Masataka Sata

23.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
458 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Masataka Sata is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Masataka Sata has authored 458 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 137 papers in Molecular Biology and 116 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Masataka Sata's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (69 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (43 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (42 papers). Masataka Sata is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (69 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (43 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (42 papers). Masataka Sata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masataka Sata's co-authors include Ryozo Nagai, Yasunobu Hirata, Kenneth Walsh, Takeshi Soeki, Kimie Tanaka, Daiju Fukuda, Kenya Kusunose, Hirotsugu Yamada, Shusuke Yagi and Michio Shimabukuro and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Masataka Sata

447 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Role of Adiponectin in Preventing Vascular Stenosis

2002 677 citations Masataka Sata et al. profile →
NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Through Heart-Brain Interaction Initiates Cardiac Inflammation and Hypertrophy During Pressure Overload

2022 108 citations Yasutomi Higashikuni, Wenhao Liu et al. Circulation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masataka Sata Japan	66	5.8k	5.5k	3.7k	2.1k	2.0k	458	15.9k
Yun Zhang China	60	5.5k 1.0×	3.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	572	14.5k
Kensuke Egashira Japan	77	5.9k 1.0×	6.0k 1.1×	3.5k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	247	17.5k
Linda L. Demer United States	65	5.0k 0.9×	3.6k 0.7×	3.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	162	17.5k
Atsushi Takahashi Japan	74	4.6k 0.8×	4.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	487	19.5k
Lars Gullestad Norway	65	4.3k 0.7×	8.5k 1.6×	4.2k 1.1×	3.1k 1.5×	2.1k 1.0×	462	17.3k
Uichi Ikeda Japan	57	5.0k 0.9×	3.9k 0.7×	3.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	379	12.6k
Frank W. Sellke United States	65	5.8k 1.0×	7.1k 1.3×	5.9k 1.6×	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	575	22.7k
Ken‐ichi Hirata Japan	59	4.1k 0.7×	4.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	532	13.5k
Junbo Ge China	70	5.8k 1.0×	7.7k 1.4×	6.1k 1.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	843	19.2k
Tsutomu Imaizumi Japan	76	6.8k 1.2×	7.3k 1.3×	4.8k 1.3×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	350	21.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masataka Sata

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hara, Tomoya & Masataka Sata. (2025). Perspectives on Clinical Biomarkers Based on the Pathophysiology of Arrhythmias. Journal of Arrhythmia. 41(6). e70221–e70221.

Hara, Tomoya & Masataka Sata. (2025). Roles of perivascular adipose tissue in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis ― an update on recent findings. Frontiers in Physiology. 15. 1522471–1522471. 2 indexed citations

Kusunose, Kenya, Takumi Imai, Atsushi Tanaka, et al.. (2024). Effects of ipragliflozin on left ventricular diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes: A sub-analysis of the PROTECT trial. Journal of Cardiology. 84(4). 246–252. 3 indexed citations

Hirata, Yukina, Yuka Nomura, Yoshihito Saijo, Masataka Sata, & Kenya Kusunose. (2024). Reducing echocardiographic examination time through routine use of fully automated software: a comparative study of measurement and report creation time. Journal of Echocardiography. 22(3). 162–170. 15 indexed citations

Wakatsuki, Tetsuzo, et al.. (2024). Spontaneous thrombosis of a giant aneurysm complicated with the coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula: a case report. European Heart Journal - Case Reports. 8(5). ytae227–ytae227. 1 indexed citations

Maimaituxun, Gulinu, Moritake Higa, Haruka Saito, et al.. (2024). Role of perirenal adiposity in renal dysfunction among CKD individuals with or without diabetes: a Japanese cross-sectional study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 12(2). e003832–e003832. 5 indexed citations

Hirata, Yukina, et al.. (2024). Echocardiographic artificial intelligence for pulmonary hypertension classification. Heart. 110(8). 586–593. 8 indexed citations

Saijo, Yoshihito, Hirotsugu Yamada, Takayuki Ise, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of surveillance by echocardiography for cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction of patients with breast cancer. Journal of Cardiology. 82(6). 467–472. 3 indexed citations

Hirata, Yukina, Susumu Nishio, Yoshihito Saijo, et al.. (2023). Correlation between energy loss index and B-type natriuretic peptide: a vector flow mapping study. Journal of Echocardiography. 22(1). 25–33. 1 indexed citations

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Kusunose, Kenya, Yoshihiro Okayama, Michikazu Nakai, et al.. (2021). Impact of cancer on short-term in-hospital mortality after primary acute myocardial infarction. Open Heart. 8(2). e001860–e001860. 6 indexed citations

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Higashikuni, Yasutomi, et al.. (2021). Pathogenic Basis of Thromboinflammation and Endothelial Injury in COVID-19: Current Findings and Therapeutic Implications. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(21). 12081–12081. 25 indexed citations

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Kusunose, Kenya, et al.. (2021). How to standardize the measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction. Journal of Medical Ultrasonics. 49(1). 35–43. 15 indexed citations

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Kusunose, Kenya, Yukina Hirata, Susumu Nishio, et al.. (2021). Cardiac reserve by 6-minute walk stress echocardiography in systemic sclerosis. Open Heart. 8(1). e001559–e001559. 3 indexed citations

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Saijo, Yoshihito, et al.. (2020). Relationship between regional left ventricular dysfunction and cancer-therapy-related cardiac dysfunction. Heart. 106(22). 1752–1758. 16 indexed citations

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Kusunose, Kenya, et al.. (2020). Clinically Feasible and Accurate View Classification of Echocardiographic Images Using Deep Learning. Biomolecules. 10(5). 665–665. 49 indexed citations

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Saijo, Yoshihito, Kenya Kusunose, Nao Yamada, et al.. (2019). Sequential speckle tracking imaging to detect early stage of cancer therapeutics-related cardiac dysfunction in a patient with breast cancer. Journal of Echocardiography. 18(2). 134–135. 2 indexed citations

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Yagi, Shusuke, et al.. (2018). An Occluded Hooklet of an Embedded Inferior Vena Cava Filter. Internal Medicine. 57(15). 2275–2276. 1 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Sumiko, Ken‐ichi Aihara, Yasumasa Ikeda, et al.. (2013). Androgen Receptor Promotes Sex-Independent Angiogenesis in Response to Ischemia and Is Required for Activation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Signaling. Circulation. 128(1). 60–71. 50 indexed citations

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Sawada, Naoki, Kevin Croce, Yevgenia Tesmenitsky, et al.. (2012). Abstract 19681: Endothelial PGC-1alpha Mediates Vascular Dysfunction in Diabetes. Circulation. 126(suppl_21). 1 indexed citations

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Sata, Masataka, Seiryo Sugiura, Hiroshi Yamashita, et al.. (1994). Coupling Between Actomyosin ATPase Cycle and Creatine Kinase Cycle Facilitates the Actomyosin Sliding in Vitro. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 58(7). 498. 1 indexed citations

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