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Naoki Ishiguro

Naoki Ishiguro

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
32259
World Ranking
11272
National Ranking
327

Naoki Ishiguro 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 Naoki Ishiguro sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 946 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Naoki Ishiguro 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 Naoki Ishiguro sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Naoki Ishiguro is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on surgery, rheumatology, pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Hip disorders and treatments

Naoki Ishiguro has published papers in several frequent venues, including:

  • Modern Rheumatology
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Spine
  • PubMed

Some of the recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Ishiguro include:

  • A Comprehensive Whole-Body Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug-Gene Interaction Model of Metformin and Cimetidine in Healthy Adults and Renally Impaired Individuals, 2020, Clinical Pharmacokinetics
  • Higher extracellular water-to-total body water ratio more strongly reflects the locomotive syndrome risk and frailty than sarcopenia, 2020, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
  • Predictors for clinical effectiveness of baricitinib in rheumatoid arthritis patients in routine clinical practice: data from a Japanese multicenter registry, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Scoliosis Caused by Limb-Length Discrepancy in Children, 2020, Asian Spine Journal
  • Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Rosuvastatin to Predict Transporter-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions, 2021, Pharmaceutical Research

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Naoki Ishiguro include:

  • Kei Ando
  • Hiroaki Nakashima
  • Toshihisa Kojima
  • Shunsuke Kanbara
  • Sadayuki Ito

Best Publications

  • Minocycline selectively inhibits M1 polarization of microglia

    K Kobayashi;S Imagama;T Ohgomori;K Hirano

  • Human dental pulp-derived stem cells promote locomotor recovery after complete transection of the rat spinal cord by multiple neuro-regenerative mechanisms

    Kiyoshi Sakai;Akihito Yamamoto;Kohki Matsubara;Shoko Nakamura

  • Simultaneous Absolute Protein Quantification of Transporters, Cytochromes P450, and UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases as a Novel Approach for the Characterization of Individual Human Liver: Comparison with mRNA Levels and Activities

    Sumio Ohtsuki;Olaf Schaefer;Hirotaka Kawakami;Tae Inoue

  • Postmarketing surveillance of the safety profile of infliximab in 5000 Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    Tsutomu Takeuchi;Y. Tatsuki;Y. Nogami;N. Ishiguro

  • Transplantation of marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and platelet-rich plasma during distraction osteogenesis--a preliminary result of three cases.

    Hiroshi Kitoh;Takahiko Kitakoji;Hiroki Tsuchiya;Hirohito Mitsuyama

  • C5 palsy after cervical laminoplasty: A MULTICENTRE STUDY

    S. Imagama;Y. Matsuyama;Y. Yukawa;N. Kawakami

  • MRI Features in the Differentiation of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors and Neurofibromas

    Junji Wasa;Yoshihiro Nishida;Satoshi Tsukushi;Yoji Shido

  • Biological reaction to alumina, zirconia, titanium and polyethylene particles implanted onto murine calvaria

    Hideki Warashina;Shinji Sakano;Shinji Kitamura;Ken Ichi Yamauchi

  • Depression, inflammation, and pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

    Masayo Kojima;Toshihisa Kojima;Sadao Suzuki;Takeshi Oguchi

  • Safety and effectiveness of adalimumab in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients: postmarketing surveillance report of the first 3,000 patients

    Takao Koike;Masayoshi Harigai;Naoki Ishiguro;Shigeko Inokuma

  • Back muscle strength and spinal mobility are predictors of quality of life in middle-aged and elderly males

    Shiro Imagama;Yukihiro Matsuyama;Yukiharu Hasegawa;Yoshihito Sakai

  • Postmarketing surveillance of tocilizumab for rheumatoid arthritis in Japan: interim analysis of 3881 patients

    Takao Koike;Masayoshi Harigai;Shigeko Inokuma;Naoki Ishiguro

  • Increased pentosidine, an advanced glycation end product, in plasma and synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and its relation with inflammatory markers

    Toshio Miyata;Toshio Miyata;Naoki Ishiguro;Naoki Ishiguro;Yoshinari Yasuda;Yoshinari Yasuda;Takayasu Ito;Takayasu Ito

  • Effectiveness and Safety of Tocilizumab: Postmarketing Surveillance of 7901 Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Japan

    Takao Koike;Masayoshi Harigai;Shigeko Inokuma;Naoki Ishiguro

  • Chondrogenesis enhanced by overexpression of sox9 gene in mouse bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

    Hiroki Tsuchiya;Hiroshi Kitoh;Fumiaki Sugiura;Naoki Ishiguro

  • Influence of spinal sagittal alignment, body balance, muscle strength, and physical ability on falling of middle-aged and elderly males

    Shiro Imagama;Zenya Ito;Norimitsu Wakao;Taisuke Seki

  • PREDOMINANT CONTRIBUTION OF OATP1B3 TO THE HEPATIC UPTAKE OF TELMISARTAN, AN ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST, IN HUMANS

    Naoki Ishiguro;Kazuya Maeda;Wataru Kishimoto;Asami Saito

  • High prevalence of sarcopenia and reduced leg muscle mass in Japanese patients immediately after a hip fracture.

    Tetsuro Hida;Naoki Ishiguro;Hiroshi Shimokata;Yoshihito Sakai

  • Transplantation of culture expanded bone marrow cells and platelet rich plasma in distraction osteogenesis of the long bones.

    Hiroshi Kitoh;Takahiko Kitakoji;Hiroki Tsuchiya;Mitsuyasu Katoh

  • SHAP potentiates the CD44-mediated leukocyte adhesion to the hyaluronan substratum.

    Lisheng Zhuo;Akiko Kanamori;Reiji Kannagi;Naoki Itano

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiya Tanaka
Yoshiya Tanaka University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
Tsutomu Takeuchi
Tsutomu Takeuchi Keio University
Hisashi Yamanaka
Hisashi Yamanaka International University of Health and Welfare
Kinji Ohno
Kinji Ohno Nagoya University
Takao Koike
Takao Koike Hokkaido University
Nobuyuki Miyasaka
Nobuyuki Miyasaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Koji Kimata
Koji Kimata Aichi Medical University
Kenji Kadomatsu
Kenji Kadomatsu Nagoya University
Nobuyuki Hamajima
Nobuyuki Hamajima Nagoya University

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