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Shizuka Sasazuki

Shizuka Sasazuki

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
20494
World Ranking
16302
National Ranking
511

Shizuka Sasazuki 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 Shizuka Sasazuki sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 253 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shizuka Sasazuki 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 Shizuka Sasazuki sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shizuka Sasazuki is affiliated with the National Cancer Centre in Japan and has contributed to research primarily within the field of medicine, focusing on oncology, public health, environmental and occupational health, pathology and forensic medicine, pharmacology, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The scientist's recent published work includes research on dietary factors and cancer risk, predictive formulas in health assessment, and mortality analyses based on large population studies. Notable papers are:

  • Green tea and coffee consumption and risk of kidney cancer in Japanese adults, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Active and passive smoking and breast cancer in Japan: a pooled analysis of nine population-based cohort studies, 2024, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Development and preliminary validation of a prediction formula of sodium and sodium-to-potassium ratio based on multiple regression using 24-h urines, 2024, Scientific Reports
  • Association between dairy intake and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a pooled analysis of 0.4 million Japanese adults from 10 population-based cohort studies, 2025, International Journal of Epidemiology

The researcher collaborates frequently with colleagues including Norie Sawada, Motoki Iwasaki, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Sarah Krull Abe, and Manami Inoue, reflecting a collaborative approach to multifaceted studies.

The scientist's work has appeared mainly in two publication venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Epidemiology

Their research topics cover multiple areas of interest:

  • Tea Polyphenols and Effects
  • Coffee research and impacts
  • Ginkgo biloba and Cashew Applications
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Sodium Intake and Health

Shizuka Sasazuki's contributions extend across studies examining cancer etiology and prevention, nutritional impacts on health, and the development of predictive health assessment tools. The focus on large population-based cohort studies highlights an emphasis on epidemiological approaches within public health and medicine.

Best Publications

  • Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

    Wei Zheng;Dale F. McLerran;Betsy Rolland;Xianglan Zhang

  • Diabetes mellitus and the risk of cancer: results from a large-scale population-based cohort study in Japan.

    Manami Inoue;Motoki Iwasaki;Tetsuya Otani;Shizuka Sasazuki

  • Diet and the risk of gastric cancer: review of epidemiological evidence

    Shoichiro Tsugane;Shizuka Sasazuki

  • Green Tea Consumption and Prostate Cancer Risk in Japanese Men: A Prospective Study

    Norie Kurahashi;Shizuka Sasazuki;Motoki Iwasaki;Manami Inoue

  • Salt and salted food intake and subsequent risk of gastric cancer among middle-aged Japanese men and women

    S Tsugane;S Sasazuki;M Kobayashi;S Sasaki

  • Association between body mass index and cardiovascular disease mortality in east Asians and south Asians: pooled analysis of prospective data from the Asia Cohort Consortium

    Yu Chen;Wade K. Copeland;Rajesh Vedanthan;Eric Grant

  • Body Mass Index and Diabetes in Asia: A Cross-Sectional Pooled Analysis of 900,000 Individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium

    Paolo Boffetta;Dale McLerran;Yu Chen;Manami Inoue

  • Circulating Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer Risk: An International Pooling Project of 17 Cohorts.

    Marjorie L McCullough;Emilie S Zoltick;Emilie S Zoltick;Stephanie J Weinstein;Veronika Fedirko

  • Gastric cancer screening and subsequent risk of gastric cancer: a large-scale population-based cohort study, with a 13-year follow-up in Japan.

    Kyung-Jae Lee;Manami Inoue;Tetsuya Otani;Motoki Iwasaki

  • Soy product and isoflavone consumption in relation to prostate cancer in Japanese men.

    Norie Kurahashi;Motoki Iwasaki;Shizuka Sasazuki;Tetsuya Otani

  • Validity of Short and Long Self-Administered Food Frequency Questionnaires in Ranking Dietary Intake in Middle-Aged and Elderly Japanese in the Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study for the Next Generation (JPHC-NEXT) Protocol Area.

    Yuta Yokoyama;Ribeka Takachi;Ribeka Takachi;Junko Ishihara;Yuri Ishii

  • Consumption of n-3 Fatty Acids and Fish Reduces Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Norie Sawada;Manami Inoue;Motoki Iwasaki;Shizuka Sasazuki

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Risk of Total Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study

    Ribeka Takachi;Manami Inoue;Junko Ishihara;Norie Kurahashi

  • Plasma Isoflavone Level and Subsequent Risk of Breast Cancer Among Japanese Women: A Nested Case-Control Study From the Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study Group

    Motoki Iwasaki;Manami Inoue;Tetsuya Otani;Shizuka Sasazuki

  • Daily Total Physical Activity Level and Premature Death in Men and Women: Results From a Large-Scale Population-Based Cohort Study in Japan (JPHC Study)

    Manami Inoue;Hiroyasu Iso;Seiichiro Yamamoto;Norie Kurahashi

  • Vegetables, fruit and risk of gastric cancer in Japan: A 10‐year follow‐up of the JPHC study Cohort I

    Minatsu Kobayashi;Yoshitaka Tsubono;Shizuka Sasazuki;Satoshi Sasaki

  • Cigarette smoking and subsequent risk of lung cancer by histologic type in middle-aged Japanese men and women: the JPHC study.

    Tomotaka Sobue;Seiichiro Yamamoto;Megumi Hara;Shizuka Sasazuki

  • Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Consumption and Subsequent Gastric Cancer Risk by Subsite and Histologic Type

    Shizuka Sasazuki;Satoshi Sasaki;Shoichiro Tsugane

  • Attributable causes of cancer in Japan in 2005—systematic assessment to estimate current burden of cancer attributable to known preventable risk factors in Japan

    M. Inoue;N. Sawada;T. Matsuda;M. Iwasaki

  • Daily Total Physical Activity Level and Total Cancer Risk in Men and Women: Results from a Large-scale Population-based Cohort Study in Japan

    Manami Inoue;Seiichiro Yamamoto;Norie Kurahashi;Motoki Iwasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Shoichiro Tsugane
Shoichiro Tsugane International University of Health and Welfare
Manami Inoue
Manami Inoue National Cancer Centre
Motoki Iwasaki
Motoki Iwasaki National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Keitaro Matsuo
Keitaro Matsuo Nagoya University
Ichiro Tsuji
Ichiro Tsuji Tohoku University
Tetsuya Mizoue
Tetsuya Mizoue Kyushu University
Akiko Tamakoshi
Akiko Tamakoshi Hokkaido University
Kenji Wakai
Kenji Wakai Nagoya University
Hiroyasu Iso
Hiroyasu Iso Osaka University
Satoshi Sasaki
Satoshi Sasaki University of Tokyo

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