Noboru Takamura

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
243 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Noboru Takamura is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Noboru Takamura has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 53 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 43 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Recurrent topics in Noboru Takamura's work include Radioactive contamination and transfer (89 papers), Risk Perception and Management (52 papers) and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (43 papers). Noboru Takamura is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive contamination and transfer (89 papers), Risk Perception and Management (52 papers) and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (43 papers). Noboru Takamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Belarus and Russia. Noboru Takamura's co-authors include Shunichi Yamashita, Makiko Orita, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Yasuyuki Taira, Naomi Hayashida, Mio Nakazato, Takahiro Maeda, Koichiro Kadota, Yasuyo Abe and Shigenobu Nagataki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Noboru Takamura

233 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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Long-term effects of radiation exposure on health

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Maureen Hatch United States

Kazunori Kodama Japan

Kenji Kamiya Japan

Akira Sakai Japan

Bruce H. Alexander United States

Gén Kobashi Japan

Sarah S. Cohen United States

Nobuo Nishi Japan

Olav Axelson Sweden

Dae Ryong Kang South Korea

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Noboru Takamura

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Liu, Mengjie, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of public concerns regarding treated water discharged from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: perspectives before and after the initial release. Journal of Radiation Research. 66(1). 103–105. 1 indexed citations

Matsuda, Naoki, Noboru Takamura, Noboru Oriuchi, et al.. (2024). The influence of revised ordinance on radiation protection management in Japanese hospitals: device deployment and involvement of radiology technologists. Japanese Journal of Radiology. 43(1). 117–128. 1 indexed citations

Orita, Makiko, et al.. (2023). Thoughts, perceptions and concerns of coastal residents regarding the discharge of tritium-containing treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 6 indexed citations

Orita, Makiko, et al.. (2021). LIFE SATISFACTION AND FACTORS AFFECTING SATISFACTION IN KAWAUCHI VILLAGE RESIDENTS AT 10 Y AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 198(1-2). 23–30. 4 indexed citations

Tashiro, Kensuke, Sakiko Soutome, Madoka Funahara, et al.. (2021). The Relationship between Dental Findings and Tongue Pressure: A Survey of 745 Community-Dwelling Adults and Elderly Persons in Japan. Gerontology. 67(5). 517–524. 12 indexed citations

Schneider, Thierry, J. Lochard, Nobuhiko Ban, et al.. (2021). Radiological protection challenges facing business activities affected by a nuclear accident: some lessons from the management of the accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Radioprotection. 56(3). 181–192. 10 indexed citations

Schneider, Thierry, et al.. (2020). Analysis of the modalities of return of populations to the contaminated territories following the accident at the Fukushima power plant. Radioprotection. 55(2). 79–93. 7 indexed citations

Taira, Yasuyuki, et al.. (2019). Eight years post-Fukushima: is forest decontamination still necessary?. Journal of Radiation Research. 60(5). 714–716. 6 indexed citations

Schneider, Thierry, J. Lochard, Yujiro Kuroda, et al.. (2019). The role of radiological protection experts in stakeholder involvement in the recovery phase of post-nuclear accident situations: Some lessons from the Fukushima-Daïchi NPP accident. Radioprotection. 54(4). 259–270. 30 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Takumi, et al.. (2019). Radiation education for nurses working at middle-sized hospitals in Japan. Journal of Radiation Research. 60(5). 717–718. 5 indexed citations

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Taira, Yasuyuki, et al.. (2017). Radiocesium contamination and estimated internal exposure doses in edible wild plants in Kawauchi Village following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0189398–e0189398. 19 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Shunichi, Noboru Takamura, A Ohtsuru, & Shinichi Suzuki. (2016). Radiation Exposure and Thyroid Cancer Risk After the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Comparison with the Chernobyl Accident. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 171(1). 41–46. 18 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Yūji, Mio Nakazato, Koichiro Kadota, et al.. (2014). Association between Alkaline Phosphatase and Anemia in Rural Japanese Men: The Nagasaki Islands study. Acta medica Nagasakiensia. 58(4). 125–130. 4 indexed citations

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Akilzhanova, Ainur, et al.. (2013). Genetic profile and determinants of homocysteine levels in Kazakhstan patients with breast cancer.. PubMed. 33(9). 4049–59. 27 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Mayumi, Rie Ikeda, Mitsuhiro Wada, et al.. (2009). A validated HPLC‐fluorescence method with a semi‐micro column for routine determination of homocysteine, cysteine and cysteamine, and the relation between the thiol derivatives in normal human plasma. Biomedical Chromatography. 23(9). 935–939. 23 indexed citations

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Takamura, Noboru, Yasuyo Abe, Mio Nakazato, et al.. (2007). Determinants of plasma homocysteine levels and carotid intima-media thickness in Japanese.. PubMed. 16(4). 698–703. 8 indexed citations

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Takamura, Noboru, Tatsuro Kondoh, Kokichi Arisawa, et al.. (2004). ABNORMAL FOLIC ACID HOMOCYSTEINE METABOLISM AS MATERNAL RISK FACTORS FOR DOWN SYNDROME IN JAPAN. Health and Ecology Issues. 1(1). 41–44. 4 indexed citations

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Honda, Sumihisa, Noboru Takamura, Yosuke Kusano, et al.. (2004). Secular Trends of Sizes at Birth in Japanese Healthy Infants Born between 1962 and 1988. Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science. 23(5). 155–161. 15 indexed citations

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Hara, Takeshi, Hiroyuki Namba, Noboru Takamura, et al.. (1999). Thyrotropin Regulates c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase (JNK) Activity through Two Distinct Signal Pathways in Human Thyroid Cells*. Endocrinology. 140(4). 1724–1730. 18 indexed citations

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Takamura, Noboru, Eiichi Kinoshita, John S. Parks, et al.. (1998). Compound Heterozygous Deletion of thePROP-1 Gene in Children with Combined Pituitary Hormone Deficiency. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 83(7). 2601–2604. 93 indexed citations

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