Yuko Kitagawa

40.7k total citations · 11 hit papers
1.1k papers, 23.7k citations indexed

About

Yuko Kitagawa is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuko Kitagawa has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 23.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 630 papers in Surgery, 512 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 390 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yuko Kitagawa's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (317 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (283 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (178 papers). Yuko Kitagawa is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (317 papers), Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (283 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (178 papers). Yuko Kitagawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Yuko Kitagawa's co-authors include Hiroya Takeuchi, Masaki Kitajima, Hirotoshi Hasegawa, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Hiroshi Yagi, Soji Ozawa, Koji Okabayashi, Ken Kato, Minoru Kitago and Nobutoshi Ando and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Yuko Kitagawa

1.0k papers receiving 23.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial

2019 751 citations Ken Kato, Yuichiro� Doki et al. profile →
Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Mechanisms of Immunomodulation and Homing

2010 552 citations Hiroshi Yagi, Yuko Kitagawa et al. profile →
Human Pancreatic Tumor Organoids Reveal Loss of Stem Cell Niche Factor Dependence during Disease Progression

2018 452 citations Minoru Kitago, Yuko Kitagawa et al. profile →
A Risk Model for Esophagectomy Using Data of 5354 Patients Included in a Japanese Nationwide Web-Based Database

2014 437 citations Hiroya Takeuchi, Hiroaki Miyata et al. profile →
Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2017 edited by the Japan esophageal society: part 2

2018 400 citations Yuko Kitagawa, Ken Kato et al. profile →
Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2017 edited by the Japan Esophageal Society: part 1

2018 367 citations Yuko Kitagawa, Ken Kato et al. profile →
Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Carcinoma of the Esophagus April 2012 edited by the Japan Esophageal Society

2014 348 citations Yuko Kitagawa, Yuichiro� Doki et al. profile →
Landscape of immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma and its additional impact on histological and molecular classification

2018 333 citations Yuta Abe, Minoru Kitago et al. profile →
Nivolumab treatment for oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma: an open-label, multicentre, phase 2 trial

2017 292 citations Ken Kato, Kensei Yamaguchi et al. profile →
A randomized controlled phase III trial comparing two chemotherapy regimen and chemoradiotherapy regimen as neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced esophageal cancer, JCOG1109 NExT study.

2022 119 citations Ken Kato, Soji Ozawa et al. profile →
Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 12th Edition: Part I

