Yutaka Imai

44.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
721 papers, 24.9k citations indexed

About

Yutaka Imai is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Yutaka Imai has authored 721 papers receiving a total of 24.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 351 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 133 papers in Surgery and 81 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Yutaka Imai's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (289 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (189 papers) and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (108 papers). Yutaka Imai is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (289 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (189 papers) and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (108 papers). Yutaka Imai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Belgium. Yutaka Imai's co-authors include Takayoshi Ohkubo, Masahiro Kikuya, Hiroshi Satoh, Junichiro Hashimoto, Kei Asayama, Hirohito Metoki, Taku Obara, Kazuhito Totsune, Jan A. Staessen and Ichiro Tsuji and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Yutaka Imai

700 papers receiving 24.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

European Society of Hypertension recommendations for conventional, ambulatory and home blood pressure measurement

2003 1.3k citations Yutaka Imai, Gianfranco Parati et al. Journal of Hypertension profile →
Prognostic significance of the nocturnal decline in blood pressure in individuals with and without high 24-h blood pressure

2002 825 citations Takayoshi Ohkubo, Atsushi Hozawa et al. Journal of Hypertension profile →
Prognostic accuracy of day versus night ambulatory blood pressure: a cohort study

2007 660 citations Masahiro Kikuya, Takayoshi Ohkubo et al. profile →
Diffusion weighted whole body imaging with background body signal suppression (DWIBS): technical improvement using free breathing, STIR and high resolution 3D display.

2004 629 citations Taro Takahara, Yutaka Imai et al. PubMed profile →
Home blood pressure measurement has a stronger predictive power for mortality than does screening blood pressure measurement

1998 590 citations Takayoshi Ohkubo, Yutaka Imai et al. Journal of Hypertension profile →
Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol for validation of blood pressure measuring devices in adults

2002 553 citations Gianfranco Parati, Yutaka Imai et al. Blood Pressure Monitoring profile →
Practice guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension for clinic, ambulatory and self blood pressure measurement

2005 550 citations Yutaka Imai, Gianfranco Parati et al. Journal of Hypertension profile →
European Society of Hypertension International Protocol revision 2010 for the validation of blood pressure measuring devices in adults

