Osamu Okazaki

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
159 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Osamu Okazaki is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Osamu Okazaki has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 39 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Osamu Okazaki's work include Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (33 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (27 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (21 papers). Osamu Okazaki is often cited by papers focused on Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (33 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (27 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (21 papers). Osamu Okazaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Osamu Okazaki's co-authors include Atsushi Kurihara, Katsunobu Hagihara, Toshihiko Ikeda, Miho Kazui, Nagy A. Farid, Yumi Nishiya, Tomoko Ishizuka, Hideo Hakusui, F. Peter Guengerich and Kenichi Sudo and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Osamu Okazaki

151 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of the Human Cytochrome P450 Enzymes Invol... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2020 2020 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Identification of the Human Cytochrome P450 Enzymes Involved in the Two Oxidative Steps in the Bioactivation of Clopidogrel to Its Pharmacologically Active Metabolite
    2009 628 citations Miho Kazui, Yumi Nishiya et al. Drug Metabolism and Disposition profile →
  2. Low-Dose Edoxaban in Very Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
    2020 187 citations Tetsuro Yoshida, Osamu Okazaki et al. profile →
  3. Nighttime Blood Pressure Phenotype and Cardiovascular Prognosis
    2020 176 citations Kazuomi Kario, Satoshi Hoshide et al. Circulation profile →

Peers

Osamu Okazaki
Patrice Jaillon France
Atsushi Kurihara Japan
Christian Funck‐Brentano France
Vera H.M. Deneer Netherlands
Jérôme Biollaz Switzerland
W. Griffith Humphreys United States
Aziz Karim United States
Kyoung‐Ah Kim South Korea
Issam Zineh United States
Marcus M. Reidenberg United States
Patrice Jaillon France
Osamu Okazaki
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Osamu Okazaki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Osamu Okazaki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Osamu Okazaki 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 Osamu Okazaki. Osamu Okazaki 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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Kario, Kazuomi, Satoshi Hoshide, Hiroyuki Mizuno, et al.. (2020). Nighttime Blood Pressure Phenotype and Cardiovascular Prognosis. Circulation. 142(19). 1810–1820. 176 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hotta, Masatoshi, Ryogo Minamimoto, Toru Awaya, et al.. (2020). Radionuclide Imaging of Cardiac Amyloidosis and Sarcoidosis: Roles and Characteristics of Various Tracers. Radiographics. 40(7). 2029–2041. 18 indexed citations
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Minamimoto, Ryogo, Kazuhiko Nakajima, & Osamu Okazaki. (2020). Proliferation PET tracer 11C-4DST PET/CT depicts hibernating myocardium. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 28(5). 2379–2383. 1 indexed citations
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Kurotani, Kayo, Palitha Karunapema, Kapila Jayaratne, et al.. (2017). Circulating odd-chain saturated fatty acids were associated with arteriosclerosis among patients with diabetes, dyslipidemia, or hypertension in Sri Lanka but not Japan. Nutrition Research. 50. 82–93. 6 indexed citations
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Nakayama, Shintaro, Hideo Takakusa, Akiko Watanabe, et al.. (2011). Combination of GSH Trapping and Time-Dependent Inhibition Assays as a Predictive Method of Drugs Generating Highly Reactive Metabolites. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 39(7). 1247–1254. 25 indexed citations
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Sato, Toshiaki, Yoshifusa Aizawa, Hiroshi Inoue, et al.. (2009). 電話伝送型心電図によりモニターした持続性心房細動患者におけるベプリジルの用量-反応効果 多施設無作為プラセボ対照二重盲検試験(J-BAF試験). Circulation. 73(6). 1020–1027. 16 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Shinji, Ryo Atsumi, Masaru Iwasaki, et al.. (2009). Metabolism-dependent hepatotoxicity of amodiaquine in glutathione-depleted mice. Archives of Toxicology. 83(7). 701–707. 57 indexed citations
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Nishiya, Yumi, et al.. (2009). Effects of organic solvents on the time-dependent inhibition of CYP3A4 by diazepam. Xenobiotica. 40(1). 1–8. 12 indexed citations
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Hagihara, Katsunobu, Miho Kazui, Atsushi Kurihara, et al.. (2009). A Possible Mechanism for the Differences in Efficiency and Variability of Active Metabolite Formation from Thienopyridine Antiplatelet Agents, Prasugrel and Clopidogrel. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 37(11). 2145–2152. 97 indexed citations
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Arimura, Takuro, Yuji Matsumoto, Osamu Okazaki, et al.. (2007). Structural analysis of obscurin gene in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 362(2). 281–287. 73 indexed citations
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Masubuchi, Noriko, Hideo Hakusui, & Osamu Okazaki. (1997). Effects of proton pump inhibitors on thyroid hormone metabolism in rats. Biochemical Pharmacology. 54(11). 1225–1231. 15 indexed citations
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Akutsu, Yasushi, et al.. (1994). 冠動脈狭窄を評価するための軽度運動中の 13 N-アンモニア陽電子射出断層撮影による局所心筋血流量の測定. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 58(5). 303–314. 2 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Takuya, et al.. (1993). EXERCISE INDUCED ST DEPRESSION AND REGIONAL MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW DETERMINED BY POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY(PET)USING N-13 AMMONIA. Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 57(7). 712. 1 indexed citations
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Nakashima, Mitsuyoshi, Toshihiko Uematsu, Mitsutaka Kanamaru, Osamu Okazaki, & Hideo Hakusui. (1992). Phase I Study of Levofloxacin, (S)-(-)-Ofloxacin.. Rinsho yakuri/Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 23(2). 515–520. 45 indexed citations
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Okazaki, Osamu, Hiroyuki Aoki, & Hideo Hakusui. (1991). High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of (S)-(−)-ofloxacin and its metabolites in serum and urine using a solid-phase clean-up. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 563(2). 313–322. 39 indexed citations
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Sudo, Kenichi, et al.. (1984). Metabolic disposition of DL-8280 the third report; metabolism of l4C-DL-8280 in various animal species. Chemotherapy. 32(1). 1203–1210. 8 indexed citations

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