Akane Tonegawa

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Akane Tonegawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akane Tonegawa has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 1 paper in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Akane Tonegawa's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers), Congenital heart defects research (4 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (2 papers). Akane Tonegawa is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers), Congenital heart defects research (4 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (2 papers). Akane Tonegawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Akane Tonegawa's co-authors include Naoto Ueno, Yoshiko Takahashi, Yukiko Gotoh, Hiroshi Shibuyà, Kunihiro Matsumoto, Kyoko Shirakabe, Eisuke Nishida, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Kenji Irie and Tsuyoshi Momose and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Development and Developmental Biology.

In The Last Decade

Akane Tonegawa

8 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

TAB1: An Activator of the TAK1 MAPKKK in TGF-β Signal Transduction

1996 505 citations Hiroshi Shibuyà, Toshihiro Yamaguchi et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akane Tonegawa Japan	7	866	209	177	164	104	8	1.1k
Gordon Cann United States	18	615 0.7×	164 0.8×	110 0.6×	94 0.6×	118 1.1×	24	1.0k
Johnny E. Kopinja United States	3	996 1.2×	184 0.9×	161 0.9×	348 2.1×	153 1.5×	3	1.3k
Jeff Delrow United States	11	838 1.0×	134 0.6×	261 1.5×	101 0.6×	132 1.3×	14	1.2k
Electra Coucouvanis United States	10	1.1k 1.2×	101 0.5×	122 0.7×	208 1.3×	110 1.1×	10	1.3k
Todor Dimitrov United States	12	716 0.8×	127 0.6×	195 1.1×	247 1.5×	159 1.5×	21	1.1k
Ciro Bonetti Italy	9	944 1.1×	406 1.9×	68 0.4×	189 1.2×	139 1.3×	10	1.2k
Marc Thiry Belgium	17	707 0.8×	173 0.8×	74 0.4×	169 1.0×	212 2.0×	32	1.2k
Neal G. Copeland United States	16	922 1.1×	108 0.5×	177 1.0×	552 3.4×	106 1.0×	21	1.3k
Naoki Kakazu Japan	17	852 1.0×	128 0.6×	335 1.9×	212 1.3×	265 2.5×	40	1.5k
Sopheak Sim United States	7	1.1k 1.3×	236 1.1×	116 0.7×	135 0.8×	224 2.2×	10	1.4k

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Tonegawa, Akane, Toshiharu Kasai, & Yoshiko Takahashi. (2003). Systematic screening for signaling molecules expressed during somitogenesis by the signal sequence trap method. Developmental Biology. 262(1). 32–50. 12 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Yoshiko, Akane Tonegawa, Hirohiko Aoyama, et al.. (2001). Inductive Signals from the Somatopleure Mediated by Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Are Essential for the Formation of the Sternal Component of Avian Ribs. Developmental Biology. 232(2). 284–300. 42 indexed citations

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Momose, Tsuyoshi, Akane Tonegawa, Jun Takeuchi, et al.. (1999). Efficient targeting of gene expression in chick embryos by microelectroporation. Development Growth & Differentiation. 41(3). 335–344. 258 indexed citations

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Tonegawa, Akane & Yoshiko Takahashi. (1998). Somitogenesis Controlled by Noggin. Developmental Biology. 202(2). 172–182. 91 indexed citations

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Tonegawa, Akane, Noriko Funayama, Naoto Ueno, & Yoshiko Takahashi. (1997). Mesodermal subdivision along the mediolateral axis in chicken controlled by different concentrations of BMP-4. Development. 124(10). 1975–1984. 149 indexed citations

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Tonegawa, Akane, et al.. (1996). Heart formative factor(s) is localized in the anterior endoderm of early Xenopus neurula. Development Genes and Evolution. 205(5-6). 282–289. 4 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Yoshiko, Akane Tonegawa, Naoto Ueno, et al.. (1996). BMP‐4 mediates interacting signals between the neural tube and skin along the dorsal midline. Genes to Cells. 1(8). 775–783. 26 indexed citations

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Shibuyà, Hiroshi, Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Kyoko Shirakabe, et al.. (1996). TAB1: An Activator of the TAK1 MAPKKK in TGF-β Signal Transduction. Science. 272(5265). 1179–1182. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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