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Shunichi Fukuhara

Shunichi Fukuhara

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
30828
World Ranking
16459
National Ranking
518

Shunichi Fukuhara 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 Shunichi Fukuhara sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 566 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shunichi Fukuhara 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 Shunichi Fukuhara sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shunichi Fukuhara is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on surgery, epidemiology, and nephrology. Their research integrates a range of subfields including general health professions and pulmonary and respiratory medicine, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare challenges.

The scientist's work covers several main topics within medicine. These include:

  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Pelvic Floor Disorders Treatments
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Shunichi Fukuhara has published research in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Nephrology
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • PLoS ONE
  • Cureus

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Shunichi Fukuhara include:

  • Culturally Adapted Consensus Definition and Action Guideline: Japan's Advance Care Planning (2022, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
  • Accuracy of aortic dissection detection risk score alone or with D-dimer: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care)
  • Longitudinal association of fatty pancreas with the incidence of type-2 diabetes in lean individuals: a 6-year computed tomography-based cohort study (2020, Journal of Gastroenterology)
  • Patients' preferences and factors influencing initial advance care planning discussions' timing: A cross-cultural mixed-methods study (2020, Palliative Medicine)
  • Association between health-related hope and adherence to prescribed treatment in CKD patients: multicenter cross-sectional study (2020, BMC Nephrology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Yosuke Yamamoto
  • Hajime Yamazaki
  • Sayaka Shimizu
  • Tsukasa Kamitani
  • Shingo Fukuma

Shunichi Fukuhara's academic output and collaboration network reflect a sustained focus on improving clinical understanding and patient care strategies within various specialties of medicine.

Best Publications

  • The natural course of unruptured cerebral aneurysms in a Japanese cohort.

    Akio Morita;Takaaki Kirino;Kazuo Hashi

  • Translation, Adaptation, and Validation of the SF-36 Health Survey for Use in Japan

    Shunichi Fukuhara;Seiji Bito;Joseph Green;Amy Hsiao

  • Translating health status questionnaires and evaluating their quality: The IQOLA Project approach

    Monika Bullinger;Jordi Alonso;Giovanni Apolone;Alain Leplège

  • Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality and hospitalization: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS).

    Donna L. Mapes;Antonio Alberto Lopes;Sudtida Satayathum;Keith P. Mccullough

  • Health-related quality of life associated with chronic conditions in eight countries: results from the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project.

    Jordi Alonso;Montserrat Ferrer;Barbara Gandek;John E. Ware

  • Psychometric and clinical tests of validity of the Japanese SF-36 Health Survey

    Shunichi Fukuhara;John E. Ware;Mark Kosinski;Sayuri Wada

  • International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project.

    Aaronson Nk;Acquadro C;Alonso J;Apolone G

  • Nonadherence in hemodialysis: associations with mortality, hospitalization, and practice patterns in the DOPPS.

    Rajiv Saran;Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham;Hugh C. Rayner;David A. Goodkin

  • Tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, and reliability of the SF-36 in eleven countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment

    Barbara Gandek;John E. Ware Jr.;Neil K. Aaronson;Jordi Alonso

  • Health-related quality of life among dialysis patients on three continents: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

    Shunichi Fukuhara;Antonio Alberto Lopes;Jennifer L Bragg-Gresham;Kiyoshi Kurokawa

  • Screening for depression in hemodialysis patients: associations with diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes in the DOPPS.

    Antonio Alberto Lopes;Justin M. Albert;Eric W. Young;Sudtida Satayathum

  • Cross-Cultural Comparisons of the Content of SF-36 Translations across 10 Countries: Results from the IQOLA Project

    Anita K. Wagner;Barbara Gandek;Neil K. Aaronson;Catherine Acquadro

  • Physical exercise among participants in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS): correlates and associated outcomes

    Francesca Tentori;Stacey J. Elder;Jyothi Thumma;Ronald L. Pisoni

  • Sleep quality predicts quality of life and mortality risk in haemodialysis patients: Results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)

    Stacey J. Elder;Ronald L. Pisoni;Tadao Akizawa;Rachel Fissell

  • Development of a Japanese version of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (JESS) based on item response theory.

    Misa Takegami;Yoshimi Suzukamo;Takafumi Wakita;Hiroyuki Noguchi

  • Diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid lactate for differentiating bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis: a meta-analysis.

    Ken Sakushima;Yasuaki Hayashino;Takehiko Kawaguchi;Jeffrey L. Jackson

  • Usefulness of five-item and three-item Mental Health Inventories to screen for depressive symptoms in the general population of Japan

    Shin Yamazaki;Shunichi Fukuhara;Joseph Green

  • Systematic Review and Metaanalysis: Urinary Antigen Tests for Legionellosis

    Toshihiko Shimada;Yoshinori Noguchi;Jeffrey L. Jackson;Jun Miyashita

  • Effects of exercise on C-reactive protein, inflammatory cytokine and adipokine in patients with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Yasuaki Hayashino;Yasuaki Hayashino;Jeffrey L. Jackson;Takumi Hirata;Norio Fukumori

  • Validation testing of a three-component model of Short Form-36 scores

    Yoshimi Suzukamo;Shunichi Fukuhara;Joseph Green;Mark Kosinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedrich K. Port
Friedrich K. Port University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ronald L. Pisoni
Ronald L. Pisoni Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
Masafumi Fukagawa
Masafumi Fukagawa Tokai University
Satoshi Morita
Satoshi Morita Kyoto University
Michiaki Mishima
Michiaki Mishima Kyoto University
Brenda W. Gillespie
Brenda W. Gillespie University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hal Morgenstern
Hal Morgenstern University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John E. Ware
John E. Ware University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Masaaki Inaba
Masaaki Inaba Osaka Metropolitan University
Philip J. Held
Philip J. Held University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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