Itaru Okamoto

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Itaru Okamoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Itaru Okamoto has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Itaru Okamoto's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (25 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (22 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Itaru Okamoto is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (25 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (22 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Itaru Okamoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Singapore and Czechia. Itaru Okamoto's co-authors include Akira Ono, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Yoko Miyake, Hidetaka Torigoe, Shuji Oda, Shiqi Cao, Mitsuru Tashiro, Tomoya Machinami, Takashi Fujimoto and Jiro Kondo and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Nucleic Acids Research and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Itaru Okamoto

32 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Specific interactions between silver(i) ions and cytosine... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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.

  1. Specific interactions between silver(i) ions and cytosine–cytosine pairs in DNA duplexes
    2008 667 citations Akira Ono, Shiqi Cao et al. Chemical Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Itaru Okamoto Japan 18 1.8k 383 310 280 254 33 2.0k
Shuji Oda Japan 6 2.0k 1.1× 568 1.5× 712 2.3× 142 0.5× 452 1.8× 13 2.3k
Bingying Jiang China 28 1.6k 0.9× 451 1.2× 145 0.5× 238 0.8× 877 3.5× 99 2.1k
Liansheng Ling China 29 1.6k 0.9× 499 1.3× 210 0.7× 104 0.4× 852 3.4× 80 2.1k
Bernard Juskowiak Poland 22 1.5k 0.8× 306 0.8× 203 0.7× 60 0.2× 327 1.3× 92 1.8k
Rafael Prado‐Gotor Spain 20 633 0.3× 346 0.9× 64 0.2× 185 0.7× 202 0.8× 79 1.3k
Yusuke Takezawa Japan 21 1.5k 0.8× 201 0.5× 109 0.4× 384 1.4× 127 0.5× 39 1.8k
Takenori Dairaku Japan 13 754 0.4× 163 0.4× 104 0.3× 164 0.6× 92 0.4× 28 923
Shasheng Huang China 19 676 0.4× 325 0.8× 135 0.4× 83 0.3× 348 1.4× 54 1.3k
Nurul Huda Abd Karim Malaysia 15 868 0.5× 118 0.3× 80 0.3× 251 0.9× 177 0.7× 46 1.2k
Iouri E. Borissevitch Brazil 28 609 0.3× 1.3k 3.4× 150 0.5× 88 0.3× 610 2.4× 81 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Itaru Okamoto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Itaru Okamoto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Itaru Okamoto

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kimoto, Michiko, et al.. (2020). Cognate base‐pair selectivity of hydrophobic unnatural bases in DNA ligation by T4 DNA ligase. Biopolymers. 112(1). e23407–e23407. 8 indexed citations
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Saneyoshi, Hisao, et al.. (2016). Synthesis and Characterization of Cell-Permeable Oligonucleotides Bearing Reduction-Activated Protecting Groups on the Internucleotide Linkages. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 27(9). 2149–2156. 17 indexed citations
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Saneyoshi, Hisao, et al.. (2015). Development of a photolabile protecting group for phosphodiesters in oligonucleotides. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(10). 2129–2132. 9 indexed citations
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Kondo, Jiro, Takenori Dairaku, Hisao Saneyoshi, et al.. (2015). High‐Resolution Crystal Structure of a Silver(I)–RNA Hybrid Duplex Containing Watson–Crick‐like CSilver(I)C Metallo‐Base Pairs. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(45). 13323–13326. 86 indexed citations
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Kondo, Jiro, Takenori Dairaku, Hisao Saneyoshi, et al.. (2015). High‐Resolution Crystal Structure of a Silver(I)–RNA Hybrid Duplex Containing Watson–Crick‐like CSilver(I)C Metallo‐Base Pairs. Angewandte Chemie. 127(45). 13521–13524. 30 indexed citations
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O’Donovan, Liz, Itaru Okamoto, Andrey Arzumanov, et al.. (2014). Parallel Synthesis of Cell-Penetrating Peptide Conjugates of PMO Toward Exon Skipping Enhancement in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 25(1). 1–10. 15 indexed citations
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Kondo, Jiro, et al.. (2014). Crystal Structure of Metallo DNA Duplex Containing Consecutive Watson–Crick‐like T–HgII–T Base Pairs. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(9). 2385–2388. 124 indexed citations
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Kondo, Jiro, et al.. (2014). Crystal Structure of Metallo DNA Duplex Containing Consecutive Watson–Crick‐like T–HgII–T Base Pairs. Angewandte Chemie. 126(9). 2417–2420. 44 indexed citations
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Uchiyama, Tomomi, Takashi Miura, Hideo Takeuchi, et al.. (2012). Raman spectroscopic detection of the T-Hg II -T base pair and the ionic characteristics of mercury. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(12). 5766–5774. 45 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Itaru, et al.. (2012). Metal ion-binding properties of DNA duplexes containing thiopyrimidine base pairs. Chemical Communications. 48(36). 4347–4347. 48 indexed citations
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Torigoe, Hidetaka, Itaru Okamoto, Takenori Dairaku, et al.. (2012). Thermodynamic and structural properties of the specific binding between Ag+ ion and C:C mismatched base pair in duplex DNA to form C–Ag–C metal-mediated base pair. Biochimie. 94(11). 2431–2440. 85 indexed citations
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Ono, Akira, Hidetaka Torigoe, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, & Itaru Okamoto. (2011). Binding of metal ions by pyrimidine base pairs in DNA duplexes. Chemical Society Reviews. 40(12). 5855–5855. 293 indexed citations
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Ono, Takashi, et al.. (2010). Synthesis of covalently linked parallel and antiparallel DNA duplexes containing the metal-mediated base pairs T–Hg(ii)–T and C–Ag(i)–C. Chemical Communications. 47(5). 1542–1544. 36 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Itaru, et al.. (2009). Metal‐Ion Selectivity of Chemically Modified Uracil Pairs in DNA Duplexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(9). 1648–1651. 113 indexed citations
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Ono, Akira, Takashi Fujimoto, Tomoya Machinami, et al.. (2008). DNA二重螺旋中のシトシン-シトシン対と銀(I)イオンの間の特殊相互作用. Chemical Communications. 4825–4827. 3 indexed citations
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Ono, Akira, Shiqi Cao, Mitsuru Tashiro, et al.. (2008). Specific interactions between silver(i) ions and cytosine–cytosine pairs in DNA duplexes. Chemical Communications. 4825–4825. 667 indexed citations breakdown →
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Okamoto, Itaru, Kohji Seio, & Mitsuo Sekine. (2006). Triplex forming ability of oligonucleotides containing 2′-O-methyl-2-thiouridine or 2-thiothymidine. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(12). 3334–3336. 17 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Itaru, et al.. (2000). Synthesis and properties of 2′-O-Methyl-2-thiouridine and oligoribonucleotides containing 2′-O-Methyl-2-thiouridine. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 10(16). 1795–1798. 40 indexed citations

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