Koji Yamano

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Koji Yamano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Koji Yamano has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Koji Yamano's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (31 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (24 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (17 papers). Koji Yamano is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (31 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (24 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (17 papers). Koji Yamano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Koji Yamano's co-authors include Richard J. Youle, Toshiya Endo, Noriyuki Matsuda, Mashun Onishi, Miyuki Sato, Koji Okamoto, Adam I. Fogel, Lesley A. Kane, Shireen A. Sarraf and Keiji Tanaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Koji Yamano

54 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

PINK1 phosphorylates ubiquitin to activate Parkin E3 ubiquitin ligase activity

2014 991 citations Lesley A. Kane, Michael Lazarou et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Molecular mechanisms and physiological functions of mitophagy

2021 932 citations Mashun Onishi, Koji Yamano et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
PINK1 is degraded through the N-end rule pathway

2013 513 citations Koji Yamano, Richard J. Youle Autophagy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Koji Yamano Japan	32	4.0k	2.5k	972	786	725	55	5.6k
Der‐Fen Suen Taiwan	14	4.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	811 1.0×	999 1.4×	17	6.2k
Lesley A. Kane United States	19	4.1k 1.0×	3.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	868 1.1×	1.0k 1.4×	22	6.4k
Shireen A. Sarraf United States	11	3.3k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	764 1.0×	735 1.0×	16	5.2k
Tomotake Kanki Japan	34	3.1k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	462 0.5×	863 1.1×	502 0.7×	75	4.5k
Dionisia P. Sideris Greece	17	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	543 0.6×	607 0.8×	464 0.6×	18	3.6k
Yushan Zhu China	33	3.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	382 0.4×	814 1.0×	600 0.8×	66	4.8k
Jakob D. Wikström Sweden	27	4.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	289 0.3×	669 0.9×	1.5k 2.1×	40	6.1k
Atsushi Tanaka Japan	15	5.0k 1.3×	4.4k 1.7×	2.2k 2.2×	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	30	7.8k
Jean‐François Trempe Canada	28	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	934 1.0×	674 0.9×	432 0.6×	68	4.0k
Toshihiko Oka Japan	23	3.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	435 0.4×	425 0.5×	538 0.7×	41	4.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Koji Yamano

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All Works

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Endo, Akinori, Naoko Ishibashi, Yasumasa Nishito, et al.. (2025). Ubiquitination-activated TAB–TAK1–IKK–NF-κB axis modulates gene expression for cell survival in the lysosomal damage response. eLife. 14. 1 indexed citations

Okatsu, Kei, Reika Kikuchi, Noriyuki Matsuda, Shuya Fukai, & Koji Yamano. (2025). Functional and Structural Insights Into Complex Formation Between OPTN Leucine Zipper Domain and RAB8A. Genes to Cells. 30(5). e70043–e70043.

Saito, Muneyasu, Masaki Mishima, Masahiro Yamashina, et al.. (2025). The reaction mechanism for glycolysis side product degradation by Parkinson’s disease–linked DJ-1. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(8). 1 indexed citations

Yamano, Koji, Reika Kikuchi, Waka Kojima, et al.. (2024). Optineurin provides a mitophagy contact site for TBK1 activation. The EMBO Journal. 43(5). 754–779. 31 indexed citations

Koyano, Fumika, Koji Yamano, Hidetaka Kosako, et al.. (2024). AAA+ ATPase chaperone p97/VCPFAF2 governs basal pexophagy. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9347–9347. 9 indexed citations

Kikuchi, Reika, et al.. (2024). TBK1 adaptor AZI2/NAP1 regulates NDP52-driven mitochondrial autophagy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(10). 107775–107775. 5 indexed citations

Yamano, Koji, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial lipid dynamics regulated by MITOL-mediated ubiquitination. The Journal of Biochemistry. 175(3). 217–219. 1 indexed citations

Yamano, Koji, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial quality control via organelle and protein degradation. The Journal of Biochemistry. 175(5). 487–494. 5 indexed citations

Onishi, Mashun, Koji Yamano, Miyuki Sato, Noriyuki Matsuda, & Koji Okamoto. (2021). Molecular mechanisms and physiological functions of mitophagy. The EMBO Journal. 40(3). e104705–e104705. 932 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kojima, Waka, Koji Yamano, Hidetaka Kosako, et al.. (2021). Mammalian BCAS3 and C16orf70 associate with the phagophore assembly site in response to selective and non-selective autophagy. Autophagy. 17(8). 2011–2036. 14 indexed citations

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Queliconi, Bruno B., Waka Kojima, Mayumi Kimura, et al.. (2021). Unfolding is the driving force for mitochondrial import and degradation of the Parkinson's disease-related protein DJ-1. Journal of Cell Science. 134(22). 6 indexed citations

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Yamano, Koji, Reika Kikuchi, Waka Kojima, et al.. (2020). Critical role of mitochondrial ubiquitination and the OPTN–ATG9A axis in mitophagy. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(9). 150 indexed citations

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Yamano, Koji & Richard J. Youle. (2020). Two different axes CALCOCO2-RB1CC1 and OPTN-ATG9A initiate PRKN-mediated mitophagy. Autophagy. 16(11). 2105–2107. 35 indexed citations

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Koyano, Fumika, Koji Yamano, Hidetaka Kosako, Keiji Tanaka, & Noriyuki Matsuda. (2019). Parkin recruitment to impaired mitochondria for nonselective ubiquitylation is facilitated by MITOL. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(26). 10300–10314. 90 indexed citations

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Koyano, Fumika, Koji Yamano, Hidetaka Kosako, et al.. (2019). Parkin‐mediated ubiquitylation redistributes MITOL/March5 from mitochondria to peroxisomes. EMBO Reports. 20(12). e47728–e47728. 42 indexed citations

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Yamano, Koji, Chunxin Wang, Shireen A. Sarraf, et al.. (2018). Endosomal Rab cycles regulate Parkin-mediated mitophagy. eLife. 7. 127 indexed citations

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Okatsu, Kei, Yusuke Sato, Koji Yamano, et al.. (2018). Structural insights into ubiquitin phosphorylation by PINK1. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10382–10382. 32 indexed citations

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Kane, Lesley A., Michael Lazarou, Adam I. Fogel, et al.. (2014). PINK1 phosphorylates ubiquitin to activate Parkin E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 205(2). 143–153. 991 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shiota, Takuya, et al.. (2011). In vivo protein-interaction mapping of a mitochondrial translocator protein Tom22 at work. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(37). 15179–15183. 101 indexed citations

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Tamura, Yasushi, Yoshihiro Harada, Takuya Shiota, et al.. (2009). Tim23–Tim50 pair coordinates functions of translocators and motor proteins in mitochondrial protein import. The Journal of Cell Biology. 184(1). 129–141. 113 indexed citations

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