Kosaku Okubo

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Kosaku Okubo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Kosaku Okubo has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 1 paper in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 1 paper in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Kosaku Okubo's work include Gene expression and cancer classification (2 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (1 paper) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (1 paper). Kosaku Okubo is often cited by papers focused on Gene expression and cancer classification (2 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (1 paper) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (1 paper). Kosaku Okubo collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Kosaku Okubo's co-authors include Tohru Funahashi, Noriyuki Ouchi, Tadashi Nakamura, Yūji Matsuzawa, Kenji Matsubara, Kazuhisa Maeda, Masahiko Takahashi, Masahiro Muraguchi, Shinji Kihara and Makoto Nishida and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Mechanisms of Development.

In The Last Decade

Kosaku Okubo

6 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Paradoxical Decrease of a... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. Paradoxical Decrease of an Adipose-Specific Protein, Adiponectin, in Obesity
    1999 4.1k citations Yukio Arita, Shinji Kihara et al. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kosaku Okubo 3.1k 2.0k 986 892 705 6 4.2k
Kazuhisa Maeda 3.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 989 1.0× 893 1.0× 608 0.9× 24 4.3k
Kenji Matsubara 3.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 905 1.0× 964 1.4× 24 4.7k
Susan Kralisch 2.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 822 0.8× 789 0.9× 1.3k 1.9× 73 5.0k
Shoko Uchida 3.1k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 735 0.7× 847 0.9× 1.5k 2.1× 22 4.9k
Naoki Furuyama 1.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 550 0.6× 553 0.6× 726 1.0× 13 2.8k
Gouri Ranganathan 2.0k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 692 0.7× 429 0.5× 1.1k 1.6× 44 4.1k
Shunbun Kita 3.6k 1.2× 2.8k 1.4× 1.0k 1.0× 893 1.0× 2.1k 3.0× 66 6.1k
Ulrike Lössner 1.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 565 0.6× 449 0.5× 1.1k 1.6× 81 3.7k
Vladimír Štich 1.9k 0.6× 2.9k 1.5× 971 1.0× 443 0.5× 898 1.3× 108 4.7k
Sara Becerril 1.6k 0.5× 2.0k 1.0× 547 0.6× 688 0.8× 839 1.2× 90 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kosaku Okubo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kosaku Okubo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kosaku Okubo

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Ono, Hiromasa, Osamu Ogasawara, Kosaku Okubo, & Hidemasa Bono. (2017). RefEx, a reference gene expression dataset as a web tool for the functional analysis of genes. Scientific Data. 4(1). 170105–170105. 41 indexed citations
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Okubo, Kosaku, et al.. (2016). A reusable anatomically segmented digital mannequin for public health communication. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine. 39(1-2). 18–26. 5 indexed citations
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Okubo, Kosaku, et al.. (2007). Exhaustive Search Method of Gene Expression Modules and Its Application to Human Tissue Data. 34(1). 119–126. 11 indexed citations
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Saito, Koichi, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Hidenobu Kanda, et al.. (2002). Gene Expression Profiling of Mucosal Addressin Cell Adhesion Molecule-1+ High Endothelial Venule Cells (HEV) and Identification of a Leucine-Rich HEV Glycoprotein as a HEV Marker. The Journal of Immunology. 168(3). 1050–1059. 57 indexed citations
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Takebayashi, Hirohide, Shoko Kawamoto, Kosaku Okubo, et al.. (2002). Non-overlapping expression of Olig3 and Olig2 in the embryonic neural tube. Mechanisms of Development. 113(2). 169–174. 53 indexed citations
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Arita, Yukio, Shinji Kihara, Noriyuki Ouchi, et al.. (1999). Paradoxical Decrease of an Adipose-Specific Protein, Adiponectin, in Obesity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 257(1). 79–83. 4054 indexed citations breakdown →

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