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Katsunori Kondo

Katsunori Kondo

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Japan
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
61
Citations
15151
World Ranking
1351
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Katsunori Kondo is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines, prominently within the social sciences, medicine, and health professions, with a strong emphasis on aging, health disparities, and well-being.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of health outcomes among older adults, focusing on topics such as health disparities and outcomes, geriatric care and nursing homes, dental health and care utilization, frailty in older adults, health and wellbeing research, migration, aging and tourism studies, and nutrition and health in aging.

Their publication record includes papers in respected venues such as PubMed, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Geriatrics & Gerontology International, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and Social Science & Medicine.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Katsunori Kondo has worked with coauthors including Jun Aida, Taishi Tsuji, Kazushige Ide, Naoki Kondo, and Ken Osaka.

Representative recent publications include:

  • Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Dementia in Older Japanese Adults, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Association between social isolation and depression onset among older adults: a cross-national longitudinal study in England and Japan, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Can Online Communication Prevent Depression Among Older People? A Longitudinal Analysis, 2020, Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • Internet use and subsequent health and well-being in older adults: An outcome-wide analysis, 2022, Computers in Human Behavior
  • Cooking skills related to potential benefits for dietary behaviors and weight status among older Japanese men and women: a cross-sectional study from the JAGES, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Their research addresses various subfields including health, general health professions, clinical psychology, demography, and periodontics, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding health and social challenges affecting aging populations.

Best Publications

  • Social Participation and the Prevention of Functional Disability in Older Japanese: The JAGES Cohort Study

    Satoru Kanamori;Yuko Kai;Jun Aida;Katsunori Kondo

  • Association between self-reported dental health status and onset of dementia: a 4-year prospective cohort study of older Japanese adults from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES) Project.

    Tatsuo Yamamoto;Katsunori Kondo;Hiroshi Hirai;Miyo Nakade

  • Social participation and mental health: moderating effects of gender, social role and rurality

    Daisuke Takagi;Katsunori Kondo;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Progress in Aging Epidemiology in Japan: The JAGES Project

    Katsunori Kondo

  • Informal and Formal Social Support and Caregiver Burden: The AGES Caregiver Survey.

    Koichiro Shiba;Naoki Kondo;Katsunori Kondo

  • Social capital, income inequality and self-rated health in Chita peninsula, Japan: a multilevel analysis of older people in 25 communities.

    Yukinobu Ichida;Katsunori Kondo;Hiroshi Hirai;Tomoya Hanibuchi

  • Effect of a community intervention programme promoting social interactions on functional disability prevention for older adults: propensity score matching and instrumental variable analyses, JAGES Taketoyo study

    Hiroyuki Hikichi;Naoki Kondo;Katsunori Kondo;Jun Aida

  • Does social participation improve self-rated health in the older population? A quasi-experimental intervention study

    Yukinobu Ichida;Hiroshi Hirai;Katsunori Kondo;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Development of an instrument for community-level health related social capital among Japanese older people: The JAGES Project

    Masashige Saito;Naoki Kondo;Jun Aida;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Neighborhood built environment and physical activity of Japanese older adults: results from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES)

    Tomoya Hanibuchi;Ichiro Kawachi;Tomoki Nakaya;Hiroshi Hirai

  • Does walkable mean sociable? Neighborhood determinants of social capital among older adults in Japan

    Tomoya Hanibuchi;Katsunori Kondo;Tomoki Nakaya;Kokoro Shirai

  • Association between depression and socio-economic status among community-dwelling elderly in Japan: the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES)

    Chiyoe Murata;Katsunori Kondo;Hiroshi Hirai;Yukinobu Ichida

  • The different effects of vertical social capital and horizontal social capital on dental status: a multilevel analysis.

    Jun Aida;Tomoya Hanibuchi;Miyo Nakade;Hiroshi Hirai

  • Can Community Social Cohesion Prevent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Aftermath of a Disaster? A Natural Experiment From the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

    Hiroyuki Hikichi;Jun Aida;Toru Tsuboya;Katsunori Kondo

  • Combined effects of eating alone and living alone on unhealthy dietary behaviors, obesity and underweight in older Japanese adults: Results of the JAGES

    Yukako Tani;Naoki Kondo;Daisuke Takagi;Masashige Saito

  • Social interaction and cognitive decline: Results of a 7-year community intervention

    Hiroyuki Hikichi;Katsunori Kondo;Tokunori Takeda;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Income inequality, social capital and self-rated health and dental status in older Japanese.

    Jun Aida;Katsunori Kondo;Naoki Kondo;Richard G. Watt

  • Eating alone and depression in older men and women by cohabitation status: The JAGES longitudinal survey

    Yukako Tani;Yuri Sasaki;Maho Haseda;Katsunori Kondo

  • Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Dementia in Older Japanese Adults

    Yukako Tani;Takeo Fujiwara;Katsunori Kondo

  • Laughter is the Best Medicine? A Cross-Sectional Study of Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Japanese Adults.

    Kei Hayashi;Ichiro Kawachi;Tetsuya Ohira;Katsunori Kondo;Katsunori Kondo

  • Relative deprivation and incident functional disability among older Japanese women and men: Prospective cohort study

    Naoki Kondo;Ichiro Kawachi;Hiroshi Hirai;Katsunori Kondo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Aida
Jun Aida Tokyo Medical and Dental University
S. V. Subramanian
S. V. Subramanian Harvard University
Akira Hata
Akira Hata Chiba University
Peter James
Peter James Harvard University
Kasisomayajula Viswanath
Kasisomayajula Viswanath Harvard University
Orfeu M. Buxton
Orfeu M. Buxton Pennsylvania State University
Akizumi Tsutsumi
Akizumi Tsutsumi Kitasato University

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