Koichi Ito

15.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
383 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Koichi Ito is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Koichi Ito has authored 383 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 126 papers in Molecular Biology and 63 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Koichi Ito's work include Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (114 papers), Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (56 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers). Koichi Ito is often cited by papers focused on Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (114 papers), Thyroid Disorders and Treatments (56 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers). Koichi Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Koichi Ito's co-authors include Kiminori Sugino, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Kunihiko Ito, Mitsuji Nagahama, Kaori Kameyama, Takashi Mimura, Wataru Kitagawa, Jaeduk Yoshimura Noh and Masaharu Takahashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Koichi Ito

365 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Lymph Node Metastasis From 259 Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas

2003 675 citations Kiminori Sugino, Kaori Kameyama et al. profile →
Reducing Mutual Coupling of MIMO Antennas With Parasitic Elements for Mobile Terminals

2011 344 citations Koichi Ito et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Koichi Ito Japan	59	4.8k	4.1k	2.0k	1.8k	1.4k	383	11.5k
Eun Jig Lee South Korea	50	2.9k 0.6×	3.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	856 0.6×	355	8.8k
Martha Campbell‐Thompson United States	50	2.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	2.7k 1.4×	3.5k 1.9×	830 0.6×	161	8.0k
Jin‐Xiong She United States	58	2.7k 0.6×	2.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.4×	4.5k 2.5×	543 0.4×	271	10.2k
Akira Yoshida Japan	57	5.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	507	12.6k
Akira Yamamoto Japan	50	5.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	3.6k 1.8×	631 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	335	13.2k
Kurt Werner Schmid Germany	62	5.3k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	3.3k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	3.1k 2.2×	461	14.4k
Shoji Kimura Japan	47	2.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	510 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	319	8.2k
Jay M. McDonald United States	48	4.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	747 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	187	8.9k
Andrew H. Fischer United States	34	2.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	768 0.4×	645 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	107	6.4k
Michael Gekle Germany	51	3.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	472 0.3×	878 0.6×	241	8.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koichi Ito

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Ota, Chihiro, et al.. (2025). Loss and Gain of Aqp10 Paralogs With Broad Solute Selectivity in Anguillid Eels. Genome Biology and Evolution. 17(10).

Hatanaka, Kanako C., Ryohei Katoh, Koichi Ito, et al.. (2024). Impact of the quality of resected thyroid cancer tissue sample on next‐generation sequencing testing. Pathology International. 74(2). 77–86. 4 indexed citations

Ito, Koichi, Tokio Sugiura, Takanori Suzuki, et al.. (2024). Efficacy of antiviral therapy for the prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of hepatitis B virus and the risk of postpartum hepatitis flare after discontinuation of antiviral therapy. Hepatology Research. 54(11). 1106–1112.

Watanabe, Natsuko, Nami Suzuki, Masahiro Ichikawa, et al.. (2024). Exacerbation of Thyroid Eye Disease and Dysthyroid Optic Neuropathy during Pregnancy. Internal Medicine. 64(7). 1061–1065.

Suzuki, Nami, Yoshiyuki Arai, Toru Yoshimura, et al.. (2024). Determination of Capillary Blood TSH and Free Thyroxine Levels Using Digital Immunoassay. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 8(4). bvae030–bvae030. 1 indexed citations

Liao, Chaoyong, Jian Cui, Mingkun Gao, et al.. (2024). Dual-sgRNA CRISPRa System for Enhanced MK-7 Production and Salmonella Infection Mitigation in Bacillus subtilis natto Applied to Caco-2 Cells. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72(8). 4301–4316. 2 indexed citations

Otsuka, Hiroshi, Kei Endo, M. Wada, & Koichi Ito. (2023). Systematic genetic identification of functional domains on collided di‐ribosomes responsible for rescue pathways upon translation arrest in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Journal. 290(15). 3748–3763.

Wada, M. & Koichi Ito. (2023). The CGA codon decoding through tRNA ^Arg ( ICG ) supply governed by Tad2/Tad3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Journal. 290(13). 3480–3489. 3 indexed citations

Kato, Ken, Takao Togawa, Koichi Ito, et al.. (2023). Clinicopathologic Features, Genetics, Treatment, and Long-Term Outcomes in Japanese Children and Young Adults with Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis: A Multicenter Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(18). 5979–5979. 3 indexed citations

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Yamanaka, Daisuke, Hiroyasu Kamei, Koichi Ito, et al.. (2021). Dietary lysine restriction induces lipid accumulation in skeletal muscle through an increase in serum threonine levels in rats. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(4). 101179–101179. 9 indexed citations

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Kato, T., Kaoru Kumazaki, M. Wada, et al.. (2019). Crystal structure of plant vacuolar iron transporter VIT1. Nature Plants. 5(3). 308–315. 49 indexed citations

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Saito, Yoshiyuki, Nobuyuki Onishi, Hiroshi Takami, et al.. (2018). Development of a functional thyroid model based on an organoid culture system. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 497(2). 783–789. 49 indexed citations

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Oishi, Naoki, Tetsuo Kondo, Aya Ebina, et al.. (2017). Molecular alterations of coexisting thyroid papillary carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma: identification of TERT mutation as an independent risk factor for transformation. Modern Pathology. 30(11). 1527–1537. 82 indexed citations

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Ito, Koichi, et al.. (2016). PTK6 Inhibition Suppresses Metastases of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer via SNAIL-Dependent E-Cadherin Regulation. Cancer Research. 76(15). 4406–4417. 48 indexed citations

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Philip, Brian, Koichi Ito, Rafael Moreno‐Sánchez, & Stephen J. Ralph. (2013). HIF expression and the role of hypoxic microenvironments within primary tumours as protective sites driving cancer stem cell renewal and metastatic progression. Carcinogenesis. 34(8). 1699–1707. 133 indexed citations

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Frausto, Shanti, Koichi Ito, William Marszalec, & Geoffrey T. Swanson. (2011). A Novel Form of Low-Frequency Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Plasticity Induced by Bimodal mGlu1 Receptor Signaling. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(47). 16897–16906. 7 indexed citations

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Ito, Koichi. (2010). ON THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE MONGOLS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF YUAN DYNASTY. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University).

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Kumagai, Atsushi, Hiroyuki Namba, Norisato Mitsutake, et al.. (2006). Childhood thyroid carcinoma with BRAFT1799A mutation shows unique pathological features of poor differentiation. Oncology Reports. 16(1). 123–6. 12 indexed citations

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Ito, Koichi. (1981). The Teaching of Statistics in Japanese Universities and Colleges. 11(1). 57–59. 1 indexed citations

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Ito, Koichi, et al.. (1976). Studies on the Depressive Factors in Heterochordaria abietina Affecting the Blood Cholesterol Level in Rats III. Quantitative Determination of Iodoamino Acids in Marine Algae and Their Effects of Depressing the Blood Cholesterol Level in Rats. Tohoku Journal of Agricultural Research. 27(1). 53–61. 1 indexed citations

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