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 Masahiko Kurabayashi sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 1,044 publications — 95th percentile
95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masahiko Kurabayashi sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 86 D-Index — 31st percentile
31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Masahiko Kurabayashi is affiliated with Gunma University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's research primarily focuses on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with significant work also in molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.
The main topics covered in Kurabayashi's research include cardiovascular function and risk factors, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, ion channel regulation and function, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, and cardiac valve diseases and treatments.
Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kurabayashi include:
Kurabayashi frequently publishes in journals such as Scientific Reports, Journal of Medical Ultrasonics, Internal Medicine, International Heart Journal, and European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging.
Frequent collaborators include Masaru Obokata, Norimichi Koitabashi, Tadashi Nakajima, Yoshiaki Kaneko, and Tomonari Harada, indicating a collaborative research network within cardiovascular and medical sciences.
Makoto Kuro-o;Yutaka Matsumura;Hiroki Aizawa;Hiroshi Kawaguchi
I Komuro;T Kaida;Y Shibazaki;M Kurabayashi
Issei Komuro;Youichi Katoh;Toshikazu Kaida;Yoshikazu Shibazaki
Shun-ichi Toshima;Akira Hasegawa;Masahiko Kurabayashi;Hiroyuki Itabe
Takayuki Shindo;Ichiro Manabe;Yasushi Fukushima;Kazuyuki Tobe
Wataru Okumura;Tsutomu Iwasaki;Takuji Toyama;Tatsuya Iso
Yuichiro Saito;Tetsuya Nakamura;Yoshio Ohyama;Toru Suzuki
I Komuro;M Kurabayashi;F Takaku;Y Yazaki
Masashi Arai;Akemi Yoguchi;Takako Takizawa;Tomoyuki Yokoyama
Toru Suzuki;Doubun Hayashi;Tsutomu Yamazaki;Takehiko Mizuno
Tatsuo Suga;Masahiko Kurabayashi;Yoshichika Sando;Yoshio Ohyama
I Komuro;M Kurabayashi;Y Shibazaki;F Takaku
R Nagai;Y Saito;Y Ohyama;H Aizawa
Yoshio Ohyama;Masahiko Kurabayashi;Hiroaki Masuda;Tetsuya Nakamura
T. Utsugi;T. Ohno;Y. Ohyama;T. Uchiyama
Noboru Watanabe;Masahiko Kurabayashi;Yukio Shimomura;Keiko Kawai-Kowase
Satoru Muto;Atsu Aiba;Yuichirou Saito;Kazuki Nakao
Kyoko Obayashi;Kyoko Obayashi;Katsunori Nakamura;Katsunori Nakamura;Junichi Kawana;Junichi Kawana;Hiroyasu Ogata;Hiroyasu Ogata
Shu Kasama;Takuji Toyama;Hisao Kumakura;Yoshiaki Takayama
Yasushi Aihara;Masahiko Kurabayashi;Yuichiro Saito;Yoshio Ohyama
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