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Researcher · Yamaguchi University · Japan

Masahiro Funaba

Masahiro Funaba publishes mostly in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology, on topics such as Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0002-8006-2230 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,635,352
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#137,628
of 383,136
Works
131
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
9.1
h-index
18
i10-index 35Top 20% in Surgery
Masahiro Funaba

What does Masahiro Funaba research?

Masahiro Funaba's work is mostly in Medicine (77%), Engineering (2%).

Health Sciences: 101 works · 76.9% of their workMedicine: 101 works · 76.9% of their workSurgery: 66 works · 50.3% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 22 works · 16.5% of their workPharmacology: 5 works · 3.7% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 works · 3.5% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 28 works · 21.0% of their workPhysical Sciences: 3 works · 2.1% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 2.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 2.1% of their workTHEIR WORKMasahiro Funaba131works
Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences77%

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. Medicine10176.9%
  2. Everything else2821.0%
    1. Engineering32.1%
  1. 1Surgery50% of their works
  2. 2Pathology and Forensic Medicine16% of their works
  3. 3Pharmacology4% of their works
  4. 4Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Masahiro Funaba's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Degenerative Disc Disease, Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Cervical Spine Surgery, Spinal Fusion, Low Back Pain, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration and Pedicle Screw Fixation.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Degenerative Disc Disease1002 topics
  2. Anterior Cervical Discectomy581 topic
  3. Cervical Spine Surgery581 topic
  4. Spinal Fusion582 topics
  5. Low Back Pain552 topics
  6. Intervertebral Disc421 topic
  7. Lumbar Disc Degeneration421 topic
  8. Pedicle Screw Fixation401 topic
  9. Vertebroplasty401 topic
  10. Clinical Trials332 topics
  11. Epidemiology332 topics
  12. Ischemic Optic Neuropathy271 topic
  13. Spinal Cord Surgery271 topic
  14. Neurological Classification201 topic
  15. Spinal Cord Injury201 topic
  16. Metastatic Spine Tumors191 topic
  17. Spinal Metastases191 topic
  18. Scoliosis161 topic
  19. Spinal Deformity161 topic
  20. Chronic Pain131 topic
  21. Global Burden131 topic

Where does Masahiro Funaba work?

Masahiro Funaba's main affiliation in the publication record is Yamaguchi University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Masahiro Funaba have?

OpenAlex counts 131 works and 1,186 citations for Masahiro Funaba, an h-index of 18, ranking #4,635,352 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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