Ryota Nakamura

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ryota Nakamura is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryota Nakamura has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 10 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Ryota Nakamura's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (6 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (6 papers). Ryota Nakamura is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (16 papers), Urban Transport and Accessibility (6 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (6 papers). Ryota Nakamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Singapore. Ryota Nakamura's co-authors include Marc Suhrcke, Theresa M. Marteau, Susan A. Jebb, Michael P. Kelly, Ian Shemilt, David Ogilvie, Gareth J Hollands, Rachel Pechey, Uschara Thumarat and Hideyuki Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Ryota Nakamura

51 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Cycling behaviour in 17 countries across 6 continents: levels of cycling, who cycles, for what purpose, and how far?
    2021 146 citations Rahul Goel, Anna Goodman et al. Transport Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryota Nakamura Japan 20 502 199 163 161 157 57 1.4k
Yanping Duan China 20 155 0.3× 170 0.9× 128 0.8× 51 0.3× 79 0.5× 90 1.6k
George Thomson New Zealand 26 610 1.2× 367 1.8× 89 0.5× 78 0.5× 41 0.3× 141 2.3k
Ramli Musa Malaysia 22 132 0.3× 132 0.7× 11 0.1× 106 0.7× 30 0.2× 177 2.0k
Maria Jansen Netherlands 27 651 1.3× 1.0k 5.1× 143 0.9× 125 0.8× 14 0.1× 157 2.2k
Emma L. Giles United Kingdom 21 387 0.8× 455 2.3× 23 0.1× 156 1.0× 10 0.1× 63 1.5k
Sofia Kalamatianou United Kingdom 6 335 0.7× 128 0.6× 16 0.1× 43 0.3× 64 0.4× 9 720
Minjung Lee South Korea 19 54 0.1× 123 0.6× 10 0.1× 151 0.9× 117 0.7× 82 1.5k
Yuyan Shi United States 27 472 0.9× 493 2.5× 44 0.3× 120 0.7× 6 0.0× 105 2.2k
Giulio Arcangeli Italy 30 99 0.2× 852 4.3× 16 0.1× 243 1.5× 97 0.6× 129 3.1k
Yves Couturier Canada 23 220 0.4× 841 4.2× 14 0.1× 159 1.0× 242 1.5× 194 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ryota Nakamura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryota Nakamura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryota Nakamura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ryota Nakamura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ryota Nakamura 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 Ryota Nakamura. Ryota Nakamura 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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Nakamura, Ryota, Hideyasu Shimadzu, Nguyễn Văn Huy, et al.. (2025). Progress and inequality in child immunization in 38 African countries, 2000–2030: A spatio-temporal Bayesian analysis at national and sub-national levels. PLoS Medicine. 22(7). e1004664–e1004664. 1 indexed citations
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Rahman, Mizanur, Ryota Nakamura, Md. Monirul Islam, et al.. (2025). Socio-demographic disparities in health-related quality of life in hypertensive patients in Bangladesh: a comprehensive survey analysis. Quality of Life Research. 34(5). 1457–1471.
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Hossain, Mohammad Safayet, et al.. (2025). Healthy lifestyle knowledge and age at hypertension diagnosis: a primary health care based survey in Bangladesh. Journal of Human Hypertension. 39(6). 448–456. 1 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Ryota, Kenji Tsukigawa, Koji Nishi, et al.. (2024). Development of α-Cyclodextrin-Based Orally Disintegrating Tablets for 4-Phenylbutyrate. Pharmaceutics. 16(1). 82–82. 4 indexed citations
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Jahan, Yasmin, et al.. (2024). Identifying key factors for successful formulation and implementation of healthcare policies on non-communicable diseases: a multinational analysis. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1292176–1292176. 1 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Ryota, et al.. (2023). Do economic incentives promote physical activity? Evidence from the London Congestion Charge. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society). 187(2). 305–320. 3 indexed citations
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Rahman, Md Mizanur, Ryota Nakamura, Md. Rashedul Islam, et al.. (2023). Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health intervention coverage in 70 low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–30: trends, projections, and inequities. The Lancet Global Health. 11(10). e1531–e1543. 7 indexed citations
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Ibuka, Yoko, et al.. (2022). Mixing age and risk groups for accessing COVID-19 vaccines: a modelling study. BMJ Open. 12(12). e061139–e061139. 1 indexed citations
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Isaranuwatchai, Wanrudee, Saudamini Vishwanath Dabak, Asrul Akmal Shafie, et al.. (2022). Factors associated with the opposition to COVID-19 vaccination certificates: A multi-country observational study from Asia. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 48. 102358–102358. 5 indexed citations
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Rahman, Md Mizanur, Jenny Jung, Md. Rashedul Islam, et al.. (2022). Global, regional, and national progress in financial risk protection towards universal health coverage, 2000–2030. Social Science & Medicine. 312. 115367–115367. 6 indexed citations
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Goel, Rahul, Anna Goodman, Rachel Aldred, et al.. (2021). Cycling behaviour in 17 countries across 6 continents: levels of cycling, who cycles, for what purpose, and how far?. Transport Reviews. 42(1). 58–81. 146 indexed citations breakdown →
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SAEKI, Tatsuhiko, et al.. (2020). AN ESTIMATION METHOD FOR SURFACE CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION ON CONCRETE UNDER AIRBORNE CHLORIDE ENVIRONMENT. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser E2 (Materials and Concrete Structures). 76(2). 98–108.
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Teerawattananon, Yot, Waranya Rattanavipapong, Lydia Lin, et al.. (2019). Landscape analysis of health technology assessment (HTA): systems and practices in Asia. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 35(6). 416–421. 22 indexed citations
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Hollands, Gareth J, Ian Shemilt, Theresa M. Marteau, et al.. (2013). Altering choice architecture to change population health behaviour: a large-scale conceptual and empirical scoping review of interventions within micro-environments. 19 indexed citations
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Shemilt, Ian, Gareth J Hollands, Theresa M. Marteau, et al.. (2013). Effects of changes in the economic environment on diet- and physical activity related behaviours and corollary outcomes: a large-scale scoping review.. 4 indexed citations
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Koike, Junpei, Kotaro Chino, Naoya Aihara, et al.. (2012). Cu2SnS3Thin-Film Solar Cells from Electroplated Precursors. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 51(10S). 10NC34–10NC34. 34 indexed citations

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