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Yuko Kitagawa

Yuko Kitagawa

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
42615
World Ranking
9532
National Ranking
263

Yuko Kitagawa 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 Yuko Kitagawa sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,437 publications — 99th percentile

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

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Yuko Kitagawa 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 Yuko Kitagawa sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 96 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Yuko Kitagawa is a researcher affiliated with Keio University in Japan, with a primary focus in the field of medicine. Their body of work spans major areas including surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, infectious diseases, and cancer research. Kitagawa's research contribution is notably centered on gastrointestinal cancers and related surgical treatments.

The main topics addressed in Kitagawa's research include:

  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment

Kitagawa has published extensively in a number of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
  • Esophagus
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Diseases of the Esophagus

Notable recent papers authored by Kitagawa include:

  • Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2022 edited by the Japan esophageal society: part 1, 2023, published in Esophagus

Some of Kitagawa's frequent co-authors are:

  • Satoru Matsuda
  • Hirofumi Kawakubo
  • Hiroya Takeuchi
  • Yoshihiro Kakeji
  • Kazumasa Fukuda

The researcher's work focuses on integrating clinical and surgical approaches in esophageal and gastric cancers, as well as exploring cancer pathology and treatment outcomes. Kitagawa's contributions are part of a broader research effort covering surgery, oncology, and associated health complications in gastrointestinal and respiratory systems.

Best Publications

  • Nivolumab versus chemotherapy in patients with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma refractory or intolerant to previous chemotherapy (ATTRACTION-3): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial

    Ken Kato;Byoung Chul Cho;Masanobu Takahashi;Morihito Okada

  • International consensus on standardization of data collection for complications associated with esophagectomy: Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group (ECCG)

    Donald E. Low;Derek Alderson;Ivan Cecconello;Andrew C. Chang

  • Benchmarking Complications Associated with Esophagectomy.

    Donald E. Low;Madhan Kumar Kuppusamy;Derek Alderson;Ivan Cecconello

  • Mesenchymal stem cells: Mechanisms of immunomodulation and homing.

    Hiroshi Yagi;Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez;Biju Parekkadan;Yuko Kitagawa

  • Improvement in the Results of Surgical Treatment of Advanced Squamous Esophageal Carcinoma During 15 Consecutive Years

    Nobutoshi Ando;Soji Ozawa;Yuko Kitagawa;Yotaro Shinozawa

  • A risk model for esophagectomy using data of 5354 patients included in a Japanese nationwide web-based database.

    Hiroya Takeuchi;Hiroaki Miyata;Mitsukazu Gotoh;Yuko Kitagawa

  • Human Pancreatic Tumor Organoids Reveal Loss of Stem Cell Niche Factor Dependence during Disease Progression

    Takashi Seino;Shintaro Kawasaki;Mariko Shimokawa;Hiroki Tamagawa

  • Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2017 edited by the Japan Esophageal Society: part 1.

    Yuko Kitagawa;Takashi Uno;Tsuneo Oyama;Ken Kato

  • Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Carcinoma of the Esophagus April 2012 edited by the Japan Esophageal Society

    Hiroyuki Kuwano;Yasumasa Nishimura;Tsuneo Oyama;Hiroyuki Kato

  • The standard diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of gastrointestinal stromal tumors based on guidelines.

    Toshirou Nishida;Jean Yves Blay;Seiichi Hirota;Yuko Kitagawa

  • A pancreaticoduodenectomy risk model derived from 8575 cases from a national single-race population (Japanese) using a web-based data entry system: the 30-day and in-hospital mortality rates for pancreaticoduodenectomy.

    Wataru Kimura;Hiroaki Miyata;Mitsukazu Gotoh;Ichiro Hirai

  • Esophageal cancer practice guidelines 2017 edited by the Japan esophageal society: part 2

    Yuko Kitagawa;Takashi Uno;Tsuneo Oyama;Ken Kato

  • Nivolumab treatment for oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma: an open-label, multicentre, phase 2 trial

    Toshihiro Kudo;Yasuo Hamamoto;Ken Kato;Takashi Ura

  • Landscape of immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma and its additional impact on histological and molecular classification.

    Yutaka Kurebayashi;Hidenori Ojima;Hanako Tsujikawa;Naoto Kubota

  • The role of the sentinel lymph node in gastrointestinal cancer.

    Yuko Kitagawa;Hirofumi Fujii;Makio Mukai;Tetsuro Kubota

  • Sentinel Node Mapping for Gastric Cancer: A Prospective Multicenter Trial in Japan

    Yuko Kitagawa;Hiroya Takeuchi;Yu Takagi;Shoji Natsugoe

  • Radio-guided sentinel node detection for gastric cancer

    Y Kitagawa;H Fujii;M Mukai;T Kubota

  • Three-arm phase III trial comparing cisplatin plus 5-FU (CF) versus docetaxel, cisplatin plus 5-FU (DCF) versus radiotherapy with CF (CF-RT) as preoperative therapy for locally advanced esophageal cancer (JCOG1109, NExT study).

    Kenichi Nakamura;Ken Kato;Hiroyasu Igaki;Yoshinori Ito

  • Divergent Routes toward Wnt and R-spondin Niche Independency during Human Gastric Carcinogenesis

    Kosaku Nanki;Kohta Toshimitsu;Ai Takano;Masayuki Fujii

  • Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of carcinoma of the esophagus

    Hiroyuki Kuwano;Yasumasa Nishimura;Atsushi Ohtsu;Hiroyuki Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaki Kitajima
Masaki Kitajima Keio University
Satoru Matsuda
Satoru Matsuda Keio University
Michiie Sakamoto
Michiie Sakamoto Keio University
Yuichiro Doki
Yuichiro Doki Osaka University
Hideo Baba
Hideo Baba Kumamoto University
Takanori Kanai
Takanori Kanai Keio University
Hideyuki Saya
Hideyuki Saya Fujita Health University
Toshifumi Hibi
Toshifumi Hibi Kitasato University
Atsushi Ohtsu
Atsushi Ohtsu Juntendo University
Ikuro Maruyama
Ikuro Maruyama Kagoshima University

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