Hiraki Sakuta

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Hiraki Sakuta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiraki Sakuta has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Hiraki Sakuta's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (10 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (8 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (4 papers). Hiraki Sakuta is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (10 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (8 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (4 papers). Hiraki Sakuta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Hiraki Sakuta's co-authors include Masaharu Noda, Takafumi Shintani, Muneo Inaba, Ralph M. Steinman, Shin‐ichi Muramatsu, Hiroo Takahashi, Kayo Inaba, Ryoko Suzuki, Kensuke Inaba and Hideo Yagita and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Neuron and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Hiraki Sakuta

28 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

The tissue distribution of the B7-2 costimulator in mice: abundant expression on dendritic cells in situ and during maturation in vitro.

1994 501 citations Kensuke Inaba, Margit D. Witmer-Pack et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiraki Sakuta Japan	19	864	737	507	162	145	28	1.8k
Alessio Delogu United Kingdom	17	775 0.9×	794 1.1×	156 0.3×	119 0.7×	247 1.7×	33	2.0k
Akihiro Fujikawa Japan	27	999 1.2×	463 0.6×	271 0.5×	322 2.0×	121 0.8×	44	1.9k
Tobias Goldmann Germany	21	1.1k 1.3×	658 0.9×	333 0.7×	152 0.9×	97 0.7×	31	2.1k
Thomas Su United States	15	969 1.1×	684 0.9×	237 0.5×	83 0.5×	192 1.3×	21	2.0k
Rainer Maier Switzerland	18	861 1.0×	236 0.3×	241 0.5×	124 0.8×	221 1.5×	25	1.9k
Giorgio P. Martinelli United States	20	330 0.4×	262 0.4×	216 0.4×	108 0.7×	144 1.0×	52	1.2k
Andreas Weishaupt Germany	29	507 0.6×	610 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	111 0.7×	179 1.2×	58	2.7k
Teit E. Johansen Denmark	23	1.3k 1.5×	330 0.4×	1.4k 2.8×	140 0.9×	129 0.9×	38	2.8k
Christopher R. Bye Australia	23	682 0.8×	412 0.6×	508 1.0×	148 0.9×	62 0.4×	31	1.8k
David von Schack United States	22	831 1.0×	833 1.1×	421 0.8×	117 0.7×	254 1.8×	28	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Hiraki Sakuta

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Hiraki Sakuta's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Hiraki Sakuta with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Hiraki Sakuta more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Hiraki Sakuta

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Hiraki Sakuta. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Hiraki Sakuta. The network helps show where Hiraki Sakuta may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiraki Sakuta

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Sakuta, Hiraki, Chia-Hao Lin, Takeshi Y. Hiyama, et al.. (2020). SLC9A4 in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis is a [Na+] sensor for the control of water intake. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 472(5). 609–624. 16 indexed citations

Winkelman, Beerend H. J., Marcus H. C. Howlett, Hiraki Sakuta, et al.. (2019). Nystagmus in patients with congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) originates from synchronously firing retinal ganglion cells. PLoS Biology. 17(9). e3000174–e3000174. 20 indexed citations

Nomura, Kengo, Takeshi Y. Hiyama, Hiraki Sakuta, et al.. (2018). [Na+] Increases in Body Fluids Sensed by Central Nax Induce Sympathetically Mediated Blood Pressure Elevations via H+-Dependent Activation of ASIC1a. Neuron. 101(1). 60–75.e6. 81 indexed citations

Sakuta, Hiraki, et al.. (2016). Na x signaling evoked by an increase in [Na + ] in CSF induces water intake via EET-mediated TRPV4 activation. 6 indexed citations

Sun, Lu, Hugh Cahill, Timour Al‐Khindi, et al.. (2015). Functional Assembly of Accessory Optic System Circuitry Critical for Compensatory Eye Movements. Neuron. 86(4). 971–984. 70 indexed citations

Noda, Masaharu & Hiraki Sakuta. (2013). Central regulation of body-fluid homeostasis. Trends in Neurosciences. 36(11). 661–673. 52 indexed citations

Shintani, Takafumi, et al.. (2009). APC2 Plays an Essential Role in Axonal Projections through the Regulation of Microtubule Stability. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(37). 11628–11640. 34 indexed citations

Takahashi, Hiroo, Hiraki Sakuta, Takafumi Shintani, & Masaharu Noda. (2009). Functional mode of FoxD1/CBF2 for the establishment of temporal retinal specificity in the developing chick retina. Developmental Biology. 331(2). 300–310. 26 indexed citations

Yonehara, Keisuke, Takafumi Shintani, Ryoko Suzuki, et al.. (2008). Expression of SPIG1 Reveals Development of a Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtype Projecting to the Medial Terminal Nucleus in the Mouse. PLoS ONE. 3(2). e1533–e1533. 80 indexed citations

10.

Sakuta, Hiraki, Ryoko Suzuki, & Masaharu Noda. (2008). Retrovirus vector‐mediated gene transfer into the chick optic vesicle by in ovo electroporation. Development Growth & Differentiation. 50(6). 453–457. 9 indexed citations

11.

Sakuta, Hiraki, et al.. (2006). Role of Bone Morphogenic Protein 2 in Retinal Patterning and Retinotectal Projection. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(42). 10868–10878. 44 indexed citations

12.

Shintani, Takafumi, Masaru Ihara, Hiraki Sakuta, et al.. (2006). Eph receptors are negatively controlled by protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type O. Nature Neuroscience. 9(6). 761–769. 79 indexed citations

13.

Shintani, Takafumi, Akira Kato, Junichi Yuasa‐Kawada, et al.. (2004). Large‐scale identification and characterization of genes with asymmetric expression patterns in the developing chick retina. Journal of Neurobiology. 59(1). 34–47. 14 indexed citations

14.

Takahashi, Hiroo, Takafumi Shintani, Hiraki Sakuta, & Masaharu Noda. (2003). CBF1 controls the retinotectal topographical map along the anteroposterior axis through multiple mechanisms. Development. 130(21). 5203–5215. 48 indexed citations

15.

Takeuchi, F, M Mori, Masahiro Goto, et al.. (2003). Mode of inheritance of HLA-DRB1 shared epitope in Japanese familial rheumatoid arthritis.. PubMed. 20(3). 395–8. 1 indexed citations

16.

Suzuki, Ryoko, Takafumi Shintani, Hiraki Sakuta, et al.. (2000). Identification of RALDH-3, a novel retinaldehyde dehydrogenase, expressed in the ventral region of the retina. Mechanisms of Development. 98(1-2). 37–50. 94 indexed citations

17.

Sakuta, Hiraki. (1996). Calcitonin gene-related peptide enhances apoptosis of thymocytes. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 67(2). 103–109. 1 indexed citations

18.

Deguchi, Masashi, Hiraki Sakuta, Kazuko Uno, Kayo Inaba, & Shin‐ichi Muramatsu. (1995). Exogenous and Endogenous Type I Interferons Inhibit Interferon-γ-Induced Nitric Oxide Production and Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Murine Peritoneal Macrophages. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 15(11). 977–984. 22 indexed citations

19.

Hagi, Katsuhiko, Kensuke Inaba, Hiraki Sakuta, & Shin‐ichi Muramatsu. (1995). Enhancement of murine bone marrow macrophage differentiation by beta- endorphin. Blood. 86(4). 1316–1321. 18 indexed citations

20.

Inaba, Kensuke, Margit D. Witmer-Pack, Muneo Inaba, et al.. (1994). The tissue distribution of the B7-2 costimulator in mice: abundant expression on dendritic cells in situ and during maturation in vitro.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 180(5). 1849–1860. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact