Kenichi Akaji

4.5k total citations
188 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Kenichi Akaji is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenichi Akaji has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Molecular Biology, 69 papers in Organic Chemistry and 27 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kenichi Akaji's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (84 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (24 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (23 papers). Kenichi Akaji is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (84 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (24 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (23 papers). Kenichi Akaji collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Kenichi Akaji's co-authors include Yoshiaki Kiso, Hiroyuki Konno, Toru Kawakami, Kazuto Nosaka, Haruaki Yajima, Tooru Kimura, Saburo Aimoto, Tadashi Tatsumi, Kenta Teruya and Nobutaka Fujii and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kenichi Akaji

184 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenichi Akaji Japan	32	2.2k	1.3k	506	389	305	188	3.4k
Donna M. Huryn United States	28	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	457 0.9×	327 0.8×	187 0.6×	80	3.5k
Scott D. Larsen United States	37	1.8k 0.8×	988 0.8×	333 0.7×	274 0.7×	162 0.5×	102	3.6k
Malcolm MacCoss United States	36	2.3k 1.0×	3.4k 2.7×	820 1.6×	320 0.8×	345 1.1×	136	6.4k
Christian Sergheraert France	35	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	321 0.6×	234 0.6×	148 0.5×	102	3.4k
Arnab K. Chatterjee United States	30	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	444 0.9×	360 0.9×	154 0.5×	76	3.5k
George L. Trainor United States	37	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	413 0.8×	188 0.5×	124 0.4×	83	4.5k
Vishal Verma United States	13	2.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	294 0.6×	169 0.4×	171 0.6×	28	4.4k
Kent D. Stewart United States	34	1.3k 0.6×	967 0.8×	559 1.1×	333 0.9×	112 0.4×	91	3.1k
T. Dwight McGee United States	7	2.4k 1.1×	519 0.4×	420 0.8×	813 2.1×	151 0.5×	8	3.7k
Dmitry Lupyan United States	12	1.9k 0.9×	569 0.4×	228 0.5×	723 1.9×	261 0.9×	14	3.0k

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Kobayashi, Kazuya, Ryuichiro Kimura, N. Kawakami, et al.. (2025). Development of novel BACE1 inhibitors with a hydroxyproline-derived N-amidinopyrrolidine scaffold. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 120. 118086–118086. 1 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Kazuya, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Side-Chain Configurations of a Retro–Inverso-Type Inhibitor on the Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus (HTLV)-1 Protease. Molecules. 27(5). 1646–1646. 5 indexed citations

Akaji, Kenichi, Ross P. McGeary, Waleed M. Hussein, et al.. (2020). Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies of certain aryl sulfonyl hydrazones conjugated with 1,3-diaryl pyrazoles as potent metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors. Bioorganic Chemistry. 105. 104386–104386. 26 indexed citations

Hattori, Yasunao, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of a non-prime site substituent and warheads combined with a decahydroisoquinolin scaffold as a SARS 3CL protease inhibitor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 27(2). 425–435. 21 indexed citations

Ohgita, Takashi, Yuki Takechi‐Haraya, Kazuchika Nishitsuji, et al.. (2018). A novel amphipathic cell-penetrating peptide based on the N-terminal glycosaminoglycan binding region of human apolipoprotein E. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1861(3). 541–549. 15 indexed citations

Morita, Izumi, Hiroyuki Oyama, Takashi Ohgita, et al.. (2017). Immunochemical Approach for Monitoring of Structural Transition of ApoA-I upon HDL Formation Using Novel Monoclonal Antibodies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2988–2988. 2 indexed citations

Konno, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2016). Design and synthesis of a series of serine derivatives as small molecule inhibitors of the SARS coronavirus 3CL protease. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 24(6). 1241–1254. 20 indexed citations

Konno, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2015). Synthesis and evaluation of aminopyridine derivatives as potential BACE1 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(22). 5127–5132. 7 indexed citations

Toda, Yuki, Kazuyuki Takata, Yuko Nakagawa, et al.. (2014). Effective internalization of U251-MG-secreted exosomes into cancer cells and characterization of their lipid components. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 456(3). 768–773. 56 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Maria, Kazuya Kobayashi, Hiroyoshi Esaki, et al.. (2014). Enzymatic and structural characterization of an archaeal thiamin phosphate synthase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1844(4). 803–809. 12 indexed citations

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Tatsumi, Tadashi, Hiroyuki Konno, Kazuto Nosaka, et al.. (2014). Effect of prime-site sequence of retro-inverso-modified HTLV-1 protease inhibitor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22(8). 2482–2488. 5 indexed citations

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Sohma, Youhei, et al.. (2013). A new class of aggregation inhibitor of amyloid-β peptide based on an O-acyl isopeptide. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 21(21). 6323–6327. 11 indexed citations

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Kataoka, Hiroshi, et al.. (2011). Intact-cell-based surface plasmon resonance measurements for ligand affinity evaluation of a membrane receptor. Analytical Biochemistry. 420(2). 185–187. 13 indexed citations

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Futaki, Shiroh, Ikuhiko Nakase, Kenichi Akaji, et al.. (2004). Transferrin-Modified Liposomes Equipped with a pH-Sensitive Fusogenic Peptide: An Artificial Viral-like Delivery System. Biochemistry. 43(19). 5618–5628. 213 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Toru, Koki Hasegawa, Kenta Teruya, et al.. (2000). Polypeptide synthesis using an expressed peptide as a building block via the thioester method. Tetrahedron Letters. 41(15). 2625–2628. 9 indexed citations

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Michibata, Hideo, Masashi Mukoyama, Issei Tanaka, et al.. (1998). Autocrine/paracrine role of adrenomedullin in cultured endothelial and mesangial cells. Kidney International. 53(4). 979–985. 72 indexed citations

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Akaji, Kenichi. (1996). Studies on Development of Disulfide Bond Forming Reaction and the Application to Regioselective Disulfide Formation. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI. 116(6). 441–456. 1 indexed citations

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Fujiwara, Yasushi, Kenichi Akaji, & Yoshiaki Kiso. (1994). Racemization-Free Synthesis of C-Terminal Cysteine-Peptide Using 2-Chlorotrityl Resin.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 42(3). 724–726. 38 indexed citations

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Akaji, Kenichi, et al.. (1986). Studies on peptides. CXLV Synthesis of a 27-residue peptide amide corresponding to the entire amino acid sequence of canine gastrin-releasing polypeptide (cGRP).. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 34(11). 4805–4810. 4 indexed citations

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Yajima, Haruaki, Kenichi Akaji, Nobutaka Fujii, et al.. (1984). Synthesis of a 53-residue peptide with EGF activity. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1103–1103. 2 indexed citations

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