Hiroko Yukinaga

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Hiroko Yukinaga is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Social Psychology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroko Yukinaga has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Hiroko Yukinaga's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (3 papers), Infant Health and Development (3 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers). Hiroko Yukinaga is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (3 papers), Infant Health and Development (3 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (3 papers). Hiroko Yukinaga collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and United Kingdom. Hiroko Yukinaga's co-authors include Dimitri Perrin, Etsuo A. Susaki, Hiroki R. Ueda, Kazuki Tainaka, Akihiro Kuno, Michiyuki Matsuda, Yuji Kamioka, Kazuhiro Aoki, Naoki Komatsu and Yoshihisa Fujita and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Hiroko Yukinaga

9 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Advanced CUBIC protocols for whole-brain and whole-body clearing and imaging

2015 512 citations Etsuo A. Susaki, Kazuki Tainaka et al. Nature Protocols profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroko Yukinaga Japan	7	732	341	235	217	166	9	1.3k
Pablo Ariel United States	12	956 1.3×	493 1.4×	433 1.8×	507 2.3×	249 1.5×	18	2.0k
Ryan W. Draft United States	6	858 1.2×	394 1.2×	176 0.7×	464 2.1×	129 0.8×	6	1.6k
Jennifer B. Treweek United States	13	621 0.8×	535 1.6×	120 0.5×	494 2.3×	270 1.6×	19	1.6k
Sam Vesuna United States	10	959 1.3×	269 0.8×	78 0.3×	332 1.5×	125 0.8×	14	1.5k
Honda Naoki Japan	16	468 0.6×	119 0.3×	274 1.2×	237 1.1×	123 0.7×	40	885
Hyuno Kang United States	11	1.2k 1.7×	380 1.1×	264 1.1×	950 4.4×	200 1.2×	12	2.4k
Satoshi Fujimoto Japan	10	516 0.7×	480 1.4×	231 1.0×	343 1.6×	255 1.5×	20	1.2k
Eric Lubeck United States	8	1.6k 2.1×	659 1.9×	98 0.4×	175 0.8×	316 1.9×	10	2.1k
Sandhiya Kalyanasundaram Switzerland	3	485 0.7×	682 2.0×	108 0.5×	288 1.3×	365 2.2×	4	1.4k
Franck Debarbieux France	16	284 0.4×	135 0.4×	107 0.5×	374 1.7×	224 1.3×	45	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroko Yukinaga

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Yukinaga, Hiroko & Kazunari Miyamichi. (2025). Oxytocin and neuroscience of lactation: Insights from the molecular genetic approach. Neuroscience Research. 216. 104873–104873. 1 indexed citations

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Konno, Ayumu, et al.. (2023). Dynamic modulation of pulsatile activities of oxytocin neurons in lactating wild-type mice. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0285589–e0285589. 6 indexed citations

3.

Yukinaga, Hiroko, et al.. (2022). Recording and manipulation of the maternal oxytocin neural activities in mice. Current Biology. 32(17). 3821–3829.e6. 21 indexed citations

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Sunagawa, Genshiro A., Shoi Shi, Etsuo A. Susaki, et al.. (2016). Involvement of Ca2+-Dependent Hyperpolarization in Sleep Duration in Mammals. Neuron. 90(1). 70–85. 134 indexed citations

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Susaki, Etsuo A., Kazuki Tainaka, Dimitri Perrin, et al.. (2015). Advanced CUBIC protocols for whole-brain and whole-body clearing and imaging. Nature Protocols. 10(11). 1709–1727. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yukinaga, Hiroko, Eishu Hirata, Kumiko Ui‐Tei, et al.. (2014). Fluctuation of Rac1 activity is associated with the phenotypic and transcriptional heterogeneity of glioma cells. Journal of Cell Science. 127(8). 1805–1815. 20 indexed citations

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Hirata, Eishu, Hiroko Yukinaga, Yuji Kamioka, et al.. (2012). In vivo fluorescence resonance energy transfer imaging reveals differential activation of Rho-family GTPases in glioblastoma cell invasion. Journal of Cell Science. 125(4). 858–868. 102 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Naoki, Kazuhiro Aoki, Masashi Yamada, et al.. (2011). Development of an optimized backbone of FRET biosensors for kinases and GTPases. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(23). 4647–4656. 450 indexed citations

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Yamazaki, Tomohiro, Naoko Fujiwara, Hiroko Yukinaga, et al.. (2010). The Closely Related RNA helicases, UAP56 and URH49, Preferentially Form Distinct mRNA Export Machineries and Coordinately Regulate Mitotic Progression. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(16). 2953–2965. 88 indexed citations

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