Kazutaka Katoh

92.6k total citations · 13 hit papers
50 papers, 62.1k citations indexed

About

Kazutaka Katoh is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazutaka Katoh has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 62.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kazutaka Katoh's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (9 papers). Kazutaka Katoh is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (28 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics (9 papers). Kazutaka Katoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Singapore. Kazutaka Katoh's co-authors include Daron M. Standley, Kazunori Yamada, John Rozewicki, Hidehiro Toh, Hiroyuki Toh, George Asimenos, Kentaro Tomii, Shigehiro Kuraku, Tal Pupko and Haim Ashkenazy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Kazutaka Katoh

50 papers receiving 61.2k citations

Hit Papers

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Ver... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2013 2002 2017 2005 2008 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k
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.

  1. MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability
    2013 30.3k citations Kazutaka Katoh, Daron M. Standley Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
  2. MAFFT: a novel method for rapid multiple sequence alignment based on fast Fourier transform
    2002 11.9k citations Kazutaka Katoh Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  3. MAFFT online service: multiple sequence alignment, interactive sequence choice and visualization
    2017 5.7k citations Kazutaka Katoh, John Rozewicki et al. Briefings in Bioinformatics profile →
  4. MAFFT version 5: improvement in accuracy of multiple sequence alignment
    2005 4.0k citations Kazutaka Katoh Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  5. Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program
    2008 3.0k citations Kazutaka Katoh, Hidehiro Toh Briefings in Bioinformatics profile →
  6. Multiple Alignment of DNA Sequences with MAFFT
    2009 1.1k citations Kazutaka Katoh, George Asimenos et al. Methods in molecular biology profile →
  7. Parallelization of the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program
    2010 720 citations Kazutaka Katoh, Hiroyuki Toh profile →
  8. GUIDANCE2: accurate detection of unreliable alignment regions accounting for the uncertainty of multiple parameters
    2015 634 citations Kazutaka Katoh et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  9. Parallelization of MAFFT for large-scale multiple sequence alignments
    2018 628 citations Kazunori Yamada, Kazutaka Katoh et al. profile →
  10. aLeaves facilitates on-demand exploration of metazoan gene family trees on MAFFT sequence alignment server with enhanced interactivity
    2013 611 citations Shigehiro Kuraku, Christian M. Zmasek et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  11. MAFFT-DASH: integrated protein sequence and structural alignment
    2019 545 citations John Rozewicki, Songling Li et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  12. Improved accuracy of multiple ncRNA alignment by incorporating structural information into a MAFFT-based framework
    2008 520 citations Kazutaka Katoh, Hiroyuki Toh BMC Bioinformatics profile →
  13. A simple method to control over-alignment in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program
    2016 398 citations Kazutaka Katoh, Daron M. Standley profile →

