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D-Index
63
Citations
12611
World Ranking
2770
National Ranking
105

Overview

Akio Niimi is affiliated with Nagoya City University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a specialized focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their research activity encompasses a broad suite of topics related to respiratory health, encompassing Asthma and respiratory diseases, Respiratory and cough-related research, Pediatric health and respiratory diseases, Interstitial lung diseases including Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research, as well as Lung cancer treatments and mutations.

Their recent scholarly output includes research articles published between 2020 and 2023. Notable papers include:

  • "The Japanese respiratory society guidelines for the management of cough and sputum (digest edition)" (2021, Respiratory Investigation)
  • "Increased Capsaicin Sensitivity in Patients with Severe Asthma Is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcome" (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
  • "Early decrease in erector spinae muscle area and future risk of mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Executive summary: Japanese guidelines for adult asthma (JGL) 2021" (2023, Allergology International)
  • "Natural Language Processing" (2021, CHEST Journal)

Akio Niimi collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors in related respiratory and medical research. These include:

  • Yoshihiro Kanemitsu
  • Tomoko Tajiri
  • Kensuke Fukumitsu
  • Hirotsugu Ohkubo
  • Yutaka Ito

Their work has appeared most commonly in certain publication venues associated with respiratory and allergy medicine, particularly:

  • Respiratory Investigation
  • Allergology International
  • Internal Medicine
  • ERJ Open Research
  • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology

Within Medicine, Akio Niimi's research contribution amounts to over 260 publications, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, Oncology, Emergency Medical Services, and Surgery. This range indicates a multidisciplinary approach to respiratory health research and closely related fields.

Best Publications

  • Increased Expression of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1 in Airway Nerves of Chronic Cough

    David A Groneberg;Akio Niimi;Q Thai Dinh;Borja Cosio

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three new susceptibility loci for adult asthma in the Japanese population

    Tomomitsu Hirota;Atsushi Takahashi;Michiaki Kubo;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

  • Relationship of airway wall thickness to airway sensitivity and airway reactivity in asthma

    Akio Niimi;Hisako Matsumoto;Masaya Takemura;Tetsuya Ueda

  • CT Scan Findings of Emphysema Predict Mortality in COPD

    Akane Haruna;Shigeo Muro;Yasutaka Nakano;Tadashi Ohara

  • Eosinophilic inflammation in cough variant asthma

    A Niimi;R Amitani;K Suzuki;E Tanaka

  • High sensitivity C-reactive protein in asthma

    M Takemura;H Matsumoto;A Niimi;T Ueda

  • Quantitative assessment of airway remodeling using high-resolution CT.

    Yasutaka Nakano;Nestor L. Müller;Gregory G. King;Akio Niimi

  • Increased periostin associates with greater airflow limitation in patients receiving inhaled corticosteroids.

    Yoshihiro Kanemitsu;Hisako Matsumoto;Kenji Izuhara;Yuji Tohda

  • Effect of Clarithromycin Regimen for Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease

    Eisaku Tanaka;Terumi Kimoto;Kazunari Tsuyuguchi;Isao Watanabe

  • Yield of computed tomography and bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease.

    E Tanaka;R Amitani;A Niimi;K Suzuki

  • Impact of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms on COPD exacerbation

    Kunihiko Terada;Shigeo Muro;Susumu Sato;Tadashi Ohara

  • Eosinophilic bronchitis: clinical manifestations and implications for treatment

    P G Gibson;M Fujimura;A Niimi

  • Relationship Between Pulmonary Emphysema and Osteoporosis Assessed by CT in Patients With COPD

    Tadashi Ohara;Toyohiro Hirai;Shigeo Muro;Akane Haruna

  • Role of small airways in asthma: Investigation using high-resolution computed tomography

    Tetsuya Ueda;Akio Niimi;Hisako Matsumoto;Masaya Takemura

  • The Japanese Respiratory Society guidelines for management of cough.

    Shigeru Kohno;Tadashi Ishida;Yoshyuki Uchida

  • Nature of airway inflammation and remodeling in chronic cough.

    Akio Niimi;Alfonso Torrego;Andrew G. Nicholson;Borja G. Cosio

  • Body mass index in male patients with COPD: correlation with low attenuation areas on CT

    Emiko Ogawa;Yasutaka Nakano;Tadashi Ohara;Shigeo Muro

  • Relationship between small airway function and health status, dyspnea and disease control in asthma.

    Tomoshi Takeda;Toru Oga;Akio Niimi;Hisako Matsumoto

  • Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on small airways in asthma: investigation using impulse oscillometry.

    Masafumi Yamaguchi;Akio Niimi;Tetsuya Ueda;Masaya Takemura

  • Asthma in the elderly: what we know and what we have yet to know.

    Anahí Yáñez;Sang-Hoen Cho;Joan B Soriano;Lanny J Rosenwasser

  • Effects of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome on serum aminotransferase levels in obese patients.

    Kazuo Chin;Takaya Nakamura;Kenichi Takahashi;Kensuke Sumi

  • Abnormal swallowing reflex and COPD exacerbations.

    Kunihiko Terada;Shigeo Muro;Tadashi Ohara;Megumi Kudo

  • Airway remodelling in cough-variant asthma.

    Akio Niimi;Hisako Matsumoto;Masayoshi Minakuchi;Masanori Kitaichi

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiaki Mishima
Michiaki Mishima Kyoto University
Kenji Izuhara
Kenji Izuhara Saga Group
Ryuzo Ueda
Ryuzo Ueda Nagoya University
Shunichi Fukuhara
Shunichi Fukuhara Kyoto University
Ken Ohta
Ken Ohta Teikyo University
Mitsuru Adachi
Mitsuru Adachi Showa University
Fumihiko Matsuda
Fumihiko Matsuda Kyoto University
Kazuo Akiyama
Kazuo Akiyama University of Tokyo
Stephen P. Peters
Stephen P. Peters Wake Forest University
Kian Fan Chung
Kian Fan Chung Imperial College London

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