Kenshiro Oshima

21.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
159 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Kenshiro Oshima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenshiro Oshima has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Kenshiro Oshima's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (56 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (31 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers). Kenshiro Oshima is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (56 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (31 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers). Kenshiro Oshima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Brazil. Kenshiro Oshima's co-authors include Masahira Hattori, Hidetoshi Morita, Hidehiro Toh, Wataru Suda, Todd D. Taylor, Hiroshi Ohno, Atsushi Yamashita, Kenya Honda, Kikuji Itoh and Ken Kurokawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Kenshiro Oshima

156 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

Bifidobacteria can protec... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2011 2013 2003 2007 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Bifidobacteria can protect from enteropathogenic infection through production of acetate
    2011 1.8k citations Shinji Fukuda, Hidehiro Toh et al. profile →
  2. Obesity-induced gut microbial metabolite promotes liver cancer through senescence secretome
    2013 1.7k citations Yoichiro Iwakura, Kenshiro Oshima et al. profile →
  3. Genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a pathogenic mechanism distinct from that of V cholerae
    2003 839 citations Kozo Makino, Kenshiro Oshima et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Comparative Metagenomics Revealed Commonly Enriched Gene Sets in Human Gut Microbiomes
    2007 627 citations Ken Kurokawa, Kenshiro Oshima et al. DNA Research profile →
  5. Dysbiosis in the Gut Microbiota of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis, with a Striking Depletion of Species Belonging to Clostridia XIVa and IV Clusters
    2015 593 citations Wataru Suda, Kenshiro Oshima et al. profile →
  6. The gut microbiome of healthy Japanese and its microbial and functional uniqueness
    2016 342 citations Wataru Suda, Kenshiro Oshima et al. DNA Research profile →
  7. Evolutionary origin of insect– Wolbachia nutritional mutualism
    2014 300 citations Kenshiro Oshima, Masahira Hattori et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kenshiro Oshima 6.7k 2.0k 1.5k 1.5k 1.5k 159 12.5k
Jin‐Woo Bae 8.2k 1.2× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 275 14.0k
Ashlee M. Earl 10.5k 1.6× 1.7k 0.8× 2.7k 1.8× 634 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 110 17.8k
Guoping Zhao 10.2k 1.5× 780 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 877 0.6× 495 16.6k
Lars Hestbjerg Hansen 9.1k 1.4× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 557 0.4× 622 0.4× 331 16.9k
Hidehiro Toh 6.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 818 0.5× 605 0.4× 106 11.2k
Paramvir Dehal 9.1k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 848 0.6× 707 0.5× 25 16.3k
Eric P. Nawrocki 11.1k 1.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 712 0.5× 873 0.6× 31 16.9k
Elisabeth M. Bik 8.7k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 2.8k 1.8× 300 0.2× 952 0.7× 45 13.6k
Alan W. Walker 9.3k 1.4× 2.6k 1.3× 3.0k 1.9× 318 0.2× 889 0.6× 128 15.0k
Knut Rudi 6.1k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 343 0.2× 500 0.3× 223 11.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenshiro Oshima

