Akio Ito

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
166 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Akio Ito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Akio Ito has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Oncology and 23 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Akio Ito's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (23 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (21 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (20 papers). Akio Ito is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (23 papers), Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (21 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (20 papers). Akio Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Greece. Akio Ito's co-authors include Yoshio Imai, Ryo Sato, Sakae Kitada, Tsuneo Omura, Tadashi Ogishima, Naofumi Nagasue, Y Ogawa, H Yukaya, Kazuue Fujita and Ryo Sato and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Akio Ito

155 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Evidence for Biochemically Different Types of Vesicles in the Hepatic Microsomal Fraction*

1966 694 citations Akio Ito et al. The Journal of Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akio Ito Japan	39	2.7k	802	665	548	440	166	5.1k
Hajime Hirata Japan	43	4.4k 1.6×	263 0.3×	402 0.6×	575 1.0×	275 0.6×	152	6.6k
Wilfred D. Stein Israel	52	3.7k 1.4×	442 0.6×	3.2k 4.8×	576 1.1×	165 0.4×	203	8.2k
Berton C. Pressman United States	34	4.4k 1.6×	234 0.3×	469 0.7×	918 1.7×	280 0.6×	74	7.5k
Douglas R. Pfeiffer United States	45	6.1k 2.2×	182 0.2×	289 0.4×	456 0.8×	223 0.5×	119	8.3k
Kenji Takahashi Japan	36	3.6k 1.3×	251 0.3×	592 0.9×	431 0.8×	52 0.1×	269	5.7k
P.C.E. Moody United Kingdom	40	3.5k 1.3×	146 0.2×	486 0.7×	488 0.9×	132 0.3×	87	4.9k
Barton Holmquist United States	39	2.4k 0.9×	128 0.2×	915 1.4×	498 0.9×	116 0.3×	91	4.1k
Jesper V. Møller Denmark	50	6.9k 2.5×	107 0.1×	820 1.2×	953 1.7×	188 0.4×	150	8.8k
Ronald L. Cerny United States	50	3.9k 1.4×	159 0.2×	798 1.2×	443 0.8×	85 0.2×	136	8.3k
Stephen Naylor United States	46	2.7k 1.0×	172 0.2×	363 0.5×	282 0.5×	125 0.3×	207	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akio Ito

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akio Ito. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akio Ito based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akio Ito. Akio Ito is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Ichikawa, Shintaro, Kumi Ozaki, Akio Ito, et al.. (2025). Multi-institutional study for comparison of detectability of hypovascular liver metastases between 70- and 40-keV images: DELMIO study. Abdominal Radiology. 51(3). 1360–1369. 1 indexed citations

Noda, Yoshifumi, Nobuyuki Kawai, Kimihiro Kajita, et al.. (2024). Appropriate pancreatic phase image acquisition by free-breathing dynamic contrast-enhanced pancreatic MRI using stack-of-stars radial sampling and Compressed SENSE. European Journal of Radiology. 175. 111445–111445.

Kurosaka, Yoshitaka, Kazuyoshi Hirose, Akio Ito, et al.. (2019). Beam Pattern Projecting On-Chip Lasers at Visible Wavelength. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

Consolino, Luigi, Seungyong Jung, Shovon Pal, et al.. (2017). Spectral purity and tunability of terahertz quantum cascade laser sources based on intracavity difference-frequency generation. Science Advances. 3(9). e1603317–e1603317. 30 indexed citations

Yoshimi, Akira, Akio Ito, Yuichi Ueda, et al.. (2011). Investigation of Association between Psychotropics and Falls in Inpatients. Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences). 37(8). 475–480. 1 indexed citations

Munakata, Hiroshi, et al.. (2007). Haeme-regulated Degradation of -Aminolevulinate Synthase 1 in Rat Liver Mitochondria. The Journal of Biochemistry. 142(4). 453–458. 17 indexed citations

Kouzaki, Hideaki, Mikio Suzuki, Takeshi Shimizu, et al.. (2005). Presence of monoamine oxidase type B protein but absence of associated enzyme activity in neurons within the inferior olive nucleus of the rat. Brain Research. 1055(1-2). 202–207. 2 indexed citations

Kojima, Katsuhiko, Sakae Kitada, Tadashi Ogishima, & Akio Ito. (2001). A Proposed Common Structure of Substrates Bound to Mitochondrial Processing Peptidase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(3). 2115–2121. 25 indexed citations

Taylor, Alexander B., Barbara Smith, Sakae Kitada, et al.. (2001). Crystal Structures of Mitochondrial Processing Peptidase Reveal the Mode for Specific Cleavage of Import Signal Sequences. Structure. 9(7). 615–625. 188 indexed citations

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Kato, Rinya, Haruo Inagaki, Hiroshi Hayashi, et al.. (1997). Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Analysis after a Single Intravenous Administration of Flecainide Acetate.. Rinsho yakuri/Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 28(1). 1–14.

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Yamaji, Ryoichi, Yuji Isegawa, Akio Ito, et al.. (1996). Mitochondrial NADH- or NADPH-Linked Aquacobalamin Reductase Activity Is Low in Human Skin Fibroblasts with Defects in Synthesis of Cobalamin Coenzymes. Journal of Nutrition. 126(12). 2947–2951. 23 indexed citations

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Iwata, Kazushi, et al.. (1995). A two-step sandwich enzyme immunoassay for rabbit proMMP-3 using monoclonal antibodies. 27. 183–190. 1 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Fumio, et al.. (1994). Cytochrome b-Like Hemoprotein/Cytochrome b5 Reductase Complex in Rat Liver Mitochondria Has NADH-Linked Aquacobalamin Reductase Activity. Journal of Nutrition. 124(7). 1037–1040. 6 indexed citations

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Omura, Tsuneo & Akio Ito. (1991). [7] Biosynthesis and intracellular sorting of mitochondrial forms of cytochrome P450. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 206. 75–81. 21 indexed citations

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Sotobata, Iwao, Shoji Noda, Akio Ito, et al.. (1989). Clinical evaluation of antianginal effects of celiprolol (NBP-582) with treadmill exercise testing. A randomized double-blind crossover study in comparison with placebo.. Rinsho yakuri/Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 20(3). 581–595. 1 indexed citations

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Kato, Rinya, et al.. (1989). The pharmacokinetics of flecainide acetate and its effects on ventricular premature contactions.. Rinsho yakuri/Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 20(3). 505–513. 1 indexed citations

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Ito, Akio, et al.. (1988). Molecular cloning of a cDNA for rat liver monoamine oxidase B. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 157(3). 970–976. 62 indexed citations

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Ito, Akio, Masako Hagihara, Toshiharu Nagatsu, Hisashi Iwata, & Takayuki Miura. (1987). Collagenase-like (CL) peptidase activity in synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clinica Chimica Acta. 170(2-3). 291–296. 6 indexed citations

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Shibata, Takayuki, et al.. (1984). Traumatic Aneurysm of the Supraclinoid Internal Carotid Artery: Report of a Case. Neurosurgery. 15(5). 700–702. 18 indexed citations

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Ito, Akio, et al.. (1977). Poisoning with Renal Involvement in Grazing Cattle. Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association. 30(7). 383–387. 1 indexed citations

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