Hideki Aihara

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Hideki Aihara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hideki Aihara has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Infectious Diseases and 22 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Hideki Aihara's work include HIV Research and Treatment (21 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (19 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (16 papers). Hideki Aihara is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (21 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (19 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (16 papers). Hideki Aihara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Hideki Aihara's co-authors include Ke Shi, Fang Li, Gang Ye, Qibin Geng, Jian Shang, Yushun Wan, Ashley A. Auerbach, Chuming Luo, Tom Ellenberger and Takehiko Shibata and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Hideki Aihara

110 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Structural basis of receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2023 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Structural basis of receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2
    2020 2.5k citations Jian Shang, Gang Ye et al. Nature profile →
  2. Transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants with resistance to clinical protease inhibitors
    2023 94 citations Seyed Arad Moghadasi, Hideki Aihara et al. profile →

Peers

Hideki Aihara
Shilong Fan China
Xuanling Shi China
Matthias Götte Canada
Qibin Geng United States
Jory A. Goldsmith United States
Tianlei Ying China
Olubukola M. Abiona United States
Abigail Wall United States
François Ferrón France
Étienne Decroly France
Shilong Fan China
Hideki Aihara
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Fields of papers citing papers by Hideki Aihara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hideki Aihara

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Greenberg, L., Ke Shi, Hideki Aihara, et al.. (2025). Crystal structure of a seven-substitution mutant of hydroxynitrile lyase from rubber tree. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 81(9). 398–405.
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Demir, Özlem, Surl-Hee Ahn, Carla Calvó‐Tusell, et al.. (2025). Regulatory Interactions between APOBEC3B N- and C-Terminal Domains. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(7). 3593–3604. 1 indexed citations
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Moghadasi, Seyed Arad, et al.. (2024). A compact stem-loop DNA aptamer targets a uracil-binding pocket in the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid RNA-binding domain. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(21). 13138–13151. 6 indexed citations
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Shi, Ke, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for raccoon dog receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2. PLoS Pathogens. 20(5). e1012204–e1012204. 5 indexed citations
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Anderson, Michael J., Ke Shi, Eric J. Aird, et al.. (2024). Molecular basis of proteolytic cleavage regulation by the extracellular matrix receptor dystroglycan. Structure. 32(11). 1984–1996.e5. 2 indexed citations
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Moorthy, Ramkumar, Özlem Demir, Michael A. Carpenter, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Sugar Conformation on the Single-Stranded DNA Selectivity of APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B Enzymes. ACS Chemical Biology. 20(1). 117–127.
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Talledge, Nathaniel, Huixin Yang, Ke Shi, et al.. (2023). HIV-2 Immature Particle Morphology Provides Insights into Gag Lattice Stability and Virus Maturation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(15). 168143–168143. 5 indexed citations
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Smithwick, Elizabeth M., et al.. (2023). Understanding ATP Binding to DosS Catalytic Domain with a Short ATP-Lid. Biochemistry. 62(22). 3283–3292. 3 indexed citations
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Bera, Sibes, Ke Shi, Hideki Aihara, Duane P. Grandgenett, & Krishan K. Pandey. (2023). Molecular determinants for Rous sarcoma virus intasome assemblies involved in retroviral integration. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(6). 104730–104730.
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Argyris, Prokopios P., Michael A. Carpenter, Harshita B. Gupta, et al.. (2023). DNA Deamination Is Required for Human APOBEC3A-Driven Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Vivo. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(11). 9305–9305. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Ke Shi, Qibin Geng, et al.. (2023). Structural evolution of SARS-CoV-2 omicron in human receptor recognition. Journal of Virology. 97(8). e0082223–e0082223. 15 indexed citations
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Shi, Ke, Özlem Demir, Surajit Banerjee, et al.. (2022). Structure and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 proofreading exoribonuclease ExoN. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(9). 85 indexed citations
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Geng, Qibin, Ke Shi, Gang Ye, et al.. (2022). Structural Basis for Human Receptor Recognition by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant BA.1. Journal of Virology. 96(8). e0024922–e0024922. 47 indexed citations
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Harki, Daniel A., et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 Exoribonuclease Removes the Natural Antiviral 3′-Deoxy-3′,4′-didehydro-cytidine Nucleotide from RNA. Viruses. 14(8). 1790–1790. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Ke Shi, Qibin Geng, et al.. (2022). Structural basis for mouse receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(44). e2206509119–e2206509119. 33 indexed citations
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Ye, Gang, Jian Zheng, Ke Shi, et al.. (2021). The development of Nanosota-1 as anti-SARS-CoV-2 nanobody drug candidates. eLife. 10. 40 indexed citations
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Houtti, Mo, Eric J. Aird, Andrew T. Nelson, et al.. (2020). Molecular underpinnings of ssDNA specificity by Rep HUH-endonucleases and implications for HUH-tag multiplexing and engineering. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(2). 1046–1064. 26 indexed citations
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Shang, Jian, Gang Ye, Ke Shi, et al.. (2020). Structural basis of receptor recognition by SARS-CoV-2. Nature. 581(7807). 221–224. 2514 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cui, Huarui, Anil K. Pandey, Ke Shi, et al.. (2020). Selective N‐Terminal BET Bromodomain Inhibitors by Targeting Non‐Conserved Residues and Structured Water Displacement**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(3). 1220–1226. 36 indexed citations
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Kvach, Maksim V., Geoffrey B. Jameson, Ramkumar Moorthy, et al.. (2018). Inhibiting APOBEC3 Activity with Single-Stranded DNA Containing 2′-Deoxyzebularine Analogues. Biochemistry. 58(5). 391–400. 36 indexed citations

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