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Hiroshi Nishiura

Hiroshi Nishiura

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
70
Citations
26660
World Ranking
1896
National Ranking
59

Hiroshi Nishiura publications per year

1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 38 publications 2012: 33 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 46 publications 2021: 39 publications 2022: 33 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 12 publications
1995 2025

504 publications in total across all disciplines

Hiroshi Nishiura publication distribution in Microbiology in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroshi Nishiura sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 395 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Hiroshi Nishiura D-index placement in Microbiology in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroshi Nishiura sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hiroshi Nishiura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Mathematics, with significant contributions particularly in Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation. Their work also covers subfields such as Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The research topics addressed by Nishiura focus heavily on COVID-19 and related infectious disease dynamics. These topics include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Nishiura has a robust publication record, with frequent contributions to multiple scientific journals. The venues where they have published most frequently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Scientific Reports

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Clinical, laboratory and imaging features of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
  • "Incubation Period and Other Epidemiological Characteristics of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infections with Right Truncation: A Statistical Analysis of Publicly Available Case Data" (2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • "Estimation of the asymptomatic ratio of novel coronavirus infections (COVID-19)" (2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • "Serial interval of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections" (2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases)
  • "The Extent of Transmission of Novel Coronavirus in Wuhan, China, 2020" (2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine)

Nishiura has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Natalie M. Linton
  • T. Kobayashi
  • Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov
  • Katsuma Hayashi
  • Sung-mok Jung

Best Publications

  • Clinical, laboratory and imaging features of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales;Jaime A Cardona-Ospina;Estefanía Gutiérrez-Ocampo;Rhuvi Villamizar-Peña

  • Incubation period and other epidemiological characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infections with right truncation: A statistical analysis of publicly available case data

    Natalie M Linton;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Yichi Yang;Katsuma Hayashi

  • Estimation of the asymptomatic ratio of novel coronavirus infections (COVID-19).

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Takeshi Miyama;Ayako Suzuki

  • Serial interval of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections.

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Natalie M. Linton;Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov

  • Transmission characteristics of MERS and SARS in the healthcare setting: a comparative study

    Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell;Fatima Abdirizak;Sunmi Lee;Jonggul Lee

  • The extent of transmission of novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, 2020

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Sung-mok Jung;Natalie M. Linton;Ryo Kinoshita

  • Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review

    Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell;Hiroshi Nishiura

  • Real-time estimation of the risk of death from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection: Inference using exported cases

    Sung-Mok Jung;Andrei R Akhmetzhanov;Katsuma Hayashi;Natalie M Linton

  • Comparative estimation of the reproduction number for pandemic influenza from daily case notification data

    Gerardo Chowell;Hiroshi Nishiura;Luís M.A Bettencourt

  • Aerosol transmission is an important mode of influenza A virus spread.

    Benjamin J. Cowling;Dennis K. M. Ip;Vicky J. Fang;Piyarat Suntarattiwong

  • Relative instantaneous reproduction number of Omicron SARS‐CoV‐2 variant with respect to the Delta variant in Denmark

    Unknown

  • Closed environments facilitate secondary transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Hitoshi Oshitani;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Tomoya Saito

  • Transmission potential of the new influenza A(H1N1) virus and its age-specificity in Japan

    H Nishiura;C Castillo-Chavez;M Safan;G Chowell

  • The rate of underascertainment of novel coronavirus (2019?ncov) infection: Estimation using japanese passengers data on evacuation flights

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Yichi Yang;Katsuma Hayashi

  • The effective reproduction number as a prelude to statistical estimation of time-dependent epidemic trends

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell

  • Relative Reproduction Number of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) Compared with Delta Variant in South Africa

    Unknown

  • Clusters of Coronavirus Disease in Communities, Japan, January-April 2020.

    Yuki Furuse;Eiichiro Sando;Naho Tsuchiya;Reiko Miyahara

  • Assessing the impact of reduced travel on exportation dynamics of novel coronavirus infection (Covid-19)

    Asami Anzai;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Natalie M. Linton;Ryo Kinoshita

  • Serial interval of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Natalie M. Linton;Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov

  • Increased Risk of Noninfluenza Respiratory Virus Infections Associated With Receipt of Inactivated Influenza Vaccine

    Benjamin J. Cowling;Vicky J. Fang;Hiroshi Nishiura;Hiroshi Nishiura;Kwok Hung Chan

  • Pros and cons of estimating the reproduction number from early epidemic growth rate of influenza A (H1N1) 2009

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Hiroshi Nishiura;Gerardo Chowell;Gerardo Chowell;Muntaser Safan;Carlos Castillo-Chavez;Carlos Castillo-Chavez

  • Estimation of the asymptomatic ratio of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections among passengers on evacuation flights

    Hiroshi Nishiura;Tetsuro Kobayashi;Takeshi Miyama;Ayako Suzuki

  • The Age-Specific Cumulative Incidence of Infection with Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009 Was Similar in Various Countries Prior to Vaccination

    Heath Kelly;Heidi A. Peck;Karen L. Laurie;Peng Wu

  • Incubation period as part of the case definition of severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus.

    H. Nishiura;K. Mizumoto;K. Mizumoto;K. Ejima;Y. Zhong

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerardo Chowell
Gerardo Chowell Georgia State University
Benjamin J. Cowling
Benjamin J. Cowling University of Hong Kong
Gabriel M. Leung
Gabriel M. Leung University of Hong Kong
Robin N Thompson
Robin N Thompson University of Oxford
Kazuyuki Aihara
Kazuyuki Aihara University of Tokyo
Hitoshi Oshitani
Hitoshi Oshitani Tohoku University
Heath Kelly
Heath Kelly Australian National University
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales Fundación Universitaria Autónoma De Las Américas
Marcel Klaassen
Marcel Klaassen Deakin University

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