Hirofumi Sawa

18.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
362 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Hirofumi Sawa is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hirofumi Sawa has authored 362 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Infectious Diseases, 91 papers in Molecular Biology and 74 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Hirofumi Sawa's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (69 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (54 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (44 papers). Hirofumi Sawa is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (69 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (54 papers) and Polyomavirus and related diseases (44 papers). Hirofumi Sawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Zambia. Hirofumi Sawa's co-authors include Yasuko Orba, Kazuo Nagashima, Keiko Nakayama, Shinya Tanaka, Michihito Sasaki, Izumi Negishi, Dennis Y. Loh, Satoshi Fujii, Hideki Hasegawa and Tadaki Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hirofumi Sawa

350 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

Massive Cell Death of Imm... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 2013 250 500 750
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. Massive Cell Death of Immature Hematopoietic Cells and Neurons in Bcl-x-Deficient Mice
    1995 969 citations Noboru Motoyama, Fanping Wang et al. Science profile →
  2. Gold Nanoparticles as a Vaccine Platform: Influence of Size and Shape on Immunological Responses in Vitro and in Vivo
    2013 524 citations Tadaki Suzuki, Yasuko Orba et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Hirofumi Sawa 4.5k 2.5k 2.0k 1.9k 1.5k 362 11.4k
Klaus T. Preissner 6.8k 1.5× 4.8k 1.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 317 19.2k
Hubert Kalbacher 7.2k 1.6× 3.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 282 14.3k
Akihide Ryo 4.9k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 1.7k 1.1× 225 9.7k
Matthias Mörgelin 4.8k 1.1× 3.6k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 669 0.3× 1.7k 1.1× 266 12.8k
Nisse Kalkkinen 6.5k 1.5× 1.2k 0.5× 837 0.4× 1.9k 1.0× 860 0.6× 226 14.2k
Andrew M. Tager 3.8k 0.9× 3.7k 1.5× 569 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 123 11.9k
Robert J.C. Gilbert 4.5k 1.0× 2.0k 0.8× 942 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 889 0.6× 136 8.9k
Philip J. Barr 4.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 858 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 82 8.7k
Sucharit Bhakdi 5.6k 1.3× 4.6k 1.8× 2.9k 1.4× 713 0.4× 1.7k 1.1× 272 14.5k
Hongkui Deng 8.5k 1.9× 3.4k 1.4× 3.1k 1.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 170 16.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Hirofumi Sawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hirofumi Sawa

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

All Works

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Kawaguchi, Yoshimasa, H. Hirose, Takao Hashiguchi, et al.. (2025). SARS-CoV-2 inhibition through mRNA delivery using engineered extracellular vesicles displaying the spike protein. Biomaterials. 325. 123594–123594.
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Itakura, Yukari, Satoshi Inoue, Ken Maeda, et al.. (2024). Reverse genetic approaches allowing the characterization of the rabies virus street strain belonging to the SEA4 subclade. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 18509–18509. 1 indexed citations
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Ndebe, Joseph, Chie Nakajima, Masahiro Kajihara, et al.. (2024). Detection of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Enterobacteriaceae from Diseased Broiler Chickens in Lusaka District, Zambia. Antibiotics. 13(3). 259–259. 3 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Hiroko, Masayuki Horie, Yasuko Orba, et al.. (2024). Neuron-associated retroelement-derived protein Arc/Arg3.1 assists in the early stages of alphaherpesvirus infection in human neuronal cells. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0314980–e0314980.
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Shishido, Takao, Naoto Ito, Satoshi Inoue, et al.. (2024). β-d-N4-hydroxycytidine, a metabolite of molnupiravir, exhibits in vitro antiviral activity against rabies virus. Antiviral Research. 229. 105977–105977.
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Taoda, Yoshiyuki, Akihiko Sato, Shinsuke Toba, et al.. (2023). Structure-activity relationship studies of anti-bunyaviral cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 83. 129175–129175. 3 indexed citations
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Saasa, Ngonda, Masahiro Kajihara, Naganori Nao, et al.. (2023). Surveillance and Phylogenetic Characterisation of Avian Influenza Viruses Isolated from Wild Waterfowl in Zambia in 2015, 2020, and 2021. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2023. 1–16. 4 indexed citations
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Ndebe, Joseph, Herman M. Chambaro, Michihito Sasaki, et al.. (2023). Prevalence and Genomic Characterization of Rotavirus A from Domestic Pigs in Zambia: Evidence for Possible Porcine–Human Interspecies Transmission. Pathogens. 12(10). 1199–1199. 1 indexed citations
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Tabata, Koshiro, Yukari Itakura, Shinsuke Toba, et al.. (2022). Serological characterization of lineage II insect-specific flaviviruses compared with pathogenic mosquito-borne flaviviruses. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 616. 115–121. 3 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Keisuke, Jumpei Fujiki, Tomohiro Nakamura, et al.. (2021). Complete Genome Sequence of a Veterinary Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolate, Pa12. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10(26). e0039821–e0039821. 3 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Atsushi, Yasushi Iwasaki, Masaki Takao, et al.. (2019). A Novel Combination of Prion Strain Co-Occurrence in Patients with Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 189(6). 1276–1283. 8 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Michihito, Naoto Ito, Makoto Sugiyama, et al.. (2018). Ribavirin-related compounds exert in vitro inhibitory effects toward rabies virus. Antiviral Research. 154. 1–9. 25 indexed citations
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Ishii, Akihiro, Yuka Thomas, Ladslav Moonga, et al.. (2011). Novel Arenavirus, Zambia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Hidehiro, et al.. (2009). Monoclonal Antibody and siRNAs for Topoisomerase I Suppress Telomerase Activity. Hybridoma. 28(1). 63–65. 1 indexed citations
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Ohnishi, Naomi, Shinya Tanaka, Hirofumi Sawa, et al.. (2008). Transgenic expression of Helicobacter pylori CagA induces gastrointestinal and hematopoietic neoplasms in mouse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(3). 1003–1008. 468 indexed citations
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Tabu, Kouichi, Yusuke Ohba, Tadaki Suzuki, et al.. (2007). Oligodendrocyte Lineage Transcription Factor 2 Inhibits the Motility of a Human Glial Tumor Cell Line by Activating RhoA. Molecular Cancer Research. 5(10). 1099–1109. 21 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Takuya, Masumi Tsuda, Yoshinori Makino, et al.. (2006). Adaptor Molecule Crk Is Required for Sustained Phosphorylation of Grb2-Associated Binder 1 and Hepatocyte Growth Factor–Induced Cell Motility of Human Synovial Sarcoma Cell Lines. Molecular Cancer Research. 4(7). 499–510. 53 indexed citations
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Motoyama, Noboru, Fanping Wang, Kevin A. Roth, et al.. (1995). Massive Cell Death of Immature Hematopoietic Cells and Neurons in Bcl-x-Deficient Mice. Science. 267(5203). 1506–1510. 969 indexed citations breakdown →

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