2024 47 citations Yuko Kitagawa, Masayuki Watanabe et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuko Kitagawa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuko Kitagawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuko Kitagawa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yuko Kitagawa. Yuko Kitagawa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Short-term and Long-term Outcomes of Prophylactic Corticosteroid in Esophageal Cancer Surgery: A Multicenter Retrospective Study 2025 ·Anticancer Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Hiroshi Maruyama, Takeshi Matsutani, Nobutoshi Hagiwara, Manabu Watanabe, Minàko Kobayashi, Nobuhiko Taniai, Yuko Kitagawa, Hiroshi Yoshida	0
2	Consequences of reported β-lactam allergy on perioperative outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical site infection risk 2025 ·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ·Yuki Hanai, Jun Hirai, Kazuhiro Matsuo, Keita Kouzu, Hiroji Shinkawa, Seiichi Shinji, (unknown), Yuko Kitagawa, Chizuru Yamashita, Yasuhiko Mohri, (unknown), Katsunori Suzuki, Junzo Shimizu, Motoi Uchino, Seiji Haji, Masahiro Yoshida, Toru Mizuguchi, Toshihiko Mayumi, Hiroki Ohge	0
3	Proton Pump Inhibitors and Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6 Inhibitors in Patients With Breast Cancer 2024 ·The Oncologist ·Kaori Takahashi, Ryuji Uozumi, Toru Mukohara, Tetsu Hayashida, (unknown), Hirotoshi Iihara, (unknown), Yuko Kitagawa, Masami Tsuchiya, (unknown), Aiko Nagayama, (unknown), (unknown), Tomoko Seki, Koji Ohnuki, Akio Suzuki, Fumiko Ono, Manabu Futamura, Hitoshi Kawazoe, Tomonori Nakamura	6
4	Protective Effects of Hydrogen Gas Inhalation for Hindlimb Ischaemia–Reperfusion Injury in a Mouse Model 2024 ·European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery ·Masanori Hayashi, Hideaki Obara, Sachiko Matsuda, Koichiro Homma, Junichi Sasaki, Kentaro Matsubara, (unknown), Motoaki Sano, Yohei Masugi, Yuko Kitagawa	2
5	POFUT1 and PLAGL2 are characteristic markers of mucinous colorectal cancer associated with MUC2 expression 2024 ·Cell Biochemistry and Function ·(unknown), (unknown), Ryo Seishima, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kohei Shigeta, Koji Okabayashi, Yuko Kitagawa	1
6	Evaluating surgical expertise with AI‐based automated instrument recognition for robotic distal gastrectomy 2024 ·Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery ·James S. Strong, (unknown), Masashi Takeuchi, Hirofumi Kawakubo, (unknown), Satoru Matsuda, Kazumasa Fukuda, Rieko Nakamura, Yuko Kitagawa	6
7	Identifying the Trends of Urinary microRNAs within Extracellular Vesicles for Esophageal Cancer 2024 ·Cancers ·(unknown), Satoru Matsuda, (unknown), Hiroki Yamaguchi, Yuki Ichikawa, (unknown), Ryota Kobayashi, (unknown), Masashi Takeuchi, Kazumasa Fukuda, Rieko Nakamura, Shutaro Hori, (unknown), Takehiko Sambe, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yuko Kitagawa	1
8	Recurrence-free survival as a surrogate endpoint for overall survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma 2024 ·British journal of surgery ·(unknown), Kengo Nagashima, Satoru Matsuda, Yasunori Sato, Akihiko Okamura, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Manabu Muto, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Koji Kono, Hiroya Takeuchi, Masayuki Watanabe, Yuichiro� Doki, Takeo Bamba, Takashi Fukuda, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Shinsuke Sato, Kazuhiro Noma, (unknown), Takeo Fujita, Yuko Kitagawa	2
9	Evaluation of surgical complexity by automated surgical process recognition in robotic distal gastrectomy using artificial intelligence 2023 ·Surgical Endoscopy ·Masashi Takeuchi, Hirofumi Kawakubo, (unknown), (unknown), Satoru Matsuda, Kazumasa Fukuda, Rieko Nakamura, Yuko Kitagawa	20
10	1203P Role of tumor markers before or during chemotherapy for poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas of the digestive system: An exploratory analysis of JCOG1213 2023 ·Annals of Oncology ·(unknown), Chigusa Morizane, Nozomu Machida, Yoshitaka Honma, Takuji Okusaka, Narikazu Boku, Ken Kato, Gakuto Ogawa, Y. Sano, Hiroshi Imaoka, Satoshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Terashima, Masafumi Ikeda, Naohiro Okano, Kensei Yamaguchi, Tosiya Sato, Nobumasa Mizuno, Yuko Kitagawa, Masanori Terashima, Makoto Ueno	1
11	Comparative Study of S2-Alar-Iliac Screw Trajectories between Males and Females Using Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography Analysis: The True Lateral Angulation of the S2-Alar-Iliac Screw in the Axial Plane 2022 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Haruki Funao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shuzo Kato, (unknown), Norihiro Isogai, Yutaka Sasao, Shigeto Ebata, Yuko Kitagawa, Kota Watanabe, (unknown), Ken Ishii	2
12	Association of day of the week with mortality after elective right hemicolectomy for colon cancer: Case analysis from the National Clinical Database 2021 ·Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery ·Hiromichi Maeda, Hideki Endo, Nao Ichihara, Hiroaki Miyata, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kinji Kamiya, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Yasuyuki Seto, Hiroki Yamaue, Masakazu Yamamoto, Yuko Kitagawa, Sunao Uemura, Kazuhiro Hanazaki	5
13	Development of Small-Diameter Haptic Flexible Gripping Forceps Robot 2019 ·IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications ·Takuya Matsunaga, Kouhei Ohnishi, Norihito Wada, Yuko Kitagawa	1
14	Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers are vulnerable to bloodstream infection after living donor liver transplantation 2019 ·Clinical Transplantation ·(unknown), Taizo Hibi, Masahiro Shinoda, Hideaki Obara, (unknown), Minoru Kitago, (unknown), Yuta Abe, Kentaro Matsubara, Go Oshima, Shutaro Hori, Ken Hoshino, Yohei Yamada, Osamu Itano, (unknown), Tatsuo Kuroda, Naoki Hasegawa, Yuko Kitagawa	4
15	Decellularized liver scaffolds promote liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Hiroshi Yagi, Hisanobu Higashi, Kazuki Tajima, Kohei Kuroda, Yuta Abe, Minoru Kitago, Masahiro Shinoda, Yuko Kitagawa	60
16	Serum miRNA–based Prediction of Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer 2018 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Sho Shiino, Juntaro Matsuzaki, Akihiko Shimomura, Junpei Kawauchi, Satoko Takizawa, Hiromi Sakamoto, Yoshiaki Aoki, Masayuki Yoshida, Kenji Tamura, Ken Kato, Takayuki Kinoshita, Yuko Kitagawa, Takahiro Ochiya	47
17	Endoscopic hand-suturing for defect closure after gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection: a pilot study in animals and in humans 2017 ·Endoscopy ·Osamu Goto, Motoki Sasaki, Teppei Akimoto, Yasutoshi Ochiai, Yoshiyuki Kiguchi, (unknown), Ai Fujimoto, Tadateru Maehata, Toshihiro Nishizawa, Hiroya Takeuchi, Yuko Kitagawa, Naohisa Yahagi	50
18	Current progress in ABO‐incompatible liver transplantation 2010 ·European Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Minoru Tanabe, Shigeyuki Kawachi, Hideaki Obara, Masahiro Shinoda, Taizo Hibi, Yuko Kitagawa, Go Wakabayashi, Motohide Shimazu, Masaki Kitajima	78
19	Telomerase activity as an indicator of malignant potential in iodine-nonreactive lesions of the esophagus 2000 ·Cancer ·Kazuo Koyanagi, Soji Ozawa, Nobutoshi Ando, Makio Mukai, Yuko Kitagawa, Masakazu Ueda, Masaki Kitajima	17
20	Telomerase activity as an indicator of malignant potential in iodine‐nonreactive lesions of the esophagus 2000 ·Cancer ·Kazuo Koyanagi, (unknown), Nobutoshi Ando, Makio Mukai, Yuko Kitagawa, Masakazu Ueda, Masaki Kitajima	0

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