Yuyu Ishimoto

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yuyu Ishimoto is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuyu Ishimoto has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Surgery, 43 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 30 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Yuyu Ishimoto's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (41 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (30 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (25 papers). Yuyu Ishimoto is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (41 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (30 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (25 papers). Yuyu Ishimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United Kingdom. Yuyu Ishimoto's co-authors include Keiji Nagata, Hiroyuki Oka, Shigeyuki Muraki, Toru Akune, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroshi Hashizume, Noriko Yoshimura, Akihito Minamide and Munehito Yoshida and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Yuyu Ishimoto

59 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Prevalence and distribution of intervertebral disc degeneration over the entire spine in a population-based cohort: the Wakayama Spine Study

2013 347 citations Masatoshi Teraguchi, Noriko Yoshimura et al. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuyu Ishimoto Japan	20	1.2k	999	848	310	299	63	1.9k
Keiji Nagata Japan	21	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	869 1.0×	310 1.0×	280 0.9×	89	1.9k
Masahito Yoshida Japan	18	799 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	677 0.8×	338 1.1×	441 1.5×	64	1.9k
Yoshio Enyo Japan	21	533 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	590 0.7×	345 1.1×	800 2.7×	42	1.9k
Masatoshi Teraguchi Japan	17	949 0.8×	671 0.7×	692 0.8×	259 0.8×	243 0.8×	62	1.3k
Stéphane Genevay Switzerland	22	891 0.7×	509 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	113 0.4×	232 0.8×	96	1.7k
Eero Kyllönen Finland	17	1.1k 0.9×	650 0.7×	895 1.1×	202 0.7×	168 0.6×	29	1.7k
Ryohei Kagotani Japan	15	832 0.7×	614 0.6×	589 0.7×	212 0.7×	251 0.8×	28	1.2k
Karl‐August Lindgren Finland	22	730 0.6×	566 0.6×	993 1.2×	135 0.4×	65 0.2×	34	1.5k
Akihiko Saika Japan	8	250 0.2×	633 0.6×	448 0.5×	286 0.9×	597 2.0×	10	1.3k
Donald R. Gore United States	21	1.5k 1.2×	2.0k 2.0×	501 0.6×	176 0.6×	94 0.3×	41	2.5k

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Hashizume, Hiroshi, Kanae Mure, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Prognosis and Risk Factors for Low Back Pain-Related Disorders in the General Population: A 7-Year Follow-Up of the Wakayama Spine Study. Spine Surgery and Related Research. 9(6). 658–665.

Nakayama, Atsuko, Takeshi Arimitsu, Kateryna Kon, et al.. (2025). Feasibility and safety of upper limb extremity ergometer exercise in the cardiac intensive care unit in critically ill patients with cardiac disease: a prospective observational study. Frontiers in Physiology. 16. 1448647–1448647. 1 indexed citations

Hashizume, Hiroshi, Kanae Mure, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2025). Sex- and Age-Specific Distribution of Skeletal Muscle Mass and Paraspinal Muscle Indices and Their Association With Spinal Sagittal Alignment: The Research on Osteoarthritis/Osteoporosis Against Disability (ROAD) Study. Cureus. 17(5). e84972–e84972. 1 indexed citations

Hashizume, Hiroshi, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Shunji Tsutsui, et al.. (2025). Efficacy and safety of microendoscopic anterior cervical decompression and fusion. Compared with conventional open surgery. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 30(6). 992–997. 1 indexed citations

Hashizume, Hiroshi, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2024). Osteoporosis, spinal degenerative disorders, and their association with low back pain, activities of daily living, and physical performance in a general population. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 15860–15860. 7 indexed citations

Tsutsui, Shunji, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroshi Iwasaki, et al.. (2024). Long-term Outcomes After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Using Lateral Interbody Fusion. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication. 37(8). E371–E376. 1 indexed citations

Tsutsui, Shunji, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroshi Iwasaki, et al.. (2024). Willingness to undergo the same surgery again among older patients who have undergone corrective fusion surgery for adult spinal deformity. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 127. 110761–110761. 2 indexed citations

Teraguchi, Masatoshi, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and distribution of Schmorl node and endplate signal change, and correlation with disc degeneration in a population-based cohort: the Wakayama Spine Study. European Spine Journal. 33(1). 103–110. 3 indexed citations

Takami, Masanari, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Hiroshi Hashizume, et al.. (2023). Outcomes and Vertebral Osteophytes and Bulging Intervertebral Discs Occupancy as a Decision-Making Tool for Surgical Success in Patients Undergoing Microendoscopic Foraminotomy for Lumbar Foraminal Stenosis. World Neurosurgery. 182. e570–e578. 1 indexed citations

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Kitano, Tomoko, Mamoru Kawakami, Yuyu Ishimoto, et al.. (2020). Psychological Distress Associated with Patient-Reported Outcomes in Preoperative Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Asian Spine Journal. 15(4). 533–538. 5 indexed citations

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Minamide, Akihito, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2019). <p>Prevalence of Facet Effusion and Its Relationship with Lumbar Spondylolisthesis and Low Back Pain: The Wakayama Spine Study</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 12. 3521–3528. 13 indexed citations

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Ishimoto, Yuyu, et al.. (2018). A Succession of MRI Scans Supports the Diagnosis of Lumbar Ligamentum Flavum Hematoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2018(1). 2860621–2860621. 5 indexed citations

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Iwasaki, Masanori, Yasumi Kimura, Akihiro Yoshihara, et al.. (2015). Association between dental status and food diversity among older Japanese.. PubMed. 32(2). 104–10. 28 indexed citations

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Ishimoto, Yuyu. (2015). Association of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis with Low Back Pain and Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in a Population-Based Cohort: The Wakayama Spine Study. Global Spine Journal. 5(1_suppl). s–35. 4 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Keiji Nagata, et al.. (2014). Association of knee osteoarthritis with onset and resolution of pain and physical functional disability: The ROAD study. Modern Rheumatology. 24(6). 966–973. 8 indexed citations

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Nagata, Keiji, Noriko Yoshimura, Hiroshi Hashizume, et al.. (2014). The prevalence of cervical myelopathy among subjects with narrow cervical spinal canal in a population-based magnetic resonance imaging study: the Wakayama Spine Study. The Spine Journal. 14(12). 2811–2817. 42 indexed citations

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Yoshimura, Noriko, Keiji Nagata, Shigeyuki Muraki, et al.. (2013). Prevalence and progression of radiographic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and associated factors in the Japanese population: a 3-year follow-up of the ROAD study. Osteoporosis International. 25(3). 1089–1098. 61 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Yuyu Ishimoto, et al.. (2012). Risk factors for falls in a longitudinal population-based cohort study of Japanese men and women: The ROAD Study. Bone. 52(1). 516–523. 47 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2012). Incidence and risk factors for radiographic lumbar spondylosis and lower back pain in japanese men and women: the ROAD study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 20(7). 712–718. 35 indexed citations

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Muraki, Shigeyuki, Toru Akune, Hiroyuki Oka, et al.. (2011). Incidence and risk factors for radiographic knee osteoarthritis and knee pain in Japanese men and women: A longitudinal population‐based cohort study. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 64(5). 1447–1456. 103 indexed citations

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