K. Okada

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

K. Okada is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Okada has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cancer Research, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in K. Okada's work include Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (26 papers), Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (13 papers) and Blood properties and coagulation (9 papers). K. Okada is often cited by papers focused on Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (26 papers), Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms (13 papers) and Blood properties and coagulation (9 papers). K. Okada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Belgium and United States. K. Okada's co-authors include Y. Shimura, Callum J. Bell, Masako Komaki, Jun‐ya Ueda, Osamu Matsuo, Jack L. Strominger, Koji Goto, E. Morita, Eiko Kanaya and Shinichiro Sawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Genes & Development and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

K. Okada

49 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Requirement of the Auxin Polar Transport System in Early Stages of Arabidopsis Floral Bud Formation.

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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
K. Okada Japan	20	2.0k	1.8k	351	336	261	51	3.0k
Edward R. Appelbaum United States	19	1.4k 0.7×	441 0.2×	305 0.9×	727 2.2×	55 0.2×	30	2.6k
Jun Cheng Japan	31	1.4k 0.7×	710 0.4×	221 0.6×	222 0.7×	31 0.1×	160	3.1k
Naohide Watanabe Japan	24	1.2k 0.6×	866 0.5×	61 0.2×	206 0.6×	317 1.2×	48	2.3k
Lothar F. Fecker Germany	25	1.3k 0.6×	212 0.1×	200 0.6×	297 0.9×	86 0.3×	43	2.0k
Youxin Jin China	31	1.8k 0.9×	924 0.5×	952 2.7×	297 0.9×	36 0.1×	97	3.1k
Sanjeev K. Baniwal United States	22	1.3k 0.6×	524 0.3×	219 0.6×	93 0.3×	52 0.2×	24	1.8k
Rongsheng Zhang China	21	696 0.3×	476 0.3×	267 0.8×	322 1.0×	41 0.2×	65	1.6k
Ulrike Hartmann Germany	24	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	22 0.1×	148 0.4×	242 0.9×	43	2.3k
Javeed Iqbal United States	28	961 0.5×	160 0.1×	506 1.4×	868 2.6×	177 0.7×	115	2.8k
Catherine Martel Canada	23	890 0.4×	397 0.2×	84 0.2×	309 0.9×	64 0.2×	46	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Okada

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Okada, K., Shigeru Ueshima, Hiroyuki Matsuno, et al.. (2011). A synthetic peptide derived from staphylokinase enhances plasminogen activation by tissue‐type plasminogen activator. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 9(5). 997–1006. 1 indexed citations

Kawao, Naoyuki, N. Nagai, Chiharu Ishida, et al.. (2010). Plasminogen is essential for granulation tissue formation during the recovery process after liver injury in mice. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 8(7). 1555–1566. 10 indexed citations

Kanno, Yosuke, et al.. (2007). α2‐Antiplasmin is involved in the production of transforming growth factor β1 and fibrosis. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 5(11). 2266–2273. 28 indexed citations

Kanno, Yosuke, Kouseki Hirade, Akira Ishisaki, et al.. (2006). Lack of α2‐antiplasmin improves cutaneous wound healing via over‐released vascular endothelial growth factor‐induced angiogenesis in wound lesions. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 4(7). 1602–1610. 36 indexed citations

Schellmann, Swen, Arp Schnittger, Viktor Kirik, et al.. (2002). TRIPTYCHON and CAPRICE mediate lateral inhibition during trichome and root hair patterning in Arabidopsis. The EMBO Journal. 21(19). 5036–5046. 442 indexed citations

Urawa, Hiroko, Masumi Hidaka, Sumie Ishiguro, K. Okada, & Takashi Horiuchi. (2001). Enhanced homologous recombination caused by the non-transcribed spacer of the rDNA in Arabidopsis. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 266(4). 546–555. 13 indexed citations

Ueshima, Shigeru, et al.. (2000). The effect of argatroban on injured endothelial cells by thrombin. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 11(7). 631–639. 9 indexed citations

Toyama, T., Haruhiko Teramoto, Sumie Ishiguro, et al.. (1999). A Cytokinin-Repressed Gene in Cucumber for a bHLH Protein Homologue is Regulated by Light. Plant and Cell Physiology. 40(10). 1087–1092. 7 indexed citations

Sawa, Shinichiro, Koichi Watanabe, Koji Goto, et al.. (1999). FILAMENTOUS FLOWER, a meristem and organ identity gene of Arabidopsis, encodes a protein with a zinc finger and HMG-related domains. Genes & Development. 13(9). 1079–1088. 363 indexed citations

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Smith, David L., Yukihiro Yanai, Yao‐Guang Liu, et al.. (1996). Characterization and mapping of Ds—GUS‐T‐DNA lines for targeted insertional mutagenesis. The Plant Journal. 10(4). 721–732. 68 indexed citations

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Ueshima, Shigeru, et al.. (1996). Effects of endothelial cells on activity of staphylokinase. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 7(5). 522–529. 3 indexed citations

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Mikami, Koji, Masakazu Katsura, Takuya Ito, et al.. (1995). Developmental and tissue-specific regulation of the gene for the wheat basic/leucine zipper protein HBP-1a(17) in transgenicArabidopsis plants. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 248(5). 573–582. 7 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, Hiroshi, et al.. (1995). Effects of fibrin on the secretion of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 from endothelial cells and on protein kinase C. Life Sciences. 57(13). 1267–1276. 13 indexed citations

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Okada, K., et al.. (1994). Kinetic analysis of plasminogen activation by staphylokinase/plasminogen complex in the presence of fibrin. Thrombosis Research. 76(2). 181–191. 10 indexed citations

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Okada, K., et al.. (1994). Effects of α2-plasmin inhibitor on plasminogen activation by staphylokinase/plasminogen complex. Thrombosis Research. 76(2). 211–220. 7 indexed citations

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Okada, K. & Y. Shimura. (1992). Mutational Analysis of Root Gravitropism and Phototropism of Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 19(4). 439–448. 110 indexed citations

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Ueshima, Shigeru, et al.. (1992). Tissue-type plasminogen activator, type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor and their complex in plasma with disseminated intravascular coagulation. Thrombosis Research. 68(1). 57–65. 19 indexed citations

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Ueshima, Shigeru, et al.. (1990). Suppression of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 release by fibrin from human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Thrombosis Research. 57. 11–20. 14 indexed citations

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Okada, K., et al.. (1990). Purification and characterization of a plasma factor which cleaves single-chain form of t-PA and u-PA. Thrombosis Research. 57. 27–43. 5 indexed citations

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Matsuo, Osamu, Hiroshi Bando, K. Okada, et al.. (1986). Thrombolytic effect of single-chain pro-urokinase in a rabbit jugular vein thrombosis model. Thrombosis Research. 42(2). 187–194. 12 indexed citations

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