Hiroshi Nishimasu

15.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
89 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Nishimasu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Nishimasu has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Plant Science and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Nishimasu's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (47 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (36 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (19 papers). Hiroshi Nishimasu is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (47 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (36 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (19 papers). Hiroshi Nishimasu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Hiroshi Nishimasu's co-authors include Osamu Nureki, Ryuichiro Ishitani, Feng Zhang, Patrick D. Hsu, Silvana Konermann, F. Ann Ran, Naoshi Dohmae, Soraya I. Shehata, Jonathan S. Gootenberg and Omar O. Abudayyeh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Nishimasu

87 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex

2014 2.0k citations Silvana Konermann, Mark D. Brigham et al. Nature profile →
Crystal Structure of Cas9 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA

2014 1.7k citations Hiroshi Nishimasu, F. Ann Ran et al. profile →
Crystal Structure of Cas9 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA

2014 693 citations Hiroshi Nishimasu, Naoshi Dohmae et al. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) profile →
Crystal Structure of Cpf1 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA

2016 552 citations Takashi Yamano, Hiroshi Nishimasu et al. profile →
Amplification-free RNA detection with CRISPR–Cas13

2021 169 citations Ryoya Nakagawa, Sae Okazaki et al. Communications Biology profile →
Rapid in silico directed evolution by a protein language model with EVOLVEpro

2024 73 citations Kaiyi Jiang, Lukas Villiger et al. Science profile →
Bridge RNAs direct programmable recombination of target and donor DNA

2024 67 citations Matthew G. Durrant, Nicholas T. Perry et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroshi Nishimasu Japan	42	9.4k	1.4k	1.3k	882	573	89	10.4k
Julie E. Norville United States	8	8.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	911 0.7×	540 0.6×	586 1.0×	12	8.9k
Matthew H. Larson United States	14	8.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	658 0.5×	525 0.6×	515 0.9×	19	8.9k
Silvana Konermann United States	18	15.2k 1.6×	2.7k 2.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	1.2k 2.0×	26	16.3k
Luke A. Gilbert United States	38	16.2k 1.7×	2.8k 2.0×	1.3k 1.0×	941 1.1×	1.2k 2.0×	68	18.0k
Erik J. Sontheimer United States	45	11.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	703 0.8×	429 0.7×	92	13.7k
Sangsu Bae South Korea	34	6.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	664 0.8×	430 0.8×	112	7.1k
Alexis C. Komor United States	18	9.1k 1.0×	2.5k 1.8×	1.3k 1.0×	860 1.0×	535 0.9×	41	9.9k
Michael S. Packer United States	14	8.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	748 0.8×	453 0.8×	18	9.0k
Aditya Raguram United States	19	6.6k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	531 0.6×	332 0.6×	23	7.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kannan, Soumya, et al.. (2026). Structural visualization of the molecular evolution of CRISPR–Cas9. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 33(2). 304–317.

Azam, Aa Haeruman, Asuteka Nagao, Yoshitaka Mitsuda, et al.. (2025). Structural mechanism of the Retron-Eco7 anti-phage defense system. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10821–10821.

Villiger, Lukas, Justin Lim, Masahiro Hiraizumi, et al.. (2025). Reprogramming site-specific retrotransposon activity to new DNA sites. Nature. 642(8069). 1080–1089. 8 indexed citations

Hiraizumi, Masahiro, Nicholas T. Perry, Matthew G. Durrant, et al.. (2024). Structural mechanism of bridge RNA-guided recombination. Nature. 630(8018). 994–1002. 31 indexed citations

Mise‐Omata, Setsuko, Makoto Ando, Tanakorn Srirat, et al.. (2023). SOCS3 deletion in effector T cells confers an anti-tumorigenic role of IL-6 to the pro-tumorigenic cytokine. Cell Reports. 42(8). 112940–112940. 7 indexed citations

Strecker, Jonathan, F. Esra Demircioglu, David Li, et al.. (2022). RNA-activated protein cleavage with a CRISPR-associated endopeptidase. Science. 378(6622). 874–881. 48 indexed citations

Kato, Kazuki, Sae Okazaki, Cian Schmitt-Ulms, et al.. (2022). RNA-triggered protein cleavage and cell growth arrest by the type III-E CRISPR nuclease-protease. Science. 378(6622). 882–889. 35 indexed citations

Nakagawa, Ryoya, Soh Ishiguro, Sae Okazaki, et al.. (2022). Engineered Campylobacter jejuni Cas9 variant with enhanced activity and broader targeting range. Communications Biology. 5(1). 211–211. 25 indexed citations

Lim, Jung Min, Seonwoo Min, Dong Young Kim, et al.. (2021). Generation of a more efficient prime editor 2 by addition of the Rad51 DNA-binding domain. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5617–5617. 65 indexed citations

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Oura, Seiya, Taichi Noda, Naoko Morimura, et al.. (2021). Precise CAG repeat contraction in a Huntington’s Disease mouse model is enabled by gene editing with SpCas9-NG. Communications Biology. 4(1). 771–771. 23 indexed citations

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Ishiguro, Soh, Hideto Mori, Mamoru Tanaka, et al.. (2020). Publisher Correction: Base editors for simultaneous introduction of C-to-T and A-to-G mutations. Nature Biotechnology. 38(7). 901–901. 2 indexed citations

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Ishiguro, Soh, Hideto Mori, Mamoru Tanaka, et al.. (2020). Base editors for simultaneous introduction of C-to-T and A-to-G mutations. Nature Biotechnology. 38(7). 865–869. 151 indexed citations

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Kondo, Taisuke, Makoto Ando, Nao Nagai, et al.. (2019). The NOTCH–FOXM1 Axis Plays a Key Role in Mitochondrial Biogenesis in the Induction of Human Stem Cell Memory–like CAR-T Cells. Cancer Research. 80(3). 471–483. 67 indexed citations

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Hirano, Seiichi, Omar O. Abudayyeh, Jonathan S. Gootenberg, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for the promiscuous PAM recognition by Corynebacterium diphtheriae Cas9. Nature. 5 indexed citations

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Akichika, Shinichiro, Seiichi Hirano, Yuichi Shichino, et al.. (2018). Cap-specific terminal N ⁶ -methylation of RNA by an RNA polymerase II–associated methyltransferase. Science. 363(6423). 282 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Takeshi, Yusuke Endo, Atsushi Onodera, et al.. (2018). DUSP10 constrains innate IL-33-mediated cytokine production in ST2hi memory-type pathogenic Th2 cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4231–4231. 38 indexed citations

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Gao, Linyi, David Cox, Winston X. Yan, et al.. (2017). Engineered Cpf1 variants with altered PAM specificities. PMC. 1 indexed citations

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Kato, Kazuki, Takanori Nakane, Yuki Kondo, et al.. (2016). Crystal structure of the plant receptor - like kinase TDR in complex with the TDIF peptide. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 8 indexed citations

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Konermann, Silvana, Mark D. Brigham, Alexandro E. Trevino, et al.. (2016). Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 10 indexed citations

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Nishimasu, Hiroshi, Naoshi Dohmae, Ryuichiro Ishitani, et al.. (2014). Crystal Structure of Cas9 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 693 indexed citations breakdown →

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