Peers

Kazutaka Katoh
Alexandros Stamatakis Germany
Arndt von Haeseler Austria
Bùi Quang Minh Austria
R. C. Edgar United States
David Posada Spain
Marc A. Suchard United States
Olivier Gascuel France
Alexei J. Drummond New Zealand
Toby J. Gibson Germany
Desmond G. Higgins Ireland
Alexandros Stamatakis Germany
Kazutaka Katoh
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazutaka Katoh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kazutaka Katoh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kazutaka Katoh 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 Kazutaka Katoh. Kazutaka Katoh 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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Katoh, Kazutaka, et al.. (2024). Benchmarking the discrimination power of commonly used markers and amplicons in marine fish (e)DNA (meta)barcoding. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 3 indexed citations
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Edwards, Scott V., Alison Cloutier, Phil Grayson, et al.. (2024). A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa. Science Advances. 10(21). eadj6823–eadj6823. 1 indexed citations
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Kawamoto, Shimpei, Lena Takayasu, Yusuke Konishi, et al.. (2023). Bacterial induction of B cell senescence promotes age-related changes in the gut microbiota. Nature Cell Biology. 25(6). 865–876. 40 indexed citations
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Inaba, Tohru, Takao Arimori, Daisuke Motooka, et al.. (2022). An engineered ACE2 decoy neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and confers protection against infection in vivo. Science Translational Medicine. 14(650). eabn7737–eabn7737. 34 indexed citations
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Yokobori, Shin‐ichi, et al.. (2022). Amino Acid Specificity of Ancestral Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Prior to the Last Universal Common Ancestor Commonote commonote. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 90(1). 73–94. 3 indexed citations
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Katoh, Kazutaka & Daron M. Standley. (2021). Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants follow a historical pattern recorded in outgroups infecting non-human hosts. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1134–1134. 4 indexed citations
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Srivathsan, Amrita, Kazutaka Katoh, Emily Hartop, et al.. (2021). ONTbarcoder and MinION barcodes aid biodiversity discovery and identification by everyone, for everyone. BMC Biology. 19(1). 217–217. 128 indexed citations
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Mitsuhashi, Satomi, et al.. (2020). A pipeline for complete characterization of complex germline rearrangements from long DNA reads. Genome Medicine. 12(1). 67–67. 25 indexed citations
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Katoh, Kazutaka, John Rozewicki, & Kazunori Yamada. (2017). MAFFT online service: multiple sequence alignment, interactive sequence choice and visualization. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 20(4). 1160–1166. 5688 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fukushima, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2015). Comparative analyses of lysophosphatidic acid receptor-mediated signaling. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 72(12). 2377–2394. 25 indexed citations
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Katoh, Kazutaka & Daron M. Standley. (2013). MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 30(4). 772–780. 30296 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuraku, Shigehiro, Christian M. Zmasek, Osamu Nishimura, & Kazutaka Katoh. (2013). aLeaves facilitates on-demand exploration of metazoan gene family trees on MAFFT sequence alignment server with enhanced interactivity. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(W1). W22–W28. 611 indexed citations breakdown →
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Katoh, Kazutaka, George Asimenos, & Hiroyuki Toh. (2009). Multiple Alignment of DNA Sequences with MAFFT. Methods in molecular biology. 537. 39–64. 1150 indexed citations breakdown →
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Katoh, Kazutaka & Hidehiro Toh. (2008). Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 9(4). 286–298. 3004 indexed citations breakdown →
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Koyanagi, Mitsumasa, Takashi Nagata, Kazutaka Katoh, Shigeki Yamashita, & Fumio Tokunaga. (2008). Molecular Evolution of Arthropod Color Vision Deduced from Multiple Opsin Genes of Jumping Spiders. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 66(2). 130–137. 56 indexed citations
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Katoh, Kazutaka & Hiroyuki Toh. (2008). Improved accuracy of multiple ncRNA alignment by incorporating structural information into a MAFFT-based framework. BMC Bioinformatics. 9(1). 212–212. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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Katoh, Kazutaka, et al.. (2008). Protein Multiple Sequence Alignment. Methods in molecular biology. 484. 379–413. 50 indexed citations
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Katoh, Kazutaka. (2002). MAFFT: a novel method for rapid multiple sequence alignment based on fast Fourier transform. Nucleic Acids Research. 30(14). 3059–3066. 11920 indexed citations breakdown →
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Koyanagi, Kanako O., Hiroshi Suga, Kazutaka Katoh, & Takashi Miyata. (2000). Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases from Amphioxus, Hagfish, and Ray: Divergence of Tissue-Specific Isoform Genes in the Early Evolution of Vertebrates. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 50(3). 302–311. 23 indexed citations
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Kuraku, Shigehiro, Daisuke Hoshiyama, Kazutaka Katoh, Hiroshi Suga, & Takashi Miyata. (1999). Monophyly of Lampreys and Hagfishes Supported by Nuclear DNA–Coded Genes. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 49(6). 729–735. 96 indexed citations

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