Itaru Samejima

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Itaru Samejima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Itaru Samejima has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Itaru Samejima's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (16 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers). Itaru Samejima is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (16 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers). Itaru Samejima collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and United States. Itaru Samejima's co-authors include Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Kenneth E. Sawin, William C. Earnshaw, Kumiko Samejima, Hilary A. Snaith, Masato T. Kanemaki, Anton Goloborodko, Johannes Nuebler, Leonid A. Mirny and Johan H. Gibcus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Itaru Samejima

29 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

A pathway for mitotic chr... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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. A pathway for mitotic chromosome formation
    2018 486 citations Johan H. Gibcus, Kumiko Samejima et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Itaru Samejima 1.9k 884 467 121 97 30 2.0k
Susanne Prinz 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 416 0.9× 89 0.7× 212 2.2× 12 2.1k
Christine Michaelis 3.0k 1.6× 1.7k 2.0× 762 1.6× 172 1.4× 191 2.0× 18 3.2k
Gislene Pereira 1.1k 0.6× 814 0.9× 296 0.6× 127 1.0× 48 0.5× 19 1.3k
Sue L. Jaspersen 3.5k 1.9× 1.9k 2.2× 703 1.5× 215 1.8× 171 1.8× 69 3.8k
Masamitsu Sato 1.2k 0.7× 829 0.9× 231 0.5× 61 0.5× 64 0.7× 57 1.4k
John R. Geiser 1.3k 0.7× 750 0.8× 204 0.4× 75 0.6× 86 0.9× 15 1.5k
Anton Khmelinskii 1.4k 0.7× 759 0.9× 198 0.4× 87 0.7× 186 1.9× 34 1.7k
Rosella Visintin 3.1k 1.6× 2.5k 2.8× 890 1.9× 98 0.8× 299 3.1× 22 3.4k
Simonetta Piatti 2.5k 1.3× 1.6k 1.8× 474 1.0× 136 1.1× 288 3.0× 51 2.7k
Hengyao Niu 2.6k 1.4× 432 0.5× 294 0.6× 241 2.0× 398 4.1× 46 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Itaru Samejima

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Itaru Samejima

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Itaru Samejima. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Itaru Samejima 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 Samejima. Itaru Samejima 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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Samejima, Itaru, et al.. (2025). Sustainable integrative cell biology: CENP-C is guilty by association. Chromosome Research. 33(1). 27–27.
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Samejima, Kumiko, Johan H. Gibcus, Sameer Abraham, et al.. (2025). Rules of engagement for condensins and cohesins guide mitotic chromosome formation. Science. 388(6743). eadq1709–eadq1709. 13 indexed citations
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Samejima, Itaru, Christos Spanos, Kumiko Samejima, et al.. (2022). Mapping the invisible chromatin transactions of prophase chromosome remodeling. Molecular Cell. 82(3). 696–708.e4. 12 indexed citations
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Gibcus, Johan H., Kumiko Samejima, Anton Goloborodko, et al.. (2018). A pathway for mitotic chromosome formation. Science. 359(6376). 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gibcus, Johan H., Kumiko Samejima, Anton Goloborodko, et al.. (2018). A pathway for mitotic chromosome formation. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Samejima, Itaru & William C. Earnshaw. (2018). Isolation of mitotic chromosomes from vertebrate cells and characterization of their proteome by mass spectrometry. Methods in cell biology. 144. 329–348. 3 indexed citations
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Samejima, Itaru, Melpomeni Platani, & William C. Earnshaw. (2017). Use of Mass Spectrometry to Study the Centromere and Kinetochore. Progress in molecular and subcellular biology. 56. 3–27. 3 indexed citations
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Booth, Daniel G., Alison J. Beckett, Òscar Molina, et al.. (2016). 3D-CLEM Reveals that a Major Portion of Mitotic Chromosomes Is Not Chromatin. Molecular Cell. 64(4). 790–802. 85 indexed citations
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Groocock, Lynda, Itaru Samejima, Juan Zou, et al.. (2015). Mto2 multisite phosphorylation inactivates non-spindle microtubule nucleation complexes during mitosis. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7929–7929. 24 indexed citations
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Langemeyer, Lars, Maria Alba Abad, Alastair Kerr, et al.. (2015). TD-60 links RalA GTPase function to the CPC in mitosis. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7678–7678. 41 indexed citations
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Samejima, Itaru, Caroline R.M. Wilkinson, Christopher McInerny, et al.. (2012). Fission Yeast 26S Proteasome Mutants Are Multi-Drug Resistant Due to Stabilization of the Pap1 Transcription Factor. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50796–e50796. 12 indexed citations
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Samejima, Itaru, Victoria J. Miller, Sergio A. Rincón, & Kenneth E. Sawin. (2010). Fission Yeast Mto1 Regulates Diversity of Cytoplasmic Microtubule Organizing Centers. Current Biology. 20(21). 1959–1965. 48 indexed citations
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Snaith, Hilary A., Andreas Anders, Itaru Samejima, & Kenneth E. Sawin. (2010). New and Old Reagents for Fluorescent Protein Tagging of Microtubules in Fission Yeast. Methods in cell biology. 97. 147–172. 38 indexed citations
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Samejima, Itaru, Paula C. Lourenco, Hilary A. Snaith, & Kenneth E. Sawin. (2005). Fission Yeast mto2p Regulates Microtubule Nucleation by the Centrosomin-related Protein mto1p. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(6). 3040–3051. 68 indexed citations
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Snaith, Hilary A., Itaru Samejima, & Kenneth E. Sawin. (2005). Multistep and multimode cortical anchoring of tea1p at cell tips in fission yeast. The EMBO Journal. 24(21). 3690–3699. 82 indexed citations
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Seeger, Michael, Rasmus Hartmann‐Petersen, Caroline R.M. Wilkinson, et al.. (2003). Interaction of the Anaphase-promoting Complex/Cyclosome and Proteasome Protein Complexes with Multiubiquitin Chain-binding Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(19). 16791–16796. 55 indexed citations
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Samejima, Itaru. (1997). Multiple modes of activation of the stress-responsive MAP kinase pathway in fission yeast. The EMBO Journal. 16(20). 6162–6170. 102 indexed citations
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Samejima, Itaru & Mitsuhiro Yanagida. (1994). Identification of cut8 + and cek1 + , a Novel Protein Kinase Gene, Which Complement a Fission Yeast Mutation That Blocks Anaphase. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(9). 6361–6371. 8 indexed citations
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Miyake, Shinji, et al.. (1993). Fission yeast genes nda1+ and nda4+, mutations of which lead to S-phase block, chromatin alteration and Ca2+ suppression, are members of the CDC46/MCM2 family.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4(10). 1003–1015. 70 indexed citations
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Uzawa, Satoru, et al.. (1990). The fission yeast cut1+ gene regulates spindle pole body duplication and has homology to the budding yeast ESP1 gene. Cell. 62(5). 913–925. 136 indexed citations

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