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Masaharu Nishimura

Masaharu Nishimura

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
47085
World Ranking
16866
National Ranking
531

Masaharu Nishimura 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 Masaharu Nishimura sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 704 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masaharu Nishimura 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 Masaharu Nishimura sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Masaharu Nishimura is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant number of publications in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their work spans multiple related subfields including Physiology, Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their research interests include a variety of specialized topics within respiratory health and related physiological mechanisms. These main topics are:

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Flow Measurement and Analysis
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

Recent publications reflect these research interests and include the following papers:

  • Ten questions concerning active noise control in the built environment, 2021, Building and Environment
  • Active control of broadband sound through the open aperture of a full-sized domestic window, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Multi-Institutional Prospective Cohort Study of Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Respiratory Diseases, 2021, Circulation Journal
  • Parenchymal destruction in asthma: Fixed airflow obstruction and lung function trajectory, 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Per cent low attenuation volume and fractal dimension of low attenuation clusters on CT predict different long-term outcomes in COPD, 2020, Thorax

Masaharu Nishimura frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their research. Notable frequent co-authors and their collaboration counts include:

  • Satoshi Konno (36 collaborations)
  • Kaoruko Shimizu (34 collaborations)
  • Hironi Makita (34 collaborations)
  • Masaru Suzuki (28 collaborations)
  • Hirokazu Kimura (21 collaborations)

Their publications appear regularly in several key scientific venues. The most frequently published venues include:

  • Allergology International (6 publications)
  • The Proceedings of Conference of Chugoku-Shikoku Branch (4 publications)
  • Research Square (4 publications)
  • International Journal of COPD (3 publications)
  • Respiratory Medicine (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary.

    Jørgen Vestbo;Suzanne S. Hurd;Alvar G. Agustí;Paul W. Jones

  • Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2017 Report: GOLD Executive Summary

    Claus F. Vogelmeier;Gerard J. Criner;Fernando J. Martinez;Antonio Anzueto

  • B7-H1 Expression on Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells and Its Relationship with Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Their PD-1 Expression

    Jun Konishi;Koichi Yamazaki;Miyuki Azuma;Ichiro Kinoshita

  • COPD in Japan : the Nippon COPD Epidemiology study

    Yoshinosuke Fukuchi;Masaharu Nishimura;Masakazu Ichinose;Mitsuru Adachi

  • Focal uptake on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography images indicates cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis

    Shinji Ishimaru;Ichizo Tsujino;Toshiki Takei;Eriko Tsukamoto

  • Airflow Limitation and Airway Dimensions in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Masaru Hasegawa;Yasuyuki Nasuhara;Yuya Onodera;Hironi Makita

  • Myocardial imaging with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in sarcoidosis

    Hiroshi Ohira;Ichizo Tsujino;Shinji Ishimaru;Noriko Oyama

  • A phase II trial of gefitinib as first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations.

    H Asahina;K Yamazaki;I Kinoshita;N Sukoh

  • Annual change in pulmonary function and clinical phenotype in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Masaharu Nishimura;Hironi Makita;Katsura Nagai;Satoshi Konno

  • Prognostic value of circulating KL-6 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

    Akihito Yokoyama;Keiichi Kondo;Masamitsu Nakajima;Toshiharu Matsushima

  • Down-regulated NF-E2-related factor 2 in pulmonary macrophages of aged smokers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Masaru Suzuki;Tomoko Betsuyaku;Yoko Ito;Katsura Nagai

  • CD4+ T cells in cancer stroma, not CD8+ T cells in cancer cell nests, are associated with favorable prognosis in human non-small cell lung cancers.

    Osamu Wakabayashi;Koichi Yamazaki;Satoshi Oizumi;Fumihiro Hommura

  • Overexpression of the Aldo-Keto Reductase Family Protein AKR1B10 Is Highly Correlated with Smokers' Non–Small Cell Lung Carcinomas

    Shin-ichi Fukumoto;Naoko Yamauchi;Hisashi Moriguchi;Yoshitaka Hippo

  • Neutrophil granule proteins in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from subjects with subclinical emphysema.

    Tomoko Betsuyaku;Masaharu Nishimura;Masaharu Nishimura;Kimihiro Takeyabu;Kimihiro Takeyabu;Mishie Tanino;Mishie Tanino

  • Informe 2017 de la Iniciativa Global para el Diagnóstico, Tratamiento y Prevención de la Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica: Resumen Ejecutivo de GOLD

    Claus F. Vogelmeier;Gerard J. Criner;Fernando J. Martinez;Antonio R Anzueto

  • IL-17F sequence variant (His161Arg) is associated with protection against asthma and antagonizes wild-type IL-17F activity.

    Mio Kawaguchi;Daisuke Takahashi;Nobuyuki Hizawa;Shintaro Suzuki

  • Characterisation of phenotypes based on severity of emphysema in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Hironi Makita;Yasuyuki Nasuhara;Katsura Nagai;Yoko Ito

  • Tolerance of organs at risk in small-volume, hypofractionated, image-guided radiotherapy for primary and metastatic lung cancers.

    Rikiya Onimaru;Hiroki Shirato;Shinichi Shimizu;Kei Kitamura

  • Factors Related to Diagnostic Yield of Transbronchial Biopsy Using Endobronchial Ultrasonography With a Guide Sheath in Small Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions

    Noriyuki Yamada;Koichi Yamazaki;Noriaki Kurimoto;Hajime Asahina

  • emission tomography images indicates cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis

    Shinji Ishimaru;Ichizo Tsujino;Toshiki Takei;Eriko Tsukamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuyuki Hizawa
Nobuyuki Hizawa University of Tsukuba
Nagara Tamaki
Nagara Tamaki Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Yoshihiro Matsuno
Yoshihiro Matsuno Hokkaido University
Hiroki Shirato
Hiroki Shirato Hokkaido University
Ken-ichi Shimizu
Ken-ichi Shimizu Hokkaido University
Alvar Agusti
Alvar Agusti University of Barcelona
Jørgen Vestbo
Jørgen Vestbo University of Manchester
Claus Vogelmeier
Claus Vogelmeier Philipp University of Marburg
Leonardo M. Fabbri
Leonardo M. Fabbri University of Ferrara

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