Hiroshi Akashi

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Akashi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Akashi has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Akashi's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (21 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Hiroshi Akashi is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (21 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Hiroshi Akashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Hiroshi Akashi's co-authors include Takashi Gojobori, Naoki Osada, Adam Eyre‐Walker, Martin Kreitman, Stephen W. Schaeffer, Walter Gilbert, Robert L. Dorit, Kaori Iida, Tomoko Ohta and Wen‐Ya Ko and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Akashi

44 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Synonymous codon usage in Drosophila melanogaster: natural selection and translational accuracy.

1994 585 citations Hiroshi Akashi Genetics profile →
Metabolic efficiency and amino acid composition in the proteomes of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

2002 529 citations Hiroshi Akashi et al. profile →

Peers

Hiroshi Akashi

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Kevin Thornton United States

Kim C. Worley United States

Daniel R. Schrider United States

Gavin C. Conant United States

Qiye Li China

J. J. Emerson United States

Colin D. Meiklejohn United States

Michèle Tixier‐Boichard France

Kateryna D. Makova United States

Christine Queitsch United States

Kevin Thornton United States

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2.9k ×1.7

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1.1k ×1.9

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291 ×0.8

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540 ×1.8

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Citations per year, relative to Hiroshi Akashi Hiroshi Akashi (= 1×) peers Kevin Thornton

Countries citing papers authored by Hiroshi Akashi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hiroshi Akashi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Akashi

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

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Hasegawa, Morifumi, Masaki Ishikawa, Gen Yamada, et al.. (2025). Androgen-regulated gene expression of developing external genitalia in mice. Gene. 965. 149669–149669.

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Toyota, Kenji, Miyuki Mekuchi, Hiroshi Akashi, Shinichi Miyagawa, & Tsuyoshi Ohira. (2023). Sexual dimorphic eyestalk transcriptome of kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus. Gene. 885. 147700–147700. 5 indexed citations

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Akashi, Hiroshi, et al.. (2022). Chronology of embryonic and gonadal development in the Reeves’ turtle, Mauremys reevesii. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 11619–11619. 2 indexed citations

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Blanckenhorn, Wolf U., David Berger, Patrick T. Rohner, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive thermal performance curves for yellow dung fly life history traits and the temperature-size-rule. Journal of Thermal Biology. 100. 103069–103069. 16 indexed citations

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Horie, Masayuki, Hiroshi Akashi, Masakado Kawata, & Keizō Tomonaga. (2020). Identification of a reptile lyssavirus in Anolis allogus provided novel insights into lyssavirus evolution. Virus Genes. 57(1). 40–49. 7 indexed citations

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Nagata, Nobuaki, Luis M. Díaz, Yukari Suzuki‐Ohno, et al.. (2018). Factors affecting interspecific differences in genetic divergence among populations of Anolis lizards in Cuba. Zoological Letters. 4(1). 21–21. 11 indexed citations

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Takii, Ryosuke, Mitsuaki Fujimoto, Eiichi Takaki, et al.. (2017). HSF1 and HSF3 cooperatively regulate the heat shock response in lizards. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180776–e0180776. 21 indexed citations

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Satoh, Aya, et al.. (2017). Red-shift of spectral sensitivity due to screening pigment migration in the eyes of a moth, Adoxophyes orana. Zoological Letters. 3(1). 14–14. 18 indexed citations

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Baeza-Centurión, Pablo, et al.. (2016). Codon Usage Selection Can Bias Estimation of the Fraction of Adaptive Amino Acid Fixations. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 33(6). 1580–1589. 17 indexed citations

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Mallik, Saurav, Hiroshi Akashi, & Sudip Kundu. (2015). Assembly constraints drive co-evolution among ribosomal constituents. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(11). 5352–5363. 12 indexed citations

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Tezuka, Ayumi, et al.. (2012). Comprehensive Primer Design for Analysis of Population Genetics in Non-Sequenced Organisms. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e32314–e32314. 7 indexed citations

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Heizer, Esley M., et al.. (2008). Do Amino Acid Biosynthetic Costs Constrain Protein Evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae?. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 67(6). 621–630. 46 indexed citations

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Akashi, Hiroshi, et al.. (2007). Ancestral Inference and the Study of Codon Bias Evolution: Implications for Molecular Evolutionary Analyses of the Drosophila melanogaster Subgroup. PLoS ONE. 2(10). e1065–e1065. 16 indexed citations

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Akashi, Hiroshi. (2001). Gene expression and molecular evolution. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 11(6). 660–666. 285 indexed citations

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Iida, Kaori & Hiroshi Akashi. (2000). A test of translational selection at ‘silent’ sites in the human genome: base composition comparisons in alternatively spliced genes. Gene. 261(1). 93–105. 86 indexed citations

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Akashi, Hiroshi. (1999). Within- and between-species DNA sequence variation and the ‘footprint’ of natural selection. Gene. 238(1). 39–51. 70 indexed citations

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Akashi, Hiroshi & Adam Eyre‐Walker. (1998). Translational selection and molecular evolution. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 8(6). 688–693. 178 indexed citations

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Akashi, Hiroshi. (1997). Codon bias evolution in Drosophila. Population genetics of mutation-selection drift. Gene. 205(1-2). 269–278. 123 indexed citations

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Dorit, Robert L., Hiroshi Akashi, & Walter Gilbert. (1995). Absence of Polymorphism at the ZFY Locus on the Human Y Chromosome. Science. 268(5214). 1183–1185. 151 indexed citations

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Akashi, Hiroshi. (1995). Inferring weak selection from patterns of polymorphism and divergence at "silent" sites in Drosophila DNA.. Genetics. 139(2). 1067–1076. 446 indexed citations

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