Toru Akune
Impact in
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine top 0.5%
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Rheumatology top 0.2%
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
Papers in
- Surgery 68
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment 26
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques 17
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy 10
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- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology 35
- Co-authors
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi (94 shared papers)Shigeyuki Muraki (103 shared papers)Hiroyuki Oka (99 shared papers)Kozo Nakamura (85 shared papers)Noriko Yoshimura (79 shared papers)Kentaro Nakamura (28 shared papers)Sakae Tanaka (63 shared papers)Ung‐il Chung (9 shared papers)
- Journals
- Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (19 papers)Modern Rheumatology (12 papers)Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism (12 papers)Osteoporosis International (10 papers)Spine (7 papers)
- Partner nations
- JapanHong KongUnited States
In The Last Decade
Toru Akune
128 papers receiving 8.2k citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 144
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1.5k
- Rheumatology 2.2k
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2.4k
- Pharmacology 1.9k
- Surgery 3.3k
Countries citing papers authored by Toru Akune
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Fields of papers citing papers by Toru Akune
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Toru Akune, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 135 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PPAR γ insufficiency enhances osteogenesis through osteoblast formation from bone marrow progenitors Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 677 |
| 2 | PPAR γ insufficiency enhances osteogenesis through osteoblast formation from bone marrow progenitors Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 631 |
| 3 | Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis, lumbar spondylosis, and osteoporosis in Japanese men and women: the research on osteoarthritis/osteoporosis against disability study Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 606 |
| 4 | 2010 | 420 | |
| 5 | Prevalence and distribution of intervertebral disc degeneration over the entire spine in a population-based cohort: the Wakayama Spine Study Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 347 |
| 6 | 2009 | 317 | |
| 7 | 2001 | 313 | |
| 8 | 2012 | 255 | |
| 9 | 2006 | 231 | |
| 10 | 2009 | 203 | |
| 11 | 2012 | 171 | |
| 12 | 2016 | 149 | |
| 13 | 2013 | 129 | |
| 14 | 2011 | 129 | |
| 15 | 2015 | 126 | |
| 16 | 2011 | 125 | |
| 17 | 2002 | 118 | |
| 18 | 2010 | 108 | |
| 19 | 2008 | 108 | |
| 20 | 2013 | 108 |
About Toru Akune
Toru Akune is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Rheumatology, Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 135 papers that have together received 8.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (35 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (34 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (30 papers), Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (26 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (17 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (17 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (15 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (1.5k citations), Rheumatology (2.2k citations), Pathology and Forensic Medicine (2.4k citations), Pharmacology (1.9k citations) and Surgery (3.3k citations). Toru Akune has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, Hong Kong and United States. Frequent co-authors include Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Shigeyuki Muraki, Hiroyuki Oka, Kozo Nakamura, Noriko Yoshimura, Kentaro Nakamura, Sakae Tanaka, Ung‐il Chung, Munehito Yoshida and Takashi Kadowaki. Their work appears in journals such as Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Modern Rheumatology, Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Osteoporosis International and Spine.
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