Junko Kimura

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
257 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Junko Kimura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Junko Kimura has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 52 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Junko Kimura's work include Ion channel regulation and function (59 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (59 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (21 papers). Junko Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (59 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (59 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (21 papers). Junko Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Junko Kimura's co-authors include Akinori Noma, Shun‐ichi Miyamae, Isao Matsuoka, Yasuhide Watanabe, Tomokazu Watano, Hiroshi Irisawa, Hironori Nakanishi, Y. Miura, K. Sakamoto and Tominori Morita and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Junko Kimura

250 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Identification of sodium‐calcium exchange current in single ventricular cells of guinea‐pig.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junko Kimura Japan	40	3.2k	2.0k	1.5k	544	407	257	6.1k
Joseph Y. Cheung United States	50	4.4k 1.4×	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	610 1.1×	889 2.2×	185	7.6k
Motohiro Nishida Japan	45	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	815 0.5×	289 0.5×	959 2.4×	196	6.9k
Ming Lei United Kingdom	50	4.8k 1.5×	3.7k 1.9×	1.1k 0.8×	292 0.5×	474 1.2×	246	8.1k
Haruaki Nakaya Japan	38	4.3k 1.3×	3.1k 1.5×	889 0.6×	1.6k 3.0×	813 2.0×	183	8.5k
Asher Shainberg Israel	37	2.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	693 0.5×	539 1.0×	613 1.5×	181	5.1k
Paul M.L. Janssen United States	53	4.9k 1.5×	5.0k 2.5×	651 0.4×	474 0.9×	942 2.3×	239	9.2k
Hemal H. Patel United States	50	4.2k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	725 0.5×	1.3k 2.4×	1.1k 2.7×	213	8.1k
Hitoshi Nakayama Japan	43	3.8k 1.2×	655 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	268 0.5×	851 2.1×	222	6.9k
Xiongwen Chen China	48	4.8k 1.5×	2.8k 1.4×	781 0.5×	535 1.0×	512 1.3×	161	7.3k
Wang Wang China	43	3.9k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	447 0.3×	455 0.8×	1.1k 2.7×	200	6.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junko Kimura

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Tada, Yayoi, et al.. (2019). Patient preference for biologic treatments of psoriasis in Japan. The Journal of Dermatology. 46(6). 466–477. 30 indexed citations

Misaka, Shingen, Hideyuki Sato, Tomoyuki Ono, et al.. (2018). Lack of pharmacokinetic interaction between fluvastatin and green tea in healthy volunteers. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 74(5). 601–609. 12 indexed citations

Shikama, Yayoi, Hideo Kimura, Hideyoshi Noji, et al.. (2017). Mechanisms of Impaired Neutrophil Migration by MicroRNAs in Myelodysplastic Syndromes. The Journal of Immunology. 198(5). 1887–1899. 30 indexed citations

Watanabe, Yasuhide, et al.. (2016). Suppressive Effect of Carvedilol on Na<sup>+</sup>/Ca<sup>2+</sup> Exchange Current in Isolated Guinea-Pig Cardiac Ventricular Myocytes. Pharmacology. 99(1-2). 40–47. 4 indexed citations

Kimura, Junko, Kosuke Shimizu, Jiro Takito, et al.. (2015). Upregulatory Effects of Nobiletin, a Citrus Flavonoid with Anti-dementia Activity, on the Gene Expression of mAChR, ChAT, and CBP. 2(1). e12–e14. 4 indexed citations

Misaka, Shingen, Junichi Yatabe, Fabian Müller, et al.. (2014). Green Tea Ingestion Greatly Reduces Plasma Concentrations of Nadolol in Healthy Subjects. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 95(4). 432–438. 107 indexed citations

Misaka, Shingen, Midori Yatabe, Tomoyuki Ono, et al.. (2013). Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Interaction of Nadolol With Itraconazole, Rifampicin and Grapefruit Juice in Healthy Volunteers. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 53(7). 738–745. 25 indexed citations

Kimura, Junko, Kiyomitsu Nemoto, Satomi Onoue, et al.. (2011). Inhibitory Effects of Citrus Polymethoxyflavones, Nobiletin and its Analogues, on Acetylcholinesterase Activity. 81(1). 23–26. 1 indexed citations

Matsuoka, Isao, et al.. (2007). Mechanism of Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Activation by Hydrogen Peroxide in Guinea-Pig Ventricular Myocytes. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 103(3). 283–292. 32 indexed citations

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Kimura, Junko, et al.. (2005). Transcatheter arterial embolization for hemorrhage from mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm caused by seat-belt injury; a case report. 50(5). 656–659. 4 indexed citations

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Kimura, Junko, Kazuya Tachibana, K Imaizumi, Kenji Kurosawa, & Yoshikazu Kuroki. (2003). Longitudinal growth and height velocity of Japanese children with Down's syndrome. Acta Paediatrica. 92(9). 1039–1042. 10 indexed citations

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Matsuoka, Isao, Satoko Ohkubo, Junko Kimura, & Yasuhito Uezono. (2002). Adenine Nucleotide-Induced Activation of Adenosine A_2BReceptors Expressed inXenopus laevisOocytes: Involvement of a Rapid and Localized Adenosine Formation by Ectonucleotidases. Molecular Pharmacology. 61(3). 606–613. 20 indexed citations

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Imaizumi, Kiyoshi, Junko Kimura, Mari Matsuo, et al.. (2001). Sotos syndrome associated with a de novo balanced reciprocal translocation t(5;8)(q35;q24.1). American Journal of Medical Genetics. 107(1). 58–60. 31 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Yasuhide & Junko Kimura. (2000). Inhibitory effect of amiodarone on Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchange current in guinea‐pig cardiac myocytes. British Journal of Pharmacology. 131(1). 80–84. 54 indexed citations

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Kimura, Junko, et al.. (1999). No requirement of P2X1 purinoceptors for platelet aggregation. European Journal of Pharmacology. 372(3). 305–309. 29 indexed citations

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Kimura, Junko, Hiroaki Mukawa, Hiroyasu Endo, et al.. (1998). Production and Immunohistochemical Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Ovarian Antigen of the Common Tree Shrew (Tupaia glis). Anatomia Histologia Embryologia. 27(1). 57–60. 1 indexed citations

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Kimura, Junko, Hiroyasu Endo, Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke, et al.. (1998). Histochemistry of Complex Carbohydrate in the Major Salivary Glands of Hoary Bamboo Rats (Rhizomys purinosus). Anatomia Histologia Embryologia. 27(3). 147–153. 6 indexed citations

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Kimura, Junko, Azuma Tsukise, & M. Okano. (1992). Histochemical Studies on the Dependence of Secretory Function of the Major Vestibular Gland (Bartholin's Gland) on Ovarian Steroid Hormones in the Cat.. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 54(5). 1035–1037. 3 indexed citations

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Brown, Hilary F., Junko Kimura, Denis Noble, Susan Noble, & Anne Taupignon. (1984). The ionic currents underlying pacemaker activity in rabbit sino-atrial node: experimental results and computer simulations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 222(1228). 329–347. 63 indexed citations

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Brown, Hilary F., Junko Kimura, Denis Noble, Susan Noble, & Anne Taupignon. (1984). The slow inward current, i si, in the rabbit sino-atrial node investigated by voltage clamp and computer simulation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 222(1228). 305–328. 52 indexed citations

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