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Researcher · Tohoku University · Japan

Akira Shimomura

Akira Shimomura publishes mostly in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, on topics such as Sinusitis and nasal conditions, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,507,710
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#131,139
of 383,136
Works
81
Citations
1.4k
Citations per work
16.9
h-index
22
i10-index 31Top 16% in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Akira Shimomura

What does Akira Shimomura research?

Akira Shimomura's work is mostly in Medicine (38%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Physics and Astronomy (5%).

Everything else: 43 works · 53.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 30 works · 37.5% of their workMedicine: 30 works · 37.5% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 works · 12.0% of their workSurgery: 10 works · 12.0% of their workOtorhinolaryngology: 6 works · 7.9% of their workPhysiology: 5 works · 5.6% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 4.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 4.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 4.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 4 works · 4.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 works · 4.6% of their workRadiation: 4 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKAkira Shimomura81works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences38%

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. Everything else4353.3%
    1. Medicine3037.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.6%
    1. Physics and Astronomy44.6%
  1. 1Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine12% of their works
  2. 2Surgery12% of their works
  3. 3Otorhinolaryngology8% of their works
  4. 4Physiology6% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology5% of their works
  6. 6Radiation5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Akira Shimomura's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inflammation, Endoscopic Surgery, Quality of Life, Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Nasal Polyps, Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks, Skull Base Reconstruction and Particle Therapy.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation324 topics
  2. Endoscopic Surgery262 topics
  3. Quality of Life222 topics
  4. Chronic Rhinosinusitis171 topic
  5. Nasal Polyps171 topic
  6. Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks91 topic
  7. Skull Base Reconstruction91 topic
  8. Particle Therapy81 topic
  9. Proton Therapy81 topic
  10. Dosimetry71 topic
  11. Radiotherapy Physics71 topic
  12. Allergic Diseases51 topic
  13. Asthma51 topic
  14. Chronic Kidney Disease51 topic
  15. Dialysis51 topic
  16. Pattern Recognition Receptors51 topic
  17. Toll-like Receptors51 topic
  18. Central Chemoreception41 topic
  19. Respiratory Rhythm41 topic

Where does Akira Shimomura work?

Akira Shimomura's main affiliation in the publication record is Tohoku University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Akira Shimomura have?

OpenAlex counts 81 works and 1,367 citations for Akira Shimomura, an h-index of 22, ranking #4,507,710 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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