Masashi Kobayashi

16.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
490 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Masashi Kobayashi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Masashi Kobayashi has authored 490 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Molecular Biology, 111 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 97 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Masashi Kobayashi's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (58 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (39 papers) and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (38 papers). Masashi Kobayashi is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (58 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (39 papers) and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (38 papers). Masashi Kobayashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masashi Kobayashi's co-authors include Jerrold M. Olefsky, Toshiyasu Sasaoka, Isao Usui, Tetsuro Haruta, Yukio Shigeta, Masaharu Urakaze, Hiroshi Date, Makoto Sonobe, Junko Kawahara and Katsuya Egawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masashi Kobayashi

466 papers receiving 12.6k 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.

Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus

2002 637 citations Masashi Kobayashi et al. profile →
Regulatory Mechanisms for Adipose Tissue M1 and M2 Macrophages in Diet-Induced Obese Mice

2009 586 citations Masashi Kobayashi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masashi Kobayashi Japan	60	5.4k	2.4k	2.2k	2.0k	2.0k	490	13.0k
Kenneth K. Wu United States	70	6.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	277	18.2k
Hajime Nawata Japan	61	4.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	494	14.9k
Moshe Levi United States	59	5.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.9k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	193	14.7k
Oswald Wagner Austria	63	4.2k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	303	14.3k
Hidenori Koyama Japan	68	5.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	414	15.1k
Rajiv Kumar United States	67	4.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	787 0.4×	380	17.4k
John A. Wagner United States	63	5.9k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	793 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	250	13.8k
Gavin Y. Oudit Canada	78	6.2k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	338	21.5k
Hiroshi Itoh Japan	74	9.2k 1.7×	3.9k 1.6×	2.5k 1.1×	3.9k 1.9×	2.0k 1.0×	609	22.7k
Akiyoshi Fukamizu Japan	75	10.8k 2.0×	2.3k 0.9×	955 0.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	365	20.9k

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Taniguchi, Masashi, et al.. (2025). Infrapatellar fat pad stiffness is associated with knee symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Clinical Rheumatology. 44(6). 2455–2462. 2 indexed citations

Miyake, Tomohiro, et al.. (2024). Early Ambulation Following Lung Resection Surgery: Impact on Short-term Outcomes in Patients with Lung Cancer. PubMed. 27(1). 42–48. 1 indexed citations

Taniguchi, Masashi, Jun Umehara, Momoko Yamagata, et al.. (2023). Understanding muscle coordination during gait based on muscle synergy and its association with symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Clinical Rheumatology. 43(2). 743–752. 9 indexed citations

Taniguchi, Masashi, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Masahide Yagi, et al.. (2023). A higher intramuscular fat in vastus medialis is associated with functional disabilities and symptoms in early stage of knee osteoarthritis: a case–control study. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 25(1). 61–61. 11 indexed citations

Bouchi, Ryotaro, Mitsuhiko Noda, Yasuaki Hayashino, et al.. (2023). Behavioral change stage might moderate the impact of multifaceted interventions on non‐attendance from medical care among patients with type 2 diabetes: The Japan Diabetes Outcome Intervention Trial‐2 Large‐Scale Trial 007 (J‐DOIT2‐LT007). Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 14(7). 907–916.

Taniguchi, Masashi, et al.. (2022). Assessment of fore-, mid-, and rear-foot alignment and their association with knee symptoms and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Clinical Rheumatology. 42(2). 511–517. 7 indexed citations

Taniguchi, Masashi, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Masahide Yagi, et al.. (2021). Enhanced echo intensity and a higher extracellular water-to-intracellular water ratio are helpful clinical signs for detecting muscle degeneration in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Clinical Rheumatology. 40(10). 4207–4215. 17 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Masashi, et al.. (2018). P1.14-25 Pulmonary Metastasis from Oral Cancer – Who Survive Without Recurrence After Pulmonary Metasectomy?. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 13(10). S609–S609.

Watanabe, Tomoyuki, Hirohito Sone, Masashi Kobayashi, et al.. (2015). Current Situation of Diet and Exercise Therapy in Terms of Medical Consultations in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Japan: A Nationwide Survey. 58(4). 265–278. 7 indexed citations

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Yoshizawa, Akihiko, Shinji Sumiyoshi, Makoto Sonobe, et al.. (2012). Validation of the IASLC/ATS/ERS Lung Adenocarcinoma Classification for Prognosis and Association with EGFR and KRAS Gene Mutations: Analysis of 440 Japanese Patients. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 8(1). 52–61. 351 indexed citations

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Tamiya, Motohiro, Shinya Tokunaga, Hidekazu Suzuki, et al.. (2012). Prospective Study of Urinary and Serum Cross-Linked N-Telopeptide of Type I Collagen (NTx) for Diagnosis of Bone Metastasis in Patients With Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer. 14(4). 364–369. 16 indexed citations

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Ishikawa, Masashi, Ryo Miyahara, Makoto Sonobe, et al.. (2012). Higher expression of EphA2 and ephrin-A1 is related to favorable clinicopathological features in pathological stage I non-small cell lung carcinoma. Lung Cancer. 76(3). 431–438. 37 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Masashi, et al.. (2006). Key product development based on cyclo olefin polymer for LCD-TV. 6289. 628905. 2 indexed citations

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Maruyama, Muneharu, Toru Yamada, Ryuji Hayashi, et al.. (2005). Doxorubicin induces expression of multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 in human small cell lung cancer cell lines by the c-jun N-terminal kinase pathway. International Journal of Cancer. 117(1). 21–31. 38 indexed citations

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Sugiyama, Eiji, et al.. (2003). Resting T cells negatively regulate osteoclast generation from peripheral blood monocytes. Bone. 33(4). 711–720. 26 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Masashi, et al.. (2002). Eccrine poroma: another cause of a pigmented scalp nodule. British Journal of Dermatology. 146(3). 523–523. 8 indexed citations

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Mita, Haruhisa, et al.. (2001). Possible involvement of mast‐cell activation in aspirin provocation of aspirin‐induced asthma. Allergy. 56(11). 1061–1067. 73 indexed citations

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Wada, Tsutomu, Toshiyasu Sasaoka, Makoto Funaki, et al.. (2001). Overexpression of SH2-Containing Inositol Phosphatase 2 Results in Negative Regulation of Insulin-Induced Metabolic Actions in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes via Its 5′-Phosphatase Catalytic Activity. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(5). 1633–1646. 151 indexed citations

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Nakashima, Kimihiro, et al.. (1992). [Prophylactic chemotherapy by regional arterial infusion in resected hepatoma patients].. PubMed. 19(10 Suppl). 1489–92. 3 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Masashi, Hiroaki Suzuki, Yukio Kato, et al.. (1978). [Hematological studies in patients with anorexia nervosa (author's transl)].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 19(6). 859–66. 1 indexed citations

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