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Hironobu Nakamura

Hironobu Nakamura

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
85
Citations
22326
World Ranking
14751
National Ranking
449

Hironobu Nakamura 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 Hironobu Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 606 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hironobu Nakamura 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 Hironobu Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hironobu Nakamura is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and specializes in medical research. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health, as well as Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research topics include esophageal cancer research and treatment, esophageal and gastrointestinal pathology, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health research topics, stuttering research and treatment, and bacterial infections and vaccines.

Recent publications by Nakamura demonstrate a diverse range of medical subjects and include:

  • "Impact of MRI on the post-therapeutic diagnosis of T4 esophageal cancer" (2023), published in Esophagus
  • "Understanding psychiatric illness through natural language processing (UNDERPIN): Rationale, design, and methodology" (2022), published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "10 Years after the Fukushima" (2022), published in Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology
  • "A case of bacterial meningitis due to colon perforation of V-P shunt tube in an elderly patient with prolonged high fever after hospitalization for urinary tract infection" (2022), published in Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
  • "A case of subphrenic abscess in a very elderly patient relieved by conservative treatment" (2023), published in Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Nakamura has frequently published in the venue Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, as well as contributions to Esophagus, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology, and Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.

Frequent collaborators in Nakamura's research include Hidehiko Takahashi, Takashi Harino, Makoto Yamasaki, Sachiko Murai, and Kotaro Yamashita.

Best Publications

  • Transcatheter oily chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma.

    H Nakamura;T Hashimoto;H Oi;S Sawada

  • Diffusion-weighted single-shot echoplanar MR imaging for liver disease.

    T Kim;T Murakami;S Takahashi;M Hori

  • Hypervascular Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Detection with Double Arterial Phase Multi-Detector Row Helical CT

    Takamichi Murakami;Tonsok Kim;Manabu Takamura;Masatoshi Hori

  • Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: diagnostic accuracy of thin-section CT in 129 patients.

    Takeshi Johkoh;Nestor L. Müller;Yannick Cartier;Peter V. Kavanagh

  • Computed tomography findings in pathological usual interstitial pneumonia: relationship to survival.

    Hiromitsu Sumikawa;Takeshi Johkoh;Thomas V. Colby;Kazuya Ichikado

  • Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonia: Thin-Section CT Findings in 22 Patients

    Takeshi Johkoh;Nestor L. Müller;Heather A. Pickford;Thomas E. Hartman

  • Charged collagen structure mediates the recognition of negatively charged macromolecules by macrophage scavenger receptors

    T Doi;K Higashino;Y Kurihara;Y Wada

  • Crazy-paving appearance at thin-section CT: spectrum of disease and pathologic findings.

    Takeshi Johkoh;Harumi Itoh;Nestor L. Müller;Kazuya Ichikado

  • Whole-body MRI for detecting metastatic bone tumor: diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted images.

    Katsuyuki Nakanishi;Midori Kobayashi;Kazunori Nakaguchi;Miyaji Kyakuno

  • Anterior mediastinal tumors : Diagnostic accuracy of CT and MRI

    Noriyuki Tomiyama;Osamu Honda;Mitsuko Tsubamoto;Atsuo Inoue

  • Transcatheter embolization of hepatocellular carcinoma: assessment of efficacy in cases of resection following embolization.

    H Nakamura;T Tanaka;S Hori;H Yoshioka

  • Superparamagnetic iron oxide-enhanced magnetic resonance images of hepatocellular carcinoma : Correlation with histological grading

    Yasuharu Imai;Takamichi Murakami;Shigeyuki Yoshida;Masahiro Nishikawa

  • Movement-related desynchronization of the cerebral cortex studied with spatially filtered magnetoencephalography.

    Masaaki Taniguchi;Amami Kato;Norihiko Fujita;Masayuki Hirata

  • Eosinophilic lung diseases: diagnostic accuracy of thin-section CT in 111 patients.

    Takeshi Johkoh;Nestor L. Müller;Masanori Akira;Kazuya Ichikado

  • Acute interstitial pneumonia: comparison of high-resolution computed tomography findings between survivors and nonsurvivors.

    Kazuya Ichikado;Moritaka Suga;Nestor L Müller;Hiroyuki Taniguchi

  • Acute interstitial pneumonia: high-resolution CT findings correlated with pathology.

    K Ichikado;T Johkoh;J Ikezoe;N Takeuchi

  • Pancreatic mass due to chronic pancreatitis: correlation of CT and MR imaging features with pathologic findings.

    Tonsok Kim;Takamichi Murakami;Manabu Takamura;Masatoshi Hori

  • Using the World Health Organization Classification of thymic epithelial neoplasms to describe CT findings.

    Noriyuki Tomiyama;Takeshi Johkoh;Naoki Mihara;Osamu Honda

  • Acute interstitial pneumonia: thin-section CT findings in 36 patients.

    Takeshi Johkoh;Nestor L. Müller;Hiroyuki Taniguchi;Yasuhiro Kondoh

  • Crazy-paving Appearance at Thin-Section CT: Spectrum of Disease and Pathologic

    Takeshi Johkoh;Harumi Itoh;Kazuya Ichikado;Hironobu Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Takamichi Murakami
Takamichi Murakami Kobe University
Takeshi Johkoh
Takeshi Johkoh Osaka University
Morito Monden
Morito Monden Osaka University
Satoru Takahashi
Satoru Takahashi University of Tsukuba
Hiroaki Nagano
Hiroaki Nagano Osaka University
Yoshinobu Sato
Yoshinobu Sato Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Nestor L. Müller
Nestor L. Müller University of British Columbia
Shoji Nakamori
Shoji Nakamori Osaka University
Akira Miyake
Akira Miyake University of Colorado Boulder
Norio Hayashi
Norio Hayashi Osaka University

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