Masaya Nakamura

27.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
443 papers, 19.8k citations indexed

About

Masaya Nakamura is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaya Nakamura has authored 443 papers receiving a total of 19.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Surgery, 166 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 105 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Masaya Nakamura's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (87 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (71 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (69 papers). Masaya Nakamura is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (87 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (71 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (69 papers). Masaya Nakamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masaya Nakamura's co-authors include Hideyuki Okano, Yoshiaki Toyama, T. Nonoyama, Hisaaki Takao, Kazumasa Takatori, Toshihiko Tani, Yasuyoshi Saito, Morio Matsumoto, Ken Ishii and Osahiko Tsuji and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Masaya Nakamura

419 papers receiving 19.5k 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.

Lead-free piezoceramics

2004 4.7k citations Masaya Nakamura et al. profile →
Conditional ablation of Stat3 or Socs3 discloses a dual role for reactive astrocytes after spinal cord injury

2006 777 citations Masaya Nakamura, Hiroyuki Katoh et al. profile →
Grafted human-induced pluripotent stem-cell–derived neurospheres promote motor functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice

2011 418 citations Satoshi Nori, Yohei Okada et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masaya Nakamura Japan	64	5.6k	4.7k	4.7k	4.6k	4.4k	443	19.8k
Molly S. Shoichet Canada	85	2.1k 0.4×	5.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.3×	6.6k 1.4×	3.8k 0.9×	313	22.7k
Joseph A. Frank United States	75	2.0k 0.4×	3.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.2×	1.6k 0.4×	258	18.6k
Jianwu Dai China	63	1.8k 0.3×	2.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	3.0k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	261	11.9k
Christine E. Schmidt United States	64	545 0.1×	2.2k 0.5×	873 0.2×	5.4k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	190	16.0k
Eva Syková Czechia	70	1.7k 0.3×	4.6k 1.0×	478 0.1×	6.4k 1.4×	1.7k 0.4×	279	15.6k
Alfredo Quiñones‐Hinojosa United States	73	879 0.2×	5.3k 1.1×	741 0.2×	2.0k 0.4×	3.3k 0.8×	609	21.4k
Ravi V. Bellamkonda United States	58	663 0.1×	2.0k 0.4×	537 0.1×	5.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.3×	138	11.1k
Liang Chen China	50	1.5k 0.3×	1.7k 0.4×	874 0.2×	879 0.2×	2.4k 0.5×	386	9.3k
Edward A. Neuwelt United States	66	2.6k 0.5×	3.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	1.0k 0.2×	763 0.2×	326	17.2k
Yasuo Uchiyama Japan	90	1.1k 0.2×	14.0k 3.0×	613 0.1×	4.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.5×	472	32.1k

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Harato, Kengo, et al.. (2025). Development of a wearable system to estimate knee adduction moment of patients with knee osteoarthritis during gait using a single inertial measurement unit. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 84–89. 1 indexed citations

Katsumata, Yoshinori, Shun Kohsaka, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, et al.. (2025). Patient-centered medical tools for sustained motivation in cardiac rehabilitation of patients with heart failure: protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial (EXERCISE-HF trial). Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 47. 101522–101522.

Takahashi, Yoshiyuki, Masaki Yoda, Osahiko Tsuji, et al.. (2024). IL-33-ST2 signaling in fibro-adipogenic progenitors alleviates immobilization-induced muscle atrophy in mice. Skeletal Muscle. 14(1). 6–6. 2 indexed citations

Shinozaki, Munehisa, Junichi Hata, Yuji Komaki, et al.. (2023). A shift of brain network hub after spinal cord injury. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 16. 1245902–1245902. 4 indexed citations

Arai, Young‐Chang P., et al.. (2023). The Relationship between Numbness and Quality of Life. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(4). 1324–1324.

Nagoshi, Narihito, Keiko Sugai, Hideyuki Okano, & Masaya Nakamura. (2023). Regenerative Medicine for Spinal Cord Injury Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Spine Surgery and Related Research. 8(1). 22–28. 4 indexed citations

Ishihama, Hiroko, Ken Ishii, Shigenori Nagai, et al.. (2021). An antibacterial coated polymer prevents biofilm formation and implant-associated infection. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3602–3602. 58 indexed citations

Sato, Yuiko, Tami Kobayashi, Satoshi Nakamura, et al.. (2021). Treatment with an active vitamin D analogue blocks hypothalamic dysfunction-induced bone loss in mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 542. 48–53. 1 indexed citations

Kabe, Yasuaki, Yuki Sugiura, Hitoshi Tsugawa, et al.. (2020). Progesterone receptor membrane associated component 1 enhances obesity progression in mice by facilitating lipid accumulation in adipocytes. Communications Biology. 3(1). 479–479. 26 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Hirotaka, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Haruka Ozaki, et al.. (2019). An NMF-based approach to discover overlooked differentially expressed gene regions from single-cell RNA-seq data. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 2(1). lqz020–lqz020. 2 indexed citations

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Hikata, Tomohiro, Norihiro Isogai, Yuta Shiono, et al.. (2017). A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Minimally Invasive Versus Open Surgical Techniques in the Treatment of Spinal Metastases. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 30(8). E1082–E1087. 43 indexed citations

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Nori, Satoshi, Masaya Nakamura, & Hideyuki Okano. (2017). Plasticity and regeneration in the injured spinal cord after cell transplantation therapy. Progress in brain research. 231. 33–56. 28 indexed citations

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Kawamoto, Makoto, Hideya Onishi, Keigo Ozono, et al.. (2016). TrkB/BDNF signaling promotes EMT mediated invasiveness and is a potential therapeutic target for gallbladder cancer. Annals of Oncology. 27. vi236–vi236. 3 indexed citations

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Tando, Toshimi, Akiyoshi Hirayama, Mitsuru Furukawa, et al.. (2016). Smad2/3 Proteins Are Required for Immobilization-induced Skeletal Muscle Atrophy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(23). 12184–12194. 48 indexed citations

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Shiono, Yuta, Ken Ishii, Shigenori Nagai, et al.. (2016). Delayed Propionibacterium acnes surgical site infections occur only in the presence of an implant. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 32758–32758. 46 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Yoshiomi, Yohei Okada, Go Itakura, et al.. (2012). Pre-Evaluated Safe Human iPSC-Derived Neural Stem Cells Promote Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury in Common Marmoset without Tumorigenicity. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52787–e52787. 227 indexed citations

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Yamane, Junichi, Masaya Nakamura, Akio Iwanami, et al.. (2010). Transplantation of galectin‐1‐expressing human neural stem cells into the injured spinal cord of adult common marmosets. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 88(7). 1394–1405. 63 indexed citations

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Kumagai, Gentaro, Yohei Okada, Junichi Yamane, et al.. (2009). Roles of ES Cell-Derived Gliogenic Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells in Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. PLoS ONE. 4(11). e7706–e7706. 97 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Daisuke, Yohei Okada, Masaya Nakamura, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of human fetal neural stem/progenitor cells as a source for cell replacement therapy for neurological disorders: Properties and tumorigenicity after long‐term in vitro maintenance. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 87(2). 307–317. 20 indexed citations

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Okano, Hideyuki, et al.. (2003). Transplantation of neural stem cells into the spinal cord after injury. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 14(3). 191–198. 140 indexed citations

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