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Toshio Matsumoto

Toshio Matsumoto

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
23558
World Ranking
16170
National Ranking
503

Toshio Matsumoto 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 Toshio Matsumoto sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 570 publications — 68th percentile

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

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Toshio Matsumoto 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 Toshio Matsumoto sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 21st percentile

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

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Overview

Toshio Matsumoto is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokushima in Japan. Their work primarily centers on medicine, with a significant focus on orthopedics and sports medicine, molecular biology, oncology, surgery, and pathology and forensic medicine. Their research contributions span 103 publications in medicine, including 27 in orthopedics and sports medicine.

Their main topics of study encompass bone health and osteoporosis research, bone health and treatments, bone metabolism and diseases, bone and joint diseases, hip and femur fractures, vitamin D research studies, and parathyroid disorders and treatments.

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Sclerostin: from bench to bedside," 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism
  • "RANKL as a target for the treatment of osteoporosis," 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism
  • "Osteoblast/osteocyte-derived interleukin-11 regulates osteogenesis and systemic adipogenesis," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "T-Score as an Indicator of Fracture Risk During Treatment With Romosozumab or Alendronate in the ARCH Trial," 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • "Radiological study of the accessory skeletal elements in the foot and ankle," 2023, Fuß & Sprunggelenk

Matsumoto has collaborated extensively with several researchers including Seiji Fukumoto, Itsuro Endo, Masahiro Abe, Masahiro Hiasa, and Hirofumi Tenshin. Their frequent coauthors reflect multidisciplinary interactions within their fields.

The researcher's publications are regularly featured in specialized venues such as Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature with 13 publications, and Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism with 9 publications. Additional publications appear in Bone Reports, Haematologica, and Bone, illustrating a broad engagement with journals focusing on bone research and hematology.

Best Publications

  • Mice lacking the vitamin D receptor exhibit impaired bone formation, uterine hypoplasia and growth retardation after weaning

    Tatsuya Yoshizawa;Yuki Handa;Yoshikatsu Uematsu;Shu Takeda

  • Deletion of Vitamin D Receptor Gene in Mice Results in Abnormal Skeletal Muscle Development with Deregulated Expression of Myoregulatory Transcription Factors

    Itsuro Endo;Daisuke Inoue;Takao Mitsui;Yoshifumi Umaki

  • Myeloma cells suppress bone formation by secreting a soluble Wnt inhibitor, sFRP-2.

    Takashi Oshima;Masahiro Abe;Jin Asano;Tomoko Hara

  • Abnormally high expression of proteasomes in human leukemic cells.

    A Kumatori;K Tanaka;N Inamura;S Sone

  • Glucocorticoid Excess Induces Superoxide Production in Vascular Endothelial Cells and Elicits Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction

    Takahiko Iuchi;Masashi Akaike;Takao Mitsui;Yasushi Ohshima

  • Osteoclasts enhance myeloma cell growth and survival via cell-cell contact: a vicious cycle between bone destruction and myeloma expansion.

    Masahiro Abe;Kenji Hiura;Javier Wilde;Atsushi Shioyasono

  • Superparamagnetic nanoparticle clusters for cancer theranostics combining magnetic resonance imaging and hyperthermia treatment.

    Koichiro Hayashi;Michihiro Nakamura;Wataru Sakamoto;Toshinobu Yogo

  • Role for macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α and MIP-1β in the development of osteolytic lesions in multiple myeloma

    Masahiro Abe;Kenji Hiura;Javier Wilde;Keiji Moriyama

  • The chromatin-remodeling complex WINAC targets a nuclear receptor to promoters and is impaired in Williams syndrome.

    Hirochika Kitagawa;Hirochika Kitagawa;Ryoji Fujiki;Kimihiro Yoshimura;Yoshihiro Mezaki

  • Estrogen Promotes Early Osteoblast Differentiation and Inhibits Adipocyte Differentiation in Mouse Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Lines that Express Estrogen Receptor (ER) α or β

    Ryo Okazaki;Daisuke Inoue;Minako Shibata;Mieko Saika

  • Parkin enhances mitochondrial biogenesis in proliferating cells

    Yukiko Kuroda;Takao Mitsui;Makoto Kunishige;Masayuki Shono

  • Comparison of angiogenic potency between mesenchymal stem cells and mononuclear cells in a rat model of hindlimb ischemia.

    Takashi Iwase;Noritoshi Nagaya;Takafumi Fujii;Takefumi Itoh

  • A randomized, double-blind phase 2 clinical trial of blosozumab, a sclerostin antibody, in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density

    Robert R. Recker;Charles T. Benson;Toshio Matsumoto;Michael A. Bolognese

  • Disruption of Nuclear Vitamin D Receptor Gene Causes Enhanced Thrombogenicity in Mice

    Ken-ichi Aihara;Hiroyuki Azuma;Masashi Akaike;Yasumasa Ikeda

  • 17beta-estradiol stimulates expression of osteoprotegerin by a mouse stromal cell line, ST-2, via estrogen receptor-alpha.

    Mieko Saika;Daisuke Inoue;Shinsuke Kido;Toshio Matsumoto

  • Magnetically responsive smart nanoparticles for cancer treatment with a combination of magnetic hyperthermia and remote-control drug release.

    Koichiro Hayashi;Michihiro Nakamura;Hirokazu Miki;Shuji Ozaki

  • A novel vitamin D3 analog, 22-oxa-1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, inhibits the growth of human breast cancer in vitro and in vivo without causing hypercalcemia.

    Junko Abe;Toshiaki Nakano;Yasuho Nishii;Toshio Matsumoto

  • Clinical usefulness of measurement of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) in hypophosphatemic patients: proposal of diagnostic criteria using FGF23 measurement.

    Itsuro Endo;Seiji Fukumoto;Keiichi Ozono;Noriyuki Namba

  • Serial evaluation of parathyroid size by ultrasonography is another useful marker for the long-term prognosis of calcitriol pulse therapy in chronic dialysis patients.

    Masafumi Fukagawa;Masafumi Kitaoka;Hung Yi;Naoko Fukuda

  • Bisphosphonates as a supplement to exercise to protect bone during long-duration spaceflight

    A. LeBlanc;T. Matsumoto;J. Jones;J. Shapiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge Ferrari
Serge Ferrari University of Geneva
Ego Seeman
Ego Seeman University of Melbourne
Seiji Fukumoto
Seiji Fukumoto University of Tokushima
Masataka Sata
Masataka Sata University of Tokushima
Toshihiro Hashimoto
Toshihiro Hashimoto Tokushima Bunri University
Shigeaki Kato
Shigeaki Kato University of Tokyo
David Karasik
David Karasik Bar-Ilan University
Toshitsugu Sugimoto
Toshitsugu Sugimoto Shimane University
Eiji Tanaka
Eiji Tanaka Shinshu University

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