Daisuke Sasaki

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Daisuke Sasaki is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Daisuke Sasaki has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Daisuke Sasaki's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (6 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (5 papers). Daisuke Sasaki is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (6 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (5 papers). Daisuke Sasaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Daisuke Sasaki's co-authors include Piero Carninci, Mari Nakamura, Matthias Harbers, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Shiro Fukuda, Rimantas Kodzius, Takahiro Arakawa, Shinji Kondo, Jun Kawai and Toshiyuki Shiraki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Daisuke Sasaki

37 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Cap analysis gene expression for high-throughput analysis of transcriptional starting point and identification of promoter usage
    2003 506 citations Toshiyuki Shiraki, Shinji Kondo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Daisuke Sasaki
Guijun Liu China
Lisa A. Anderson United States
Zhimei Li China
Louise Horsfall United Kingdom
Soo Jae Lee South Korea
Litao Zhang China
Yu Wu China
Jia Shao China
Guijun Liu China
Daisuke Sasaki
Citations per year, relative to Daisuke Sasaki Daisuke Sasaki (= 1×) peers Guijun Liu

Countries citing papers authored by Daisuke Sasaki

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daisuke Sasaki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daisuke Sasaki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daisuke Sasaki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daisuke Sasaki 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 Daisuke Sasaki. Daisuke Sasaki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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YAMASHITA, Ryohei, et al.. (2025). The “fallacy of composition” as an ethical challenge facing scientific research in disaster-affected areas: The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and Tsunami. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 119. 105359–105359.
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Sasaki, Daisuke, et al.. (2025). Semi-synthesis of TDP-43 reveals the effects of phosphorylation in N-terminal domain on self-association. Communications Chemistry. 8(1). 125–125.
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Sasaki, Daisuke, et al.. (2024). Catalysis driven by an amyloid–substrate complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(19). e2314704121–e2314704121. 3 indexed citations
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Baba, Seiki, Hideo Okumura, S.V. Antonyuk, et al.. (2022). Single crystal spectroscopy and multiple structures from one crystal (MSOX) define catalysis in copper nitrite reductases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2205664119–e2205664119. 7 indexed citations
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Antonyuk, S.V., Daisuke Sasaki, Keitaro Yamashita, et al.. (2021). An unprecedented insight into the catalytic mechanism of copper nitrite reductase from atomic-resolution and damage-free structures. Science Advances. 7(1). 33 indexed citations
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Dong, Jianshu, Daisuke Sasaki, Robert R. Eady, S.V. Antonyuk, & S.S. Hasnain. (2018). Identification of a tyrosine switch in copper-haem nitrite reductases. IUCrJ. 5(4). 510–518. 7 indexed citations
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Kanki, Masayuki, et al.. (2014). Identification of urinary miRNA biomarkers for detecting cisplatin-induced proximal tubular injury in rats. Toxicology. 324. 158–168. 66 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Daisuke, M. Fujihashi, Yuki Iwata, et al.. (2011). Structure and Mutation Analysis of Archaeal Geranylgeranyl Reductase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 409(4). 543–557. 33 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Daisuke, Satoshi Watanabe, Tamotsu Kanai, et al.. (2011). Characterization and in vitro interaction study of a [NiFe] hydrogenase large subunit from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 417(1). 192–196. 14 indexed citations
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Noguchi, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2010). Fabrication of 3-D shaped micro body structures of diamond by use of focused ion beam. 2010. 619–620.
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Hashimoto, Tamotsu, et al.. (2010). Radical Polymerization of Styrene Trimers: Possibility of Homopolymerization and Copolymerization with Styrene. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 67(2). 143–146. 2 indexed citations
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Hashimoto, Tamotsu, et al.. (2009). Cationic Polymerization of Styrene Dimer and Styrene Trimer as Thermal Degradation Products of Polystyrene. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 66(11). 483–490. 4 indexed citations
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Hashimoto, Tamotsu, et al.. (2009). Radical Polymerization of Styrene Dimer and Radical Copolymerizations of Styrene Dimer with Styrene. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 66(11). 498–502. 3 indexed citations
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Kodzius, Rimantas, Miki Kojima, Hiromi Nishiyori, et al.. (2006). CAGE: cap analysis of gene expression. Nature Methods. 3(3). 211–222. 288 indexed citations
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Watahiki, Akira, Kazunori Waki, Norihito Hayatsu, et al.. (2004). Libraries enriched for alternatively spliced exons reveal splicing patterns in melanocytes and melanomas. Nature Methods. 1(3). 233–239. 41 indexed citations
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Shiraki, Toshiyuki, Shinji Kondo, Shintaro Katayama, et al.. (2003). Cap analysis gene expression for high-throughput analysis of transcriptional starting point and identification of promoter usage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(26). 15776–15781. 506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sasaki, Daisuke, et al.. (2003). DNA cleavage characteristics of non-protein enediyne antibiotic N1999A2. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 306(1). 87–92. 14 indexed citations

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