Hiroko Tsuruta

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Hiroko Tsuruta is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroko Tsuruta has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Pharmacology and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Hiroko Tsuruta's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers), Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology (5 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (3 papers). Hiroko Tsuruta is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (5 papers), Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology (5 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (3 papers). Hiroko Tsuruta collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. Hiroko Tsuruta's co-authors include Rika Regentin, Neil S. Renninger, Jack D. Newman, Jay D. Keasling, Tizita Horning, Christopher J. Paddon, Diana G. Eng, Douglas J. Pitera, Frank X. Woolard and Derek McPhee and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Hiroko Tsuruta

10 papers receiving 978 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.

  1. Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin
    2012 551 citations Patrick J. Westfall, Douglas J. Pitera et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Hiroko Tsuruta
Andrew E. Owens United States
Farnaz Nowroozi United States
Bert van Loo United Kingdom
Tizita Horning United States
Xinkai Xie United States
Aaron Cravens United States
Jiawei Zhou China
Junko Yaegashi United States
Panagiotis K. Chrysanthopoulos Australia
Ryan Lauchli United States
Andrew E. Owens United States
Hiroko Tsuruta
Citations per year, relative to Hiroko Tsuruta Hiroko Tsuruta (= 1×) peers Andrew E. Owens

Countries citing papers authored by Hiroko Tsuruta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hiroko Tsuruta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Hiroko Tsuruta. 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 Hiroko Tsuruta. The network helps show where Hiroko Tsuruta may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroko Tsuruta

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Westfall, Patrick J., Douglas J. Pitera, Diana G. Eng, et al.. (2012). Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(3). 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tsuruta, Hiroko, Christopher J. Paddon, Diana G. Eng, et al.. (2009). High-Level Production of Amorpha-4,11-Diene, a Precursor of the Antimalarial Agent Artemisinin, in Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE. 4(2). e4489–e4489. 278 indexed citations
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Tsuruta, Hiroko, et al.. (2006). Characterization of product capture resin during microbial cultivations. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33(6). 445–453. 17 indexed citations
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Tsuruta, Hiroko, et al.. (2005). Assessment of Fed-Batch, Semicontinuous, and Continuous Epothilone D Production Processes. Biotechnology Progress. 21(4). 1102–1108. 10 indexed citations
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Regentin, Rika, et al.. (2003). Nutrient regulation of epothilone biosynthesis in heterologous and native production strains. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 61(5-6). 451–455. 11 indexed citations
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Lau, Janice, et al.. (2002). Optimizing the heterologous production of epothilone D in Myxococcus xanthus. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 78(3). 280–288. 59 indexed citations
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Tsuruta, Hiroko, Janice Lau, Rika Regentin, et al.. (2002). Modulation of epothilone analog production through media design. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 28(1). 17–20. 11 indexed citations
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Tsuruta, Hiroko, et al.. (2002). Control of Secondary Metabolite Congener Distributions via Modulation of the Dissolved Oxygen Tension. Biotechnology Progress. 18(5). 913–920. 7 indexed citations
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Ando, Yukio, et al.. (1999). Subjective duration of every three-year period for 3 to 18 years of age, estimated by students.. PubMed. 28(1-2). 33–7. 2 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Yukimi, et al.. (1979). A New Process for the Production of Trimethylhydroquinone. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Product Research and Development. 18(4). 373–375. 5 indexed citations

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