Akihiko Kondo

41.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
849 papers, 31.3k citations indexed

About

Akihiko Kondo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihiko Kondo has authored 849 papers receiving a total of 31.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 647 papers in Molecular Biology, 343 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 120 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Akihiko Kondo's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (345 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (280 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (164 papers). Akihiko Kondo is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (345 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (280 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (164 papers). Akihiko Kondo collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Taiwan and United States. Akihiko Kondo's co-authors include Hideki Fukuda, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Hideo Noda, Tsutomu Tanaka, Chiaki Ogino, Jo‐Shu Chang, Jun Ishii, Shinji Hama, Ryosuke Yamada and Mitsuyoshi Ueda and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Akihiko Kondo

832 papers receiving 30.3k citations

Hit Papers

Biodiesel Fuel Production by Transesterification of Oils. 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2001 2016 2017 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Biodiesel Fuel Production by Transesterification of Oils.
    2001 1.4k citations Hideki Fukuda, Akihiko Kondo et al. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering profile →
  2. Biodiesel fuel production by transesterification of oils
    2001 1.2k citations Hideki Fukuda, Akihiko Kondo et al. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering profile →
  3. Targeted nucleotide editing using hybrid prokaryotic and vertebrate adaptive immune systems
    2016 988 citations Akihiko Kondo et al. profile →
  4. Targeted base editing in rice and tomato using a CRISPR-Cas9 cytidine deaminase fusion
    2017 544 citations Akihiko Kondo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akihiko Kondo Japan 83 21.3k 14.5k 4.4k 3.3k 2.3k 849 31.3k
Bo Mattìasson Sweden 78 12.4k 0.6× 9.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 2.1k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 719 27.4k
Li Liu China 71 12.5k 0.6× 4.7k 0.3× 1.2k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 2.9k 1.3× 1.2k 26.1k
Se‐Kwon Kim South Korea 108 18.8k 0.9× 4.7k 0.3× 3.1k 0.7× 3.2k 1.0× 4.0k 1.7× 649 41.0k
Jianghua Li China 56 8.2k 0.4× 3.1k 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 2.1k 0.6× 972 0.4× 579 14.8k
Anne S. Meyer Denmark 84 6.9k 0.3× 6.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 4.0k 1.2× 6.6k 2.9× 472 26.0k
Shuo Wang China 73 7.5k 0.4× 6.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 699 0.2× 2.2k 0.9× 933 26.7k
Hideki Fukuda Japan 61 9.1k 0.4× 7.6k 0.5× 917 0.2× 1.4k 0.4× 538 0.2× 368 14.7k
Joaquim M. S. Cabral Portugal 63 10.8k 0.5× 6.2k 0.4× 587 0.1× 1.3k 0.4× 819 0.4× 609 19.4k
Jonathan S. Dordick United States 79 13.3k 0.6× 6.5k 0.5× 506 0.1× 1.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 457 24.8k
Min Jiang China 55 6.2k 0.3× 4.7k 0.3× 558 0.1× 960 0.3× 706 0.3× 480 12.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akihiko Kondo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akihiko Kondo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tanaka, Kenya, et al.. (2025). Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for growth on xylose using an oxidative pathway. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 109(1). 30–30. 2 indexed citations
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Ida, K., Kenya Tanaka, Yuichi Kato, et al.. (2025). Astaxanthin Overproduction Enhanced by Metabolomics-Guided Rational Metabolic Engineering in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. ACS Synthetic Biology. 14(11). 4467–4477.
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Matsuoka, Yuta, et al.. (2023). Triacetic acid lactone production using 2-pyrone synthase expressing Yarrowia lipolytica via targeted gene deletion. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 136(4). 320–326. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Weibin, Xueqing Wang, Chen‐Guang Liu, et al.. (2023). The chromatin remodeler Ino80 regulates yeast stress tolerance and cell metabolism through modulating nitrogen catabolite repression. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 258(Pt 2). 129041–129041. 8 indexed citations
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Ohbayashi, Ryudo, Yuichi Kato, Mami Matsuda, et al.. (2023). ppGpp accumulation reduces the expression of the global nitrogen homeostasis-modulating NtcA regulon by affecting 2-oxoglutarate levels. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1285–1285.
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Usui, Naotaka, Akihiko Kondo, Kazumi Matsuda, et al.. (2023). Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdalar hamartoma-like lesion: Is it a distinct syndrome?. Epilepsy Research. 192. 107140–107140. 1 indexed citations
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Kawaguchi, Hideo, Kenji Takada, Masakazu Toyoshima, et al.. (2021). Recent advances in lignocellulosic biomass white biotechnology for bioplastics. Bioresource Technology. 344(Pt B). 126165–126165. 39 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Ryosuke, Shuhei Noda, Tsutomu Tanaka, & Akihiko Kondo. (2020). Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for shikimate pathway derivative production from glucose–xylose co-substrate. Nature Communications. 11(1). 102 indexed citations
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Okano, Kenji, Shinji Hama, Tsutomu Tanaka, et al.. (2018). Metabolic Engineering of Lactobacillus plantarum for Direct l‐Lactic Acid Production From Raw Corn Starch. Biotechnology Journal. 13(5). e1700517–e1700517. 28 indexed citations
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Wang, Julie, Farid N. Faruqu, Julio Benı́tez, et al.. (2018). Engineering Human Epidermal Growth Receptor 2-Targeting Hepatitis B Virus Core Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery in Vitro and in Vivo. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 1(7). 3269–3282. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhuo, Shih‐Hsin Ho, Kengo Sasaki, et al.. (2016). Engineering of a novel cellulose-adherent cellulolytic Saccharomyces cerevisiae for cellulosic biofuel production. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24550–24550. 54 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yixing, Amit Kumar, Philip R. Hardwidge, et al.. (2015). d ‐lactic acid production from renewable lignocellulosic biomass via genetically modified Lactobacillus plantarum. Biotechnology Progress. 32(2). 271–278. 41 indexed citations
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Hama, Shinji, et al.. (2014). Scale-up of an enzymatic biodiesel production system.. 92(6). 262–269. 1 indexed citations
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Tsuge, Yota, Hideo Kawaguchi, Kengo Sasaki, Tsutomu Tanaka, & Akihiko Kondo. (2014). Two-step production of d-lactate from mixed sugars by growing and resting cells of metabolically engineered Lactobacillus plantarum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 98(11). 4911–4918. 20 indexed citations
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Nishimura, Yoshihiro, et al.. (2012). Granting specificity for breast cancer cells using a hepatitis B core particle with a HER2-targeted affibody molecule. The Journal of Biochemistry. 153(3). 251–256. 15 indexed citations
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Kikuchi, Yoichiro, Takao Yasuhara, Takashi Agari, et al.. (2010). Urinary 8‐OHdG elevations in a partial lesion rat model of parkinson's disease correlate with behavioral symptoms and nigrostriatal dopaminergic depletion. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 226(5). 1390–1398. 26 indexed citations
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Tamalampudi, Sriappareddy, Md. Mahabubur Rahman Talukder, Shinji Hama, et al.. (2007). Development of recombinant Aspergillus oryzae whole-cell biocatalyst expressing lipase-encoding gene from Candida antarctica. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 75(2). 387–395. 50 indexed citations

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