Takaaki Higashi

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Takaaki Higashi is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Takaaki Higashi has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Oncology, 26 papers in Surgery and 23 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Takaaki Higashi's work include Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (21 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (18 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (12 papers). Takaaki Higashi is often cited by papers focused on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (21 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (18 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (12 papers). Takaaki Higashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Takaaki Higashi's co-authors include Yujin Hoshida, Scott L. Friedman, Akira Chikamoto, Katsunobu Taki, Toru Beppu, Daisuke Hashimoto, Hideo Baba, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Shigeki Nakagawa and Hidetoshi Nitta and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Takaaki Higashi

72 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Hepatic stellate cells as key target in liver fibrosis

2017 1.1k citations Takaaki Higashi, Yujin Hoshida et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Takaaki Higashi Japan	22	1.1k	995	732	556	549	75	2.5k
Wei‐Xing Guo China	27	1.5k 1.4×	857 0.9×	373 0.5×	514 0.9×	595 1.1×	99	2.4k
Shinichi Kiso Japan	31	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	728 1.0×	608 1.1×	1.3k 2.4×	84	3.3k
Sanne Skovgård Veidal Denmark	31	748 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	278 0.4×	463 0.8×	733 1.3×	53	2.9k
Jeong Eun Yoo South Korea	24	682 0.6×	454 0.5×	480 0.7×	425 0.8×	682 1.2×	48	1.8k
Colette Rey France	24	1.3k 1.2×	913 0.9×	437 0.6×	724 1.3×	673 1.2×	29	2.4k
Silvia Affò United States	16	997 0.9×	998 1.0×	382 0.5×	552 1.0×	673 1.2×	24	2.3k
Bostjan Humar Switzerland	34	622 0.6×	565 0.6×	576 0.8×	972 1.7×	1.3k 2.3×	74	3.0k
Hideki Iwamoto Japan	32	956 0.9×	551 0.6×	706 1.0×	574 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	172	3.1k
Yasuhide Ikenaka Japan	27	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	370 0.5×	330 0.6×	896 1.6×	55	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Takaaki Higashi

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Imai, Katsunori, Yosuke Nakao, Rikako Kato, et al.. (2021). A case of primary carcinosarcoma of the liver with combined hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma. Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. 14(5). 1476–1483. 2 indexed citations

El‐mezayen, Hatem A., Kensuke Yamamura, Toshihiko Yusa, et al.. (2021). MicroRNA-25 Exerts an Oncogenic Function by Regulating the Ubiquitin Ligase Fbxw7 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 28(12). 7973–7982. 11 indexed citations

Miyata, Tatsunori, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Yo‐ichi Yamashita, et al.. (2021). ASO Visual Abstract: The Impact of Histological Liver Inflammation on Oncology and the Prognosis of Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 28(S3). 689–689. 1 indexed citations

Yamashita, Yo‐ichi, Tatsuya Kondo, Hiromitsu Hayashi, et al.. (2020). Clinicopathological features and menin expression of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 27(12). 984–991. 4 indexed citations

Hayashi, Hiromitsu, Takaaki Higashi, Takanobu Yamao, et al.. (2020). Coexisting schwannoma of the gallbladder and sarcoidosis: a case report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 76–76. 2 indexed citations

Yusa, Toshihiko, Hirohisa Okabe, Yo‐ichi Yamashita, et al.. (2020). A case of inferior right hepatic vein–right hepatic vein bypass with interrupted inferior vena cava compressed by focal nodular hyperplasia in caudate lobe. International Cancer Conference Journal. 10(1). 11–14.

Hayashi, Hiromitsu, Norio Uemura, Zhao Liu, et al.. (2020). Prognostic Impact of Coagulation Activity in Patients Undergoing Curative Resection for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. In Vivo. 34(5). 2845–2850. 5 indexed citations

Hirschfield, Hadassa, C. Billie Bian, Takaaki Higashi, et al.. (2018). In vitro modeling of hepatocellular carcinoma molecular subtypes for anti-cancer drug assessment. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 50(1). e419–e419. 40 indexed citations

Arima, Kota, Hirohisa Okabe, Daisuke Hashimoto, et al.. (2017). Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts metachronous liver metastasis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 22(4). 734–739. 26 indexed citations

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Miyata, Tatsunori, Yo‐ichi Yamashita, Takaaki Higashi, et al.. (2017). The Prognostic Impact of Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Following Curative Hepatectomy: A Retrospective Single Institution Study. World Journal of Surgery. 42(4). 1085–1091. 56 indexed citations

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Yamamura, Kensuke, Keisuke Kosumi, Yoshifumi Baba, et al.. (2017). LINE-1 methylation level and prognosis in pancreas cancer: pyrosequencing technology and literature review. Surgery Today. 47(12). 1450–1459. 13 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lei, Yoshifumi Baba, Yuki Kitano, et al.. (2016). KRAS, BRAF, and PIK3CA mutations, and patient prognosis in 126 pancreatic cancers: pyrosequencing technology and literature review. Medical Oncology. 33(4). 32–32. 30 indexed citations

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Yu, Wenquan, Anu Venkatesh, Shigeki Nakagawa, et al.. (2016). Novel substituted aminothiazoles as potent and selective anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(23). 5819–5824. 6 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Hiromitsu, Takaaki Higashi, Naomi Yokoyama, et al.. (2015). An Imbalance in TAZ and YAP Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Confers Cancer Stem Cell–like Behaviors Contributing to Disease Progression. Cancer Research. 75(22). 4985–4997. 121 indexed citations

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Arima, Kota, Hirohisa Okabe, Daisuke Hashimoto, et al.. (2015). The Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Malignant Potential in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 19(12). 2171–2177. 36 indexed citations

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Higashi, Takaaki, Daisuke Hashimoto, Hiromitsu Hayashi, et al.. (2015). Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia of the liver requires differential diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgical Case Reports. 1(1). 31–31. 10 indexed citations

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Nakagawa, Shigeki, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Hidetoshi Nitta, et al.. (2015). Scoring system based on tumor markers and Child-Pugh classification for HCC patients who underwent liver resection.. PubMed. 35(4). 2157–63. 12 indexed citations

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Chikamoto, Akira, Takayoshi Kaida, Takaaki Higashi, et al.. (2015). Heat injury to the inferior vena cava by bipolar tissue sealer. Surgical Endoscopy. 30(4). 1519–1522. 4 indexed citations

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Higashi, Takaaki, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Katsunobu Taki, et al.. (2015). Sarcopenia, but not visceral fat amount, is a risk factor of postoperative complications after major hepatectomy. International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 21(2). 310–319. 43 indexed citations

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Higashi, Takaaki, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Takayoshi Kaida, et al.. (2015). Prognostic Impact of Visceral Fat Amount and Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAA) in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 22(S3). 1041–1047. 28 indexed citations

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