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Hiroshi Ohshima

Hiroshi Ohshima

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
16296
World Ranking
6725
National Ranking
447

Hiroshi Ohshima publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroshi Ohshima sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 192 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Hiroshi Ohshima D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroshi Ohshima sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hiroshi Ohshima was affiliated with the University of Shizuoka in Japan. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with significant work conducted in subfields such as physiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, dermatology, biomedical engineering, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work concentrated on topics that included spaceflight effects on biology, heart rate variability and autonomic control, climate change and health impacts, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, non-invasive vital sign monitoring, high altitude and hypoxia, and circadian rhythm and melatonin.

Frequent publication venues for their research comprised Scientific Reports, Research Square, JBMR Plus, and Skin Research and Technology. The scientific collaborator network included coauthors such as Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornélissen, Satoshi Furukawa, Yutaka Kubo, and Koichi Shibata.

Some of the recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Hiroshi Ohshima included:

  • Astronauts well-being and possibly anti-aging improved during long-duration spaceflight (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Unconscious mind activates central cardiovascular network and promotes adaptation to microgravity possibly anti-aging during 1-year-long spaceflight (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Bisphosphonate Use May Reduce the Risk of Urolithiasis in Astronauts on Long-Term Spaceflights (2021, JBMR Plus)
  • Methods for assessing change in brain plasticity at night and psychological resilience during daytime between repeated long-duration space missions (2023, Scientific Reports)
  • New solution of beauty problem by Staphylococcus hominis: Relevance between skin microbiome and skin condition in healthy subject (2021, Skin Research and Technology)

Best Publications

  • Chronic infections and inflammatory processes as cancer risk factors : possible role of nitric oxide in carcinogenesis

    H. Ohshima;H. Bartsch

  • Chemical basis of inflammation-induced carcinogenesis ☆

    Hiroshi Ohshima;Masayuki Tatemichi;Tomohiro Sawa

  • DNA damage induced by peroxynitrite: subsequent biological effects.

    Csaba Szabó;Hiroshi Ohshima

  • Quantitative estimation of endogenous nitrosation in humans by monitoring N-nitrosoproline excreted in the urine.

    Hiroshi Ohshima;Helmut Bartsch

  • Formation of 8-nitroguanine in DNA treated with peroxynitrite in vitro and its rapid removal from DNA by depurination

    Vladimir Yermilov;Julieta Rubio;Hiroshi Ohshima

  • Formation of 8-nitroguanine by the reaction of guanine with peroxynitrite in vitro

    Vladimir Yermilov;Julieta Rubio;Michel Becchi;Marlin D. Friesen

  • Inhibitors of endogenous nitrosation. Mechanisms and implications in human cancer prevention.

    Helmut Bartsch;Hiroshi Ohshima;Brigitte Pignatelli

  • Antioxidant and pro-oxidant actions of flavonoids: effects on DNA damage induced by nitric oxide, peroxynitrite and nitroxyl anion.

    Hiroshi Ohshima;Yumiko Yoshie;Sebastien Auriol;Isabelle Gilibert

  • Nitrotyrosine as a new marker for endogenous nitrosation and nitration of proteins

    H. Ohshima;M. Friesen;I. Brouet;H. Bartsch

  • Tobacco-specific and betel nut-specific N-nitroso compounds: occurrence in saliva and urine of betel quid chewers and formation in vitro by nitrosation of betel quid

    J. Nair;H. Ohshima;M. Friesen;A. Croisy

  • Nitrated and Oxidized Plasma Proteins in Smokers and Lung Cancer Patients

    Brigitte Pignatelli;Chun-Qi Li;Paolo Boffetta;Qiping Chen

  • Nitrative DNA damage in inflammation and its possible role in carcinogenesis

    Tomohiro Sawa;Hiroshi Ohshima

  • Nitric Oxide Induces Conformational and Functional Modifications of Wild-Type p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein

    Sylvie Calmels;Pierre Hainaut;Hiroshi Ohshima

  • Effects of carbon dioxide/bicarbonate on induction of DNA single-strand breaks and formation of 8-nitroguanine, 8-oxoguanine and base-propenal mediated by peroxynitrite

    Vladimir Yermilov;Yumiko Yoshie;Julieta Rubio;Hiroshi Ohshima

  • Prevention of human cancer by modulation of chronic inflammatory processes.

    Hiroshi Ohshima;Hiroshi Tazawa;Bakary S. Sylla;Tomohiro Sawa

  • Expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in bone and bone cell cultures.

    Miep H. Helfrich;Deborah E. Evans;Peter S. Grabowski;Peter S. Grabowski;Jennifer S. Pollock

  • Suppression of Intestinal Polyposis in ApcMin/+ Mice by Inhibiting Nitric Oxide Production

    Byeongwoo Ahn;Hiroshi Ohshima

  • Urinary excretion of N-nitrosamino acids and nitrate by inhabitants of high- and low-risk areas for esophageal cancer in northern China: endogenous formation of nitrosoproline and its inhibition by vitamin C

    Shih-Hsin Lu;Hiroshi Ohshima;Hua-Ming Fu;Yuan Tian

  • Chlorination of Guanosine and Other Nucleosides by Hypochlorous Acid and Myeloperoxidase of Activated Human Neutrophils: CATALYSIS BY NICOTINE AND TRIMETHYLAMINE *

    Mitsuharu Masuda;Mitsuharu Masuda;Toshinori Suzuki;Marlin D. Friesen;Jean Luc Ravanat

  • Quantitative Estimation of Endogenous Nitrosation in Humans by Monitoring /V-Nitrosoproline Excreted in the Urine1

    Hiroshi Ohshima;Helmut Bartsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Bartsch
Helmut Bartsch German Cancer Research Center
Pierre Hainaut
Pierre Hainaut Grenoble Alpes University
László Virág
László Virág University of Debrecen
Csaba Szabó
Csaba Szabó University of Fribourg
Martin Crespi
Martin Crespi University of Paris-Saclay
Yoshimasa Nakamura
Yoshimasa Nakamura Okayama University
Kunio Kitahama
Kunio Kitahama Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Shinya Toyokuni
Shinya Toyokuni Nagoya University
Hiroyasu Esumi
Hiroyasu Esumi Tokyo University of Science
Nubia Muñoz
Nubia Muñoz International Agency For Research On Cancer

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