Koji Mizuhashi

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 758 citations indexed

About

Koji Mizuhashi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Koji Mizuhashi has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 758 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Rheumatology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Koji Mizuhashi's work include Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (4 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (4 papers) and Bone health and treatments (3 papers). Koji Mizuhashi is often cited by papers focused on Fibroblast Growth Factor Research (4 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (4 papers) and Bone health and treatments (3 papers). Koji Mizuhashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Koji Mizuhashi's co-authors include Wanida Ono, Yuki Matsushita, Noriaki Ono, Takashi Nagasawa, Henry M. Kronenberg, Mizuki Nagata, Naoko Sakagami, Akira Takahashi, Thomas L. Saunders and Shawn A. Hallett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Koji Mizuhashi

11 papers receiving 756 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.

Resting zone of the growth plate houses a unique class of skeletal stem cells

2018 276 citations Koji Mizuhashi, Wanida Ono et al. Nature profile →
A Wnt-mediated transformation of the bone marrow stromal cell identity orchestrates skeletal regeneration

2020 197 citations Yuki Matsushita, Mizuki Nagata et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Koji Mizuhashi Japan	10	466	221	176	160	115	11	758
Xinyu Peng China	4	563 1.2×	147 0.7×	273 1.6×	172 1.1×	98 0.9×	9	933
Jason McCormick United States	4	329 0.7×	156 0.7×	105 0.6×	65 0.4×	83 0.7×	5	578
Naoko Sakagami Japan	9	372 0.8×	123 0.6×	143 0.8×	165 1.0×	76 0.7×	16	671
Cynthia A. Luppen United States	8	427 0.9×	216 1.0×	173 1.0×	97 0.6×	46 0.4×	8	941
Janice Nunn United Kingdom	8	276 0.6×	256 1.2×	143 0.8×	73 0.5×	90 0.8×	11	744
Rob Dee Netherlands	9	400 0.9×	221 1.0×	116 0.7×	91 0.6×	147 1.3×	11	961
Takanaga Ochiai Japan	10	294 0.6×	86 0.4×	110 0.6×	277 1.7×	55 0.5×	31	662
Remco M. Hoogenboezem Netherlands	20	530 1.1×	271 1.2×	225 1.3×	59 0.4×	141 1.2×	51	1.2k
Francesca Soncin United States	16	897 1.9×	138 0.6×	124 0.7×	110 0.7×	118 1.0×	27	1.4k
Kimberly A. Jacobsen United States	6	393 0.8×	109 0.5×	171 1.0×	93 0.6×	183 1.6×	7	884

Countries citing papers authored by Koji Mizuhashi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koji Mizuhashi

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

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Matsushita, Yuki, Hiroaki Manabe, Zachary Lee, et al.. (2023). Hedgehog activation promotes osteogenic fates of growth plate resting zone chondrocytes through transient clonal competency. JCI Insight. 9(2). 10 indexed citations

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Hallett, Shawn A., Yuki Matsushita, Wanida Ono, et al.. (2021). Chondrocytes in the resting zone of the growth plate are maintained in a Wnt-inhibitory environment. eLife. 10. 37 indexed citations

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Matsushita, Yuki, Mizuki Nagata, Kenneth M. Kozloff, et al.. (2020). A Wnt-mediated transformation of the bone marrow stromal cell identity orchestrates skeletal regeneration. Nature Communications. 11(1). 332–332. 197 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mizuhashi, Koji, et al.. (2020). Growth plate borderline chondrocytes behave as transient mesenchymal precursor cells. Yearbook of pediatric endocrinology. 1 indexed citations

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Mizuhashi, Koji, Mizuki Nagata, Yuki Matsushita, Wanida Ono, & Noriaki Ono. (2019). Growth Plate Borderline Chondrocytes Behave as Transient Mesenchymal Precursor Cells. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 34(8). 1387–1392. 37 indexed citations

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Mizuhashi, Koji, Wanida Ono, Yuki Matsushita, et al.. (2018). Resting zone of the growth plate houses a unique class of skeletal stem cells. Nature. 563(7730). 254–258. 276 indexed citations breakdown →

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Takahashi, Akira, Mizuki Nagata, Yuki Matsushita, et al.. (2018). Autocrine regulation of mesenchymal progenitor cell fates orchestrates tooth eruption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(2). 575–580. 102 indexed citations

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Mizuhashi, Koji, Taro Chaya, Takashi Kanamoto, Yoshihiro Omori, & Takahisa Furukawa. (2015). Obif, a Transmembrane Protein, Is Required for Bone Mineralization and Spermatogenesis in Mice. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0133704–e0133704. 20 indexed citations

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Mizuhashi, Koji, Takashi Kanamoto, Takeshi Moriishi, et al.. (2014). Filamin-interacting proteins, Cfm1 and Cfm2, are essential for the formation of cartilaginous skeletal elements. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(11). 2953–2967. 19 indexed citations

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Mizuhashi, Koji, Takashi Kanamoto, Masako Ito, et al.. (2012). OBIF, an osteoblast induction factor, plays an essential role in bone formation in association with osteoblastogenesis. Development Growth & Differentiation. 54(4). 474–480. 26 indexed citations

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Kanamoto, Takashi, Koji Mizuhashi, Koji Terada, et al.. (2009). Isolation and characterization of a novel plasma membrane protein, osteoblast induction factor (obif), associated with osteoblast differentiation. BMC Developmental Biology. 9(1). 70–70. 33 indexed citations

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