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Researcher · Teijin (Japan) · Japan

Takashi Shirakura

Takashi Shirakura publishes mostly in Nephrology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid, Inflammasome and immune disorders and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,946,334
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#34,880
of 383,136
Works
26
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
50.7
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 50% in Nephrology
Takashi Shirakura

What does Takashi Shirakura research?

Takashi Shirakura's work is mostly in Medicine (48%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%).

Health Sciences: 13 works · 48.5% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 48.5% of their workNephrology: 5 works · 20.3% of their workEpidemiology: 3 works · 12.5% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 works · 9.4% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 works · 6.3% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 34.3% of their workLife Sciences: 4 works · 17.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 12.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 3 works · 12.5% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 works · 4.7% of their workImmunology: 1 works · 4.7% of their workTHEIR WORKTakashi Shirakura26works
Life Sciences17%Health Sciences48%

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. Medicine1348.5%
  2. Everything else934.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology312.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology14.7%
  1. 1Nephrology20% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology12% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology12% of their works
  4. 4Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism9% of their works
  5. 5Pathology and Forensic Medicine6% of their works
  6. 6Immunology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Takashi Shirakura's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Hypertension, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid, Hepatic Steatosis, Insulin Resistance and Diagnostic Criteria.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation143 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome143 topics
  3. Hypertension112 topics
  4. Hyperuricemia91 topic
  5. Uric Acid91 topic
  6. Hepatic Steatosis52 topics
  7. Insulin Resistance52 topics
  8. Diagnostic Criteria31 topic
  9. Inflammasome31 topic
  10. Multiple Sclerosis31 topic
  11. NAFLD31 topic
  12. NASH31 topic
  13. NLRP331 topic
  14. Carbon Monoxide21 topic
  15. Cardiovascular Outcomes21 topic
  16. Fructose21 topic
  17. Heme Oxygenase-121 topic
  18. Neuropeptides21 topic
  19. Obesity21 topic
  20. Receptors21 topic
  21. Type 2 Diabetes21 topic

Where does Takashi Shirakura work?

Takashi Shirakura's main affiliation in the publication record is Teijin (Japan), Japan.

How many publications and citations does Takashi Shirakura have?

OpenAlex counts 26 works and 1,319 citations for Takashi Shirakura, an h-index of 12, ranking #1,946,334 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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