Noriko Yoshimura

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Noriko Yoshimura is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Noriko Yoshimura has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 22 papers in Surgery and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Noriko Yoshimura's work include Bone health and osteoporosis research (23 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (13 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (13 papers). Noriko Yoshimura is often cited by papers focused on Bone health and osteoporosis research (23 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (13 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (13 papers). Noriko Yoshimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Norway. Noriko Yoshimura's co-authors include Shigeyuki Muraki, Hiroyuki Oka, Toru Akune, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Nobuhiro Harada, Kentaro Nakamura, Sakae Tanaka, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroshi Hashizume and Yuyu Ishimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Noriko Yoshimura

73 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 and distribution of intervertebral disc degeneration over the entire spine in a population-based cohort: the Wakayama Spine Study

2013 347 citations Masatoshi Teraguchi, Noriko Yoshimura et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Noriko Yoshimura Japan	28	763	727	668	513	511	83	2.8k
Vinod Kumar India	29	310 0.4×	417 0.6×	750 1.1×	295 0.6×	289 0.6×	213	3.7k
Gleb Haynatzki United States	26	289 0.4×	462 0.6×	361 0.5×	145 0.3×	452 0.9×	85	2.3k
Guangju Zhai Canada	33	144 0.2×	1.1k 1.5×	617 0.9×	656 1.3×	348 0.7×	92	4.5k
Liesbeth Vandenput Sweden	38	304 0.4×	510 0.7×	457 0.7×	318 0.6×	1.5k 2.9×	117	4.7k
Richard V. Clark United States	32	338 0.4×	374 0.5×	704 1.1×	439 0.9×	160 0.3×	63	4.1k
Mogens Fenger Denmark	35	685 0.9×	497 0.7×	822 1.2×	80 0.2×	243 0.5×	130	3.8k
Johan Sundsfjord Norway	30	564 0.7×	319 0.4×	351 0.5×	237 0.5×	286 0.6×	83	3.2k
S. A. Paul Chubb Australia	38	303 0.4×	265 0.4×	498 0.7×	458 0.9×	627 1.2×	95	3.9k
C. Christiansen Denmark	40	696 0.9×	917 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	129 0.3×	1.6k 3.2×	119	4.9k
M Passeri Italy	30	452 0.6×	654 0.9×	617 0.9×	226 0.4×	1.1k 2.1×	88	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Noriko Yoshimura

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Takahashi, Tomoyuki, et al.. (2025). The Q-BONE system: A novel dual-energy X-ray diagnostic method for osteoporosis. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 29(1). 101638–101638.

Hashizume, Hiroshi, Kanae Mure, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Prognosis and Risk Factors for Low Back Pain-Related Disorders in the General Population: A 7-Year Follow-Up of the Wakayama Spine Study. Spine Surgery and Related Research. 9(6). 658–665.

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.

Nakajima, Koji, Akitoshi Ogawa, Takahiro Osada, et al.. (2025). Investigation of brain volume changes associated with aging: Results from the fourth research on osteoarthritis/osteoporosis against disability survey. Geriatrics and gerontology international. 25(2). 279–286.

Suzuki, Takao, Yukiko Nishita, Seungwon Jeong, et al.. (2020). Are Japanese Older Adults Rejuvenating? Changes in Health-Related Measures Among Older Community Dwellers in the Last Decade. Rejuvenation Research. 24(1). 37–48. 33 indexed citations

Teraguchi, Masatoshi, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2020). Association between types of Modic changes in the lumbar region and low back pain in a large cohort: the Wakayama spine study. European Spine Journal. 30(4). 1011–1017. 35 indexed citations

Yoshimura, Noriko. (2019). Epidemiology of Osteoporosis：The ROAD Study. The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 56(5). 344–348. 1 indexed citations

Yoshimura, Noriko, et al.. (2018). QoE Visualization and Prediction Model for QoE Improvement. NTT technical review. 16(10). 71–76. 2 indexed citations

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Yoshimura, Noriko, Shigeyuki Muraki, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2018). Do sarcopenia and/or osteoporosis increase the risk of frailty? A 4-year observation of the second and third ROAD study surveys. Osteoporosis International. 29(10). 2181–2190. 39 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Takehisa, et al.. (2017). Artificial neural networks to predict future bone mineral density and bone loss rate in Japanese postmenopausal women. BMC Research Notes. 10(1). 590–590. 26 indexed citations

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Yoshimura, Noriko, et al.. (2014). A Case of Aortic Dissection that Occurred during Administration of Bevacizumab for Advanced Breast Cancer. Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association). 75(3). 652–656. 1 indexed citations

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Fukuda, Toshikatsu, et al.. (2013). Solitary Splenic Metastasis from Ovarian Cancer Managed by Laparoscopic Surgery^|^mdash;A Case Report^|^mdash;. Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association). 74(6). 1700–1703.

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Honma, Naoko, Kaiyo Takubo, Motoji Sawabe, et al.. (2009). Alternative use of multiple exons 1 of aromatase gene in cancerous and normal breast tissues from women over the age of 80 years. Breast Cancer Research. 11(4). R48–R48. 4 indexed citations

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Yoshimura, Noriko. (2009). [Progress of research in osteoarthritis. Epidemiolgy of osteoarthritis in Japanese population. ~ The ROAD study ~].. PubMed. 19(11). 1572–7. 6 indexed citations

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Honma, Naoko, Kaiyo Takubo, Futoshi Akiyama, et al.. (2007). Expression of oestrogen receptor‐β in apocrine carcinomas of the breast. Histopathology. 50(4). 425–433. 14 indexed citations

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Kimura, Takeshi, Hitoshi Takagi, Kiyoshi Suzuma, et al.. (2005). Adiponectin Stimulates Angiogenesis in Developing Murine Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 3897–3897. 1 indexed citations

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Kristensen, Vessela N., Thérese Sørlie, Jürgen Geisler, et al.. (2005). Gene Expression Profiling of Breast Cancer in Relation to Estrogen Receptor Status and Estrogen-Metabolizing Enzymes: Clinical Implications. Clinical Cancer Research. 11(2). 878s–883s. 25 indexed citations

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Yoshimura, Noriko. (2003). [Predictive factors for bone loss].. PubMed. 13(8). 1003–9. 1 indexed citations

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Mittag, T., Noriko Yoshimura, & S. M. Podos. (1987). Phorbol ester: effect on intraocular pressure, adenylate cyclase, and protein kinase in the rabbit eye.. PubMed. 28(12). 2057–66. 18 indexed citations

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