Kengo Okada

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Kengo Okada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kengo Okada has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kengo Okada's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers), Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (7 papers) and Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena (6 papers). Kengo Okada is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (7 papers), Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (7 papers) and Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena (6 papers). Kengo Okada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Sweden. Kengo Okada's co-authors include Bjarne Rasmussen, Thomas A. Link, S. Ramaswamy, Momi Iwata, So Iwata, Bing K. Jap, Nobuki Kudo, Katsuyuki Yamamoto, Toshio Hakoshima and Shoko Hirotsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kengo Okada

43 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Complete Structure of the 11-Subunit Bovine Mitochondrial... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Complete Structure of the 11-Subunit Bovine Mitochondrial Cytochrome bc 1 Complex
    1998 1.0k citations Kengo Okada et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kengo Okada Japan 22 2.2k 576 318 304 228 43 3.0k
Dan E. Robertson United States 34 3.0k 1.4× 599 1.0× 266 0.8× 378 1.2× 372 1.6× 53 4.0k
Gordon V. Louie United States 30 3.2k 1.5× 700 1.2× 355 1.1× 195 0.6× 207 0.9× 44 4.0k
Reinhard Sterner Germany 36 3.4k 1.6× 1.9k 3.2× 304 1.0× 199 0.7× 220 1.0× 128 4.2k
Matthew M. Benning United States 28 2.8k 1.3× 775 1.3× 432 1.4× 109 0.4× 157 0.7× 45 4.6k
G.E. Wesenberg United States 19 2.6k 1.2× 648 1.1× 101 0.3× 134 0.4× 155 0.7× 43 3.5k
Aditi Das United States 35 2.2k 1.0× 195 0.3× 227 0.7× 286 0.9× 206 0.9× 108 3.8k
C.A. Bingman United States 34 2.4k 1.1× 380 0.7× 298 0.9× 175 0.6× 47 0.2× 126 3.2k
William M. Atkins United States 32 2.4k 1.1× 277 0.5× 262 0.8× 134 0.4× 131 0.6× 107 3.9k
Michael Hennig Switzerland 38 3.2k 1.5× 757 1.3× 620 1.9× 207 0.7× 422 1.9× 88 4.9k
David Maltby United States 33 2.5k 1.2× 175 0.3× 397 1.2× 137 0.5× 174 0.8× 67 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kengo Okada

