Kenji Osafune

8.0k citations
81 papers · 5.7k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 29
Topics
Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (45 papers)Renal and related cancers (42 papers)Pancreatic function and diabetes (19 papers)

In The Last Decade

Kenji Osafune

79 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Induction of pluripotent stem cells from primary human fi...20082026201420202008200820142015250500750

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Kenji Osafune
Comparison fields: 5 of 117
  • Molecular Biology 4.6k
  • Surgery 1.6k
  • Biomedical Engineering 930
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 692
  • Genetics 677
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenji Osafune

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Osafune

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About Kenji Osafune

Kenji Osafune is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 81 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (45 papers), Renal and related cancers (42 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (4.6k citations), Aging (75 citations) and Surgery (1.6k citations). Kenji Osafune has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Douglas A. Melton, Shuibing Chen, René Maehr, Astrid Eijkelenboom, Danwei Huangfu, Whitney E. Muhlestein, Wenjun Guo, Tarō Toyoda, Shinya Yamanaka and Malgorzata Borowiak. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Physiological Reviews.

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