Kaoru Katoh

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kaoru Katoh is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaoru Katoh has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 30 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kaoru Katoh's work include Rare-earth and actinide compounds (35 papers), Iron-based superconductors research (19 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (12 papers). Kaoru Katoh is often cited by papers focused on Rare-earth and actinide compounds (35 papers), Iron-based superconductors research (19 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (12 papers). Kaoru Katoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Kaoru Katoh's co-authors include Rudolf Oldenbourg, A. Ochiai, Peter J. Smith, Katherine Hammar, Masakazu Namihira, Atsushi Toyoda, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji and Hikari Otabi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kaoru Katoh

101 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Protein lactylation induced by neural excitation

2021 223 citations Hideo Hagihara, Hirotaka Shoji et al. Cell Reports profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaoru Katoh Japan	24	574	461	376	340	216	105	1.9k
Eiji Kurimoto Japan	24	1.1k 2.0×	907 2.0×	456 1.2×	534 1.6×	222 1.0×	95	2.6k
Poul Martin Bendix Denmark	28	848 1.5×	254 0.6×	657 1.7×	733 2.2×	1.2k 5.6×	58	2.7k
Christian Brunner Switzerland	7	1.2k 2.1×	145 0.3×	80 0.2×	794 2.3×	242 1.1×	12	2.2k
Timothy E. Saunders Singapore	25	1.0k 1.8×	243 0.5×	117 0.3×	652 1.9×	307 1.4×	70	2.0k
Catherine Tardin France	15	1.6k 2.8×	195 0.4×	167 0.4×	496 1.5×	782 3.6×	28	2.7k
Marco Lazzarino Italy	26	504 0.9×	144 0.3×	289 0.8×	220 0.6×	853 3.9×	135	2.2k
Susan Z. Hua United States	26	582 1.0×	81 0.2×	168 0.4×	249 0.7×	666 3.1×	78	2.0k
José Alvarado United States	12	210 0.4×	208 0.5×	113 0.3×	380 1.1×	134 0.6×	27	854
Hisashi Haga Japan	28	740 1.3×	68 0.1×	193 0.5×	1.1k 3.2×	594 2.8×	114	2.3k
Igor M. Kulić France	20	514 0.9×	281 0.6×	92 0.2×	261 0.8×	341 1.6×	48	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaoru Katoh

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Arakawa, Masashi, Keiya Uriu, Koki Saito, et al.. (2025). HEATR3 recognizes membrane rupture and facilitates xenophagy in response to Salmonella invasion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(14). e2420544122–e2420544122. 2 indexed citations

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Ohzono, Takuya, Kaoru Katoh, & Nariya Uchida. (2025). Boundaries and cross-linking densities modulate domain sizes of polydomain nematic elastomers. Soft Matter. 21(6). 1233–1240. 1 indexed citations

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Saito, Kyoko, et al.. (2024). A high-resolution phase-contrast microscopy system for label-free imaging in living cells. Cell Structure and Function. 49(1). 21–29. 2 indexed citations

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Wada, Masamitsu, Takeshi Higa, Kaoru Katoh, et al.. (2024). Chloroplast-actin filaments decide the direction of chloroplast avoidance movement under strong light in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Plant Research. 137(4). 659–667. 1 indexed citations

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Kong, Sam‐Geun, Atsushi Shimada, Keiko Hirose, et al.. (2023). CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING 1 is a plant-specific actin polymerization factor regulating chloroplast movement. The Plant Cell. 36(4). 1159–1181. 12 indexed citations

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Sakai, Shota, et al.. (2023). The C10orf76–PI4KB axis orchestrates CERT-mediated ceramide trafficking to the distal Golgi. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(7). 12 indexed citations

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Nagasaki, Akira, et al.. (2022). Characterization of phalloidin‐negative nuclear actin filaments in U2OS cells expressing cytoplasmic actin‐EGFP. Genes to Cells. 27(5). 317–330. 9 indexed citations

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Hagihara, Hideo, Hirotaka Shoji, Hikari Otabi, et al.. (2021). Protein lactylation induced by neural excitation. Cell Reports. 37(2). 109820–109820. 223 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ohzono, Takuya, Kaoru Katoh, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Mohand O. Saed, & Eugene M. Terentjev. (2021). Internal constraints and arrested relaxation in main-chain nematic elastomers. Nature Communications. 12(1). 787–787. 45 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Hirofumi, Shinya Honda, Satoru Torii, et al.. (2020). Wipi3 is essential for alternative autophagy and its loss causes neurodegeneration. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5311–5311. 37 indexed citations

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Hirano, Kazumi, Takumi Higaki, Akira Nagasaki, et al.. (2019). Fascin in lamellipodia contributes to cell elasticity by controlling the orientation of filamentous actin. Genes to Cells. 24(3). 202–213. 14 indexed citations

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Morita, Masamune, et al.. (2019). Bacterial Cell Culture at the Single-cell Level Inside Giant Vesicles. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Morita, Masamune, Kaoru Katoh, & Naohiro Noda. (2018). Direct Observation of Bacterial Growth in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles: A Novel Tool for Bacterial Cultures. ChemistryOpen. 7(11). 845–849. 14 indexed citations

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Morita, Masamune, Kaoru Katoh, & Naohiro Noda. (2018). Direct Observation of Bacterial Growth in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles: A Novel Tool for Bacterial Cultures. ChemistryOpen. 7(11). 844–844. 4 indexed citations

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Ohzono, Takuya, Kaoru Katoh, Chenguang Wang, et al.. (2017). Uncovering different states of topological defects in schlieren textures of a nematic liquid crystal. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16814–16814. 23 indexed citations

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Kabeya, N., et al.. (2015). 無秩序化カゴメ格子構造をとるS=1/2スピン系のYb3Ru4Al12の低温特性. Physical Review B. 91(21). 1–214426. 2 indexed citations

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Goto, Rie, et al.. (2005). Microtubule-Cyclodextrin Conjugate: Functionalization of Motile Filament with Molecular Inclusion Ability. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 69(3). 646–648. 22 indexed citations

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Yasuda, Soichiro, Seiryo Sugiura, Hiroshi Yamashita, et al.. (2003). Unloaded shortening increases peak of Ca²⁺transients but accelerates their decay in rat single cardiac myocytes. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 285(2). H470–H475. 26 indexed citations

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Ishii, Idaku, H. Higaki, T. Takabatake, et al.. (2003). UCu 2 Snにおけるフェロ四重極秩序化が原因となった自発歪. Physical Review B. 68(14). 1–144413. 4 indexed citations

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Katoh, Kaoru, Katherine Hammar, Peter J. Smith, & Rudolf Oldenbourg. (1999). Birefringence Imaging Directly Reveals Architectural Dynamics of Filamentous Actin in Living Growth Cones. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 10(1). 197–210. 100 indexed citations

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