Jun Ishii

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
188 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Jun Ishii is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Jun Ishii has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 26 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Jun Ishii's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (39 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (37 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (29 papers). Jun Ishii is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (39 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (37 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (29 papers). Jun Ishii collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Indonesia. Jun Ishii's co-authors include Kei‐Mu Yi, David Hummels, Akihiko Kondo, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Fumio Matsuda, Kiyotaka Y. Hara, Takashi Kondo, Akihiko Kondo, Fumiyoshi Okazaki and Chiaki Ogino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jun Ishii

186 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

The nature and growth of vertical specialization in world trade

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jun Ishii Japan	33	2.5k	1.8k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	188	5.8k
Catherine Paul France	40	2.1k 0.9×	560 0.3×	252 0.2×	1.5k 1.3×	503 0.4×	147	6.1k
Weidong Liu China	39	2.1k 0.9×	148 0.1×	573 0.4×	360 0.3×	179 0.2×	248	6.4k
Bong‐Soo Lee South Korea	39	1.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	374 0.3×	2.1k 1.8×	427 0.4×	168	5.5k
Hiroyuki Kasahara Japan	35	3.2k 1.3×	731 0.4×	47 0.0×	829 0.7×	504 0.4×	108	6.2k
James M. MacDonald United States	33	415 0.2×	285 0.2×	201 0.2×	977 0.8×	420 0.4×	127	3.3k
Shan Shan China	35	1.6k 0.7×	50 0.0×	530 0.4×	684 0.6×	124 0.1×	202	4.8k
Ling‐Yun He China	33	307 0.1×	342 0.2×	186 0.1×	2.1k 1.8×	309 0.3×	168	3.9k
D. Benjamin Gordon United States	20	1.7k 0.7×	3.1k 1.7×	112 0.1×	2.6k 2.2×	72 0.1×	33	6.0k
Peter L. Rogers Australia	42	3.1k 1.2×	55 0.0×	2.4k 1.9×	272 0.2×	107 0.1×	159	5.6k
Arpita Chatterjee United States	22	538 0.2×	350 0.2×	50 0.0×	350 0.3×	94 0.1×	107	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Jun Ishii

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jun Ishii

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jun Ishii

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

All Works

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Tominaga, Masahiro, Keisuke Kawakami, Hiroshi Ogawa, et al.. (2025). Production of borneol, camphor, and bornyl acetate using engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 20. e00259–e00259. 2 indexed citations

Morita, Kenta, Jun Ishii, Hideo Kawaguchi, et al.. (2023). Nanoscopic lignin mapping on cellulose nanofibers via scanning transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Cellulose. 30(18). 11357–11367. 4 indexed citations

Okahashi, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2023). Improved 2,3-Butanediol Production Rate of Metabolically Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Deletion of RIM15 and Activation of Pyruvate Consumption Pathway. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(22). 16378–16378. 4 indexed citations

Ito, Yoichiro, Goro Terai, Yasuyuki Nakamura, et al.. (2022). A streamlined strain engineering workflow with genome-wide screening detects enhanced protein secretion in Komagataella phaffii. Communications Biology. 5(1). 561–561. 9 indexed citations

Morita, Kenta, Yuya Nishimura, Jun Ishii, & Tatsuo Maruyama. (2022). Micelle-like Nanoassemblies of Short Peptides Create Antimicrobial Selectivity in a Conventional Antifungal Drug. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(2). 1432–1440. 6 indexed citations

Tominaga, Masahiro, Akihiko Kondo, & Jun Ishii. (2022). Engineering of Synthetic Transcriptional Switches in Yeast. Life. 12(4). 557–557. 7 indexed citations

Vavricka, Christopher J., Shunsuke Takahashi, Naoki Watanabe, et al.. (2022). Machine learning discovery of missing links that mediate alternative branches to plant alkaloids. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1405–1405. 21 indexed citations

Morita, Keisuke, et al.. (2022). Improvement of 2,3-butanediol production by dCas9 gene expression system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 133(3). 208–212. 6 indexed citations

Tominaga, Masahiro, et al.. (2022). Enhanced squalene production by modulation of pathways consuming squalene and its precursor. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 134(1). 1–6. 9 indexed citations

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Otsuka, Kensuke, Yoshihiro Toya, Jun Ishii, et al.. (2022). Evolutionary approach for improved proton pumping activity of heterologous rhodopsin expressed in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 134(6). 484–490. 2 indexed citations

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Yoshizawa‐Fujita, Masahiro, Jun Ishii, Yuko Takeoka, & Masahiro Rikukawa. (2021). Oligoether/Zwitterion Diblock Copolymers: Synthesis and Application as Cathode-Coating Material for Li Batteries. Polymers. 13(5). 800–800. 9 indexed citations

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Yoshizawa‐Fujita, Masahiro, et al.. (2021). Ion Conductive Behavior of Oligoether/Zwitterion Diblock Copolymers Containing Magnesium Salt. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 223(8). 2 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Yuya, Kenta Morita, Masao Nakayama, et al.. (2020). In Vivo Evaluation of the Z_HER2-BNC/LP Carrier Encapsulating an Anticancer Drug and a Radiosensitizer. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3(11). 7743–7751. 2 indexed citations

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Ito, Yoichiro, Goro Terai, Yasuyuki Nakamura, et al.. (2020). Exchange of endogenous and heterogeneous yeast terminators in Pichia pastoris to tune mRNA stability and gene expression. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(22). 13000–13012. 40 indexed citations

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Vavricka, Christopher J., Takanobu Yoshida, Yuki Kuriya, et al.. (2019). Mechanism-based tuning of insect 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase for synthetic bioproduction of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2015–2015. 29 indexed citations

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Matsui, Makoto, Jun Ishii, Toshitaka Kumagai, et al.. (2018). Biosynthesis of Novel Statins by Combining Heterologous Genes from Xylaria and Aspergillus. ACS Synthetic Biology. 7(12). 2783–2789. 9 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Yasuyuki, Yoichiro Ito, Toru Watanabe, et al.. (2018). A Stable, Autonomously Replicating Plasmid Vector Containing Pichia pastoris Centromeric DNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(15). 36 indexed citations

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Tamano, Koichi, Robert Sidney Cox, Kenji Tsuge, et al.. (2018). Heterologous production of free dihomo-γ-linolenic acid by Aspergillus oryzae and its extracellular release via surfactant supplementation. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 127(4). 451–457. 11 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Yasuyuki, et al.. (2017). Modifying Expression Modes of Human Neurotensin Receptor Type 1 Alters Sensing Capabilities for Agonists in Yeast Signaling Biosensor. Biotechnology Journal. 13(4). e1700522–e1700522. 8 indexed citations

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Fukuda, Nobuo, et al.. (2017). Positive Detection of GPCR Antagonists Using a System for Inverted Expression of a Fluorescent Reporter Gene. ACS Synthetic Biology. 6(8). 1554–1562. 6 indexed citations

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