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kengo Okada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kengo Okada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kengo Okada 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 Kengo Okada. Kengo Okada is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Balakrishna, Deepika, Shweta Pandya, Mark S. Hixon, et al.. (2017). MET Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition Enhances the Antitumor Efficacy of an HGF Antibody. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 16(7). 1269–1278. 11 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Masashi, Takafumi Takai, Takahiro Miyazaki, et al.. (2017). Structure-based design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine-based p38 MAP kinase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(3). 647–660. 17 indexed citations
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Hirozane, Yoshihiko, et al.. (2014). Generating thermostabilized agonist-bound GPR40/FFAR1 using virus-like particles and a label-free binding assay. Molecular Membrane Biology. 31(5). 168–175. 11 indexed citations
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Lanier, Marion, Géza Ambrus, Derek C. Cole, et al.. (2014). A Fragment-Based Approach to IdentifyingS-Adenosyl-l-methionine -Competitive Inhibitors of CatecholO-Methyl Transferase (COMT).. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 57(12). 5459–5463. 10 indexed citations
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Miyamoto, Naoki, Nozomu Sakai, Takaharu Hirayama, et al.. (2013). Discovery of N-[5-({2-[(cyclopropylcarbonyl)amino]imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-6-yl}oxy)-2-methylphenyl]-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide (TAK-593), a highly potent VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 21(8). 2333–2345. 64 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Shigemitsu, Naoki Miyamoto, Takaharu Hirayama, et al.. (2013). Structure-based design, synthesis, and evaluation of imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives as novel dual c-Met and VEGFR2 kinase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 21(24). 7686–7698. 48 indexed citations
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Iwata, Hidehisa, Hideyuki Oki, Kengo Okada, et al.. (2012). A Back-to-Front Fragment-Based Drug Design Search Strategy Targeting the DFG-Out Pocket of Protein Tyrosine Kinases. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 3(4). 342–346. 25 indexed citations
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Terao, Yoshito, Hideo Suzuki, Masato Yoshikawa, et al.. (2012). Design and biological evaluation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines as novel and potent ASK1 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(24). 7326–7329. 49 indexed citations
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Oguro, Yuya, Naoki Miyamoto, Terufumi Takagi, et al.. (2010). N-Phenyl-N′-[4-(5H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]ureas as novel inhibitors of VEGFR and FGFR kinases. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(20). 7150–7163. 26 indexed citations
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Oguro, Yuya, Naoki Miyamoto, Kengo Okada, et al.. (2010). Design, synthesis, and evaluation of 5-methyl-4-phenoxy-5H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives: Novel VEGFR2 kinase inhibitors binding to inactive kinase conformation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(20). 7260–7273. 95 indexed citations
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Kudo, Nobuki, Kengo Okada, & Katsuyuki Yamamoto. (2009). Sonoporation by Single-Shot Pulsed Ultrasound with Microbubbles Adjacent to Cells. Biophysical Journal. 96(12). 4866–4876. 213 indexed citations
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Okada, Kengo, Nobuki Kudo, Takashi Kondo, & Katsuyuki Yamamoto. (2008). Contributions of mechanical and sonochemical effects to cell membrane damage induced by single-shot pulsed ultrasound with adjacent microbubbles. Journal of Medical Ultrasonics. 35(4). 169–176. 8 indexed citations
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Okada, Kengo, et al.. (2007). Preparation and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of crystals of bacterial flagellar sigma factor σ28in complex with the σ28-binding region of its antisigma factor, FlgM. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 63(3). 196–199. 2 indexed citations
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Inaba, Kenji, Satoshi Murakami, Mamoru Suzuki, et al.. (2006). Crystal Structure of the DsbB-DsbA Complex Reveals a Mechanism of Disulfide Bond Generation. Cell. 127(4). 789–801. 206 indexed citations
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Okada, Kengo, Nobuki Kudo, Koichi Niwa, & Katsuyuki Yamamoto. (2005). A basic study on sonoporation with microbubbles exposed to pulsed ultrasound. Journal of Medical Ultrasonics. 32(1). 3–11. 48 indexed citations
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Terawaki, Shin‐ichi, Ryoko Maesaki, Kengo Okada, & Toshio Hakoshima. (2002). Crystallographic characterization of the radixin FERM domain bound to the C-terminal region of the human Na+/H+-exchanger regulatory factor (NHERF). Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(1). 177–179. 12 indexed citations
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Maita, Nobuo, Kengo Okada, Shoko Hirotsu, Kazuyuki Hatakeyama, & Toshio Hakoshima. (2001). Preparation and crystallization of the stimulatory and inhibitory complexes of GTP cyclohydrolase I and its feedback regulatory protein GFRP. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(8). 1153–1156. 12 indexed citations
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Ihara, Kentaro, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Ryoko Maesaki, et al.. (2000). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the Rho-binding domain of bovine Rho-kinase. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 56(8). 1042–1044. 1 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Akitatsu, Kengo Okada, K. Hirotsu, et al.. (1999). The crystal structure of pyroglutamyl peptidase I from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens reveals a new structure for a cysteine protease. Structure. 7(4). 399–411. 27 indexed citations
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Hirotsu, Shoko, Yasuko Abe, Noriyuki Nagahara, et al.. (1999). Crystallographic Characterization of a Stress-Induced Multifunctional Protein, Rat HBP-23. Journal of Structural Biology. 126(1). 80–83. 6 indexed citations

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