Nobuyuki Kosaka

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Nobuyuki Kosaka is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuyuki Kosaka has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 27 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 17 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Nobuyuki Kosaka's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (27 papers), Cancer Research and Treatments (17 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (14 papers). Nobuyuki Kosaka is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (27 papers), Cancer Research and Treatments (17 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (14 papers). Nobuyuki Kosaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Nobuyuki Kosaka's co-authors include Peter L. Choyke, Hisataka Kobayashi, Mikako Ogawa, Makoto Mitsunaga, Lauren Rosenblum, Yasuteru Urano, Tetsuo Nagano, Masayo Sakabe, Daisuke Asanuma and Mako Kamiya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Nobuyuki Kosaka

71 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Cancer cell–selective in vivo near infrared photoimmunoth... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2015 250 500 750
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.

  1. Cancer cell–selective in vivo near infrared photoimmunotherapy targeting specific membrane molecules
    2011 856 citations Makoto Mitsunaga, Mikako Ogawa et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  2. Sensitive β-galactosidase-targeting fluorescence probe for visualizing small peritoneal metastatic tumours in vivo
    2015 357 citations Daisuke Asanuma, Masayo Sakabe et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Nobuyuki Kosaka
Yukihiro Hama Japan
Makoto Mitsunaga United States
Yoshinori Koyama Japan
Walter J. Akers United States
Chongwei Chi China
Christoph Bremer Germany
James P. Basilion United States
Kimberley S. Samkoe United States
Jason M. Warram United States
Annette T. Byrne Ireland
Yukihiro Hama Japan
Nobuyuki Kosaka
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Countries citing papers authored by Nobuyuki Kosaka

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nobuyuki Kosaka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobuyuki Kosaka

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nobuyuki Kosaka. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nobuyuki Kosaka based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nobuyuki Kosaka. Nobuyuki Kosaka is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ozaki, Kumi, Hiroshi Ikeno, Yasuharu Kaizaki, et al.. (2020). Pearls and pitfalls of imaging features of pancreatic cystic lesions: a case-based approach with imaging–pathologic correlation. Japanese Journal of Radiology. 39(2). 118–142. 15 indexed citations
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Sugimoto, Katsuya, et al.. (2019). Simplification of Activity Measurement during Quantitative Value Estimation in Bone SPECT. Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology. 75(10). 1158–1164.
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Onoguchi, Masahisa, et al.. (2018). Influence of myocardial count on phase dyssynchrony analysis of gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography. Nuclear Medicine Communications. 40(2). 124–130. 4 indexed citations
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Asanuma, Daisuke, Masayo Sakabe, Mako Kamiya, et al.. (2015). Sensitive β-galactosidase-targeting fluorescence probe for visualizing small peritoneal metastatic tumours in vivo. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6463–6463. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fujiwara, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2015). Fat-subtracted three-dimensional time-of-flight MR angiography of the neck by use of fat-only images with the two-point Dixon technique. Radiological Physics and Technology. 8(2). 193–199. 1 indexed citations
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McCann, Thomas E., Nobuyuki Kosaka, Peter L. Choyke, & Hisataka Kobayashi. (2012). The Use of Fluorescent Proteins for Developing Cancer-Specific Target Imaging Probes. Methods in molecular biology. 872. 191–204. 11 indexed citations
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Mitsunaga, Makoto, Nobuyuki Kosaka, Rhonda C. Kines, et al.. (2011). In Vivo Longitudinal Imaging of Experimental Human Papillomavirus Infection in Mice with a Multicolor Fluorescence Mini-Endoscopy System. Cancer Prevention Research. 4(5). 767–773. 14 indexed citations
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Mitsunaga, Makoto, Mikako Ogawa, Nobuyuki Kosaka, et al.. (2011). Cancer cell–selective in vivo near infrared photoimmunotherapy targeting specific membrane molecules. Nature Medicine. 17(12). 1685–1691. 856 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kosaka, Nobuyuki, Makoto Mitsunaga, Michelle Longmire, Peter L. Choyke, & Hisataka Kobayashi. (2011). Near infrared fluorescence‐guided real‐time endoscopic detection of peritoneal ovarian cancer nodules using intravenously injected indocyanine green. International Journal of Cancer. 129(7). 1671–1677. 89 indexed citations
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Ogawa, Mikako, Nobuyuki Kosaka, Celeste A.S. Regino, et al.. (2010). High sensitivity detection of cancer in vivo using a dual-controlled activation fluorescent imaging probe based on H-dimer formation and pH activation. Molecular BioSystems. 6(5). 888–893. 49 indexed citations
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Rosenblum, Lauren, Nobuyuki Kosaka, Makoto Mitsunaga, Peter L. Choyke, & Hisataka Kobayashi. (2010). Optimizing quantitative in vivo fluorescence imaging with near‐infrared quantum dots. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging. 6(3). 148–152. 11 indexed citations
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Ogawa, Mikako, Nobuyuki Kosaka, Peter L. Choyke, & Hisataka Kobayashi. (2009). H-Type Dimer Formation of Fluorophores: A Mechanism for Activatable, in Vivo Optical Molecular Imaging. ACS Chemical Biology. 4(7). 535–546. 166 indexed citations
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Ogawa, Mikako, et al.. (2009). New Approaches to Lymphatic Imaging. Lymphatic Research and Biology. 7(4). 205–214. 39 indexed citations
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Ogawa, Mikako, Celeste A.S. Regino, Jürgen Seidel, et al.. (2009). Dual-Modality Molecular Imaging Using Antibodies Labeled with Activatable Fluorescence and a Radionuclide for Specific and Quantitative Targeted Cancer Detection. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 20(11). 2177–2184. 82 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyuki, Mikako Ogawa, Noriko Sato, Peter L. Choyke, & Hisataka Kobayashi. (2009). In Vivo Real-Time, Multicolor, Quantum Dot Lymphatic Imaging. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 129(12). 2818–2822. 71 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyuki, Mikako Ogawa, David S. Paik, et al.. (2009). Semiquantitative assessment of the microdistribution of fluorescence‐labeled monoclonal antibody in small peritoneal disseminations of ovarian cancer. Cancer Science. 101(3). 820–825. 17 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2007). Utility of multi-detector CT for pre-operative diagnosis of internal hernia through a defect in the broad ligament (2007: 1b). European Radiology. 17(4). 1130–1133. 21 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Nobuyuki, T Sagoh, Hidemasa Uematsu, et al.. (2007). Imaging by multiple modalities of patients with a carotidynia syndrome. European Radiology. 17(9). 2430–2433. 13 indexed citations

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