Aki Hirai

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Aki Hirai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aki Hirai has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Aki Hirai's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (4 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (3 papers). Aki Hirai is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (4 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (3 papers). Aki Hirai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Indonesia. Aki Hirai's co-authors include Yoshinori Hinokio, Susumu Suzuki, M. Hirai, Hiroki Takahashi, Kensuke Nakamura, Shigehiko Kanaya, Md. Altaf‐Ul‐Amin, Hiroaki Akai, T. Toyota and M. Chiba and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Aki Hirai

27 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Sequence-specific error profile of Illumina sequencers

2011 435 citations Kensuke Nakamura, Taku Oshima et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aki Hirai Japan	14	688	214	190	136	128	27	1.3k
Dong Han China	26	895 1.3×	207 1.0×	144 0.8×	162 1.2×	113 0.9×	72	1.9k
Athena Schepmoes United States	26	1.2k 1.7×	212 1.0×	239 1.3×	184 1.4×	217 1.7×	45	2.2k
Andreas Humeny Germany	22	669 1.0×	217 1.0×	105 0.6×	72 0.5×	138 1.1×	34	1.4k
Xiaorong Zhou China	27	976 1.4×	167 0.8×	170 0.9×	111 0.8×	149 1.2×	120	2.2k
Alexander Scherl Switzerland	25	1.6k 2.3×	179 0.8×	138 0.7×	66 0.5×	227 1.8×	49	2.4k
Isabelle Cohen France	17	1.0k 1.5×	137 0.6×	102 0.5×	38 0.3×	184 1.4×	21	1.4k
Martin Houweling Netherlands	29	1.2k 1.8×	152 0.7×	125 0.7×	96 0.7×	169 1.3×	62	2.2k
Hassan Dihazi Germany	24	847 1.2×	81 0.4×	109 0.6×	39 0.3×	142 1.1×	85	1.8k
Malthi Masurekar United States	12	548 0.8×	224 1.0×	165 0.9×	153 1.1×	85 0.7×	12	1.3k
Stanley H. Korman Israel	30	1.2k 1.7×	828 3.9×	186 1.0×	105 0.8×	250 2.0×	94	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Aki Hirai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aki Hirai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shimizu, Hiroaki, et al.. (2020). Predicting and considering properties of general polymers using incomplete dataset. 58. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

Nakamura, Kensuke, Taku Oshima, Takuya Morimoto, et al.. (2011). Sequence-specific error profile of Illumina sequencers. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(13). e90–e90. 435 indexed citations breakdown →

Afendi, Farit Mochamad, Sulistiyani Sulistiyani, Aki Hirai, et al.. (2010). MODELLING INGREDIENT OF JAMU TO PREDICT ITS EFFICACY. 15(2). 3 indexed citations

Afendi, Farit Mochamad, Latifah Kosim Darusman, Aki Hirai, et al.. (2010). System Biology Approach for Elucidating the Relationship Between Indonesian Herbal Plants and the Efficacy of Jamu. 661–668. 11 indexed citations

Arita, Masanori, et al.. (2009). Ontology Checking and Integration of Crude-Drug and Kampo Information. 56. 1–4. 3 indexed citations

Oishi, Takashi, Kenichi Tanaka, Takuya Hashimoto, et al.. (2009). An approach to peak detection in GC-MS chromatograms and application of KNApSAcK database in prediction of candidate metabolites. Plant Biotechnology. 26(1). 167–174. 5 indexed citations

Nakamura, Kensuke, Aki Hirai, Md. Altaf‐Ul‐Amin, & Hiroki Takahashi. (2009). MetalMine: a database of functional metal-binding sites in proteins. Plant Biotechnology. 26(5). 517–521. 5 indexed citations

Yoshinaga, N., et al.. (2005). A large number of higher-energy eigenvalues of a huge dimensional matrix for a quantum chaotic study of a quartic potential. Computer Physics Communications. 169(1-3). 313–316. 6 indexed citations

Hirai, Masashi, Susumu Suzuki, Yoshinori Hinokio, et al.. (2000). Variations in Vitamin D-Binding Protein (Group-Specific Component Protein) Are Associated with Fasting Plasma Insulin Levels in Japanese with Normal Glucose Tolerance*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 85(5). 1951–1953. 68 indexed citations

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Hinokio, Yoshinori, Susumu Suzuki, M. Hirai, et al.. (1999). Oxidative DNA damage in diabetes mellitus: its association with diabetic complications. Diabetologia. 42(8). 995–998. 175 indexed citations

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Saito, Tohru, Aki Hirai, Ken-ichi NOTANI, et al.. (1999). High malignant transformation rate of widespread multiple oral leukoplakias. Oral Diseases. 5(1). 15–19. 44 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Susumu, Yoshinori Hinokio, Masataka Ohtomo, et al.. (1999). Oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA and its relationship to diabetic complications. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 45(2-3). 161–168. 120 indexed citations

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Hirai, Masashi, Susumu Suzuki, Masatoshi Onoda, et al.. (1998). Mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleic Acid 3256C-T Mutation in a Japanese Family with Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus¹. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 83(3). 992–994. 17 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Susumu, Yoshinori Hinokio, Masataka Ohtomo, et al.. (1998). The effects of coenzyme Q 10 treatment on maternally inherited diabetes mellitus and deafness, and mitochondrial DNA 3243 (A to G) mutation. Diabetologia. 41(5). 584–588. 79 indexed citations

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Ramalingam, Arivudainambi, Aki Hirai, & E. Aubrey Thompson. (1997). Glucocorticoid Inhibition of Fibroblast Proliferation and Regulation of the Cyclin Kinase Inhibitor p21Cip1. Molecular Endocrinology. 11(5). 577–586. 71 indexed citations

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Hirai, Aki, Richard J. Bold, Jin Ishizuka, et al.. (1996). Hyperphosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein and stimulation of growth by okadaic acid in human pancreatic cancer. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 41(10). 1975–1980. 1 indexed citations

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Hirai, Masashi, Susumu Suzuki, Masatoshi Onoda, et al.. (1996). Mitochondrial DNA 3394 Mutation in the NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit 1 Associated with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 219(3). 951–955. 37 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Susumu, Masataka Ohtomo, Yoshinori Sato, et al.. (1996). Effect of manidipine and delapril on insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetic patients with essential hypertension. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 33(1). 43–51. 23 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Susumu, Yoshinori Sato, Masataka Ohtomo, et al.. (1994). Urinary chiro-Inositol Excretion is an Index Marker of Insulin Sensitivity in Japanese Type II Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 17(12). 1465–1468. 73 indexed citations

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Hirai, Masashi, Jin Ishizuka, Aki Hirai, et al.. (1993). Bombesin stimulates intracellular Ca2+ mobilization but not proliferation on human colon cancer cells. Life Sciences. 53(24). 1859–1865. 19 indexed citations

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