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenshiro Oshima. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenshiro Oshima 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 Kenshiro Oshima. Kenshiro Oshima 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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Tamakoshi, Masatada, Atsushi Hijikata, Kei Yura, et al.. (2023). Isolation and genomic analysis of a type IV pili-independent <i>Thermus thermophilus</i> phage, φMN1 from a Japanese hot spring. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 69(2). 117–124. 1 indexed citations
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Chiou, Tai‐Ying, Wataru Suda, Kenshiro Oshima, et al.. (2021). Lentilactobacillus kosonis sp. nov., isolated from kôso, a Japanese sugar-vegetable fermented beverage. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 71(11). 4 indexed citations
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Okada, Norihiro, Kenshiro Oshima, Yuki Iwasaki, et al.. (2021). Intron retention as a new pre-symptomatic marker of aging and its recovery to the normal state by a traditional Japanese multi-herbal medicine. Gene. 794. 145752–145752. 12 indexed citations
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Stein, Richard R., Takeshi Tanoue, Rose L. Szabady, et al.. (2018). Computer-guided design of optimal microbial consortia for immune system modulation. eLife. 7. 62 indexed citations
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Kamiya, Tomonori, Ce Tang, Motohiko Kadoki, et al.. (2017). β-Glucans in food modify colonic microflora by inducing antimicrobial protein, calprotectin, in a Dectin-1-induced-IL-17F-dependent manner. Mucosal Immunology. 11(3). 763–773. 37 indexed citations
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Gao, Feng, Nurhidayu Al‐saari, Sayaka Mino, et al.. (2016). Vibrio ishigakensis sp. nov., in Halioticoli clade isolated from seawater in Okinawa coral reef area, Japan. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 39(5). 330–335. 9 indexed citations
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Ota, Shuhei, Tomokazu Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Takeshita, et al.. (2016). Deciphering the relationship among phosphate dynamics, electron-dense body and lipid accumulation in the green alga Parachlorella kessleri. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 25731–25731. 67 indexed citations
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Tang, Ce, Tomonori Kamiya, Yang Liu, et al.. (2015). Inhibition of Dectin-1 Signaling Ameliorates Colitis by Inducing Lactobacillus-Mediated Regulatory T Cell Expansion in the Intestine. Cell Host & Microbe. 18(2). 183–197. 221 indexed citations
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Morita, Hidetoshi, Hidehiro Toh, Kenshiro Oshima, et al.. (2015). Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium catenulatum JCM 1194T isolated from human feces. Journal of Biotechnology. 210. 25–26. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Sang-Wan, Wataru Suda, Sujin Kim, et al.. (2013). Robustness of Gut Microbiota of Healthy Adults in Response to Probiotic Intervention Revealed by High-Throughput Pyrosequencing. DNA Research. 20(3). 241–253. 246 indexed citations
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Miyamoto, Hirokuni, Takashi Satoh, Ryusuke Tanaka, et al.. (2013). Thermophile-fermented compost as a possible scavenging feed additive to prevent peroxidation. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 116(2). 203–208. 10 indexed citations
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Shimizu-Kadota, Mariko, Hiroaki Kato, Yuh Shiwa, et al.. (2013). Genomic Features ofLactococcus lactisIO-1, a Lactic Acid Bacterium That Utilizes Xylose and Produces High Levels ofL-Lactic Acid. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 77(9). 1804–1808. 6 indexed citations
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Tsukui, Tatsuya, Satoshi Ueha, Jun Abe, et al.. (2013). Qualitative Rather than Quantitative Changes Are Hallmarks of Fibroblasts in Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal Of Pathology. 183(3). 758–773. 69 indexed citations
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Yahara, Koji, Mikihiko Kawai, Yoshikazu Furuta, et al.. (2012). Genome-Wide Survey of Mutual Homologous Recombination in a Highly Sexual Bacterial Species. Genome Biology and Evolution. 4(5). 628–640. 32 indexed citations
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Hashimoto, Shin-ichi, Yoichiro Nakatani, Wei Qü, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide profiling of DNA methylation in human cancer cells. Genomics. 98(4). 280–287. 43 indexed citations
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Prakash, Tulika, Kenshiro Oshima, Hidetoshi Morita, et al.. (2011). Complete Genome Sequences of Rat and Mouse Segmented Filamentous Bacteria, a Potent Inducer of Th17 Cell Differentiation. Cell Host & Microbe. 10(3). 273–284. 96 indexed citations
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Kawai, Mikihiko, Yoshikazu Furuta, Koji Yahara, et al.. (2011). Evolution in an oncogenic bacterial species with extreme genome plasticity: Helicobacter pyloriEast Asian genomes. BMC Microbiology. 11(1). 104–104. 119 indexed citations
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Nakayama, Keisuke, Atsushi Yamashita, Ken Kurokawa, et al.. (2008). The Whole-genome Sequencing of the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi Revealed Massive Gene Amplification During Reductive Genome Evolution. DNA Research. 15(4). 185–199. 134 indexed citations
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Toh, Hidehiro, Brian L. Weiss, Atsushi Yamashita, et al.. (2005). Massive genome erosion and functional adaptations provide insights into the symbiotic lifestyle of Sodalis glossinidius in the tsetse host. Genome Research. 16(2). 149–156. 244 indexed citations
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Makino, Kozo, Kenshiro Oshima, Ken Kurokawa, et al.. (2003). Genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a pathogenic mechanism distinct from that of V cholerae. The Lancet. 361(9359). 743–749. 839 indexed citations breakdown →

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