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http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/gs_shs/eng/introduce/message.html/ japanese exercise science izumi tabata
 izumi tabata -lrb- 田畑泉 -rrb- dean health science at ritsumeikan university graduate school of sport and
izumi tabata

dr. tabata was educated in japan , norway , and studied for a year at washington university in st. louis .
prior to his tenure at ritsumeikan university , he worked at the national institute for health and nutrition in japan , and with the japanese speed skating team .
dr. tabata has contributed to many highly-cited articles , and in 2015 had an h-index of 27 , according to scopus .
his most famous article published the results of the protocol used by the japanese speed skating team , `` effects of moderate-intensity endurance and high-intensity intermittent training on anaerobic capacity and vo -lrb- 2max -rrb- , '' published in the journal medicine and science in sports and exercise in 1996 .
the article has been cited over 600 times , according to google scholar .
dr. tabata has authored or co-authored over 100 additional scholarly articles in publications such as `` journal of applied physiology '' , `` japanese journal of physical fitness and sports medicine '' , `` environmental health and preventive medicine '' , `` european journal of clinical nutrition '' , and `` european journal of applied physiology '' .