2010 425 citations George S. Stergiou, Gianfranco Parati et al. Blood Pressure Monitoring profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Proposal of reference value for day-to-day blood pressure variability based on two outcomes: the Ohasama study 2024 ·Journal of Hypertension ·Michihiro Satoh, Hirohito Metoki, Masahiro Kikuya, Takahisa Murakami, Yukako Tatsumi, Megumi Tsubota‐Utsugi, Takuo Hirose, Azusa Hara, Kyoko Nomura, Kei Asayama, Atsushi Hozawa, Yutaka Imai, Takayoshi Ohkubo	1
2	Insights on home blood pressure monitoring in Asia: Expert perspectives from 10 countries/regions 2020 ·Journal of Clinical Hypertension ·Ji‐Guang Wang, (unknown), Yook Chin Chia, Kazuomi Kario, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Sungha Park, Apichard Sukonthasarn, Jam Chin Tay, Yuda Turana, Narsingh Verma, Tzung‐Dau Wang, Yutaka Imai	5
3	Antihypertensive drug effects according to the pretreatment self-measured home blood pressure: the HOMED-BP study 2020 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Azusa Hara, Kei Asayama, (unknown), Masahiro Kikuya, Yutaka Imai, Takayoshi Ohkubo	6
4	Comparison of nocturnal blood pressure based on home versus ambulatory blood pressure measurement: The Ohasama Study 2020 ·Clinical and Experimental Hypertension ·Keiko Hosohata, Masahiro Kikuya, Kei Asayama, Hirohito Metoki, Yutaka Imai, Takayoshi Ohkubo	9
5	Emergence of Home Blood Pressure-Guided Management of Hypertension Based on Global Evidence 2019 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Kazuomi Kario, Daichi Shimbo, Satoshi Hoshide, Ji‐Guang Wang, Kei Asayama, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Yutaka Imai, Richard J. McManus, Αναστάσιος Κόλλιας, Teemu Niiranen, Gianfranco Parati, Bryan Williams, Michael A. Weber, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Paul Muntner, George S. Stergiou	2
6	Home blood pressure monitoring in the 21st century 2018 ·Journal of Clinical Hypertension ·George S. Stergiou, Kazuomi Kario, Αναστάσιος Κόλλιας, Richard J. McManus, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Gianfranco Parati, Yutaka Imai	58
7	A Case of Colon Cancer Associated with Ulcerative Colitis: Evaluation Using CT Colonography. 2015 ·PubMed ·Tamaki Ichikawa, Sotaro Sadahiro, Hiroki Yuhara, Takayoshi Suzuki, Muneki Igarashi, Tetsuya Mine, Sakura Tomita, Yutaka Imai	1
8	Evaluation of postextraction bleeding incidence to compare patients receiving and not receiving warfarin therapy: a cross-sectional, multicentre, observational study 2014 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Yutaka Imai, (unknown), (unknown), Gen‐yuki Yamane, Hideki Ogiuchi, Kenji Kurashina, (unknown), Hiroyuki Nakao, Hirohisa Imai	40
9	Guidelines for the Clinical Use of 24 Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) (JCS 2010) : Digest Version 2012 ·Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition ·Kazuyuki Shimada, Yutaka Imai, Kazuomi Kario, Yuhei Kawano, Genjiro Kimura, Iwao Kuwajima, Yasumasa Yamamoto, Yoshinori Doi, (unknown), Kuniaki Otsuka, Toshio Ozawa, Ikuo Saito	52
10	The future prospects of health check-up system focused on prevention for aging-related various abnormalities 2011 ·Health Evaluation and Promotion ·Yasuhiro Nishizaki, Ichiro Kuwahira, (unknown), Akira KUBO, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Noriko Suzuki, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Seiichi Tanaka, Hiroshi Kawada, (unknown), Naoaki Ishii, Yutaka Imai	0
11	Increased Expression of Adrenomedullin 2/Intermedin in Rat Hearts with Congestive Heart Failure 2008 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Takuo Hirose, Kazuhito Totsune, Nobuyoshi Mori, Ryo Morimoto, Masahiro Hashimoto, (unknown), Hirohito Metoki, Kei Asayama, Masahiro Kikuya, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Junichiro Hashimoto, Hironobu Sasano, Masahiro Kohzuki, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Yutaka Imai	32
12	Oral Health Factors Associated with Depression Scale in Middle-aged and Elderly Population : the Ohasama Study 2008 ·Takashi Ohi, Ayumi Kurimoto, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoshinori Hattori, Rie Ito, Kazuhiro Suzuki, (unknown), (unknown), Takayoshi Ohkubo, Toru Hosokawa, Shuichi Awata, Yutaka Imai, Makoto Watanabe	1
13	Monitoring of Antihypertensive Therapy for Reduction in Left Ventricular Mass<subtitle /> 2007 ·American Journal of Hypertension ·Junichiro Hashimoto, Yutaka Imai, Michael F. O’Rourke	37
14	4.1: Color Conversion from Film to xvYCC Video Signal 2007 ·SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers ·(unknown), Yutaka Imai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoshiyuki Akiyama, Masato Sakurai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
15	2. Guideline for blood pressure determination at home and its clinical application 2007 ·Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi ·Yutaka Imai, (unknown), Masahiro Kikuya, Junichiro Hashimoto	3
16	Relationship Between the Severity of Oral and Maxillofacial Injuries and Helmet Use by Type in Motorcycle Accidents 2006 ·Tomoko Yokoyama, Hitoshi Kawamata, Masahito Hitosugi, (unknown), Yutaka Imai	5
17	Influence of Respiratory Motion in Body Diffusion Weighted Imaging Under Free Breathing (Examination of a Moving Phantom) 2005 ·Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology ·Isao Muro, Taro Takahara, (unknown), (unknown), Akira Kamiya, Yasuhiro Okumura, (unknown), Yutaka Imai	17
18	Workers' health and workplace adaptability by age 1998 ·Noriko Watanabe, Yutaka Imai	3
19	Prognostic value of ambulatory and home blood pressure measurements in comparison to screening blood pressure measurements: A pilot study in Ohasama 1996 ·Blood Pressure Monitoring ·Yutaka Imai, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Ichiro Tsuji, Kenichi Nagai, Hiroshi Satoh, Shigeru Hisamichi, Keishi Abe	28
20	Omental milky spot and peritoneal macrophage. Characteristics, function and ontogeny. 1987 ·The Journal of the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology ·Yutaka Imai, Mitsunori Yamakawa, Kunihiko Maeda, Akihiro Masuda, Toshihiro Sato	2

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