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Yoshinori Marunaka
PeerJ Editor
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Contributions by subject area

Food Science and Technology
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Nutrition
Toxicology
Neurology
Metabolic Sciences
Drugs and Devices
Evidence Based Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Surgery and Surgical Specialties
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Hematology
Oncology
Respiratory Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Internal Medicine
Public Health
Obesity
Nursing
Science and Medical Education
Molecular Biology
Immunology
Rheumatology
Radiology and Medical Imaging

Yoshinori Marunaka

PeerJ Editor

Summary

Prof. Marunaka is the Representative Director, Director of Clinical, and Director of Medical Research Institute, Kyoto Industrial Health Association; Professor, Research Center for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development, Ritsumeikan University; Jinshan Distinguished Professor, International Research Center for Food Nutrition and Safety, Jiangsu University; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; President, Physiological Society of Japan. MD (1979), PhD (1985), Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; National License of Physician and Surgeon, Japan (1979). He was Professor and Chairperson, Departments of Molecular Cell Physiology and Bio-Ionomics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan, and Director and Professor, Japan Institute for Food Education and Health, St. Agnes’ University. He was awarded “Vebleo Nanomedicine Scientist Award” (Sweden), “Marco Polo della Scienza Italiana” (Italy), The Premier's Research Excellence Award (Canada), Scholar Award
(Medical Research Council of Canada) and Research Award from National Kidney Foundation of USA. He has obtained more than 60 research grants, published more than 250 peer reviewed articles, and provided more than 30 invited plenary lectures at international congresses and research conferences. h-index 40, i10-index 161, Citation 5714

Agricultural Science Anatomy & Physiology Biophysics Cell Biology Diabetes & Endocrinology Food Science & Technology Gastroenterology & Hepatology Internal Medicine Mathematical Biology Metabolic Sciences Nephrology Neuroscience Nutrition Pharmacology Respiratory Medicine Urology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Ritsumeikan University

Work details

Professor

Ritsumeikan University
April 2018
Research Center for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development Science, Research Organization of Science and Technology

The Vice President

Kyoto Industrial Health Association
April 2018

The Representative Director

Kyoto Industrial Health Association
April 2018
The Representative Director
The Representative Director, Kyoto Industrial Health Association (KIHA) Director, Research Institute for Clinical Physiology, KIHA Director, Clinic, KIHA Director, Research Center for Clinical Respiratory Physiology, KIHA Director, Research Center for Clinical Renal Physiology, KIHA Director, Research Center for Preventive Nutritional Medicine, KIHA

Jinshan Distinguished Professor

Jiangsu University
March 2019
International Research Center of Dietary Nutrition and Safety College of Food and Biological Engineering

Professer and Chairmam

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
February 2000 - March 2018
Departments of Molecular Cell Physiology and Bio-Ionomics

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 7

Academic Editor on

June 4, 2021
Development and validation of the Health Promoting Behaviour for Bloating (HPB-Bloat) scale
Nurzulaikha Abdullah, Yee Cheng Kueh, Garry Kuan, Mung Seong Wong, Fatan Hamamah Yahaya, Nor Aslina Abd Samat, Khairil Khuzaini Zulkifli, Yeong Yeh Lee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11444 PubMed 34141467
December 7, 2020
Trials in developing a nanoscale material for extravascular contrast-enhanced ultrasound targeting hepatocellular carcinoma
Size Wu, Xiyuan Lin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10403 PubMed 33354418
July 30, 2018
Attendance, engagement and performance in a medical school curriculum: early findings from competency-based progress testing in a new medical school curriculum
Heather S. Laird-Fick, David J. Solomon, Carol J. Parker, Ling Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5283 PubMed 30083445
September 8, 2016
Is there any effect of pneumoperitoneum pressure on coagulation and fibrinolysis during laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
Turgut Donmez, Sinan Uzman, Dogan Yildirim, Adnan Hut, Huseyin Imam Avaroglu, Duygu Ayfer Erdem, Erdinc Cekic, Fazilet Erozgen
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2375 PubMed 27651988
April 4, 2016
Acute effects of traditional Japanese alcohol beverages on blood glucose and polysomnography levels in healthy subjects
Megumi Kido, Akihiro Asakawa, Ken-Ichiro K. Koyama, Toshio Takaoka, Aya Tajima, Shigeru Takaoka, Yumiko Yoshizaki, Kayu Okutsu, Kazunori T. Takamine, Yoshihiro Sameshima, Akio Inui
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1853 PubMed 27069795
August 6, 2015
Allantoin ameliorates chemically-induced pancreatic β-cell damage through activation of the imidazoline I3 receptors
Marie Amitani, Kai-Chun Cheng, Akihiro Asakawa, Haruka Amitani, Timothy Sean Kairupan, Nanami Sameshima, Toshiaki Shimizu, Teruto Hashiguchi, Akio Inui
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1105 PubMed 26290782
August 26, 2014
Rice koji reduced body weight gain, fat accumulation, and blood glucose level in high-fat diet-induced obese mice
Yumiko Yoshizaki, Chihiro Kawasaki, Kai-Chun Cheng, Miharu Ushikai, Haruka Amitani, Akihiro Asakawa, Kayu Okutsu, Yoshihiro Sameshima, Kazunori Takamine, Akio Inui
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.540 PubMed 25237599