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Researcher · Nagano Red Cross Hospital · Japan

Shiro Yokoyama

Shiro Yokoyama publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology, on topics such as BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation and Cancer Risks and Factors.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,532,150
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#24,625
of 383,136
Works
59
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
40.3
h-index
25
i10-index 37Top 22% in Molecular Biology
Shiro Yokoyama

What does Shiro Yokoyama research?

Shiro Yokoyama's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (36%), Medicine (29%).

Life Sciences: 21 works · 35.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 works · 35.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 12 works · 20.4% of their workGenetics: 9 works · 15.1% of their workEverything else: 21 works · 35.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 17 works · 29.0% of their workMedicine: 17 works · 29.0% of their workOncology: 6 works · 9.9% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 works · 7.2% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 works · 6.6% of their workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 works · 5.3% of their workTHEIR WORKShiro Yokoyama59works
Life Sciences36%Health Sciences29%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2135.5%
  2. Everything else2135.5%
    1. Medicine1729.0%
  1. 1Molecular Biology20% of their works
  2. 2Genetics15% of their works
  3. 3Oncology10% of their works
  4. 4Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism7% of their works
  5. 5Pathology and Forensic Medicine7% of their works
  6. 6Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shiro Yokoyama's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Cancer Risk, Genetic Testing, BRCA1, BRCA2, Chemotherapy and Cancer.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Breast Cancer192 topics
  2. Ovarian Cancer192 topics
  3. Cancer Risk172 topics
  4. Genetic Testing172 topics
  5. BRCA1131 topic
  6. BRCA2131 topic
  7. Chemotherapy122 topics
  8. Cancer112 topics
  9. DNA Methylation71 topic
  10. Histone Modification71 topic
  11. Body Mass Index61 topic
  12. Cytoreductive Surgery61 topic
  13. Genomic Analysis61 topic
  14. Obesity61 topic
  15. DNA Damage51 topic
  16. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer51 topic
  17. Repair51 topic
  18. Thyroid Nodules51 topic
  19. Microsatellite Instability41 topic
  20. Molecular Characterization41 topic
  21. Phytoestrogens41 topic
  22. Soy Isoflavones41 topic

Where does Shiro Yokoyama work?

Shiro Yokoyama's main affiliation in the publication record is Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Shiro Yokoyama have?

OpenAlex counts 59 works and 2,380 citations for Shiro Yokoyama, an h-index of 25, ranking #1,532,150 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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