Taichi Shimazu

13.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
303 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Taichi Shimazu is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Taichi Shimazu has authored 303 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 96 papers in Oncology and 59 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Taichi Shimazu's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (69 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (41 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (25 papers). Taichi Shimazu is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (69 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (41 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (25 papers). Taichi Shimazu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Taichi Shimazu's co-authors include Shoichiro Tsugane, Manami Inoue, Norie Sawada, Motoki Iwasaki, Taiki Yamaji, Shizuka Sasazuki, Ichiro Tsuji, Shinichi Kuriyama, Yoshitaka Tsubono and Kaori Ohmori and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Taichi Shimazu

296 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Green Tea Consumption and Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and All Causes in Japan

2006 600 citations Shinichi Kuriyama, Taichi Shimazu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Taichi Shimazu Japan	48	2.1k	1.9k	1.7k	1.3k	1.2k	303	8.6k
Norie Sawada Japan	44	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	931 0.8×	392	8.1k
Chisato Nagata Japan	53	2.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	767 0.6×	281	8.9k
Taiki Yamaji Japan	46	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	788 0.6×	294	7.3k
Shizuka Sasazuki Japan	58	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	2.9k 1.6×	1.6k 1.2×	2.2k 1.8×	212	10.1k
Alessandra Tavani Italy	54	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	235	9.3k
Yong‐Bing Xiang China	56	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.4k 1.8×	798 0.6×	284	9.2k
Suminori Kono Japan	51	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	205	7.1k
Kenji Wakai Japan	58	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	2.1k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	432	12.7k
Roberd M. Bostick United States	55	2.5k 1.2×	2.8k 1.5×	2.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	765 0.6×	192	9.6k
Shinkan Tokudome Japan	49	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	797 0.6×	226	7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taichi Shimazu

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Kuroda, Yujiro, Kosuke Fujita, Taiki Sugimoto, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the feasibility of a community-adapted multi-domain intervention for dementia prevention in older adults. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 104(1). 269–282. 1 indexed citations

Uneno, Yu, Masanori Mori, Junko Saito, et al.. (2024). Awareness, information sources, and beliefs regarding palliative care in the general population in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional survey (INFORM study 2023). Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology. 54(11). 1171–1179. 1 indexed citations

Saito, Junko, Maiko Fujimori, Aya Kuchiba, et al.. (2023). Interactive assistance via eHealth for small- and medium-sized enterprises’ employer and health care manager teams on tobacco control (eSMART-TC): protocol for a cluster randomized hybrid type II trial (N-EQUITY2101/J-SUPPORT2102). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 61–61. 1 indexed citations

Sasaki, Natsu, Kotaro Imamura, Rajesh Vedanthan, et al.. (2022). Usefulness of Implementation Outcome Scales for Digital Mental Health (iOSDMH): Experiences from Six Randomized Controlled Trials. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(23). 15792–15792. 7 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Masaki, Yuto Yamada, Taichi Shimazu, et al.. (2021). Encouraging participation in colorectal cancer screening for people with schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 144(4). 318–328. 16 indexed citations

Sasaki, Natsu, Rajesh Vedanthan, Kotaro Imamura, et al.. (2021). Implementation Outcome Scales for Digital Mental Health (iOSDMH): Scale Development and Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Formative Research. 5(11). e24332–e24332. 14 indexed citations

Katagiri, Ryoko, Atsushi Goto, Taichi Shimazu, et al.. (2021). Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, and endometrial cancer risk: The Japan Public Health Center‐based Prospective Study. Cancer Science. 112(9). 3682–3690. 6 indexed citations

Svensson, Thomas, Manami Inoue, Eiko Saito, et al.. (2020). The Association Between Habitual Sleep Duration and Mortality According to Sex and Age: The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study. Journal of Epidemiology. 31(2). 109–118. 12 indexed citations

Yamagiwa, Yoko, Norie Sawada, Taichi Shimazu, et al.. (2020). Soy Food Intake and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: The Japan Public Health Center–based Prospective Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 29(6). 1214–1221. 4 indexed citations

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Inoue, Manami, Norie Sawada, Atsushi Goto, et al.. (2019). High-Negative Anti–Helicobacter pylori IgG Antibody Titers and Long-Term Risk of Gastric Cancer: Results from a Large-Scale Population-Based Cohort Study in Japan. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 29(2). 420–426. 21 indexed citations

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Butt, Julia, Matthew G. Varga, Tianyi Wang, et al.. (2019). Smoking, Helicobacter Pylori Serology, and Gastric Cancer Risk in Prospective Studies from China, Japan, and Korea. Cancer Prevention Research. 12(10). 667–674. 42 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Keitaro, Akiko Tamakoshi, Yumi Sugawara, et al.. (2019). Coffee, green tea and liver cancer risk: an evaluation based on a systematic review of epidemiologic evidence among the Japanese population. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology. 49(10). 972–984. 18 indexed citations

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Honjo, Kaori, Hiroyasu Iso, Ai Ikeda, et al.. (2019). Cross-Sectional Association Between Employment Status and Self-Rated Health Among Middle-Aged Japanese Women: The Influence of Socioeconomic Conditions and Work-Life Conflict. Journal of Epidemiology. 30(9). 396–403. 15 indexed citations

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Iwasaki, Motoki, Sachiko Tanaka‐Mizuno, Aya Kuchiba, et al.. (2017). Inclusion of a Genetic Risk Score into a Validated Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in Japanese Men Improves Performance. Cancer Prevention Research. 10(9). 535–541. 20 indexed citations

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Song, Huan, Eiko Saito, Norie Sawada, et al.. (2017). Perceived stress level and risk of cancer incidence in a Japanese population: the Japan Public Health Center (JPHC)-based Prospective Study. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 12964–12964. 35 indexed citations

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Asada, Kiyoshi, Takeshi Nakajima, Taichi Shimazu, et al.. (2014). Demonstration of the usefulness of epigenetic cancer risk prediction by a multicentre prospective cohort study. Gut. 64(3). 388–396. 108 indexed citations

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Michikawa, Takehiro, Manami Inoue, Norie Sawada, et al.. (2014). Plasma Isoflavones and Risk of Primary Liver Cancer in Japanese Women and Men with Hepatitis Virus Infection: A Nested Case–Control Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(3). 532–537. 14 indexed citations

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Hara, Megumi, Manami Inoue, Taichi Shimazu, Seiichiro Yamamoto, & Shoichiro Tsugane. (2010). The Association Between Cancer Risk and Age at Onset of Smoking in Japanese. Journal of Epidemiology. 20(2). 128–135. 12 indexed citations

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Shimazu, Taichi, Manami Inoue, Shizuka Sasazuki, et al.. (2010). Isoflavone intake and risk of lung cancer: a prospective cohort study in Japan. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 91(3). 722–728. 62 indexed citations

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Hozawa, Atsushi, Taichi Shimazu, Shinichi Kuriyama, & Ichiro Tsuji. (2006). Benefit of home blood pressure measurement after a finding of high blood pressure at a community screening. Journal of Hypertension. 24(7). 1265–1271. 10 indexed citations

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