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Hironobu Sasano

Hironobu Sasano

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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
122
Citations
71941
World Ranking
3420
National Ranking
63

Hironobu Sasano 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 Sasano sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,445 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hironobu Sasano 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 Sasano sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 400 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hironobu Sasano is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, oncology, molecular biology, and cancer research.

Their scientific work focuses on a range of main topics, such as hormonal regulation and hypertension, adrenal and paraganglionic tumors, lung cancer research studies, neuroendocrine tumor research advances, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, estrogen and related hormone effects, and pituitary gland disorders and treatments.

Among recent notable papers are:

  • The 2019 World Health Organization classification of tumours of the breast, 2020, published in Histopathology
  • Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Adrenal Cortical Tumors, 2022, published in Endocrine Pathology
  • International Histopathology Consensus for Unilateral Primary Aldosteronism, 2020, published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • JNETS clinical practice guidelines for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up: a synopsis, 2021, published in Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Sebaceous immunobiology - skin homeostasis, pathophysiology, coordination of innate immunity and inflammatory response and disease associations, 2022, published in Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Yuto Yamazaki
  • Yasuhiro Miki
  • Fumitoshi Satoh
  • Fumiyoshi Fujishima
  • Yuta Tezuka

Hironobu Sasano has published regularly in several scientific venues. Prominent among these are:

  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Research Square
  • Medical Molecular Morphology

Best Publications

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists Guideline Recommendations for Immunohistochemical Testing of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in Breast Cancer

    M. Elizabeth H. Hammond;Daniel F Hayes;Mitch Dowsett;D Craig Allred

  • Adjuvant Capecitabine for Breast Cancer after Preoperative Chemotherapy.

    Norikazu Masuda;Soo-Jung Lee;Shoichiro Ohtani;Young-Hyuck Im

  • A common classification framework for neuroendocrine neoplasms: an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and World Health Organization (WHO) expert consensus proposal.

    Guido Rindi;David S. Klimstra;Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani;Sylvia L. Asa

  • The 2019 World Health Organization classification of tumours of the breast.

    Puay Hoon Tan;Ian Ellis;Kimberly Allison;Edi Brogi

  • Relationship Between Quantitative Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Expression and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER-2) Status With Recurrence in the Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination Trial

    Mitch Dowsett;Craig Allred;Jill Knox;Emma Quinn

  • Epidemiological study of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in Japan

    Tetsuhide Ito;Hironobu Sasano;Masao Tanaka;R. Yoshiyuki Osamura

  • Deficient 17β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 Expression in Endometriosis: Failure to Metabolize 17β-Estradiol

    Khaled Zeitoun;Kazuto Takayama;Hironobu Sasano;Takashi Suzuki

  • Epidemiological trends of pancreatic and gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors in Japan: a nationwide survey analysis

    Tetsuhide Ito;Hisato Igarashi;Kazuhiko Nakamura;Hironobu Sasano

  • The human CYP19 (aromatase P450) gene: update on physiologic roles and genomic organization of promoters.

    Serdar E. Bulun;Siby Sebastian;Kazuto Takayama;Takashi Suzuki

  • ENETS Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Gastroduodenal Neoplasms

    Gianfranco Delle Fave;Dik J. Kwekkeboom;Erik Van Cutsem;Guido Rindi

  • Treatment of severe postmenopausal endometriosis with an aromatase inhibitor

    Kazuto Takayama;Khaled Zeitoun;Robert T. Gunby;Hironobu Sasano

  • Immunocytochemical localization of androgen receptor with polyclonal antibody in paraffin-embedded human tissues.:

    N Kimura;A Mizokami;T Oonuma;H Sasano

  • Dissecting human adrenal androgen production.

    William E. Rainey;Bruce R. Carr;Hironobu Sasano;Takashi Suzuki

  • Heterogeneous increase in CD34-positive alveolar capillaries in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

    Masahito Ebina;Minoru Shimizukawa;Naoko Shibata;Yuichiro Kimura

  • Neuronal pathway from the liver modulates energy expenditure and systemic insulin sensitivity.

    Kenji Uno;Hideki Katagiri;Tetsuya Yamada;Yasushi Ishigaki

  • A novel arachidonate-preferring acyl-CoA synthetase is present in steroidogenic cells of the rat adrenal, ovary, and testis

    Man Jong Kang;Takahiro Fujino;Hironobu Sasano;Hiroyuki Minekura

  • Development of monoclonal antibodies against human CYP11B1 and CYP11B2

    Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez;Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez;Xin Qi;Carolina Velarde-Miranda;Maria W. Plonczynski

  • Gastrointestinal immunophenotype in adenocarcinomas of the uterine cervix and related glandular lesions: a possible link between lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia/pyloric gland metaplasia and ‘adenoma malignum’

    Yoshiki Mikami;Takako Kiyokawa;Sakae Hata;Keiichi Fujiwara

  • Aromatase in human bone tissue.

    Hironobu Sasano;Miwa Uzuki;Takashi Sawai;Hiroshi Nagura

  • Developmental roles of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) as revealed by StAR knockout mice.

    Tomonobu Hasegawa;Liping Zhao;Kathleen M. Caron;Gregor Majdic

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Suzuki
Takashi Suzuki Tohoku University
Hiroshi Nagura
Hiroshi Nagura Tohoku University
Kazuhiro Takahashi
Kazuhiro Takahashi Tohoku University
Sadayoshi Ito
Sadayoshi Ito Tohoku University
Nobuo Yaegashi
Nobuo Yaegashi Tohoku University
William E. Rainey
William E. Rainey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Masakazu Toi
Masakazu Toi Kyoto University
Michiaki Unno
Michiaki Unno Tohoku University
Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez
Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez University of Mississippi Medical Center
Satoshi Inoue
Satoshi Inoue Saitama Medical University

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