Kentaro Takada

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Kentaro Takada is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kentaro Takada has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Pharmacology, 45 papers in Biotechnology and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kentaro Takada's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (48 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (45 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (14 papers). Kentaro Takada is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (48 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (45 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (14 papers). Kentaro Takada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Kentaro Takada's co-authors include Shigeki Matsunaga, Yuki Hitora, Shigeru Okada, Yasuhide Inokuma, Shota Yoshioka, Kari Rissanen, J. Ariyoshi, Makoto Fujita, Tatsuhiko Arai and Akihiro Ninomiya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kentaro Takada

72 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

X-ray analysis on the nanogram to microgram scale using porous complexes

2013 727 citations Yasuhide Inokuma, Shota Yoshioka et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kentaro Takada Japan	23	888	828	753	627	403	75	2.2k
Jun Uzawa Japan	30	1.4k 1.6×	837 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	330 0.5×	282 0.7×	161	3.5k
Ohgi Takahashi Japan	26	739 0.8×	324 0.4×	533 0.7×	348 0.6×	130 0.3×	127	1.8k
James K. Harper United States	29	634 0.7×	1.4k 1.7×	539 0.7×	326 0.5×	370 0.9×	81	3.8k
Martin E. Maier Germany	40	1.3k 1.5×	737 0.9×	4.0k 5.3×	646 1.0×	434 1.1×	216	5.2k
Hua‐Jie Zhu China	32	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	681 1.1×	243 0.6×	184	3.2k
Edward A. Anderson United Kingdom	46	935 1.1×	414 0.5×	4.9k 6.6×	515 0.8×	486 1.2×	152	6.0k
Takao Okazaki Japan	23	583 0.7×	486 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	240 0.4×	123 0.3×	126	2.0k
Luigi Gomez‐Paloma Italy	30	1.3k 1.5×	835 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	741 1.2×	76 0.2×	84	3.2k
Spencer Knapp United States	36	2.1k 2.3×	240 0.3×	3.1k 4.1×	351 0.6×	386 1.0×	125	4.1k
Jon Bordner United States	30	832 0.9×	380 0.5×	2.0k 2.6×	148 0.2×	514 1.3×	152	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kentaro Takada

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

All Works

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Ohshiro, Taichi, et al.. (2024). Catalindoles A–C: brominated indole alkaloids from the starfish Thromidia catalai, which feeds on Theonella sponges. Fisheries Science. 90(5). 787–793. 1 indexed citations

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Hitora, Yuki, Ryuichi Watanabe, Hugh Clark, et al.. (2024). Stereochemical Assignment of the 36-Membered Macrolide Ring Portion of Poecillastrin C. Organic Letters. 26(25). 5290–5294.

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Ohashi, Akiyoshi, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the predator–prey interaction between a newly discovered nudibranch and sponge with molecular evidence. Fisheries Science. 91(2). 275–290.

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Fukuoka, Masashi, et al.. (2024). Mebamamide C, a deoxy analogue of mebamamides in Bryopsis marine green algae and Elysia sacoglossan mollusks. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 88(4). 399–404. 2 indexed citations

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Kogawa, Masato, Masahiro Ando, Kei Yura, et al.. (2022). Single-cell metabolite detection and genomics reveals uncultivated talented producer. PNAS Nexus. 1(1). pgab007–pgab007. 17 indexed citations

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Matsuda, Kenichi, Masakazu Kobayashi, Takefumi Kuranaga, et al.. (2019). SurE is a trans-acting thioesterase cyclizing two distinct non-ribosomal peptides. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(5). 1058–1061. 33 indexed citations

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Takada, Kentaro, Ryuichi Watanabe, Toshiyuki Suzuki, et al.. (2018). Poecillastrin H, a Chondropsin-Type Macrolide with a Conjugated Pentaene Moiety, from a Characella sp. Marine Sponge. Journal of Natural Products. 81(5). 1295–1299. 9 indexed citations

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Kuranaga, Takefumi, Kenichi Matsuda, Masakazu Kobayashi, et al.. (2018). Total Synthesis of the Nonribosomal Peptide Surugamide B and Identification of a New Offloading Cyclase Family. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(30). 9447–9451. 54 indexed citations

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Kuranaga, Takefumi, Kenichi Matsuda, Masakazu Kobayashi, et al.. (2018). Total Synthesis of the Nonribosomal Peptide Surugamide B and Identification of a New Offloading Cyclase Family. Angewandte Chemie. 130(30). 9591–9595. 11 indexed citations

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Takada, Kentaro, et al.. (2015). Nazumazoles A–C, Cyclic Pentapeptides Dimerized through a Disulfide Bond from the Marine Sponge Theonella swinhoei. Organic Letters. 17(11). 2646–2648. 23 indexed citations

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Takada, Kentaro, Yuji Ise, Nataly Bontemps, et al.. (2015). Two cell differentiation inducing pyridoacridines from a marine sponge Biemna sp. and their chemical conversions. Tetrahedron. 71(30). 5013–5018. 9 indexed citations

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Takada, Kentaro. (2015). Development of bioactive natural products from marine organisms. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 81(4). 647–650. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Yi, Kentaro Takada, Yuichi Nogi, Shigeru Okada, & Shigeki Matsunaga. (2014). Lower Homologues of Ahpatinin, Aspartic Protease Inhibitors, from a Marine Streptomyces sp.. Journal of Natural Products. 77(7). 1749–1752. 17 indexed citations

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Akiyama, Takuya, Kentaro Takada, Tsutomu Oikawa, et al.. (2013). Stimulators of adipogenesis from the marine sponge Xestospongia testudinaria. Tetrahedron. 69(32). 6560–6564. 26 indexed citations

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Inokuma, Yasuhide, Shota Yoshioka, J. Ariyoshi, et al.. (2013). X-ray analysis on the nanogram to microgram scale using porous complexes. Nature. 495(7442). 461–466. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nakagawa, Kazuya, et al.. (2012). Saprolmycins A–E, new angucycline antibiotics active against Saprolegnia parasitica. The Journal of Antibiotics. 65(12). 599–607. 16 indexed citations

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Takada, Kentaro, Nobutaka Imamura, Kirk R. Gustafson, & Curtis J. Henrich. (2010). Synthesis and structure–activity relationship of botryllamides that block the ABCG2 multidrug transporter. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(4). 1330–1333. 24 indexed citations

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Takada, Kentaro, et al.. (2010). Oridamycins A and B, Anti-Saprolegnia parasitica Indolosesquiterpenes Isolated from Streptomyces sp. KS84. Journal of Natural Products. 73(4). 698–701. 65 indexed citations

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Sano, Naoyuki, et al.. (2007). . Materia Japan. 46(1). 28–30.

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Takada, Kentaro, Toshiyuki Hamada, Hiroshi Hirota, et al.. (2006). Asteropine A, a Sialidase-Inhibiting Conotoxin-like Peptide from the Marine Sponge Asteropus simplex. Chemistry & Biology. 13(6). 569–574. 22 indexed citations

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