Akihiro Kusumi

16.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
123 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Akihiro Kusumi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihiro Kusumi has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Biophysics and 33 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Akihiro Kusumi's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (72 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (27 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (19 papers). Akihiro Kusumi is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (72 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (27 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (19 papers). Akihiro Kusumi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Poland. Akihiro Kusumi's co-authors include Takahiro Fujiwara, Kenichi Suzuki, Yasushi Sako, Rinshi S. Kasai, Ken Ritchie, Hideji Murakoshi, Witold K. Subczyński, Ryota Iino, Miki Yamamoto and Ikuko Koyama‐Honda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Akihiro Kusumi

122 papers receiving 12.9k citations

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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.

Paradigm Shift of the Plasma Membrane Concept from the Two-Dimensional Continuum Fluid to the Partitioned Fluid: High-Speed Single-Molecule Tracking of Membrane Molecules

2005 875 citations Akihiro Kusumi, Ken Ritchie et al. profile →
Confined lateral diffusion of membrane receptors as studied by single particle tracking (nanovid microscopy). Effects of calcium-induced differentiation in cultured epithelial cells

1993 847 citations Akihiro Kusumi, Yasushi Sako et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
Phospholipids undergo hop diffusion in compartmentalized cell membrane

2002 712 citations Takahiro Fujiwara, Ken Ritchie et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akihiro Kusumi Japan	58	9.9k	2.9k	2.7k	2.4k	1.9k	123	13.1k
Ken Jacobson United States	50	8.6k 0.9×	5.1k 1.8×	1.6k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	2.9k 1.5×	112	14.2k
Takahiro Fujiwara Japan	48	7.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	154	10.9k
Daniel Axelrod United States	45	6.4k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	3.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	129	10.5k
Thomas M. Jovin Germany	73	11.8k 1.2×	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	957 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	298	19.4k
Elliot L. Elson United States	50	4.9k 0.5×	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	114	10.3k
D. Lansing Taylor United States	61	5.2k 0.5×	4.2k 1.5×	2.3k 0.8×	825 0.3×	2.7k 1.5×	217	11.8k
Jay T. Groves United States	59	8.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	875 0.3×	2.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.5×	197	12.3k
Petra Schwille Germany	85	20.9k 2.1×	3.5k 1.2×	6.2k 2.3×	3.2k 1.3×	5.2k 2.8×	391	28.7k
Joshua Zimmerberg United States	71	11.3k 1.1×	4.0k 1.4×	642 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	226	15.9k
Michael Edidin United States	57	8.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	188	13.1k

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Zhou, Peng, Rinshi S. Kasai, Wakako Fujita, et al.. (2025). Single-molecule characterization of opioid receptor heterodimers reveals soluble µ-δ dimer blocker peptide alleviates morphine tolerance. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9859–9859. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Peng, Taka A. Tsunoyama, Rinshi S. Kasai, et al.. (2025). Single-molecule methods for characterizing receptor dimers reveal metastable opioid receptor homodimers that induce functional modulation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9858–9858. 1 indexed citations

Kusumi, Akihiro, Taka A. Tsunoyama, Bo Tang, et al.. (2023). Cholesterol- and actin-centered view of the plasma membrane: updating the Singer–Nicolson fluid mosaic model to commemorate its 50th anniversary^†. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 34(5). 12 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Takahiro, Taka A. Tsunoyama, Ziya Kalay, et al.. (2023). Ultrafast single-molecule imaging reveals focal adhesion nano-architecture and molecular dynamics. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(8). 21 indexed citations

Fujiwara, Takahiro, Ziya Kalay, Taka A. Tsunoyama, et al.. (2023). Development of ultrafast camera-based single fluorescent-molecule imaging for cell biology. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(8). 25 indexed citations

Mayor, Satyajit, et al.. (2023). A Survey of Models of Cell Membranes: Toward a New Understanding of Membrane Organization. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 15(10). a041394–a041394. 6 indexed citations

Koyama‐Honda, Ikuko, Takahiro Fujiwara, Rinshi S. Kasai, et al.. (2020). High-speed single-molecule imaging reveals signal transduction by induced transbilayer raft phases. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(12). 40 indexed citations

Suzuki, Kenichi, Kogo Takamiya, Taka A. Tsunoyama, et al.. (2019). AMPA receptors in the synapse turnover by monomer diffusion. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5245–5245. 29 indexed citations

Nath, Sangeeta, Sonja I. Buschow, Carlo Manzo, et al.. (2019). Dynamic actin-mediated nano-scale clustering of CD44 regulates its meso-scale organization at the plasma membrane. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(7). 561–579. 30 indexed citations

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Shirai, Yuki, Taka A. Tsunoyama, Koichiro M. Hirosawa, et al.. (2017). Cortical actin nodes: Their dynamics and recruitment of podosomal proteins as revealed by super-resolution and single-molecule microscopy. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0188778–e0188778. 10 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Kenichi & Akihiro Kusumi. (2008). Mechanism for signal transduction in the induced-raft domains as revealed by single-molecule tracking. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 20(116). 341–351. 2 indexed citations

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Morone, Nobuhiro, Takahiro Fujiwara, K. Murase, et al.. (2006). Three-dimensional reconstruction of the membrane skeleton at the plasma membrane interface by electron tomography. The Journal of Cell Biology. 174(6). 851–862. 284 indexed citations

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Koyama‐Honda, Ikuko, Ken Ritchie, Takahiro Fujiwara, et al.. (2005). Fluorescence Imaging for Monitoring the Colocalization of Two Single Molecules in Living Cells. Biophysical Journal. 88(3). 2126–2136. 125 indexed citations

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Murakoshi, Hideji, Ryota Iino, Takeshi Kobayashi, et al.. (2004). Single-molecule imaging analysis of Ras activation in living cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(19). 7317–7322. 302 indexed citations

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Ritchie, Ken, et al.. (2004). Detection of Non-Brownian Diffusion in the Cell Membrane in Single Molecule Tracking. Biophysical Journal. 88(3). 2266–2277. 246 indexed citations

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Murase, K., Takahiro Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Umemura, et al.. (2004). Ultrafine Membrane Compartments for Molecular Diffusion as Revealed by Single Molecule Techniques. Biophysical Journal. 86(6). 4075–4093. 349 indexed citations

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Subczyński, Witold K. & Akihiro Kusumi. (2003). Dynamics of raft molecules in the cell and artificial membranes: approaches by pulse EPR spin labeling and single molecule optical microscopy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1610(2). 231–243. 152 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Kenichi, Fumiyuki Sanematsu, T. Fujiwara, et al.. (2001). Activated GPI-anchored membrane protein, CD59, frequently visits/forms rafts which depend on SFK activity and actin. Seibutsu Butsuri. 41(supplement). S218–S218. 1 indexed citations

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Tomishige, Michio & Akihiro Kusumi. (1999). Compartmentalization of the Erythrocyte Membrane by the Membrane Skeleton: Intercompartmental Hop Diffusion of Band 3. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 10(8). 2475–2479. 33 indexed citations

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Miyamoto, Hiroshi, et al.. (1998). Structure of the Erythrocyte Membrane Skeleton as Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 74(5). 2171–2183. 114 indexed citations

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