Riichiro Abe

10.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Riichiro Abe is a scholar working on Immunology, Pharmacology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Riichiro Abe has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Immunology, 35 papers in Pharmacology and 35 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Riichiro Abe's work include Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions (33 papers), Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases (24 papers) and Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (21 papers). Riichiro Abe is often cited by papers focused on Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions (33 papers), Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases (24 papers) and Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (21 papers). Riichiro Abe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Riichiro Abe's co-authors include Hiroshi Shimizu, Tadamichi Shimizu, Christine N. Metz, Yasuyuki Fujita, Tina Peng, Richard Bucala, Seamas C. Donnelly, Mikako Sasaki, Daisuke Inokuma and Sho‐ichi Yamagishi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Riichiro Abe

154 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Peripheral Blood Fibrocytes: Differentiation Pathway and Migration to Wound Sites

2001 802 citations Riichiro Abe et al. profile →
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Are Recruited into Wounded Skin and Contribute to Wound Repair by Transdifferentiation into Multiple Skin Cell Type

2008 789 citations Mikako Sasaki, Riichiro Abe et al. profile →
Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome (DIHS)/Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS): Clinical Features and Pathogenesis

2022 98 citations Natsumi Hama, Riichiro Abe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Riichiro Abe Japan	40	1.6k	1.5k	912	887	876	167	6.5k
Yuji Shirakata Japan	36	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	578 0.6×	830 0.9×	563 0.6×	96	4.7k
Yasuyuki Fujita Japan	33	666 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	280 0.3×	333 0.4×	726 0.8×	178	4.5k
Alain Mauviel France	64	1.2k 0.7×	6.3k 4.1×	323 0.4×	960 1.1×	361 0.4×	145	11.2k
Alan T. Nurden France	60	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	308 0.3×	191 0.2×	1.4k 1.6×	278	14.5k
Brygida Berse United States	39	835 0.5×	6.3k 4.1×	525 0.6×	330 0.4×	461 0.5×	70	10.0k
S. Joseph Leibovich United States	37	2.5k 1.6×	2.9k 1.9×	292 0.3×	286 0.3×	449 0.5×	73	9.1k
Edward P. Amento United States	43	1.8k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	217 0.2×	298 0.3×	212 0.2×	78	8.2k
Ralf J. Ludwig Germany	45	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	254 0.3×	975 1.1×	2.6k 3.0×	309	7.3k
Jochen Zwerina Austria	64	2.3k 1.4×	4.9k 3.2×	657 0.7×	545 0.6×	732 0.8×	229	12.2k
George Bou–Gharios United Kingdom	44	578 0.4×	3.4k 2.2×	129 0.1×	381 0.4×	834 1.0×	158	6.6k

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Hama, Natsumi, Yuko Watanabe, Yukie Yamaguchi, et al.. (2025). Efficacy and Safety of Etanercept in Japanese Patients With Stevens–Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Unresponsive to Systemic Steroid Therapy: A Multicenter, Open‐Label, Single‐Arm Study. The Journal of Dermatology. 52(10). 1536–1544.

Hayashi, Ryota, Tatsuya Takenouchi, Kazuaki Suda, et al.. (2024). Reevaluating hybrid neurofibroma/schwannoma: Predominance of schwannoma features despite CD34 positivity and initial neurofibroma diagnosis. The Journal of Dermatology. 51(11). 1461–1469. 3 indexed citations

Fujita, Yusuke, et al.. (2024). Harmonic response of Gd-doped Mn-ferrite nanoparticles under AC magnetic field and optimization of Gd doping for MPI applications. AIP Advances. 14(1). 1 indexed citations

Fujimoto, Atsushi, Ryota Hayashi, Seitaro Iguchi, & Riichiro Abe. (2024). Can dermatologists reach their full potential in teledermatology? A validation study of diagnostic performance of skin diseases in live video conferencing teledermatology. The Journal of Dermatology. 51(7). 991–998.

