Junichiro Yajima

977 total citations
32 papers, 713 citations indexed

About

Junichiro Yajima is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Junichiro Yajima has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 713 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cell Biology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Junichiro Yajima's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (23 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (12 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers). Junichiro Yajima is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (23 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (12 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers). Junichiro Yajima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and South Korea. Junichiro Yajima's co-authors include Yoko Y. Toyoshima, Takayuki Nishizaka, Robert A. Cross, Masaki Edamatsu, Shin’ichi Ishiwata, Sotaro Uemura, Kenji Kawaguchi, María C. Alonso, M. Ueki and Takeo Usui and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The EMBO Journal and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Junichiro Yajima

29 papers receiving 705 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Junichiro Yajima Japan 15 503 395 85 70 65 32 713
Johan O. L. Andreasson United States 14 444 0.9× 575 1.5× 98 1.2× 124 1.8× 93 1.4× 19 942
Nathan D. Derr United States 9 316 0.6× 488 1.2× 84 1.0× 36 0.5× 121 1.9× 17 713
Jonathan W. Driver United States 11 377 0.7× 239 0.6× 102 1.2× 62 0.9× 51 0.8× 14 569
Itsushi Minoura Japan 11 302 0.6× 286 0.7× 97 1.1× 31 0.4× 65 1.0× 18 497
Suvranta K. Tripathy United States 9 391 0.8× 328 0.8× 85 1.0× 111 1.6× 58 0.9× 25 600
Zeynep Ökten Germany 13 346 0.7× 382 1.0× 54 0.6× 88 1.3× 72 1.1× 22 697
Edward Pate United States 19 838 1.7× 1.1k 2.9× 43 0.5× 198 2.8× 157 2.4× 41 1.8k
Isabelle Crevel United Kingdom 12 731 1.5× 660 1.7× 58 0.7× 23 0.3× 14 0.2× 16 972
Ranjith Padinhateeri India 17 193 0.4× 642 1.6× 46 0.5× 31 0.4× 49 0.8× 61 875
Christian Hentrich Germany 8 451 0.9× 456 1.2× 65 0.8× 11 0.2× 31 0.5× 12 660

Countries citing papers authored by Junichiro Yajima

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junichiro Yajima

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junichiro Yajima

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Junichiro Yajima. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Junichiro Yajima 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 Junichiro Yajima. Junichiro Yajima 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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Yajima, Junichiro, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional beating pattern of the ciliary tip in the live ciliate Tetrahymena. Journal of Cell Science. 138(20).
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Yajima, Junichiro, et al.. (2024). Two Tetrahymena kinesin-9 family members exhibit slow plus-end-directed motility in vitro. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20993–20993. 2 indexed citations
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Jung, Wonyeong, et al.. (2024). Myosin‐induced F‐actin fragmentation facilitates contraction of actin networks. Cytoskeleton. 81(8). 339–355. 1 indexed citations
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Yajima, Junichiro, et al.. (2024). Effect of temperature on actin filament corkscrewing driven by nonprocessive myosin IC. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 703. 149597–149597. 1 indexed citations
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Furuta, Akane, et al.. (2024). Tether-scanning the kinesin motor domain reveals a core mechanical action. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(30). e2403739121–e2403739121. 1 indexed citations
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Cross, Robert A., et al.. (2022). Motor generated torque drives coupled yawing and orbital rotations of kinesin coated gold nanorods. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1368–1368. 6 indexed citations
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Toya, Mika, et al.. (2022). Fission yeast Dis1 is an unconventional TOG/XMAP215 that induces microtubule catastrophe to drive chromosome pulling. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1298–1298. 1 indexed citations
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Drummond, Douglas R., et al.. (2022). Anchoring geometry is a significant factor in determining the direction of kinesin-14 motility on microtubules. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 15417–15417. 8 indexed citations
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Davies, Tim, Toshihisa Osaki, Takuya Kobayashi, et al.. (2021). CYK4 relaxes the bias in the off-axis motion by MKLP1 kinesin-6. Communications Biology. 4(1). 180–180. 17 indexed citations
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Yajima, Junichiro, et al.. (2021). Three-dimensional tracking of the ciliate Tetrahymena reveals the mechanism of ciliary stroke-driven helical swimming. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1209–1209. 14 indexed citations
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Yajima, Junichiro, et al.. (2021). Characterization of the motility of monomeric kinesin-5/Cin8. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 555. 115–120. 10 indexed citations
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Nishizaka, Takayuki, et al.. (2020). N‐terminal β‐strand of single‐headed kinesin‐1 can modulate the off‐axis force‐generation and resultant rotation pitch. Cytoskeleton. 77(9). 351–361. 8 indexed citations
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Masaike, Tomoko, Keitaro Shibata, Kei Saito, et al.. (2018). Circular orientation fluorescence emitter imaging (COFEI) of rotational motion of motor proteins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 504(4). 709–714. 5 indexed citations
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Ito, Yuko, et al.. (2017). Dissection of the angle of single fluorophore attached to the nucleotide in corkscrewing microtubules. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 485(3). 614–620. 8 indexed citations
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Ichikawa, Muneyoshi, Kei Saito, Haruaki Yanagisawa, et al.. (2015). Axonemal dynein light chain-1 locates at the microtubule-binding domain of the γ heavy chain. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(23). 4236–4247. 15 indexed citations
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Yajima, Junichiro, et al.. (2008). A torque component present in mitotic kinesin Eg5 revealed by three-dimensional tracking. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 15(10). 1119–1121. 92 indexed citations
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Yajima, Junichiro & Robert A. Cross. (2005). A torque component in the kinesin-1 power stroke. Nature Chemical Biology. 1(6). 338–341. 48 indexed citations
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Yajima, Junichiro, et al.. (2003). The human chromokinesin Kid is a plus end-directed microtubule-based motor. The EMBO Journal. 22(5). 1067–1074. 56 indexed citations
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Yajima, Junichiro, Takeo Usui, M. Ueki, et al.. (2003). A Novel Action of Terpendole E on the Motor Activity of Mitotic Kinesin Eg5. Chemistry & Biology. 10(2). 131–137. 100 indexed citations
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Yajima, Junichiro, María C. Alonso, Robert A. Cross, & Yoko Y. Toyoshima. (2002). Direct Long-Term Observation of Kinesin Processivity at Low Load. Current Biology. 12(4). 301–306. 65 indexed citations

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