Koji Yamanaka

22.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
114 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Koji Yamanaka is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Koji Yamanaka has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Neurology, 40 papers in Neurology and 33 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Koji Yamanaka's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (65 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (33 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (28 papers). Koji Yamanaka is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (65 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (33 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (28 papers). Koji Yamanaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Koji Yamanaka's co-authors include Don W. Cleveland, Séverine Boillée, Okiru Komine, Finn Ankersen, Christian S. Lobsiger, George Kassiotis, George Kollias, Nancy A. Jenkins, Neal G. Copeland and Kumi Kaneko and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Koji Yamanaka

109 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia

2006 1.3k citations Séverine Boillée, Koji Yamanaka et al. Science profile →
Astrocytes as determinants of disease progression in inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2008 888 citations Koji Yamanaka, Séverine Boillée et al. profile →
New State Transition Matrix for Relative Motion on an Arbitrary Elliptical Orbit

2002 381 citations Koji Yamanaka 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 Yamanaka Japan	42	4.3k	2.9k	2.4k	1.9k	1.3k	114	7.5k
Andrew J. Grierson United Kingdom	33	2.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	590 0.3×	765 0.6×	60	4.6k
Zhuohua Zhang China	42	1.1k 0.3×	5.3k 1.8×	119 0.1×	517 0.3×	1.8k 1.4×	89	8.5k
Takashi Sakurai Japan	31	474 0.1×	2.7k 1.0×	157 0.1×	253 0.1×	1.1k 0.8×	177	4.5k
Marcie A. Glicksman United States	35	723 0.2×	2.0k 0.7×	271 0.1×	344 0.2×	679 0.5×	109	4.1k
Frank Gillardon Germany	37	1.5k 0.3×	2.2k 0.8×	166 0.1×	752 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	98	4.6k
Charles Vanderburg United States	29	949 0.2×	4.3k 1.5×	113 0.0×	725 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	63	6.8k
Jun‐ichi Satoh Japan	42	727 0.2×	2.3k 0.8×	189 0.1×	1.4k 0.7×	906 0.7×	181	5.3k
Olga Pletniková United States	49	3.5k 0.8×	4.2k 1.5×	577 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	2.8k 2.1×	84	8.9k
Lee Cyn Ang Canada	34	1.3k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	240 0.1×	366 0.2×	656 0.5×	95	3.9k
Toshiki Uchihara Japan	41	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	99 0.0×	1.1k 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	204	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koji Yamanaka

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

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Fujisawa, Haruki, Takashi Watanabe, Okiru Komine, et al.. (2024). Prolonged extracellular low sodium concentrations and subsequent their rapid correction modulate nitric oxide production dependent on NFAT5 in microglia. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 223. 458–472. 1 indexed citations

Matsudaira, Tatsuyuki, Yusuke Konishi, Shimpei Kawamoto, et al.. (2023). Cellular senescence in white matter microglia is induced during ageing in mice and exacerbates the neuroinflammatory phenotype. Communications Biology. 6(1). 665–665. 43 indexed citations

Sobue, Akira, Okiru Komine, & Koji Yamanaka. (2023). Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease: microglial signature and their relevance to disease. Inflammation and Regeneration. 43(1). 26–26. 64 indexed citations

Hashimoto, Kei, Seiji Watanabe, Masato Akutsu, et al.. (2023). Intrinsic structural vulnerability in the hydrophobic core induces species-specific aggregation of canine SOD1 with degenerative myelopathy–linked E40K mutation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(6). 104798–104798. 3 indexed citations

Konishi, Hiroyuki, Takayuki Okamoto, Yuichiro Hara, et al.. (2020). Astrocytic phagocytosis is a compensatory mechanism for microglial dysfunction. The EMBO Journal. 39(22). e104464–e104464. 131 indexed citations

Amporndanai, Kangsa, Michael S. Rogers, Seiji Watanabe, et al.. (2020). Novel Selenium-based compounds with therapeutic potential for SOD1-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. EBioMedicine. 59. 102980–102980. 33 indexed citations

Nishino, Kohei, Seiji Watanabe, Shijie Jin, et al.. (2019). Mice deficient in the C-terminal domain of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 develop age-dependent motor dysfunction associated with impaired Notch1−Akt signaling pathway. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 7(1). 118–118. 19 indexed citations

Komine, Okiru, Hirofumi Yamashita, Noriko Fujimori-Tonou, et al.. (2018). Innate immune adaptor TRIF deficiency accelerates disease progression of ALS mice with accumulation of aberrantly activated astrocytes. Cell Death and Differentiation. 25(12). 2130–2146. 48 indexed citations

Tokuda, Eiichi, Itsuki Anzai, Takao Nomura, et al.. (2017). Immunochemical characterization on pathological oligomers of mutant Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 12(1). 2–2. 20 indexed citations

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Mitani, Shinji, et al.. (2016). High-Agility, Miniaturized Attitude Control Sensors and Actuators in an All-in-one Module. TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. 14(ists30). Pd_47–Pd_53. 2 indexed citations

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Lašienė, Jūratė, Okiru Komine, Noriko Fujimori-Tonou, et al.. (2016). Neuregulin 1 confers neuroprotection in SOD1-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice via restoration of C-boutons of spinal motor neurons. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 4(1). 15–15. 46 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Seiji, Hristelina Ilieva, Hiromi Tamada, et al.. (2016). Mitochondria‐associated membrane collapse is a common pathomechanism in SIGMAR 1 ‐ and SOD 1 ‐linked ALS. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 8(12). 1421–1437. 201 indexed citations

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Yamanaka, Koji. (2016). The role of microglia in neurodegenerative diseases.

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Nakajima, Y., et al.. (2015). A research toward guidance, navigation, and control for a Non-Cooperative Target. JAXA Repository (JAXA). 1 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Seiji, et al.. (2014). Cystatin C protects neuronal cells against mutant copper-zinc superoxide dismutase-mediated toxicity. Cell Death and Disease. 5(10). e1497–e1497. 64 indexed citations

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Nomura, Takao, Shôji Watanabe, Kumi Kaneko, et al.. (2013). Intranuclear Aggregation of Mutant FUS/TLS as a Molecular Pathomechanism of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(2). 1192–1202. 109 indexed citations

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Cleveland, Don W., Koji Yamanaka, & Pascale Bomont. (2009). Gigaxonin controls vimentin organization through a tubulin chaperone-independent pathway. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(8). 1384–1394. 40 indexed citations

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Yamanaka, Koji, Séverine Boillée, Elizabeth A. Roberts, et al.. (2008). Mutant SOD1 in cell types other than motor neurons and oligodendrocytes accelerates onset of disease in ALS mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(21). 7594–7599. 232 indexed citations

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Boillée, Séverine, Koji Yamanaka, Christian S. Lobsiger, et al.. (2006). Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia. Science. 312(5778). 1389–1392. 1265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yamanaka, Koji. (1997). Rendezvous Strategy of the Japanese Logistics Support Vehicle to the International Space Station. ESASP. 381. 103. 2 indexed citations

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