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Yasuhiko Sugawara

Yasuhiko Sugawara

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
27225
World Ranking
15043
National Ranking
460

Yasuhiko Sugawara 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 Yasuhiko Sugawara sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 666 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yasuhiko Sugawara 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 Yasuhiko Sugawara sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yasuhiko Sugawara is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on surgery and hepatology. Their body of work encompasses 93 publications primarily within the domain of Medicine, with significant emphasis on surgery and liver-related conditions.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Surgery
  • Hepatology
  • Epidemiology
  • Oncology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Within these subfields, Yasuhiko Sugawara's work covers a variety of topics related to liver disease diagnosis, treatment, and transplantation techniques. Main topics of their research include:

  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes

Yasuhiko Sugawara has published in notable scientific venues, frequently contributing to these journals:

  • BioScience Trends
  • Surgical Case Reports
  • Transplantation Proceedings
  • HPB
  • American Journal of Transplantation

Among several collaborative partners, the most frequent co-authors include:

  • Taizo Hibi
  • Keita Shimata
  • Kaori Isono
  • Masaki Honda
  • Yukihiro Inomata

Selected recent publications highlight Yasuhiko Sugawara's focus on hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation. These include:

  • Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, 2021, BioScience Trends
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome: consensus guidance of the Asian Pacific Association for the study of the liver (APASL), 2021, Hepatology International
  • Impact of Donor Age on the Outcome of Living-donor Liver Transplantation: Special Consideration to the Feasibility of Using Elderly Donors, 2020, Transplantation
  • Recent advances in surgical strategies and liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma, 2022, Cancer Medicine
  • In vivo dynamics and adaptation of HTLV-1-infected clones under different clinical conditions, 2021, PLoS Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Risk factors contributing to early and late phase intrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy

    Hiroshi Imamura;Yutaka Matsuyama;Eiji Tanaka;Takao Ohkubo

  • One thousand fifty-six hepatectomies without mortality in 8 years.

    Hiroshi Imamura;Yasuji Seyama;Norihiro Kokudo;Atsushi Maema

  • Prognostic impact of anatomic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Norihiro Kokudo;Hiroshi Imamura;Yutaka Matsuyama

  • Neither Multiple Tumors Nor Portal Hypertension Are Surgical Contraindications for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Takeaki Ishizawa;Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Taku Aoki;Michiro Takahashi

  • No-mortality liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic and noncirrhotic patients: is there a way? A prospective analysis of our approach

    Guido Torzilli;Masatoshi Makuuchi;Kazuto Inoue;Tadatoshi Takayama

  • Assessment of hepatic reserve for indication of hepatic resection: decision tree incorporating indocyanine green test.

    Hiroshi Imamura;Keiji Sano;Yasuhiko Sugawara;Norihiko Kokudo

  • Congestion of right liver graft in living donor liver transplantation.

    Sunggyu Lee;Kwangmin Park;Shin Hwang;Youngjoo Lee

  • Evaluation of hepatic venous congestion: proposed indication criteria for hepatic vein reconstruction.

    Keiji Sano;Masatoshi Makuuchi;Kenji Miki;Atsushi Maema

  • Biliary reconstruction, its complications and management of biliary complications after adult liver transplantation: a systematic review of the incidence, risk factors and outcome.

    Nobuhisa Akamatsu;Yasuhiko Sugawara;Daijo Hashimoto

  • Genome-wide association study identifies TNFSF15 and POU2AF1 as susceptibility loci for primary biliary cirrhosis in the Japanese population.

    Minoru Nakamura;Nao Nishida;Minae Kawashima;Yoshihiro Aiba

  • Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Tokyo University Series

    Yasuhiko Sugawara;Sumihito Tamura;Masatoshi Makuuchi

  • Small-for-size grafts in living-related liver transplantation.

    Yasuhiko Sugawara;Masatoshi Makuuchi;Tadatoshi Takayama;Hiroshi Imamura

  • AFP, AFP-L3, DCP, and GP73 as markers for monitoring treatment response and recurrence and as surrogate markers of clinicopathological variables of HCC

    Kentaroh Yamamoto;Hiroshi Imamura;Yutaka Matsuyama;Yukio Kume

  • Sequential Preoperative Arterial and Portal Venous Embolizations in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Taku Aoki;Hiroshi Imamura;Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Akira Matsukura

  • Modified right liver graft from a living donor to prevent congestion.

    Sung Gyu Lee;Kwang Min Park;Shin Hwang;Ki Hun Kim

  • Risk factors and management of ascites after liver resection to treat hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Takeaki Ishizawa;Kiyoshi Hasegawa;Norihiro Kokudo;Keiji Sano

  • Tailoring the type of donor hepatectomy for adult living donor liver transplantation.

    Norihiro Kokudo;Yasuhiko Sugawara;Hiroshi Imamura;Keiji Sano

  • Vein reconstruction in modified right liver graft for living donor liver transplantation.

    Yasuhiko Sugawara;Masatoshi Makuuchi;Keiji Sano;Hiroshi Imamura

  • Endoscopic management of biliary complications after adult living donor liver transplantation.

    Takeshi Tsujino;Hiroyuki Isayama;Yasuhiko Sugawara;Takashi Sasaki

  • The committee for revision of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Masatoshi Makuuchi;Norihiro Kokudo;Shigeki Arii;Hiroshi Igaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Masatoshi Makuuchi
Masatoshi Makuuchi University of Tokyo
Norihiro Kokudo
Norihiro Kokudo National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Kiyoshi Hasegawa University of Tokyo
S. Ogawa
S. Ogawa Toho University
Tadatoshi Takayama
Tadatoshi Takayama Nihon University
Osamu Sato
Osamu Sato Kyushu University
Masao Omata
Masao Omata University of Tokyo
Hideo Kimura
Hideo Kimura University of Tokyo
Kazuhiko Koike
Kazuhiko Koike University of Tokyo
Tomoo Kosuge
Tomoo Kosuge National Cancer Center

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