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Researcher · Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital · Japan

Akira Obana

Akira Obana publishes mostly in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Glaucoma and retinal disorders and Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-7930-3618 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,386,809
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#179,938
of 383,136
Works
146
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
14.1
h-index
25
i10-index 58Top 10% in Ophthalmology
Akira Obana

What does Akira Obana research?

Akira Obana's work is mostly in Medicine (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%).

Health Sciences: 101 works · 69.5% of their workMedicine: 101 works · 69.5% of their workOphthalmology: 49 works · 33.4% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 works · 17.1% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 works · 7.8% of their workBiochemistry: 9 works · 5.9% of their workEpidemiology: 8 works · 5.3% of their workEverything else: 32 works · 21.7% of their workLife Sciences: 13 works · 8.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 works · 8.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 13 works · 8.8% of their workTHEIR WORKAkira Obana146works
Life Sciences9%Health Sciences70%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10169.5%
  2. Everything else3221.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology138.8%
  1. 1Ophthalmology33% of their works
  2. 2Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging17% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology9% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine8% of their works
  5. 5Biochemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Epidemiology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Akira Obana's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration, Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, Optic Nerve and Reactive Oxygen Species.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation652 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress652 topics
  3. Diabetic Retinopathy592 topics
  4. Macular Degeneration592 topics
  5. Intraocular Pressure482 topics
  6. Glaucoma462 topics
  7. Optic Nerve462 topics
  8. Reactive Oxygen Species462 topics
  9. Retinal Pigment Epithelium451 topic
  10. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor451 topic
  11. Myopia322 topics
  12. Ocular Hypertension321 topic
  13. Retinal Ganglion Cells321 topic
  14. Cancer Treatment261 topic
  15. Photodynamic Therapy261 topic
  16. Antioxidants201 topic
  17. Lipid Peroxidation201 topic
  18. Epidemiology191 topic
  19. Visual Impairment191 topic
  20. Corneal Biomechanics161 topic
  21. Keratoconus161 topic
  22. Deep Learning141 topic
  23. Retinal Disease141 topic
  24. Macular Hole131 topic
  25. Vitreoretinal Surgery131 topic

Where does Akira Obana work?

Akira Obana's main affiliation in the publication record is Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Akira Obana have?

OpenAlex counts 146 works and 2,055 citations for Akira Obana, an h-index of 25, ranking #5,386,809 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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