Munehito Yoshida

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
194 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Munehito Yoshida is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Munehito Yoshida has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Surgery, 108 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 49 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Munehito Yoshida's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (99 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (50 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (49 papers). Munehito Yoshida is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (99 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (50 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (49 papers). Munehito Yoshida collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Munehito Yoshida's co-authors include Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroshi Hashizume, Mamoru Kawakami, Tetsuya Tamaki, Hiroyuki Oka, Shigeyuki Muraki, Noriko Yoshimura, Akihito Minamide, Toru Akune and Kozo Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Munehito Yoshida

182 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis, lumbar spondylosis, and osteoporosis in Japanese men and women: the research on osteoarthritis/osteoporosis against disability study

2009 606 citations Noriko Yoshimura, Shigeyuki Muraki et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Munehito Yoshida Japan	42	3.5k	3.0k	1.3k	816	657	194	5.6k
Sumihisa Orita Japan	35	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	499 0.6×	473 0.7×	288	4.6k
Helena Brisby Sweden	40	2.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.8×	350 0.4×	691 1.1×	171	5.0k
Yukihiro Matsuyama Japan	48	6.0k 1.7×	4.2k 1.4×	806 0.6×	425 0.5×	498 0.8×	445	8.4k
Shiro Imagama Japan	48	5.6k 1.6×	3.6k 1.2×	880 0.7×	521 0.6×	537 0.8×	525	9.0k
Jean Ouellet Canada	36	2.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	401 0.5×	358 0.5×	163	4.2k
Shigeyuki Muraki Japan	42	2.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.4×	1.8k 2.2×	946 1.4×	132	6.1k
Toshihiko Taguchi Japan	34	2.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	853 0.6×	404 0.5×	296 0.5×	223	4.3k
Masashi Takaso Japan	33	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	792 0.6×	538 0.7×	450 0.7×	271	3.9k
Hiroshi Hashizume Japan	35	2.4k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	283 0.3×	596 0.9×	155	4.1k
Masayuki Miyagi Japan	34	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	671 0.8×	316 0.5×	188	3.6k

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Nakajima, Koji, Chiaki Horii, Akitoshi Ogawa, et al.. (2025). Association between vertebral fractures and brain volume: insights from a community cohort study. Osteoporosis International. 36(4). 627–636.

Iidaka, Toshiko, Chiaki Horii, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2025). Detection of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Using Voice Characteristics. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 13. 136–148.

Hashizume, Hiroshi, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2024). Osteoporosis, spinal degenerative disorders, and their association with low back pain, activities of daily living, and physical performance in a general population. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 15860–15860. 7 indexed citations

Matsumoto, Takumi, Toshiko Iidaka, Chiaki Horii, et al.. (2023). Relationship between medial partite hallux sesamoid and hallux valgus in the general population. Foot and Ankle Surgery. 29(8). 621–626. 2 indexed citations

Yoshida, Munehito, et al.. (2021). Effectiveness of a Gelatin–Thrombin Matrix Sealant (Floseal®) for Reducing Blood Loss During Microendoscopic Decompression Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Global Spine Journal. 13(3). 764–770. 11 indexed citations

Minamide, Akihito, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2019). <p>Prevalence of Facet Effusion and Its Relationship with Lumbar Spondylolisthesis and Low Back Pain: The Wakayama Spine Study</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 12. 3521–3528. 13 indexed citations

Yoshida, Munehito & Atsushi Deguchi. (2016). PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNSCAPE BY MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES IN KURASHIKI GAWAHAN PRESERVATION DISTRICT FOR GROUPS OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS. Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ). 81(729). 2443–2451.

Takami, Masanari, Motohiro Okada, Yoshio Enyo, et al.. (2016). Noncontiguous double-level unstable spinal injuries. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 27(1). 79–86. 7 indexed citations

Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Keiji Nagata, et al.. (2014). Association of knee osteoarthritis with onset and resolution of pain and physical functional disability: The ROAD study. Modern Rheumatology. 24(6). 966–973. 8 indexed citations

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Nagata, Keiji, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Hashizume, et al.. (2014). The prevalence of cervical myelopathy among subjects with narrow cervical spinal canal in a population-based magnetic resonance imaging study: the Wakayama Spine Study. The Spine Journal. 14(12). 2811–2817. 42 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Hiroyuki Oka, Toru Akune, et al.. (2011). Independent association of joint space narrowing and osteophyte formation at the knee with health-related quality of life in Japan: A cross-sectional study. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 63(12). 3859–3864. 23 indexed citations

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Chiba, Kazuhiro, Munehito Yoshida, Kenichi Shinomiya, et al.. (2011). Conservative managements for osteoporotic vertebral fractures : Results of pilot multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial. 85(12). 934–941. 2 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Munehito, et al.. (2009). Microendoscopic Discectomy as a Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lumbar Disc Herniation : Technical Training and Learning Curve. 20(3). 649–652. 1 indexed citations

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Nakatsuka, Terumasa, et al.. (2007). Selective Vulnerability to Ischemia in the Rat Spinal Cord. Spine. 32(10). 1060–1066. 21 indexed citations

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Nakagawa, Yukihiro, Munehito Yoshida, Mamoru Kawakami, et al.. (2007). Microendoscopic surgery for lumbosacral nerve root anomalies. 18(3). 651–653. 1 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Munehito, Tetsuya Tamaki, Mamoru Kawakami, et al.. (2002). Does Reconstruction of Posterior Ligamentous Complex with Extensor Musculature Decrease Axial Symptoms After Cervical Laminoplasty?. Spine. 27(13). 1414–1418. 79 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Takuji, Tetsuya Tamaki, Mamoru Kawakami, et al.. (2001). Early Complications of High-Dose Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate Treatment in the Follow-Up of Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Spine. 26(4). 426–430. 156 indexed citations

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Minamide, Akihito, Munehito Yoshida, Hiroshi Hashizume, Tetsuya Tamaki, & Yukihiro Nakagawa. (2001). The use of sintered bone in spinal surgery. European Spine Journal. 10(0). S185–S188. 8 indexed citations

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Minamide, Akihito, et al.. (1999). Experimental Spinal Fusion Using Sintered Bovine Bone Coated With Type I Collagen and Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2. Spine. 24(18). 1863–1863. 38 indexed citations

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Minamide, Akihito, et al.. (1999). Effects of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Spontaneous Resorption of Herniated Intervertebral Discs. Spine. 24(10). 940–945. 49 indexed citations

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