Hayashi, Ryota, et al.. (2024). Widespread imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like eruption: case report and analysis of mast cell infiltration. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 50(6). 1221–1224.

Hayashi, Ryota, et al.. (2024). Cytomegalovirus complications in drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: importance of routine monitoring and early therapeutic intervention. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 50(2). 399–403. 1 indexed citations

Hirai, Yoji, Shiho Yoshida, Toshiharu Mitsuhashi, et al.. (2024). Phase I/II clinical trial of brentuximab vedotin for pretreated Japanese patients with CD30‐positive cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma. The Journal of Dermatology. 51(8). 1037–1049. 1 indexed citations

Hayashi, Ryota, Akito Hasegawa, Takashi Ariizumi, et al.. (2023). Deep dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton rubrum in an elderly patient with CARD9 deficiency: A case report and literature review. The Journal of Dermatology. 51(2). 294–300. 2 indexed citations

Hayashi, Ryota, et al.. (2023). Two cases of infancy associated eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (I‐EPF) comparing the profile of infiltrating cells with classic EPF by immunohistochemical study. The Journal of Dermatology. 51(1). 125–129. 1 indexed citations

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Sproule, Thomas J., Robert Y Wilpan, John J. Wilson, et al.. (2023). Dystonin modifiers of junctional epidermolysis bullosa and models of epidermolysis bullosa simplex without dystonia musculorum. PLoS ONE. 18(10). e0293218–e0293218. 1 indexed citations

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Abe, Riichiro, et al.. (2022). Diagnostic accuracy of dermoscopy for 934 basal cell carcinomas: A single‐center retrospective study. The Journal of Dermatology. 50(1). 64–71. 7 indexed citations

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Hasegawa, Akito, Natsumi Hama, Haruto Nishida, et al.. (2021). A case of Stevens–Johnson syndrome‐like eruption suggesting clinical importance of body temperature and serum levels of receptor‐interacting kinase 3. Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy. 4(6). 184–186.

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Kinoshita, Manao, Youichi Ogawa, Natsumi Hama, et al.. (2021). Neutrophils initiate and exacerbate Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. Science Translational Medicine. 13(600). 53 indexed citations

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Hasegawa, Akito, Ryota Hayashi, Yutaka Shimomura, Masanori Hirashima, & Riichiro Abe. (2021). Only plantar lesion of punctate palmoplantar keratoderma with a novel missense mutation in the AAGAB gene: Two Japanese familial case reports and review of reported mutations. The Journal of Dermatology. 48(12). 1926–1930. 1 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, R., Ikko Kajihara, Soichiro Sawamura, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of Endoglin Exerts Antitumor Effects through the Regulation of Non-Smad TGF-β Signaling in Angiosarcoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 140(10). 2060–2072.e6. 7 indexed citations

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Fujita, Yasuyuki, Satoru Shinkuma, Shotaro Suzuki, et al.. (2019). Cultured Epidermal Autografts from Clinically Revertant Skin as a Potential Wound Treatment for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 139(10). 2115–2124.e11. 19 indexed citations

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Abe, Riichiro. (2014). Immunological response in Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. The Journal of Dermatology. 42(1). 42–48. 33 indexed citations

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Nomura, Yukiko, Toshifumi Nomura, Kaori Sakai, et al.. (2012). A novel splice site mutation in NCSTN underlies a Japanese family with hidradenitis suppurativa. British Journal of Dermatology. 168(1). 206–209. 35 indexed citations

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Fujita, Yasuyuki, Riichiro Abe, Daisuke Inokuma, et al.. (2010). Bone marrow transplantation restores epidermal basement membrane protein expression and rescues epidermolysis bullosa model mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(32). 14345–14350. 48 indexed citations

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Hoshina, Daichi, Riichiro Abe, Sho‐ichi Yamagishi, & Hiroaki Shimizu. (2010). The Role of PEDF in Tumor Growth and Metastasis. Current Molecular Medicine. 10(3). 292–295. 42 indexed citations

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