Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 8 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada's work include Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (25 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (23 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers). Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada is often cited by papers focused on Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (25 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (23 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (17 papers). Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada's co-authors include Shoji F. Nakayama, Tomohiko Isobe, Yayoi Kobayashi, Kunihiko Nakai, Shin Yamazaki, Takehiro Michikawa, Yukiko Nishihama, Hiroshi Satoh, Hiroshi Nitta and M. Takagi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada

54 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Baseline Profile of Participants in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS)

2017 350 citations Takehiro Michikawa, Hiroshi Nitta et al. Journal of Epidemiology profile →
Worldwide trends in tracing poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment

2019 304 citations Shoji F. Nakayama, Mitsuha Yoshikane et al. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada Japan	22	1.1k	356	254	232	204	55	1.7k
Ana M. Mora United States	29	1.2k 1.1×	503 1.4×	306 1.2×	226 1.0×	191 0.9×	79	2.2k
Ann M. Vuong United States	27	1.1k 1.0×	412 1.2×	316 1.2×	89 0.4×	204 1.0×	85	2.2k
Megan E. Romano United States	30	1.4k 1.3×	616 1.7×	461 1.8×	146 0.6×	114 0.6×	85	2.2k
Virissa Lenters Netherlands	25	1.6k 1.5×	596 1.7×	269 1.1×	99 0.4×	171 0.8×	55	2.3k
Nina Iszatt Norway	21	1.0k 1.0×	381 1.1×	274 1.1×	195 0.8×	130 0.6×	43	1.7k
Yang Zhou China	28	993 0.9×	758 2.1×	225 0.9×	65 0.3×	274 1.3×	116	2.4k
Eleni Papadopoulou Norway	32	1.9k 1.8×	814 2.3×	352 1.4×	111 0.5×	349 1.7×	97	3.1k
Yayoi Kobayashi Japan	24	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 3.1×	251 1.0×	636 2.7×	224 1.1×	68	2.6k
Anna Rignell‐Hydbom Sweden	34	2.2k 2.0×	649 1.8×	547 2.2×	141 0.6×	356 1.7×	59	3.1k
Xu Han China	22	830 0.8×	192 0.5×	141 0.6×	106 0.5×	93 0.5×	72	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada

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All Works

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Iwai‐Shimada, Miyuki, et al.. (2025). High-throughput mercury speciation analysis of breast milk using HPLC-ICP-MS. Microchemical Journal. 211. 113142–113142. 2 indexed citations

Inaba, Yuji, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada, Shin Yamazaki, et al.. (2025). Prenatal mercury exposure and body mass index at 2 and 4 years: The Japan Environment and Children's Study. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 267. 114566–114566. 1 indexed citations

Inaba, Yuji, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada, Shin Yamazaki, et al.. (2024). Prenatal mercury exposure and the secondary sex ratio: The Japan Environment and Children's Study. Reproductive Toxicology. 130. 108685–108685. 1 indexed citations

Isobe, Tomohiko, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada, M. Takagi, et al.. (2023). Urinary concentrations and elimination half-lives of parabens, benzophenones, bisphenol and triclosan in Japanese young adults.. Chemosphere. 349. 140920–140920. 16 indexed citations

Okamoto, Yoshinori, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada, Kunihiko Nakai, et al.. (2022). Global DNA Methylation in Cord Blood as a Biomarker for Prenatal Lead and Antimony Exposures. Toxics. 10(4). 157–157. 5 indexed citations

Taniguchi, Yu, Shin Yamazaki, Shoji F. Nakayama, et al.. (2022). Maternal Metals Exposure and Infant Weight Trajectory: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS). Environmental Health Perspectives. 130(12). 127005–127005. 12 indexed citations

Austin, Christine, Paul Curtin, Manish Arora, et al.. (2022). Elemental Dynamics in Hair Accurately Predict Future Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis: An International Multi-Center Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(23). 7154–7154. 9 indexed citations

Taniguchi, Yu, Shin Yamazaki, Shoji F. Nakayama, et al.. (2022). Baseline Complete Blood Count and Chemistry Panel Profile from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(6). 3277–3277. 6 indexed citations

Tatsuta, Nozomi, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada, Shoji F. Nakayama, et al.. (2022). Association between whole blood metallic elements concentrations and gestational diabetes mellitus in Japanese women: The Japan environment and Children's study. Environmental Research. 212(Pt B). 113231–113231. 17 indexed citations

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Iwai‐Shimada, Miyuki, et al.. (2022). Intra- and Inter-Day Element Variability in Human Breast Milk: Pilot Study. Toxics. 10(3). 109–109. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Chaochen, Jun Yang, Shoji F. Nakayama, et al.. (2021). Cold Spells and Cause-Specific Mortality in 47 Japanese Prefectures: A Systematic Evaluation. Environmental Health Perspectives. 129(6). 67001–67001. 36 indexed citations

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Iwai‐Shimada, Miyuki, Yayoi Kobayashi, Tomohiko Isobe, et al.. (2021). Comparison of Simultaneous Quantitative Analysis of Methylmercury and Inorganic Mercury in Cord Blood Using LC-ICP-MS and LC-CVAFS: The Pilot Study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. Toxics. 9(4). 82–82. 11 indexed citations

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Nishihama, Yukiko, Shoji F. Nakayama, Tomohiko Isobe, et al.. (2021). Urinary Metabolites of Organophosphate Pesticides among Pregnant Women Participating in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(11). 5929–5929. 15 indexed citations

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Nishihama, Yukiko, Shoji F. Nakayama, Takahiro Tabuchi, et al.. (2020). Determination of Urinary Cotinine Cut-Off Concentrations for Pregnant Women in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(15). 5537–5537. 30 indexed citations

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Ma, Chaochen, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada, Nozomi Tatsuta, et al.. (2020). Health Risk Assessment and Source Apportionment of Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, Selenium, and Manganese in Japanese Women: An Adjunct Study to the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(7). 2231–2231. 23 indexed citations

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Sekiyama, Makiko, Shin Yamazaki, Takehiro Michikawa, et al.. (2020). Study Design and Participants’ Profile in the Sub-Cohort Study in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS). Journal of Epidemiology. 32(5). 228–236. 38 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Tsutomu, Min‐Seok Kim, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada, et al.. (2019). Induction of chemokine CCL3 by NF-κB reduces methylmercury toxicity in C17.2 mouse neural stem cells. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 71. 103216–103216. 6 indexed citations

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Iwai‐Shimada, Miyuki, Satomi Kameo, Kunihiko Nakai, et al.. (2019). Exposure profile of mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, antimony, copper, selenium and zinc in maternal blood, cord blood and placenta: the Tohoku Study of Child Development in Japan. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 24(1). 35–35. 70 indexed citations

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Nakayama, Shoji F., Mitsuha Yoshikane, Yu Onoda, et al.. (2019). Worldwide trends in tracing poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 121. 115410–115410. 304 indexed citations breakdown →

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Takahashi, Tsutomu, Min‐Seok Kim, Miyuki Iwai‐Shimada, et al.. (2018). Chemokine CCL4 Induced in Mouse Brain Has a Protective Role against Methylmercury Toxicity. Toxics. 6(3). 36–36. 11 indexed citations

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