masako Kanai‐Pak, et al.. (2020). Development and Validation of Robot Patient Equipped with an Inertial Measurement Unit and Angular Position Sensors to Evaluate Transfer Skills of Nurses. International Journal of Social Robotics. 13(5). 899–917. 12 indexed citations

Kanai‐Pak, Masako, et al.. (2019). Effect of practice on similar and dissimilar skills in patient transfer through training with a robot patient. Advanced Robotics. 33(6). 278–292. 6 indexed citations

Shirafuji, Shouhei, Taiki Ogata, Takeji Ueda, et al.. (2018). Study of design factors for transfer-aid equipment based on caregivers’ feelings. Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing. 12(1). JAMDSM0013–JAMDSM0013. 4 indexed citations

Kanai‐Pak, Masako, et al.. (2017). Robot Patient Design to Simulate Various Patients for Transfer Training. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 22(5). 2079–2090. 12 indexed citations

Ogata, Taiki, Takahiro Katayama, Masako Kanai‐Pak, et al.. (2016). Mannequin system for the self-training of nurses in the changing of clothes. Kybernetes. 45(5). 839–852. 4 indexed citations

Kanai‐Pak, Masako, et al.. (2016). Impact of Using a Robot Patient for Nursing Skill Training in Patient Transfer. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 10(3). 355–366. 24 indexed citations

Katayama, Takahiro, Masako Kanai‐Pak, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, et al.. (2015). Design and evaluation of robot patient for nursing skill training in patient transfer. Advanced Robotics. 29(19). 1269–1285. 18 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Masako, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Masako Kanai‐Pak, et al.. (2014). Relationship between Nursing Students' Preference for Types of Teaching Materials and Learning Effects of Self-Learning Tool. Studies in health technology and informatics. 201. 39–47. 1 indexed citations

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Kanai‐Pak, Masako, et al.. (2013). Design of a robot for patient transfer training. Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan. 1041–1046. 6 indexed citations

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Kanai‐Pak, Masako, et al.. (2013). Automatic Evaluation of Trainee Nurses' Patient Transfer Skills Using Multiple Kinect Sensors. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems. E97.D(1). 107–118. 10 indexed citations

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Kanai‐Pak, Masako, et al.. (2012). Development of a nursing self-training system for transferring patient from bed to wheelchair. Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan. 246–254. 3 indexed citations

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Kanai‐Pak, Masako, et al.. (2012). Dynamic scheduling-based inpatient nursing support: applicability evaluation by laboratory experiments. International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. 5(1). 39–39. 4 indexed citations

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Aiken, Linda H., Douglas M. Sloane, Sean P. Clarke, et al.. (2011). Importance of work environments on hospital outcomes in nine countries. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 23(4). 357–364. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kanai‐Pak, Masako. (2009). Leadership Behaviors that Mitigate Burnout and Empower Japanese Nurses. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 5 indexed citations

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Kanai‐Pak, Masako, et al.. (2009). Dynamic scheduling based inpatient nursing support. 48–54. 5 indexed citations

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Kanai‐Pak, Masako, Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, & Lusine Poghosyan. (2008). Poor work environments and nurse inexperience are associated with burnout, job dissatisfaction and quality deficits in Japanese hospitals. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 17(24). 3324–3329. 173 indexed citations

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Otieno, George, et al.. (2007). Nurses’ views on the use, quality and user satisfaction with electronic medical records: questionnaire development. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 60(2). 209–219. 68 indexed citations

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Anders, Robert L. & Masako Kanai‐Pak. (1992). Karoshi: death from overwork--a nursing problem in Japan?. PubMed. 13(4). 186–91. 3 indexed citations

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