Koji Sato

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
245 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Koji Sato is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Koji Sato has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Physiology and 33 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Koji Sato's work include Muscle metabolism and nutrition (18 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (18 papers) and Hormonal and reproductive studies (18 papers). Koji Sato is often cited by papers focused on Muscle metabolism and nutrition (18 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (18 papers) and Hormonal and reproductive studies (18 papers). Koji Sato collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Koji Sato's co-authors include Kazushige Touhara, Motoyuki Iemitsu, Satoshi Fujita, Leslie B. Vosshall, Tatsuro Nakagawa, Maurizio Pellegrino, Shoji Takeuchi, Takao Nakagawa, Sachiko Haga‐Yamanaka and Shigenori Miura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Koji Sato

232 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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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.

Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated ion channels

2008 816 citations Koji Sato, Kazushige Touhara et al. profile →
Metre-long cell-laden microfibres exhibit tissue morphologies and functions

2013 697 citations Koji Sato et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Koji Sato Japan	45	2.0k	1.7k	1.0k	1.0k	963	245	7.5k
Alan Mackay‐Sim Australia	60	3.9k 1.9×	2.5k 1.5×	926 0.9×	3.9k 3.8×	608 0.6×	188	12.3k
Yoshio Yamamoto Japan	41	1.0k 0.5×	2.0k 1.2×	817 0.8×	350 0.3×	668 0.7×	430	6.8k
Jeffrey B. Travers United States	52	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	224 0.2×	240	9.0k
Sang‐Hun Lee South Korea	53	3.4k 1.7×	6.9k 4.1×	801 0.8×	312 0.3×	885 0.9×	309	12.1k
Toshihiko Iwanaga Japan	60	2.2k 1.1×	5.5k 3.3×	4.0k 3.9×	613 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	383	15.8k
Hong Wang United States	50	1.1k 0.5×	5.8k 3.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	582 0.6×	176	12.5k
Randall R. Reed United States	59	5.0k 2.5×	7.2k 4.3×	861 0.8×	3.9k 3.9×	2.0k 2.0×	112	13.2k
Desmond J. Tobin United Kingdom	64	704 0.3×	2.8k 1.7×	715 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	572 0.6×	187	13.6k
Thomas Müller Germany	55	2.1k 1.0×	5.8k 3.5×	592 0.6×	181 0.2×	925 1.0×	145	9.5k
Youngseok Lee South Korea	34	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	173 0.2×	468 0.5×	698 0.7×	145	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koji Sato

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Nishikawa, Tetsuo, et al.. (2025). Early initiation of guideline-directed medical therapy in patients with cardiogenic shock supported with Impella®: a two-center retrospective study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 25(1). 818–818.

Kawahara, Kohichi, Takuya Hasegawa, Koji Sato, et al.. (2024). Truncated GPNMB , a microglial transmembrane protein, serves as a scavenger receptor for oligomeric β‐amyloid peptide _1‐42 in primary type 1 microglia. Journal of Neurochemistry. 168(7). 1317–1339. 1 indexed citations

Hasegawa, Takuya, Kohichi Kawahara, Koji Sato, Yoshihide Asano, & Takehiko Maeda. (2024). Characterization of a Cancer-Induced Bone Pain Model for Use as a Model of Cancer Cachexia. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 46(12). 13364–13382. 2 indexed citations

Sato, Koji. (2024). Suppression of gp130 attenuated insulin-mediated signaling and glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17496–17496. 2 indexed citations

Kondo, Yuki, et al.. (2022). Current Status and Issues Regarding Pharmaceutical Management of Patients with Impaired Renal Function in Community Pharmacies:. Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences). 48(2). 59–69. 1 indexed citations

Sato, Koji, et al.. (2011). Sugar-regulated cation channel formed by an insect gustatory receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(28). 11680–11685. 212 indexed citations

Hasegawa, Takuya, et al.. (2011). ErbB2 down-regulates microRNA-205 in breast cancer. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 411(4). 804–808. 44 indexed citations

Kato, Tohru, et al.. (2009). INFLUENCE OF HEIGHT AND AGE ON WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE IN JAPANESE OUTPATIENTS WITH CORONARY RISK FACTORS. 50(2). 55–65. 1 indexed citations

Sato, Koji & Kazushige Touhara. (2009). Insect seven-transmembrane olfactory receptor complex is an odor-gated ion channel. Folia Pharmacologica Japonica. 134(5). 248–253. 3 indexed citations

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Kaira, Kyoichi, Atsushi Takise, Koichi Minato, et al.. (2005). Phase II study of weekly docetaxel and cisplatin in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 16(4). 455–460. 10 indexed citations

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Hayatsu, Masahito, et al.. (2001). Purification and characterization of carbaryl hydrolase fromArthrobactersp. RC100. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 201(1). 99–103. 31 indexed citations

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Oikawa, Takuro, et al.. (2000). Body weight of high and low aggression mice under various population densities.. Journal of Applied Genetics. 41(1). 35–42. 1 indexed citations

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Mimatsu, K, Noriaki Kawakami, Fuminori KATO, Hisatoshi Saito, & Koji Sato. (1992). Intraoperative ultrasonography of extramedullary spinal tumours. Neuroradiology. 34(5). 440–443. 18 indexed citations

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Hara, Hitoshi, et al.. (1989). A case report of colon cancer with Crohn's disease.. The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery. 22(8). 2130–2133. 1 indexed citations

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Sato, Koji, et al.. (1969). Comparison of human sweat electrolyte concentration in mental, thermal and exercise perspiration.. PubMed. 15(1). 47–66. 11 indexed citations

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Sato, Koji, et al.. (1968). Studies on perfect and imperfect albinism in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho. 39(8). 348–352. 5 indexed citations

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Sasa, M., et al.. (1963). STUDIES ON EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF FILARIASIS. MICROFILARIAL SURVEYS IN THE AMAMI ISLANDS, SOUTH JAPAN.. PubMed. 33. 47–67. 3 indexed citations

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Sasa, M., Shigeo Hayashi, Koji Sato, Toshiaki IKESHOJI, & Hiromu Tanaka. (1959). A review of field experiments in the control of bancroftian and malayan filariasis in Japan, 1958.. PubMed. 29. 369–405. 6 indexed citations

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Kanō, Rokurō & Koji Sato. (1951). Notes on the flies of medical importance in japan(2)-of Calliphorini in Japan-Larvae. 21(1). 133–140. 1 indexed citations

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Kanō, Rokurō, et al.. (1951). Notes on the fiies of medical importance in Japan(2)-The larvae of sarcophaga known in Japan. 21(1). 115–120. 8 indexed citations

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