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Yoshiki Sawa

Yoshiki Sawa

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
94
Citations
34441
World Ranking
10441
National Ranking
288

Yoshiki Sawa 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 Yoshiki Sawa sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,557 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshiki Sawa 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 Yoshiki Sawa sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Overview

Yoshiki Sawa is a researcher affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, specializing in the fields of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering. Their work spans multiple interdisciplinary domains relevant to both clinical applications and biomedical research.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Yoshiki Sawa include:

  • Shigeru Miyagawa
  • Köichi Toda
  • Takuji Kawamura
  • Toru Kuratani
  • Daisuke Yoshioka

The scientist has contributed articles to various publication venues, with the most common being:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of Artificial Organs
  • Circulation Journal
  • General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Scientific Reports

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Yoshiki Sawa are:

  • "JCS/JSCS/JATS/JSVS 2020 Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease" (2020), published in Circulation Journal
  • "Adiponectin Stimulates Exosome Release to Enhance Mesenchymal Stem-Cell-Driven Therapy of Heart Failure in Mice" (2020), published in Molecular Therapy
  • "Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeries in Japan during 2018" (2020), published in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • "JCS/JHFS 2018 Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies" (2021), published in Circulation Journal
  • "Case report: Transplantation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte patches for ischemic cardiomyopathy" (2022), published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Yoshiki Sawa was awarded the title of Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering in 2008.

Best Publications

  • In vivo transfection of cis element "decoy" against nuclear factor-kappaB binding site prevents myocardial infarction.

    Ryuichi Morishita;Toshiko Sugimoto;Motokuni Aoki;Iwao Kida

  • Hepatocyte growth factor gene therapy of liver cirrhosis in rats.

    Takahiro Ueki;Yasufumi Kaneda;Hiroko Tsutsui;Kenji Nakanishi

  • Myocardial protection from ischemia/reperfusion injury by endogenous and exogenous HGF

    Teruya Nakamura;Shinya Mizuno;Kunio Matsumoto;Yoshiki Sawa

  • Feasibility, Safety, and Therapeutic Efficacy of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocyte Sheets in a Porcine Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Model

    Masashi Kawamura;Shigeru Miyagawa;Kenji Miki;Atsuhiro Saito

  • JCS 2017/JHFS 2017 Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure ― Digest Version ―

    Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Mitsuaki Isobe;Hiroshi Ito;Ken Okumura

  • Repair of impaired myocardium by means of implantation of engineered autologous myoblast sheets.

    Imran A. Memon;Yoshiki Sawa;Norihide Fukushima;Goro Matsumiya

  • Tissue engineered myoblast sheets improved cardiac function sufficiently to discontinue LVAS in a patient with DCM: report of a case.

    Yoshiki Sawa;Shigeru Miyagawa;Taichi Sakaguchi;Tomoyuki Fujita

  • Design of prevascularized three-dimensional cell-dense tissues using a cell sheet stacking manipulation technology.

    Tadashi Sasagawa;Tatsuya Shimizu;Sachiko Sekiya;Yuji Haraguchi

  • Safety evaluation of clinical gene therapy using hepatocyte growth factor to treat peripheral arterial disease.

    Ryuichi Morishita;Motokuni Aoki;Naotaka Hashiya;Hirofumi Makino

  • Shape selection of twist-nematic-elastomer ribbons

    Yoshiki Sawa;Fangfu Ye;Kenji Urayama;Toshikazu Takigawa

  • Tissue cardiomyoplasty using bioengineered contractile cardiomyocyte sheets to repair damaged myocardium: their integration with recipient myocardium.

    Shigeru Miyagawa;Yoshiki Sawa;Satoru Sakakida;Satoshi Taketani

  • [Myocardial regeneration therapy for heart failure: hepatocyte growth factor enhances the effect of cellular cardiomyoplasty].

    Shigeru Miyagawa;Yoshiki Sawa;Satoshi Taketani;Naomasa Kawaguchi

  • Long-term outcomes after a variety of video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy approaches for clinical stage IA lung cancer: A multi-institutional study

    Norihisa Shigemura;Akinori Akashi;Soichiro Funaki;Tomoyuki Nakagiri

  • Enhanced Survival of Transplanted Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Cardiomyocytes by the Combination of Cell Sheets With the Pedicled Omental Flap Technique in a Porcine Heart

    Masashi Kawamura;Shigeru Miyagawa;Satsuki Fukushima;Atsuhiro Saito

  • In vivo gene transfection with heat shock protein 70 enhances myocardial tolerance to ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat.

    Ken Suzuki;Yoshiki Sawa;Yasufumi Kaneda;Hajime Ichikawa

  • Longer preservation of cardiac performance by sheet-shaped myoblast implantation in dilated cardiomyopathic hamsters

    Haruhiko Kondoh;Yoshiki Sawa;Shigeru Miyagawa;Satoru Sakakida-Kitagawa

  • Interleukin-6/interleukin-21 signaling axis is critical in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Takahiro Hashimoto-Kataoka;Naoki Hosen;Takashi Sonobe;Yoh Arita

  • Oxidized Low-Density Lipoproteins Trigger Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Vascular Cells Prevention by Oxygen-Regulated Protein 150 Expression

    Marie Sanson;Nathalie Augé;Cécile Vindis;Carole Muller

  • JCS/JSCS/JATS/JSVS 2020 Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease.

    Chisato Izumi;Kiyoyuki Eishi;Kyomi Ashihara;Takeshi Arita

  • Tissue- and plasma-specific MicroRNA signatures for atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm

    Keiwa Kin;Shigeru Miyagawa;Satsuki Fukushima;Yukitoshi Shirakawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hikaru Matsuda
Hikaru Matsuda Osaka University
Yasufumi Kaneda
Yasufumi Kaneda Osaka University
Meinoshin Okumura
Meinoshin Okumura Osaka University
Issei Komuro
Issei Komuro University of Tokyo
Toshikazu Nakamura
Toshikazu Nakamura Osaka University
Ryuichi Morishita
Ryuichi Morishita Osaka University
Teruo Okano
Teruo Okano Tokyo Women's Medical University
Mitsuru Akashi
Mitsuru Akashi Osaka University
Akio Kishida
Akio Kishida Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Soichiro Kitamura
Soichiro Kitamura National Archives and Records Administration

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