Shunji Mishiro

13.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
160 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Shunji Mishiro is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Shunji Mishiro has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Hepatology, 77 papers in Epidemiology and 48 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Shunji Mishiro's work include Hepatitis C virus research (74 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (66 papers) and Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (57 papers). Shunji Mishiro is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (74 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (66 papers) and Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (57 papers). Shunji Mishiro collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Shunji Mishiro's co-authors include Hiroaki Okamoto, Kazuaki Takahashi, Naoto Kitajima, Y. Akahane, Hiroshi Yoshizawa, Fumio Tsuda, Takeshi Tanaka, Shunichi Okada, M Yoshiba and Minako Hijikata and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Shunji Mishiro

155 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus from deer to human beings

2003 776 citations Naoto Kitajima, Kazuaki Takahashi et al. profile →
Full-length sequence of a hepatitis C virus genome having poor homology to reported isolates: Comparative study of four distinct genotypes

1992 509 citations Hiroaki Okamoto, Shunji Mishiro et al. Virology profile →
Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus from Mothers to Infants

1994 473 citations Hitoshi Ohto, Sousuke Terazawa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shunji Mishiro Japan	53	8.8k	6.0k	3.2k	801	670	160	10.6k
Ronald E. Engle United States	45	6.3k 0.7×	4.1k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	517 0.6×	471 0.7×	94	8.1k
Fumio Tsuda Japan	48	6.4k 0.7×	5.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	983 1.2×	340 0.5×	147	7.9k
R H Purcell United States	39	7.2k 0.8×	6.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	542 0.7×	854 1.3×	81	8.7k
Betty H. Robertson United States	38	5.1k 0.6×	3.6k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	309 0.4×	738 1.1×	87	6.9k
Stephen M. Feinstone United States	44	5.5k 0.6×	4.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	461 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	91	7.7k
Arie J. Zuckerman United Kingdom	41	3.9k 0.4×	5.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	320 0.4×	641 1.0×	285	7.1k
F. Blaine Hollinger United States	46	4.6k 0.5×	5.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	156 0.2×	710 1.1×	164	7.9k
Heléne Norder Sweden	48	6.2k 0.7×	5.7k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	288 0.4×	547 0.8×	160	8.8k
Brian J. McMahon United States	57	14.8k 1.7×	16.1k 2.7×	1.9k 0.6×	135 0.2×	793 1.2×	210	19.1k
Jean‐Pierre Allain United Kingdom	48	3.9k 0.4×	4.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	113 0.1×	420 0.6×	224	7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shunji Mishiro

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Shimakawa, Yusuke, Kazuaki Takahashi, Gibril Ndow, et al.. (2015). Hepatitis E virus infection and acute‐on‐chronic liver failure in West Africa: a case–control study from The Gambia. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 43(3). 375–384. 16 indexed citations

Watanabe, Naoki, Yoichi Nishigaki, Eiichi Tomita, et al.. (2014). Six cases of acute hepatitis E occurred within 18 months around Gifu city in Japan, infected with mutually-independent hepatitis E virus strains. Kanzo. 55(11). 713–716. 2 indexed citations

Kato, Hideaki, Kazuaki Takahashi, Makoto Nakamura, et al.. (2011). Two cases of acute hepatitis E due to Aichi/Shizuoka strain developed after intake of wild boar meat. Kanzo. 52(8). 524–527. 3 indexed citations

Inoue, Kazuaki, Kazuaki Takahashi, Tsunamasa Watanabe, et al.. (2009). A case of Japanese pregnant woman who developed severe acute hepatitis E right after back from India. Kanzo. 50(2). 60–64. 4 indexed citations

Tsubouchi, Hirohito, Shunji Mishiro, Satoshi Mochida, et al.. (2007). Round-table discussion: Fulminant hepatitis and/or acute liver failure. Kanzo. 48(9). 409–428. 1 indexed citations

Takahashi, Kazuaki, Natsumi Abe, Kojiro Michitaka, et al.. (2007). An easy ELISA for detecting antibodies to hepatitis E virus irrespective of animal species. Kanzo. 48(7). 338–340. 3 indexed citations

Nakamura, Masaru, Kazunari Taira, Masanori Taira, et al.. (2006). Hepatitis E virus isolates of genotype 4 recovered from wild boars in the Iriomote Island, Okinawa. Kanzo. 47(3). 161–162. 11 indexed citations

Inoue, Gaku, Kojiro Michitaka, Kazuaki Takahashi, et al.. (2006). A case of acute hepatitis E developed in a housewife who had cooked and eaten wild boar meat a month before. Kanzo. 47(10). 459–464. 12 indexed citations

Takahashi, Kazuhiro, Kosuke Okada, Jae‐Heon Kang, et al.. (2005). A lineage of hepatitis E virus within genotype IV, associated with severe forms of hepatitis. Kanzo. 46(6). 389–390. 13 indexed citations

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Arai, Masahiro, Naoaki Hashimoto, Hiroshi Miyakawa, et al.. (2005). Epidemiological and virological characteristics of 10 cases of sporadic acute hepatitis E from Tokyo and Kanagawa. Kanzo. 46(4). 224–225. 4 indexed citations

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Fujiwara, Shinji, Sachiyo Kogita, Toshio Tanabe, et al.. (2005). A Japanese patient with seronegative hepatitis E caused by a Greece/Spain-origin-like HEV after visiting Thailand. Kanzo. 46(5). 290–291. 5 indexed citations

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Atarashi, Yoshinari, Yukihiro Shimizu, Masaya Iwamoto, et al.. (2005). A domestic case of acute sporadic hepatitis E first identified in Toyama prefecture. Kanzo. 46(11). 647–652. 4 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Kazuaki, Naoto Kitajima, Natsumi Abe, & Shunji Mishiro. (2004). Complete or near-complete nucleotide sequences of hepatitis E virus genome recovered from a wild boar, a deer, and four patients who ate the deer. Virology. 330(2). 501–505. 254 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Naoko, et al.. (2003). . Kanzo. 44(2). 80–84. 5 indexed citations

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Tajiri, Hitoshi, et al.. (2000). CONFIRMATION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF TT VIRUS. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 19(3). 255–256. 2 indexed citations

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Lemon, Stanley M., Thomas J. Layden, Leonard B. Seeff, et al.. (2000). The 20th United States-Japan joint hepatitis panel meeting. Hepatology. 31(3). 800–806. 19 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Kazuaki, Yoshihiro Ohta, Koichi Kanai, et al.. (1999). Clinical implications of mutations C-to-T1653 and T-to-C/A/G1753 of hepatitis B virus genotype C genome in chronic liver disease. Archives of Virology. 144(7). 1299–1308. 66 indexed citations

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Hino, K, Takashi Moriya, Naofumi Ohno, et al.. (1998). Mother-to-infant transmission occurs more frequently with GB virus C than hepatitis C virus. Archives of Virology. 143(1). 65–72. 18 indexed citations

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Ohto, Hitoshi, Sousuke Terazawa, Nobuhiko Sasaki, et al.. (1994). Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus From Mothers to Infants. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 49(8). 536–537. 54 indexed citations

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Miyamoto, Hiroshi, Hiroaki Okamoto, Koei Sato, Toru Tanaka, & Shunji Mishiro. (1992). Extraordinarily low density of hepatitis C virus estimated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation and the polymerase chain reaction. Journal of General Virology. 73(3). 715–718. 90 indexed citations

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