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Hirofumi Yamamoto

Hirofumi Yamamoto

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
79
Citations
20838
World Ranking
17655
National Ranking
562

Hirofumi Yamamoto publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hirofumi Yamamoto sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 505 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Hirofumi Yamamoto D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hirofumi Yamamoto sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hirofumi Yamamoto is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, where they focus primarily on medical research with specific emphasis on oncology and related biomedical sciences. Their body of work covers a broad range of topics within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Yamamoto's research fields prominently include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these main fields, subfields of emphasis include:

  • Oncology
  • Surgery
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The scientific topics most frequently investigated by Yamamoto encompass:

  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies

Yamamoto's recent published papers include:

  • The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index predicts postoperative complications and prognosis in elderly patients with colorectal cancer after curative surgery, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • miR-4711-5p regulates cancer stemness and cell cycle progression via KLF5, MDM2 and TFDP1 in colon cancer cells, 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • SIRT3-Mediated SOD2 and PGC-1α Contribute to Chemoresistance in Colorectal Cancer Cells, 2021, Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Human NKp44+ Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells Associate with Tumor-Associated Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Colorectal Cancer, 2020, Cancer Immunology Research
  • Specific activation of glycolytic enzyme enolase 2 in BRAF V600E-mutated colorectal cancer, 2021, Cancer Science

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated closely with Yamamoto include:

  • Yuichiro Doki
  • Norikatsu Miyoshi
  • Hidetoshi Eguchi
  • Takayuki Ogino
  • Mamoru Uemura

Yamamoto's work is published regularly in various scientific journals, with most frequent contributions to:

  • Anticancer Research
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Research Square
  • Cancer Research
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Reprogramming of mouse and human cells to pluripotency using mature microRNAs.

    Norikatsu Miyoshi;Hideshi Ishii;Hideshi Ishii;Hiroaki Nagano;Naotsugu Haraguchi

  • Two FOXP3 + CD4 + T cell subpopulations distinctly control the prognosis of colorectal cancers

    Takuro Saito;Hiroyoshi Nishikawa;Hisashi Wada;Yuji Nagano

  • Ultra-sensitive liquid biopsy of circulating extracellular vesicles using ExoScreen

    Yusuke Yoshioka;Nobuyoshi Kosaka;Yuki Konishi;Hideki Ohta

  • Stromal Myofibroblasts Predict Disease Recurrence for Colorectal Cancer

    Tadashi Tsujino;Iwao Seshimo;Hirofumi Yamamoto;Chew Yee Ngan

  • Wnt5a: its signalling, functions and implication in diseases

    A. Kikuchi;H. Yamamoto;A. Sato;S. Matsumoto

  • Amplification of PVT-1 is involved in poor prognosis via apoptosis inhibition in colorectal cancers

    Y Takahashi;G Sawada;J Kurashige;R Uchi

  • High incidence of thrombosis of the portal venous system after laparoscopic splenectomy: a prospective study with contrast-enhanced CT scan.

    Masataka Ikeda;Mitsugu Sekimoto;Shuji Takiguchi;Masaru Kubota

  • Up-Regulation of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Squamous Carcinogenesis of the Esophagus

    Awad Shamma;Hirofumi Yamamoto;Yuichiro Doki;Jiro Okami

  • Molecular cloning of complementary DNA for a novel human hepatoma-derived growth factor. Its homology with high mobility group-1 protein.

    H Nakamura;Y Izumoto;H Kambe;T Kuroda

  • Localization and Expression of p27KIP1 in Multistage Colorectal Carcinogenesis

    Ciaparrone M;Yamamoto H;Yao Y;Sgambato A

  • Sulindac derivatives inhibit growth and induce apoptosis in human prostate cancer cell lines.

    Jin T.E Lim;Gary A Piazza;Edward Kyu-Ho Han;Thomas M Delohery

  • Increased expression of COX-2 in nontumor liver tissue is associated with shorter disease-free survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Motoi Kondo;Hirofumi Yamamoto;Hiroaki Nagano;Jiro Okami

  • Overexpression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Carcinoma of the Pancreas

    Jiro Okami;Hirofumi Yamamoto;Yoshiyuki Fujiwara;Masaki Tsujie

  • Role of pyruvate kinase M2 in transcriptional regulation leading to epithelial–mesenchymal transition

    Atsushi Hamabe;Masamitsu Konno;Nobuhiro Tanuma;Hiroshi Shima

  • Cancer cells survive with survivin.

    Hirofumi Yamamoto;Chew Yee Ngan;Morito Monden

  • Interior hydrography and circulation of the glacial Pacific Ocean

    Katsumi Matsumoto;Tadamichi Oba;Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Hirofumi Yamamoto

  • Increased CD13 expression reduces reactive oxygen species, promoting survival of liver cancer stem cells via an epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like phenomenon

    Ho Min Kim;Naotsugu Haraguchi;Hideshi Ishii;Hideshi Ishii;Masahisa Ohkuma

  • MicroRNA-10b is a Prognostic Indicator in Colorectal Cancer and Confers Resistance to the Chemotherapeutic Agent 5-Fluorouracil in Colorectal Cancer Cells

    Naohiro Nishida;Shinya Yamashita;Koshi Mimori;Tomoya Sudo

  • Significance of Lgr5+ve Cancer Stem Cells in the Colon and Rectum

    Hidekazu Takahashi;Hideshi Ishii;Hideshi Ishii;Naohiro Nishida;Naohiro Nishida;Ichiro Takemasa

  • High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Renders Spontaneous Effort Noninjurious

    Caio C. A. Morais;Yukiko Koyama;Takeshi Yoshida;Takeshi Yoshida;Glauco M. Plens

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuichiro Doki
Yuichiro Doki Osaka University
Masaki Mori
Masaki Mori Kyushu University
Morito Monden
Morito Monden Osaka University
Hidetoshi Eguchi
Hidetoshi Eguchi Osaka University
Hiroaki Nagano
Hiroaki Nagano Osaka University
Koshi Mimori
Koshi Mimori Kyushu University
Shoji Nakamori
Shoji Nakamori Osaka University
Yasuyuki Kita
Yasuyuki Kita Ritsumeikan University
Kiyoshi Takeda
Kiyoshi Takeda Osaka University

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