Shunji Sano

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
232 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Shunji Sano is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shunji Sano has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Surgery, 108 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 104 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Shunji Sano's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (99 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (35 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (32 papers). Shunji Sano is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (99 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (35 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (32 papers). Shunji Sano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Shunji Sano's co-authors include Kozo Ishino, Shingo Kasahara, Masaaki Kawada, Roger B.B. Mee, Hidezo Mori, Yasuhiro Kotani, Tom R. Karl, Shinichi Ohtsuki, Sadahiko Arai and Kenji Kangawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Medicine and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Shunji Sano

220 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Monolayered mesenchymal stem cells repair scarred myocard... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750
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. Monolayered mesenchymal stem cells repair scarred myocardium after myocardial infarction
    2006 927 citations Noritoshi Nagaya, Kozo Ishino et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shunji Sano Japan 34 2.6k 2.2k 1.8k 1.3k 856 232 4.9k
Alfred Kocher Austria 34 3.1k 1.2× 859 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 1.8k 1.5× 1.6k 1.9× 185 6.0k
Armin Welz Germany 33 1.6k 0.6× 917 0.4× 853 0.5× 1.8k 1.5× 665 0.8× 145 3.6k
Kozo Ishino Japan 21 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 796 0.5× 503 0.4× 436 0.5× 89 2.6k
Thomas J. Kulik United States 35 1.6k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 647 0.8× 101 4.8k
Yeong‐Hoon Choi Germany 34 2.1k 0.8× 421 0.2× 629 0.4× 1.6k 1.3× 880 1.0× 193 4.0k
Köichi Toda Japan 29 2.3k 0.9× 638 0.3× 592 0.3× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 330 4.2k
Holger Nef Germany 41 3.3k 1.3× 835 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 5.1k 4.1× 823 1.0× 329 7.3k
Niloo M. Edwards United States 36 3.7k 1.4× 404 0.2× 453 0.3× 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 126 5.6k
Micha S. Feinberg Israel 38 2.6k 1.0× 471 0.2× 518 0.3× 3.0k 2.4× 1.2k 1.4× 129 6.4k
Artur Lichtenberg Germany 36 3.0k 1.1× 579 0.3× 774 0.4× 1.8k 1.5× 565 0.7× 331 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Shunji Sano

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Shunji Sano's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Shunji Sano with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Shunji Sano more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Shunji Sano

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Shunji Sano. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Shunji Sano. The network helps show where Shunji Sano may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shunji Sano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shunji Sano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shunji Sano 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 Shunji Sano. Shunji Sano 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
1.
Kobayashi, Yasuyuki, et al.. (2025). Management Strategies for Truncus Arteriosus: A Comparative Analysis of Staged vs. Primary Repair. Pediatric Cardiology. 47(2). 514–522. 1 indexed citations
2.
Kobayashi, Yasuyuki, Yasuhiro Kotani, Takuya Kawabata, et al.. (2021). Does the size of pulmonary artery impact on recoarctation of the aorta after the Norwood procedure without patch?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 33(5). 765–772. 1 indexed citations
3.
Kotani, Yasuhiro, Shunji Sano, & Shingo Kasahara. (2018). Repair of Intramural Coronary Artery in Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery. Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 23(1). 40–48.
4.
Kijima, Yasufumi, Teiji Akagi, Yoichi Takaya, et al.. (2016). Deficient Surrounding Rims in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 29(8). 768–776. 13 indexed citations
5.
Takaya, Yoichi, Teiji Akagi, Yasufumi Kijima, et al.. (2015). Long-Term Outcome After Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defect in Older Patients. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 8(4). 600–606. 39 indexed citations
6.
7.
8.
Fujiwara, Hiroyasu, et al.. (2014). A First Case Report of Ideopathic Arteriovenous Fistula in the Brachial Artery. The Japanese Journal of Phlebology. 25(3). 346–349.
9.
Nakagawa, Koji, Teiji Akagi, Manabu Taniguchi, et al.. (2012). Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect in a geriatric population. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 80(1). 84–90. 33 indexed citations
10.
Sano, Shunji & Shingo Kasahara. (2012). Sano Modification with a Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunt. Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 17(2). 66–80. 2 indexed citations
11.
Kawabata, Takuya, Shingo Kasahara, Sadahiko Arai, & Shunji Sano. (2011). Right ventricular exclusion for a neonatal patient with Ebstein anomaly: A free wall resection of the right ventricle. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 142(6). 1582–1584. 2 indexed citations
12.
Kijima, Yasufumi, Teiji Akagi, Manabu Taniguchi, et al.. (2011). Catheter closure of atrial septal defect in patients with cryptogenic stroke: initial experience in Japan. Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics. 27(1). 8–13. 3 indexed citations
13.
Matsushita, Masayuki, Tomohiro Asai, Zenichi Masuda, et al.. (2010). Effect of inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 on cardiac hypertrophy during acute pressure overload. General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 58(6). 265–270. 20 indexed citations
14.
Toyooka, Shinichi, Kengo Kusano, Keiji Goto, et al.. (2009). Right but not left ventricular function recovers early after living-donor lobar lung transplantation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 138(1). 222–226. 23 indexed citations
15.
Matsushita, Masayuki, Akiyoshi Moriwaki, Kazuhito Tomizawa, et al.. (2006). A Cell‐permeable NFAT Inhibitor Peptide Prevents Pressure‐Overload Cardiac Hypertrophy. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 67(3). 238–243. 35 indexed citations
16.
Kawabata, Takuya, et al.. (2005). Successful Treatment of Severe Ischemic Foot Ulcer with Sterile Maggots: The First Case in This Country. 14(6). 653–657. 4 indexed citations
17.
Fujii, Takafumi, Noritoshi Nagaya, Takashi Iwase, et al.. (2004). PJ-045 Adrenomedullin Enhances Therapeutic Potency of Bone Marrow Transplantation for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rats(Acute Myocardial Infarction, Basic 2 (IHD) : PJ8)(Poster Session (Japanese)). Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 68. 490. 1 indexed citations
18.
Emori, Tetsuro, Keiko Ohta, Kengo Kusano, et al.. (2003). Clusters of Ventricular Fibrillation in a Patient With an Implantable Cardioverter Difibrillator Treated With Amiodarone.. Circulation Journal. 67(2). 163–165. 3 indexed citations
19.
Mohri, Makoto, et al.. (2002). Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting via Left Thoracotomy in a Patient with Esophageal Cancer.. Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 31(6). 408–410.
20.
Irié, Hiroyuki, Yu Oshima, Kozo Ishino, et al.. (2002). Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using Coronary Shunt Tubes.. Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 31(1). 37–39. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Alfred Kocher Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Armin Welz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kozo Ishino Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Thomas J. Kulik Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yeong‐Hoon Choi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Köichi Toda Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Holger Nef Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Niloo M. Edwards Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Micha S. Feinberg Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Artur Lichtenberg
Rankless by CCL
2026