Shinji Tanaka

43.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
772 papers, 24.9k citations indexed

About

Shinji Tanaka is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shinji Tanaka has authored 772 papers receiving a total of 24.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 353 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 332 papers in Surgery and 232 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Shinji Tanaka's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (306 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (132 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (121 papers). Shinji Tanaka is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (306 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (132 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (121 papers). Shinji Tanaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Vietnam. Shinji Tanaka's co-authors include Kazuaki Chayama, Masaharu Yoshihara, Shiro Oka, Ken Haruma, Yasuhiko Kitadai, Shigeto Yoshida, Shiro Oka, Masanori Ito, Toru Hiyama and Hiroyuki Kanao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Shinji Tanaka

749 papers receiving 24.3k citations

Hit Papers

Advantage of endoscopic submucosal dissection compared wi... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2006 1996 2012 2019 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Advantage of endoscopic submucosal dissection compared with EMR for early gastric cancer
    2006 551 citations Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka et al. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy profile →
  2. Mutations in 23S rRNA are associated with clarithromycin resistance in Helicobacter pylori
    1996 407 citations Shinji Tanaka, David Y. Graham et al. profile →
  3. Validation of a Simple Classification System for Endoscopic Diagnosis of Small Colorectal Polyps Using Narrow-Band Imaging
    2012 388 citations Shinji Tanaka et al. profile →
  4. Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society guidelines for colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection/endoscopic mucosal resection
    2019 252 citations Shinji Tanaka et al. Digestive Endoscopy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shinji Tanaka Japan 81 11.3k 10.1k 8.5k 5.8k 4.4k 772 24.9k
Ming‐Shiang Wu Taiwan 70 5.5k 0.5× 9.4k 0.9× 4.5k 0.5× 2.8k 0.5× 4.0k 0.9× 596 20.0k
Yuichiro� Doki Japan 82 10.9k 1.0× 13.0k 1.3× 11.2k 1.3× 2.0k 0.3× 13.1k 3.0× 1.4k 34.8k
Masaki Kitajima Japan 62 5.1k 0.5× 6.0k 0.6× 4.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 3.0k 0.7× 607 14.6k
Michael Vieth Germany 76 8.2k 0.7× 13.7k 1.3× 3.3k 0.4× 5.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.5× 533 20.1k
Masao Tanaka Japan 82 6.8k 0.6× 14.6k 1.4× 17.2k 2.0× 1.4k 0.2× 8.2k 1.9× 1.2k 35.1k
Yoshihiro Kakeji Japan 59 6.3k 0.6× 6.1k 0.6× 5.3k 0.6× 1.6k 0.3× 3.8k 0.9× 699 14.9k
Nicholas A. Wright United Kingdom 80 3.0k 0.3× 7.9k 0.8× 6.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.2× 8.9k 2.0× 462 23.6k
Yoshihiko Maehara Japan 92 12.2k 1.1× 14.4k 1.4× 13.5k 1.6× 2.5k 0.4× 11.2k 2.5× 1.7k 42.9k
Masaki Mori Japan 93 9.6k 0.8× 9.8k 1.0× 12.0k 1.4× 1.7k 0.3× 21.3k 4.8× 1.3k 43.4k
Michael F. Dixon United Kingdom 64 5.1k 0.5× 13.4k 1.3× 6.3k 0.7× 3.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 184 18.1k

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All Works

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Tsuboi, Akiyoshi, Shiro Oka, Yusuke Kato, et al.. (2023). Disease surveillance evaluation of primary small-bowel follicular lymphoma using capsule endoscopy images based on a deep convolutional neural network (with video). Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 98(6). 968–976.e3. 2 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Ryohei, Yoshitaka Ueno, Takuro Uchida, et al.. (2022). Promoting mechanism of serum amyloid a family expression in mouse intestinal epithelial cells. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0264836–e0264836. 5 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Koki, Yuji Urabe, Ryo Yuge, et al.. (2020). Genomic Characterization of Non-Invasive Differentiated-Type Gastric Cancer in the Japanese Population. Cancers. 12(2). 510–510. 8 indexed citations
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Oka, Shiro, Shinji Tanaka, Takahiro Kotachi, et al.. (2019). Clinical Usefulness of Dual Red Imaging in Gastric Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: A Pilot Study. Clinical Endoscopy. 53(1). 54–59. 24 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Ryohei, Kiichiro Tsuchiya, K Fukushima, et al.. (2016). Reduced Human α-defensin 6 in Noninflamed Jejunal Tissue of Patients with Crohn’s Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 22(5). 1119–1128. 15 indexed citations
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Tamaki, Toru, Tsubasa Hirakawa, Bisser Raytchev, et al.. (2016). Transfer Learning for Endoscopic Image Classification. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 115(401). 223–227. 1 indexed citations
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Kamada, Tomoari, Ken Haruma, Masanori Ito, et al.. (2015). Time Trends in Helicobacter pylori Infection and Atrophic Gastritis Over 40 Years in Japan. Helicobacter. 20(3). 192–198. 78 indexed citations
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Nakano, Makoto, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, et al.. (2013). Clinical usefulness of classification by transabdominal ultrasonography for detection of small-bowel stricture. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 48(9). 1041–1047. 11 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Toshiki, Shigeto Yoshida, Shinji Tanaka, et al.. (2009). Predicting the clinical response to cytapheresis in steroid-refractory or -dependent ulcerative colitis using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 44(7). 831–837. 16 indexed citations
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Fukumoto, Akira, Shinji Tanaka, Hironori Yamamoto, et al.. (2007). Diagnosis and treatment of small-bowel stricture by double balloon endoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 66(3). S108–S112. 84 indexed citations
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Hiyama, Toru, et al.. (2006). Medical Malpractice Litigation in Gastroenterological Practice in Japan: A 22-Yr Review of Civil Court Cases. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 101(9). 1951–1953. 14 indexed citations
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Kaneko, Iwao, Shinji Tanaka, Shiro Oka, et al.. (2006). Lymphatic Vessel Density at the Site of Deepest Penetration as a Predictor of Lymph Node Metastasis in Submucosal Colorectal Cancer. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 50(1). 13–21. 55 indexed citations
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Oka, Shiro, Shinji Tanaka, Iwao Kaneko, et al.. (2006). Advantage of endoscopic submucosal dissection compared with EMR for early gastric cancer. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 64(6). 877–883. 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hiyama, Toru, Shinji Tanaka, Masaharu Yoshihara, & Kazuaki Chayama. (2004). MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LITIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY. 46(4). 911–918. 3 indexed citations
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Ito, Masanori, Ken Haruma, Tomoari Kamada, et al.. (2002). Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy improves atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia: a 5‐year prospective study of patients with atrophic gastritis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 16(8). 1449–1456. 158 indexed citations
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Kinoshita, J. H., Kaoru Kitamura, Akira Kabashima, et al.. (2001). Clinical significance of vascular endothelial growth factor‐C (VEGF‐C) in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 66(2). 159–164. 119 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Shinji, Morihisa Akagi, Toshio Nishida, et al.. (1994). A CASE REPORT OF GASTRIC CANCER SIMULATING SUBMUCOSAL TUMOR. Acta gastro-enterologica belgica. 36(2). 343–350. 1 indexed citations

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