Yasushi Saitō

21.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
463 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Yasushi Saitō is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasushi Saitō has authored 463 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Surgery, 140 papers in Molecular Biology and 82 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Yasushi Saitō's work include Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (86 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (50 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (33 papers). Yasushi Saitō is often cited by papers focused on Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (86 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (50 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (33 papers). Yasushi Saitō collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Austria. Yasushi Saitō's co-authors include Hideaki Bujo, Toru Kita, Yūji Matsuzawa, Junichi Sasaki, Hiroshige Itakura, Shinichi Oikawa, Noriaki Nakaya, Masunori Matsuzaki, Marc Shapiro and Yuichi Ishikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yasushi Saitō

456 papers receiving 14.2k 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.

Effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on major coronary events in hypercholesterolaemic patients (JELIS): a randomised open-label, blinded endpoint analysis

2007 1.8k citations Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, Hideki Origasa et al. profile →
Optimistic replication

2005 348 citations Yasushi Saitō et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yasushi Saitō Japan	60	4.3k	3.4k	2.8k	2.3k	1.9k	463	14.8k
Muredach P. Reilly United States	70	4.0k 0.9×	4.9k 1.4×	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	4.2k 2.3×	302	18.5k
Lawrence Chan United States	73	4.3k 1.0×	8.5k 2.5×	3.3k 1.2×	938 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	385	19.5k
Kirby I. Bland United States	67	4.1k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	867 0.4×	986 0.5×	453	19.9k
Robert S. Lees United States	45	4.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.5×	3.1k 1.1×	817 0.3×	2.7k 1.4×	124	9.9k
Koichi Node Japan	60	2.9k 0.7×	3.7k 1.1×	2.9k 1.0×	542 0.2×	4.9k 2.6×	548	15.5k
Manfredi Rizzo Italy	61	4.0k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	4.7k 1.7×	671 0.3×	2.1k 1.1×	514	14.5k
Agnes B. Fogo United States	86	2.7k 0.6×	7.1k 2.1×	3.2k 1.1×	528 0.2×	3.8k 2.0×	501	23.7k
Kyong Soo Park South Korea	77	3.3k 0.8×	8.2k 2.4×	4.7k 1.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	599	24.5k
Hiroyuki Daida Japan	52	4.8k 1.1×	2.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	694 0.3×	5.5k 2.9×	737	14.1k
Masataka Sata Japan	66	3.7k 0.9×	5.8k 1.7×	1.5k 0.5×	601 0.3×	5.5k 2.9×	458	15.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yasushi Saitō

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20 of 20 papers shown

Iwata, Hiroshi, Katsumi Miyauchi, Ryo Naito, et al.. (2024). Significance of Persistent Inflammation in Patients With Chronic Coronary Syndrome. JACC Advances. 3(7). 100996–100996. 4 indexed citations

Shinozaki, Masaru, et al.. (2024). Long-Term Estimation of Depositions on Heating Surface During Boiling of Long-Life Coolant. ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 146(11).

Sasaki, Ryosuke, Bo Xie, Seiichi Takami, et al.. (2023). Effects of the mixer shape in a flow-type supercritical hydrothermal reactor as evaluated by neutron radiography and CeO₂ nanoparticle synthesis. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 8(6). 1449–1456. 2 indexed citations

Tanaka, Asami, Kenichi Sakurai, Kentaro Kaneko, et al.. (2011). The Role of the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Binding Site in the Induction of Aquaporin-1 mRNA Expression by Hypoxia. DNA and Cell Biology. 30(8). 539–544. 21 indexed citations

Tanaka, Kortaro, Yuichi Ishikawa, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, et al.. (2008). Reduction in the Recurrence of Stroke by Eicosapentaenoic Acid for Hypercholesterolemic Patients. Stroke. 39(7). 2052–2058. 162 indexed citations

Takenaka, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2007). . RADIOISOTOPES. 56(10). 699–707.

Sone, Hirohito, Sachiko Tanaka, Shun Ishibashi, et al.. (2006). The New Worldwide Definition of Metabolic Syndrome Is Not a Better Diagnostic Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease in Japanese Diabetic Patients Than the Existing Definitions. Diabetes Care. 29(1). 145–147. 53 indexed citations

Katsuno, Tatsuro, et al.. (2004). Connexin 26-mediated gap junctional intercellular communication suppresses paracellular permeability of human intestinal epithelial cell monolayers. Experimental Cell Research. 298(1). 1–8. 44 indexed citations

Frølund, Svend, Arif Merchant, Yasushi Saitō, Susan Spence, & Alistair Veitch. (2003). FAB: enterprise storage systems on a shoestring. 29–29. 49 indexed citations

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Suto, Akira, Hiroshi Nakajima, Shin‐ichiro Kagami, et al.. (2001). Role of CD4+ CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in T Helper 2 Cell-mediated Allergic Inflammation in the Airways. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(4). 680–687. 99 indexed citations

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Mishima, Kaichiro, et al.. (2001). Heat Transfer Study for Thermal-Hydraulic Design of the Solid-Target of Spallation Neutron Source. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. 38(10). 832–843. 20 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Junji, Shunichi Murano, Koutaro Yokote, et al.. (2000). Marked decrease in plasma apolipoprotein A-I and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol in a case with Werner syndrome. Clinica Chimica Acta. 293(1-2). 63–73. 5 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Tarô, Koutaro Yokote, Minoru Takemoto, et al.. (2000). Differential Interaction of CrkII Adaptor Protein with Platelet-Derived Growth Factor α- and β-Receptors Is Determined by Its Internal Tyrosine Phosphorylation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 270(1). 28–33. 15 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Tomoaki, Tatsuji Yasuda, Shinichi Kurakata, et al.. (1999). Effect of pravastatin on type IV collagen secretion and mesangial cell proliferation. Kidney International. 56. S97–S100. 21 indexed citations

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Suwabe, Akira, Kazuhisa Otake, Hiroki Suzuki, et al.. (1998). Artificial Surfactant (Surfactant TA) Modulates Adherence and Superoxide Production of Neutrophils. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 158(6). 1890–1899. 19 indexed citations

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Yagui, Kazuo, T. Yamaguchi, F Shimada, et al.. (1997). Expression of human islet amyloid polypeptide/amylin impairs insulin secretion in mouse pancreatic β cells. Metabolism. 46(9). 1044–1051. 22 indexed citations

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Igarashi, Masahiko, Yuki Takeda, Seijiro Mori, et al.. (1997). Suppression of neointimal thickening by a newly developed HMG‐CoA reductase inhibitor, BAYw6228, and its inhibitory effect on vascular smooth muscle cell growth. British Journal of Pharmacology. 120(6). 1172–1178. 44 indexed citations

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Saito, Yuji, Yuji Saito, Seijiro Mori, et al.. (1996). Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activity Is Required for the Activation Process of Focal Adhesion Kinase by Platelet-Derived Growth Factor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 224(1). 23–26. 24 indexed citations

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Inaba, Toshimori, et al.. (1994). Expression of c-fms on Smooth Muscle Cells Isolated from Experimental Arteriosclerosis. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 1(Supplemment1). S22–S28. 1 indexed citations

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Saitō, Yasushi. (1991). Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype and Proliferation. 39(2). 51–57. 1 indexed citations

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