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Nagahisa Yoshimura

Nagahisa Yoshimura

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
105
Citations
35526
World Ranking
6832
National Ranking
162

Nagahisa Yoshimura 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 Nagahisa Yoshimura sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 836 publications — 89th percentile

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

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

Nagahisa Yoshimura 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 Nagahisa Yoshimura sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 67th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nagahisa Yoshimura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Ophthalmology.

Their work explores several subfields including Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. The main topics addressed in their research involve Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal Imaging and Analysis, Retinal and Optic Conditions, Retinal Development and Disorders, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases.

They have published work in various scientific journals and venues, notably:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports
  • Clinical ophthalmology
  • Eye

Among recent published papers associated with the researcher are:

  • "Safety and effectiveness of a novel neuroprotectant, KUS121, in patients with non-arteritic central retinal artery occlusion: An open-label, non-randomized, first-in-humans, phase 1/2 trial" (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • "Characteristics of pachychoroid neovasculopathy" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "Effects of Intravitreous Aflibercept Injection in Pachychoroid Neovasculopathy: Comparison with Typical Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration" (2021) in Clinical ophthalmology
  • "Intensive treat-to-target statin therapy and severity of diabetic retinopathy complicated by hypercholesterolaemia" (2020) in Eye

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Masayuki Hata
  • Akitaka Tsujikawa
  • Sotaro Ooto
  • Kenji Yamashiro
  • Hiroshi Tamura

Best Publications

  • Toward the generation of rod and cone photoreceptors from mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem cells

    Fumitaka Osakada;Hanako Ikeda;Michiko Mandai;Takafumi Wataya

  • Erythropoietin as a Retinal Angiogenic Factor in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

    Daisuke Watanabe;Kiyoshi Suzuma;Shigeyuki Matsui;Masafumi Kurimoto

  • Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein–associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration

    Wei Chen;Dwight Stambolian;Albert O. Edwards;Kari E. Branham

  • Generation of retinal cells from mouse and human induced pluripotent stem cells.

    Yasuhiko Hirami;Fumitaka Osakada;Kazutoshi Takahashi;Keisuke Okita

  • Comparative specificity and kinetic studies on porcine calpain I and calpain II with naturally occurring peptides and synthetic fluorogenic substrates

    T Sasaki;T Kikuchi;N Yumoto;N Yoshimura

  • Macular choroidal thickness and volume in normal subjects measured by swept-source optical coherence tomography.

    Masaya Hirata;Akitaka Tsujikawa;Akiko Matsumoto;Akiko Matsumoto;Masanori Hangai

  • Generation of Rx+/Pax6+ neural retinal precursors from embryonic stem cells.

    Hanako Ikeda;Fumitaka Osakada;Kiichi Watanabe;Kenji Mizuseki

  • Intravitreal injection of corticosteroid attenuates leukostasis and vascular leakage in experimental diabetic retina.

    Hiroshi Tamura;Kazuaki Miyamoto;Junichi Kiryu;Shinsuke Miyahara

  • Automated layer segmentation of macular OCT images using dual-scale gradient information

    Qi Yang;Charles A. Reisman;Zhenguo Wang;Yasufumi Fukuma

  • Association between hyperreflective foci in the outer retina, status of photoreceptor layer, and visual acuity in diabetic macular edema.

    Akihito Uji;Tomoaki Murakami;Kazuaki Nishijima;Tadamichi Akagi

  • Effects of Age, Sex, and Axial Length on the Three-Dimensional Profile of Normal Macular Layer Structures

    Sotaro Ooto;Masanori Hangai;Atsuo Tomidokoro;Hitomi Saito

  • Assessment of Macular Choroidal Thickness by Optical Coherence Tomography and Angiographic Changes in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

    Pichai Jirarattanasopa;Sotaro Ooto;Akitaka Tsujikawa;Kenji Yamashiro

  • Microvascular Density in Glaucomatous Eyes With Hemifield Visual Field Defects: An Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study

    Tadamichi Akagi;Yuto Iida;Hideo Nakanishi;Noriko Terada

  • Two distinct Ca2+ proteases (calpain I and calpain II) purified concurrently by the same method from rat kidney.

    N Yoshimura;T Kikuchi;T Sasaki;A Kitahara

  • Three-dimensional Imaging of Macular Holes with High-speed Optical Coherence Tomography

    Masanori Hangai;Yumiko Ojima;Norimoto Gotoh;Ryo Inoue

  • Three-dimensional high-speed optical coherence tomography imaging of lamina cribrosa in glaucoma.

    Ryo Inoue;Masanori Hangai;Yuriko Kotera;Hideo Nakanishi

  • Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with multiple B-scan averaging for enhanced imaging of retinal diseases

    Atsushi Sakamoto;Masanori Hangai;Nagahisa Yoshimura

  • No association between complement factor H gene polymorphism and exudative age-related macular degeneration in Japanese.

    Norimoto Gotoh;Ryo Yamada;Hitomi Hiratani;Victor Renault

  • Hemorrhagic complications after photodynamic therapy for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.

    Yasuhiko Hirami;Akitaka Tsujikawa;Atsushi Otani;Yuko Yodoi

  • Leptin Stimulates Ischemia-Induced Retinal Neovascularization: Possible Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expressed in Retinal Endothelial Cells

    Eri Suganami;Hitoshi Takagi;Hirokazu Ohashi;Kiyoshi Suzuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumihiko Matsuda
Fumihiko Matsuda Kyoto University
Ryo Yamada
Ryo Yamada Kyoto University
Chiea Chuen Khor
Chiea Chuen Khor Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University
Ching-Yu Cheng
Ching-Yu Cheng National University of Singapore
Tin Aung
Tin Aung National University of Singapore
Akira Kakizuka
Akira Kakizuka Kyoto University
Masayo Takahashi
Masayo Takahashi Kyoto University
Hajime Nakamura
Hajime Nakamura Kyoto University
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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