2026 Akihiko Nunomura: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	78	17979	16899	576	544	193	24525

Overview

Akihiko Nunomura is affiliated with the Jikei University School of Medicine in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

Their main topics of research include:

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
MicroRNA in Disease Regulation
Circular RNAs in Diseases
RNA Research and Splicing
Treatment of Major Depression

Nunomura has published several papers in reputable scientific venues. Some recent publications are:

"RNA and Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease: Focus on microRNAs", 2020, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
"Mirtazapine-induced long QT syndrome in an elderly patient: a case report", 2020, Psychogeriatrics
"A Qualitative Study on the Recovery Process and Its Associated Factors in Morita Therapy for Inpatients with Mood Disorders", 2023, Journal of Clinical Medicine
"Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in an elderly patient with an unruptured intracranial aneurysm: a case report", 2021, Psychogeriatrics
"A case presenting with persecutory delusions as an initial symptom of elderly bipolar disorder", 2021, Psychogeriatrics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Akihiko Nunomura include:

Masahiro Shigeta
Shinsuke Kito
Yuki Matsuda
Ryuichi Yamazaki
Rema Terada

Publications by Nunomura have appeared repeatedly in the following venues:

Psychogeriatrics
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports

Best Publications

Oxidative damage is the earliest event in Alzheimer disease.

Akihiko Nunomura;George Perry;Gjumrakch Aliev;Keisuke Hirai;Keisuke Hirai

2332
Citations
Mitochondrial abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease.

Keisuke Hirai;Gjumrakch Aliev;Akihiko Nunomura;Akihiko Nunomura;Hisashi Fujioka

1671
Citations
Oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease.

Mark A. Smith;Catherine A. Rottkamp;Akihiko Nunomura;Arun K. Raina

1146
Citations
RNA Oxidation Is a Prominent Feature of Vulnerable Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease

Akihiko Nunomura;George Perry;Miguel A. Pappolla;Ramon Wade

940
Citations
Involvement of Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer Disease

Akihiko Nunomura;Rudy J. Castellani;Xiongwei Zhu;Paula I. Moreira

748
Citations
Oxidative stress in Alzheimer disease: a possibility for prevention.

David J. Bonda;Xinglong Wang;George Perry;George Perry;Akihiko Nunomura

576
Citations
Evidence that the β-amyloid plaques of Alzheimer's disease represent the redox-silencing and entombment of Aβ by zinc

Math P. Cuajungco;Lee E. Goldstein;Akihiko Nunomura;Mark A. Smith

544
Citations
Increased Iron and Free Radical Generation in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Mark A. Smith;Xiongwei Zhu;Massimo Tabaton;Gang Liu

473
Citations
Role of mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease.

Rudy Castellani;Keisuke Hirai;Gjumrakch Aliev;Kelly L. Drew

457
Citations
Neuronal Oxidative Stress Precedes Amyloid-β Deposition in Down Syndrome

Akihiko Nunomura;Akihiko Nunomura;George Perry;Miguel A. Pappolla;Robert P. Friedland

431
Citations
Is oxidative damage the fundamental pathogenic mechanism of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases?

George Perry;Akihiko Nunomura;Akihiko Nunomura;Keisuke Hirai;Keisuke Hirai;Xiongwei Zhu

417
Citations
Activation of NADPH oxidase in Alzheimer's disease brains.

Shun Shimohama;Hiroko Tanino;Naoko Kawakami;Naoki Okamura

391
Citations
Microtubule Reduction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging Is Independent of τ Filament Formation

Adam D. Cash;Gjumrakch Aliev;Sandra L. Siedlak;Akihiko Nunomura

390
Citations
Differential activation of neuronal ERK, JNK/SAPK and p38 in Alzheimer disease: the 'two hit' hypothesis.

Xiongwei Zhu;Rudolph J Castellani;Atsushi Takeda;Akihiko Nunomura

389
Citations
How important is oxidative damage? Lessons from Alzheimer's disease.

George Perry;Arun K Raina;Akihiko Nunomura;Akihiko Nunomura;Takafumi Wataya;Takafumi Wataya

386
Citations
Oxidative Stress Signaling in Alzheimer’s Disease

B. Su;X. Wang;A. Nunomura;P. I. Moreira

376
Citations
Ribosomal RNA in Alzheimer Disease Is Oxidized by Bound Redox-active Iron

Kazuhiro Honda;Mark A. Smith;Xiongwei Zhu;Diane Baus

355
Citations
Oxidative stress and neurodegeneration

Paula I. Moreira;Mark A. Smith;Xiongwei Zhu;Akihiko Nunomura

353
Citations
Mitochondria: a therapeutic target in neurodegeneration.

Paula I. Moreira;Xiongwei Zhu;Xinglong Wang;Hyoung gon Lee

351
Citations
Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Alzheimer Disease

G Perry;X Wang;M Smith;X Zhu

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

George Perry The University of Texas at San Antonio

Mark A. Smith Case Western Reserve University

Xiongwei Zhu Case Western Reserve University

Paula I. Moreira University of Coimbra

Lawrence M. Sayre Case Western Reserve University

Robert B. Petersen Case Western Reserve University

Shun Shimohama Sapporo Medical University

Maria S. Santos University of Coimbra

Catarina R. Oliveira University of Coimbra

Hisashi Fujioka Case Western Reserve University

External Links

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