Junko Oshima

13.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Junko Oshima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Junko Oshima has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Physiology and 20 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Junko Oshima's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (80 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (52 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (35 papers). Junko Oshima is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (80 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (52 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (35 papers). Junko Oshima collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Junko Oshima's co-authors include George M. Martin, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Ellen M. Wijsman, Ying‐Hui Fu, Chang-En Yu, Matthew D. Gray, Fuki M. Hisama, Lawrence A. Loeb, Jun Nakura and John Mulligan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Junko Oshima

125 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Candidate Gene for the Chromosome 1 Familial Alzheimer's Disease Locus

1995 2.0k citations Junko Oshima, Chang-En Yu et al. profile →
Positional Cloning of the Werner's Syndrome Gene

1996 1.4k citations Chang-En Yu, Junko Oshima et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junko Oshima United States	43	6.7k	3.0k	1.2k	940	867	125	8.7k
Chang-En Yu United States	21	2.9k 0.4×	2.3k 0.8×	362 0.3×	752 0.8×	328 0.4×	34	4.7k
Z. Dave Sharp United States	27	4.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	451 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	232 0.3×	68	7.3k
Zengqiang Yuan China	51	5.5k 0.8×	952 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	627 0.7×	198 0.2×	140	8.6k
Salvador Aznar Benitah Spain	44	4.6k 0.7×	993 0.3×	2.0k 1.7×	369 0.4×	298 0.3×	87	7.5k
Tadahiro Kitamura Japan	48	6.5k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	579 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	90 0.1×	130	9.9k
Qing Guo China	40	3.3k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	622 0.5×	369 0.4×	221 0.3×	183	6.7k
Han Cho United States	16	3.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	481 0.4×	371 0.4×	283 0.3×	20	5.6k
Peter Juo United States	20	7.3k 1.1×	537 0.2×	1.3k 1.1×	438 0.5×	141 0.2×	33	8.8k
Ephrat Levy‐Lahad Israel	44	4.0k 0.6×	3.1k 1.0×	718 0.6×	3.2k 3.4×	125 0.1×	163	10.0k
Tinna Stevnsner Denmark	37	3.6k 0.5×	748 0.2×	583 0.5×	501 0.5×	221 0.3×	83	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Junko Oshima

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junko Oshima

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Bejaoui, Yosra, Junko Oshima, Chadi Saad, et al.. (2025). The role of protective genetic variants in modulating epigenetic aging. GeroScience. 47(4). 5995–6004. 2 indexed citations

Acevedo, Nathalie, et al.. (2025). rDNA Copy Number Variation and Methylation During Normal and Premature Aging. Aging Cell. 24(5). e14497–e14497. 2 indexed citations

Hisama, Fuki M., et al.. (2023). Caspase 5 depletion is linked to hyper-inflammatory response and progeroid syndrome. GeroScience. 46(2). 2771–2775. 2 indexed citations

Oshima, Junko, et al.. (2023). Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome in an Indian patient with a novel pathogenic variant. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 194(1). 100–102. 2 indexed citations

Bejaoui, Yosra, Noha A. Yousri, Colette Christiansen, et al.. (2023). Accelerated epigenetic aging and DNA methylation alterations in Berardinelli–Seip congenital lipodystrophy. Human Molecular Genetics. 32(11). 1826–1835. 8 indexed citations

Kandhaya‐Pillai, Renuka, Xiaomeng Yang, Tamar Tchkonia, et al.. (2022). TNF‐α/IFN‐γ synergy amplifies senescence‐associated inflammation and SARS‐CoV‐2 receptor expression via hyper‐activated JAK/STAT1. Aging Cell. 21(6). e13646–e13646. 68 indexed citations

Nasrallah, Mona, et al.. (2022). Werner syndrome in a Lebanese family. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 188(5). 1630–1634. 1 indexed citations

Bejaoui, Yosra, Noha A. Yousri, Junko Oshima, et al.. (2022). DNA methylation signatures in Blood DNA of Hutchinson–Gilford Progeria syndrome. Aging Cell. 21(2). e13555–e13555. 20 indexed citations

Hussain, Iram, Howard B. A. Baum, Jerry R. Greenfield, et al.. (2020). Multisystem Progeroid Syndrome With Lipodystrophy, Cardiomyopathy, and Nephropathy Due to an LMNA p.R349W Variant. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 4(10). bvaa104–bvaa104. 10 indexed citations

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Maierhofer, Anna, Julia Flunkert, Junko Oshima, et al.. (2019). Epigenetic signatures of Werner syndrome occur early in life and are distinct from normal epigenetic aging processes. Aging Cell. 18(5). e12995–e12995. 26 indexed citations

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Nyunoya, Toru, Martha M. Monick, Aloysius J. Klingelhutz, et al.. (2008). Cigarette Smoke Induces Cellular Senescence via Werner's Syndrome Protein Down-regulation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 179(4). 279–287. 65 indexed citations

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Hegele, Robert A. & Junko Oshima. (2007). Phenomics and lamins: From disease to therapy. Experimental Cell Research. 313(10). 2134–2143. 17 indexed citations

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Shao, Jing, Lishan Chen, Lin Lee, et al.. (2007). SOD2polymorphisms: unmasking the effect of polymorphism on splicing. BMC Medical Genetics. 8(1). 7–7. 20 indexed citations

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Lan, Li, Satoshi Nakajima, Kenshi Komatsu, et al.. (2005). Accumulation of Werner protein at DNA double-strand breaks in human cells. Journal of Cell Science. 118(18). 4153–4162. 111 indexed citations

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Browner, Warren S., Arnold Kahn, Elad Ziv, et al.. (2004). The genetics of human longevity. The American Journal of Medicine. 117(11). 851–860. 84 indexed citations

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Grandori, Carla, Kou-Juey Wu, Paula Fernández, et al.. (2003). Werner syndrome protein limits MYC-induced cellular senescence. Genes & Development. 17(13). 1569–1574. 146 indexed citations

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Chen, Lishan, Shurong Huang, Lin Lee, et al.. (2003). WRN, the protein deficient in Werner syndrome, plays a critical structural role in optimizing DNA repair. Aging Cell. 2(4). 191–199. 118 indexed citations

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Martin, George M., Junko Oshima, Matthew D. Gray, & Martin Poot. (1999). What Geriatricians Should Know About the Werner Syndrome. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 47(9). 1136–1144. 60 indexed citations

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Möser, Michael, Junko Oshima, & Raymond J. Monnat. (1999). WRN mutations in Werner syndrome. Human Mutation. 13(4). 271–279. 68 indexed citations

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Oshima, Junko, Chang-En Yu, Michael Boehnke, et al.. (1994). Integrated Mapping Analysis of the Werner Syndrome Region of Chromosome 8. Genomics. 23(1). 100–113. 21 indexed citations

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