Ikuya Nonaka

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ikuya Nonaka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ikuya Nonaka has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Ikuya Nonaka's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (13 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (8 papers). Ikuya Nonaka is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (13 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (8 papers). Ikuya Nonaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Singapore. Ikuya Nonaka's co-authors include Masashi Miyake, Kenzo Hamano, Eri Kondo-Iida, Kiichiro Matsumura, Katsushi Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Masaya Segawa, Kayoko Saito, Makiko Ōsawa and Yutaka Nakahori and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Acta Neuropathologica.

In The Last Decade

Ikuya Nonaka

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

An ancient retrotransposa... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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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. An ancient retrotransposal insertion causes Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy
    1998 624 citations Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Yutaka Nakahori et al. Nature profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ikuya Nonaka Japan 17 977 228 195 150 146 31 1.2k
L. Palmucci Italy 18 778 0.8× 237 1.0× 125 0.6× 143 1.0× 357 2.4× 74 1.1k
Norma B. Romero France 22 1.2k 1.2× 291 1.3× 174 0.9× 182 1.2× 391 2.7× 44 1.7k
H. Moser United States 17 1.4k 1.5× 146 0.6× 403 2.1× 172 1.1× 143 1.0× 27 1.7k
Jens Reimann Germany 22 845 0.9× 265 1.2× 176 0.9× 296 2.0× 221 1.5× 55 1.3k
Helen Griffin United Kingdom 23 1.0k 1.1× 374 1.6× 92 0.5× 160 1.1× 101 0.7× 49 1.5k
Emil Ylikallio Finland 20 952 1.0× 287 1.3× 134 0.7× 125 0.8× 42 0.3× 37 1.2k
Beate Schlotter‐Weigel Germany 15 779 0.8× 338 1.5× 348 1.8× 240 1.6× 112 0.8× 24 1.3k
Martin Krahn France 19 1.1k 1.1× 289 1.3× 201 1.0× 175 1.2× 245 1.7× 64 1.4k
Stefania Assereto Italy 17 563 0.6× 71 0.3× 105 0.5× 138 0.9× 53 0.4× 24 791
Simon Hammans United Kingdom 25 1.4k 1.4× 425 1.9× 96 0.5× 91 0.6× 59 0.4× 45 1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ikuya Nonaka

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All Works

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Nakada, Kazuto, et al.. (2001). Correlation of Functional and Ultrastructural Abnormalities of Mitochondria in Mouse Heart Carrying a Pathogenic Mutant mtDNA with a 4696-bp Deletion. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 288(4). 901–907. 25 indexed citations
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Shibuya, Seiji, et al.. (2001). Muscle Plasma Membrane Changes in Dystrophin Gene Exon 52 Knockout Mouse. Pathology - Research and Practice. 197(6). 441–447. 5 indexed citations
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Matsui, T, Kumiko Ando, Eri Kondo-Iida, et al.. (2000). A case of Walker–Warburg syndrome. Brain and Development. 22(7). 454–457. 6 indexed citations
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Shimizu, N., et al.. (2000). [A case of riboflavin-responsive multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (glutaric aciduria type II)].. PubMed. 32(2). 163–8. 3 indexed citations
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Tsujino, Seiichi, Maryann L. Huie, Naomi Kanazawa, et al.. (2000). Frequent mutations in Japanese patients with acid maltase deficiency. Neuromuscular Disorders. 10(8). 599–603. 31 indexed citations
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Murakami, Nobuyuki, Fumitaka Oyama, Yongjun Gu, et al.. (1998). Accumulation of Tau in Autophagic Vacuoles in Chloroquine Myopathy. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 57(7). 664–673. 37 indexed citations
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Fujieda, Mikiya, Nobuyuki Murakami, Taisuke Okada, et al.. (1998). Lysosomal glycogen storage disease with normal acid maltase with early fatal outcome. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 160(2). 175–179. 24 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Hidenori, et al.. (1998). Up-regulation of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) expression in regenerating muscle fibers in neuromuscular diseases. Neuroscience Letters. 257(3). 165–167. 21 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Kazuhiro, Yutaka Nakahori, Masashi Miyake, et al.. (1998). An ancient retrotransposal insertion causes Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy. Nature. 394(6691). 388–392. 624 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sasaki, Masayuki, Maiko Takeda, Keiko Kobayashi, & Ikuya Nonaka. (1997). Respiratory failure in nemaline myopathy. Pediatric Neurology. 16(4). 344–346. 19 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Junko, Toshisaburo Nagai, Hiroshi Arai, et al.. (1997). Treatment of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with a combination of cytochrome C and vitamins B1 and B2. Brain and Development. 19(4). 262–267. 32 indexed citations
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Goto, Yu-ichi, Ichizo Nishino, Satoshi Horai, & Ikuya Nonaka. (1996). Detection of DNA Fragments Encompassing the Deletion Junction of Mitochondrial Genome. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 222(2). 215–219. 12 indexed citations
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Goto, Yu‐ichi, et al.. (1995). A carrier of Duchenne muscular dystrophy with dilated cardiomyopathy but no skeletal muscle symptom. Brain and Development. 17(3). 202–205. 16 indexed citations
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Sugie, Hideo, Yoko Sugie, Masataka Ito, et al.. (1995). Genetic analysis of Japanese patients with myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease): single-codon deletion in exon 17 is the predominant mutation. Clinica Chimica Acta. 236(1). 81–86. 29 indexed citations
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Hori, Shinichiro, et al.. (1994). Multiplicity of abnormal dystrophin in Becker muscular dystrophy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 121(2). 183–189. 2 indexed citations
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Nonaka, Ikuya, et al.. (1994). Autosomal recessive distal muscular dystrophy: Normal expression of dystrophin, utrophin and dystrophin-associated proteins in muscle fibers. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 126(1). 70–76. 10 indexed citations
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Nagai, Toshiro, et al.. (1993). Myopathy with abnormal distribution of dystrophin, growth retardation, mental retardation, and hypospadia. Pediatric Neurology. 9(3). 239–242. 3 indexed citations
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Goto, Yu‐ichi, et al.. (1992). Leigh encephalopathy: Histologic and biochemical analyses of muscle biopsies. Pediatric Neurology. 8(5). 328–332. 12 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Takashi, et al.. (1989). Muscle histochemistry in myotubular (centronuclear) myopathy. Brain and Development. 11(1). 26–32. 12 indexed citations
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Kamakura, Keiko, Shoichi Ishiura, Takehisa Fujita, Ikuya Nonaka, & Hideo Sugita. (1985). Localization of calcium‐activated neutral protease (CANP) in the peripheral nerve. Muscle & Nerve. 8(5). 380–382. 6 indexed citations

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