Tomoaki Kitagawa

1.3k total citations
40 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Tomoaki Kitagawa is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomoaki Kitagawa has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Surgery, 17 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 8 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Tomoaki Kitagawa's work include Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (22 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (17 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (12 papers). Tomoaki Kitagawa is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (22 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (17 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (12 papers). Tomoaki Kitagawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Sweden. Tomoaki Kitagawa's co-authors include Katsushi Takeshita, Koichi Saotome, Kazuya Tamai, Atsushi Fujiwara, Atsushi Seichi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Naoki Kobayashi, Toru Akune, Yorito Anamizu and Kozo Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Spine, American Journal of Neuroradiology and Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Tomoaki Kitagawa

40 papers receiving 970 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tomoaki Kitagawa Japan 14 848 736 210 46 36 40 1.0k
Kazuo Saita Japan 15 625 0.7× 353 0.5× 184 0.9× 79 1.7× 23 0.6× 62 905
Robert Fernand United States 8 542 0.6× 436 0.6× 207 1.0× 49 1.1× 15 0.4× 8 702
Byung-Wan Choi South Korea 17 662 0.8× 565 0.8× 121 0.6× 24 0.5× 13 0.4× 46 807
Francisco M. Torres‐Ramos United States 8 521 0.6× 528 0.7× 310 1.5× 28 0.6× 39 1.1× 11 664
John M. Gorup United States 9 848 1.0× 426 0.6× 104 0.5× 31 0.7× 29 0.8× 11 925
Dong-Yun Kim South Korea 11 1.0k 1.2× 908 1.2× 293 1.4× 30 0.7× 8 0.2× 18 1.2k
Thomas Andersen Denmark 17 645 0.8× 514 0.7× 287 1.4× 43 0.9× 9 0.3× 37 859
Joseph Orchowski United States 14 588 0.7× 321 0.4× 154 0.7× 34 0.7× 6 0.2× 21 767
Sedat Dalbayrak Türkiye 14 423 0.5× 308 0.4× 64 0.3× 42 0.9× 35 1.0× 56 527
Basem Ishak Germany 13 487 0.6× 371 0.5× 94 0.4× 34 0.7× 45 1.3× 93 634

Countries citing papers authored by Tomoaki Kitagawa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tomoaki Kitagawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomoaki Kitagawa

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All Works

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Yasui, Youichi, et al.. (2023). Overweight increases perioperative spinal surgery complications: a single-center retrospective study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 24(1). 98–98. 1 indexed citations
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Hirabayashi, Shigeru, et al.. (2015). Surgical Technique and Clinical Results of Circumferential Decompression Surgery via Posterior Approach Alone for Thoracic Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) (日本脊椎脊髄病学会 英文原著号). 6(5). 886–891. 2 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Toru, et al.. (2011). Milwaukee Brace. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 27(1). 43–46. 14 indexed citations
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Halpern, Elise M., et al.. (2010). Posterior Transdiscal Three-Column Shortening in the Surgical Treatment of Vertebral Discitis/Osteomyelitis With Collapse. Spine. 35(13). 1316–1322. 14 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Toru, Katsushi Takeshita, & Tomoaki Kitagawa. (2008). Milwaukee brace today. Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology. 3(3). 136–138. 4 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Toru, Tomoaki Kitagawa, Katsushi Takeshita, et al.. (2006). Fusionless Surgery for Scoliosis: 2–17 Year Radiographic and Clinical Follow-Up. Spine. 31(20). 2310–2315. 15 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Toru, Katsushi Takeshita, Kozo Nakamura, & Tomoaki Kitagawa. (2004). Spatial Relations Between the Vertebral Body and the Thoracic Aorta in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine. 29(18). 2067–2069. 23 indexed citations
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Kitagawa, Tomoaki, et al.. (2004). Morphologic Changes in the Cervical Neural Foramen due to Flexion and Extension. Spine. 29(24). 2821–2825. 56 indexed citations
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Ogihara, Satoshi, et al.. (2003). Concurrent spinal schwannomas and meningiomas. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 98(3). 300–300. 12 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Atsushi, et al.. (2003). . Spine. 28(14). 1601–1607. 4 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Toru, Tomoaki Kitagawa, Katsushi Takeshita, K. Mochizuki, & Kozo Nakamura. (2003). Conservative treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: can it reduce the incidence of surgical treatment?. Pediatric Rehabilitation. 6(3-4). 215–219. 81 indexed citations
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Seichi, Atsushi, Susumu Nakajima, Katsushi Takeshita, et al.. (2003). Image-guided resection for thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 99(1). 60–63. 13 indexed citations
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Masuda, Kazuhiro, Atsushi Seichi, Tomoaki Kitagawa, et al.. (2003). Cervical myelopathy in an adult due to atlantoaxial subluxation associated with Down syndrome: a case study. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 8(2). 227–231. 6 indexed citations
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Azuma, Seiichi, Atsushi Seichi, Isao Ohnishi, et al.. (2002). Long-Term Results of Operative Treatment for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy in Patients With Athetoid Cerebral Palsy. Spine. 27(9). 943–948. 36 indexed citations
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Seichi, Atsushi, Susumu Nakajima, Tomoaki Kitagawa, et al.. (2002). Image-guided surgery for cervical disorders in rheumatoid arthritis. Modern Rheumatology. 12(4). 329–332. 1 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Susumu, Atsushi Seichi, Akinori Kan, et al.. (2002). Computer-assisted anterior spinal surgery for a case of recurrent giant cell tumor. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 7(3). 392–396. 9 indexed citations
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Seichi, Atsushi, Katsushi Takeshita, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, et al.. (2001). Long-Term Results of Double-Door Laminoplasty for Cervical Stenotic Myelopathy. Spine. 26(5). 479–487. 313 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Tatsunosuke, et al.. (1995). N-Terminal Quarter Part of Tetracycline Transporter from pACYC184 Complements K+ Uptake Activity in K+ Uptake-Deficient Mutants of Escherichia coli and Vibrio alginolyticus.. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 18(9). 1189–1193. 6 indexed citations

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