Takanori Kitamura

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
102 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Takanori Kitamura is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Takanori Kitamura has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 29 papers in Oncology and 29 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Takanori Kitamura's work include Immune cells in cancer (25 papers), Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques (15 papers) and Chemokine receptors and signaling (15 papers). Takanori Kitamura is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (25 papers), Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques (15 papers) and Chemokine receptors and signaling (15 papers). Takanori Kitamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Takanori Kitamura's co-authors include Jeffrey W. Pollard, Bin‐Zhi Qian, Jiufeng Li, Liam Campion, Hui Zhang, Linda A. Snyder, Jinghang Zhang, Luca Cassetta, Yu Kato and Makoto M. Taketo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Takanori Kitamura

98 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

CCL2 recruits inflammatory monocytes to facilitate breast-tumour metastasis

2011 2.2k citations Jiufeng Li, Takanori Kitamura et al. profile →
Immune cell promotion of metastasis

2015 890 citations Takanori Kitamura, Jeffrey W. Pollard et al. profile →
CCL2-induced chemokine cascade promotes breast cancer metastasis by enhancing retention of metastasis-associated macrophages

2015 509 citations Takanori Kitamura, Daniel Soong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Takanori Kitamura Japan	27	3.1k	2.8k	2.0k	789	658	102	6.1k
Marc Schmitz Germany	46	3.2k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	440 0.6×	478 0.7×	173	6.4k
Sophia Ran United States	35	2.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	334 0.5×	74	6.6k
Curzio Rüegg Switzerland	45	1.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	408 0.6×	132	6.4k
Yuhui Huang China	34	2.2k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	767 1.2×	122	6.4k
Lubor Borsig Switzerland	43	1.7k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	3.3k 1.6×	942 1.2×	362 0.6×	99	7.1k
Mohamed Bentires‐Alj Switzerland	38	1.5k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	3.5k 1.7×	1.5k 1.9×	592 0.9×	89	6.7k
Takahiro Yamazaki United States	28	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	460 0.6×	625 0.9×	61	5.1k
John S. Yu United States	49	3.1k 1.0×	4.2k 1.5×	3.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	692 1.1×	171	8.7k
Bin‐Zhi Qian United Kingdom	24	4.7k 1.5×	3.9k 1.4×	3.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.9×	882 1.3×	41	8.4k
Tony Lahoutte Belgium	50	1.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	3.1k 1.5×	367 0.5×	796 1.2×	163	7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Takanori Kitamura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Takanori Kitamura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Takanori Kitamura

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All Works

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Moliner, Fabio De, Lorena Mendive‐Tapia, Sam Benson, et al.. (2023). Inserting “OFF-to-ON” BODIPY Tags into Cytokines: A Fluorogenic Interleukin IL-33 for Real-Time Imaging of Immune Cells. ACS Central Science. 10(1). 143–154. 14 indexed citations

Kitamura, Takanori. (2023). Tumour-associated macrophages as a potential target to improve natural killer cell-based immunotherapies. Essays in Biochemistry. 67(6). 1003–1014. 6 indexed citations

Kitamura, Takanori, et al.. (2023). Effect of plate deformation around the nugget during tensile test on tensile shear strength of resistance spot welded lap joints. Welding International. 37(9). 531–538. 1 indexed citations

Barth, Nicole D., Floris J. van Dalen, Camille L. Duran, et al.. (2023). Abstract 3591: Does the metastatic immunoenvironment determine poor immunotherapy responses. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 3591–3591. 2 indexed citations

Barth, Nicole D., Floris J. van Dalen, Utsa Karmakar, et al.. (2022). Enzyme‐Activatable Chemokine Conjugates for In Vivo Targeting of Tumor‐Associated Macrophages. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(41). e202207508–e202207508. 30 indexed citations

Kitamura, Takanori, Yu Kato, Demi Brownlie, et al.. (2019). Mammary Tumor Cells with High Metastatic Potential Are Hypersensitive to Macrophage-Derived HGF. Cancer Immunology Research. 7(12). 2052–2064. 14 indexed citations

Kitamura, Takanori, Jeffrey W. Pollard, & Marc Vendrell. (2016). Optical Windows for Imaging the Metastatic Tumour Microenvironment in vivo. Trends in biotechnology. 35(1). 5–8. 27 indexed citations

Kawada, Kenji, Suguru Hasegawa, Yoshiro Itatani, et al.. (2011). Molecular mechanisms of liver metastasis. International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 16(5). 464–472. 23 indexed citations

AKIYAMA, Tetsuya, et al.. (2009). Effect of Initial Curvature on Shrinkage in Laser Heating on Saddle Curved Thin Plate. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN WELDING SOCIETY. 27(1). 61–66. 3 indexed citations

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Terasaki, Toshio, et al.. (2009). Heat Input Generated in Plate by Gas Cutting Process. Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers. 10(0). 197–204. 10 indexed citations

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AKIYAMA, Tetsuya, Toshio Terasaki, & Takanori Kitamura. (2009). Estimation of In-Plane Strain in Laser Formed Thin Bowl Plate. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN WELDING SOCIETY. 27(2). 139–144. 2 indexed citations

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Terasaki, Toshio, et al.. (2006). Study of Transverse Shrinkage Generated in Steel with Phase Transformation by Welding. Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers. 4(0). 63–69. 1 indexed citations

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Terasaki, Toshio & Takanori Kitamura. (2003). Prediction of Static Fracture Strength of Laser Welded Lap Joint by Numerical Analysis. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN WELDING SOCIETY. 21(3). 419–424. 3 indexed citations

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Terasaki, Toshio, et al.. (2003). Study on Longitudinal Shrinkage and Bending Distortion of Fillet T Joint.. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN WELDING SOCIETY. 21(1). 81–86. 12 indexed citations

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Terasaki, Toshio, et al.. (2001). Study on Fatigue Strength of Laser Welded Lap Joint.. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN WELDING SOCIETY. 19(3). 507–512. 9 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Takanori, Toshio Terasaki, & Tetsuya AKIYAMA. (2000). Effect of Grain Shapes on Residual Stress Distribution due to Shot Peening.. Journal of the Society of Materials Science Japan. 49(6). 651–654. 1 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Takanori, et al.. (1998). Une introduction aux cultures juridiques non occidentales : autour de Masaji Chiba. Bruylant eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Takanori & Takashi Joh. (1985). Selective hydrogenation of .ALPHA.,.BETA.-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and nitriles catalyzed by polymer-supported rhodium carbonyl complexes.. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 473–478. 2 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Takanori, et al.. (1984). IGTC-99 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THERMAL-MECHANICAL FATIGUE STRENGTH IN SUPERALLOYS FOR GAS TURBINE(Session C-5 Material and Manufacturing II). 1983(3). 765–772. 3 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Takanori, et al.. (1984). IGTC-99 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THERMAL-MECHANICAL FATIGUE STRENGTH IN SUPERALLOYS FOR GAS TURBINE. 1983(3). 1 indexed citations

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