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 Masahiro Muraguchi, Jun‐ichiro Miyagawa, Tadashi Nakamura, Tohru Funahashi, Kikuko Hotta, Shinji Kihara, Iichiro Shimomura, Yukio Arita, Yūji Matsuzawa and Kazuhisa Maeda 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

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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 →

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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.

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6 of 6 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	RefEx, a reference gene expression dataset as a web tool for the functional analysis of genes 2017 ·Scientific Data ·Hiromasa Ono, Osamu Ogasawara, Kosaku Okubo, Hidemasa Bono	41
2	A reusable anatomically segmented digital mannequin for public health communication 2016 ·Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine ·(unknown), Kosaku Okubo	5
3	Exhaustive Search Method of Gene Expression Modules and Its Application to Human Tissue Data 2007 ·(unknown), Kosaku Okubo, Paul Horton, Wataru Fujibuchi	11
4	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 2002 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Koichi Saito, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Hidenobu Kanda, Yukihiko Ebisuno, Dai Izawa, Shoko Kawamoto, Kosaku Okubo, Masayuki Miyasaka	57
5	Non-overlapping expression of Olig3 and Olig2 in the embryonic neural tube 2002 ·Mechanisms of Development ·Hirohide Takebayashi, (unknown), (unknown), Shoko Kawamoto, Kosaku Okubo, Kazuhiro Ikenaka, Masatoshi Takeichi, Osamu Chisaka, Yo‐ichi Nabeshima	53
6	Paradoxical Decrease of an Adipose-Specific Protein, Adiponectin, in Obesity breakdown → 1999 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Yukio Arita, Shinji Kihara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Masahiko Takahashi, Kazuhisa Maeda, Jun‐ichiro Miyagawa, Kikuko Hotta, Iichiro Shimomura, Tadashi Nakamura, (unknown), Hiroshi Kuriyama, Makoto Nishida, Shizuya Yamashita, Kosaku Okubo, Kenji Matsubara, Masahiro Muraguchi, (unknown), Tohru Funahashi, Yūji Matsuzawa	4054

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