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D-Index
128
Citations
75228
World Ranking
2671
National Ranking
49

Shoichiro Tsugane 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 Shoichiro Tsugane sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 926 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shoichiro Tsugane 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 Shoichiro Tsugane sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 128 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Shoichiro Tsugane is affiliated with the International University of Health and Welfare in Japan. Their research is situated primarily within the field of medicine, with a focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, oncology, physiology, pathology and forensic medicine, and surgery.

The scientist's recent notable publications include the following papers:

  • "Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases" (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • "Population-specific and trans-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify distinct and shared genetic risk loci for coronary artery disease" (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • "Diet, nutrition, and cancer risk: what do we know and what is the way forward?" (2020, BMJ)
  • "Why has Japan become the world's most long-lived country: insights from a food and nutrition perspective" (2020, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • "Association of Sleep Duration With All- and Major-Cause Mortality Among Adults in Japan, China, Singapore, and Korea" (2021, JAMA Network Open)

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

Frequent collaborates include the following researchers:

  • Norie Sawada
  • Motoki Iwasaki
  • Manami Inoue
  • Taiki Yamaji
  • Hiroyasu Iso

Their work has been published extensively in several key venues, including:

  • Journal of Epidemiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Cancer Science
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

The scientist's research contributions extend notably into nutritional studies related to cancer risk and aging, reflecting a strong interdisciplinary approach combining epidemiology, oncology, and public health perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • An international association between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer

    D Forman;M Coleman;Gui De Backer;J Eider

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

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

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

  • Intake of fish and n3 fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease among Japanese: the Japan Public Health Center-Based (JPHC) Study Cohort I.

    Hiroyasu Iso;Minatsu Kobayashi;Junko Ishihara;Satoshi Sasaki

  • 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

  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF, AND RISK-FACTORS FOR, HELICOBACTER-PYLORI INFECTION AMONG 3194 ASYMPTOMATIC SUBJECTS IN 17 POPULATIONS.

    D Forman;Gui De Backer;J Elder;H Moller

  • What has made the population of Japan healthy

    Nayu Ikeda;Eiko Saito;Naoki Kondo;Manami Inoue

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

    Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Masato Akiyama;Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Soy, Isoflavones, and Breast Cancer Risk in Japan

    Seiichiro Yamamoto;Tomotaka Sobue;Minatsu Kobayashi;Satoshi Sasaki

  • Correlation between Long-Term Survival in Breast Cancer Patients and Amplification of Two Putative Oncogene-Coamplification Units: hst-1/int-2 and c-erbB-2/ear-1

    Tsuda H;Hirohashi S;Shimosato Y;Hirota T

  • Decreased Serum Free Testosterone in Workers Exposed to High Levels of Di-n-butyl Phthalate (DBP) and Di-2-ethylhexyl Phthalate (DEHP): A Cross-Sectional Study in China

    Guowei Pan;Tomoyuki Hanaoka;Mariko Yoshimura;Shujuan Zhang

  • Salt, salted food intake, and risk of gastric cancer : Epidemiologic evidence

    Shoichiro Tsugane

  • The JPHC study: design and some findings on the typical Japanese diet.

    Shoichiro Tsugane;Norie Sawada

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population

    Masato Akiyama;Yukinori Okada;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • 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

  • A randomized trial of surgery with and without chemotherapy for localized squamous carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: The Japan clinical oncology group study

    Nobutoshi Ando;Toshifumi Iizuka;Teruo Kakegawa;Kaichi Isono

  • Baseline Survey of JPHC Study Design and Participation Rate

    Shoichiro Tsugane;Tomotaka Sobue

Frequent Co-Authors

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

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