Kumiko Samejima

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Kumiko Samejima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumiko Samejima has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kumiko Samejima's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (17 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (14 papers). Kumiko Samejima is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (17 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (14 papers). Kumiko Samejima collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Kumiko Samejima's co-authors include William C. Earnshaw, Shigenobu Toné, Linfeng Xie, James R. Paulson, Don W. Cleveland, Rebecca Heald, Itaru Samejima, Andreas Merdes, Masato T. Kanemaki and Paola Vagnarelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kumiko Samejima

44 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Two Distinct Pathways Leading to Nuclear Apoptosis

2000 610 citations Santos A. Susín, Éric Daugas et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
A pathway for mitotic chromosome formation

2018 486 citations Johan H. Gibcus, Kumiko Samejima et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kumiko Samejima United Kingdom	27	3.3k	1.1k	518	492	355	44	4.0k
Hongjun Shu United States	20	2.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	452 0.9×	402 0.8×	400 1.1×	25	3.7k
Arminja N. Kettenbach United States	33	2.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	612 1.2×	367 0.7×	231 0.7×	100	4.2k
Carrie Baker Brachmann United States	25	4.2k 1.3×	737 0.7×	549 1.1×	614 1.2×	242 0.7×	45	5.5k
Xiaojing Tang China	25	3.3k 1.0×	852 0.8×	699 1.3×	306 0.6×	191 0.5×	73	4.1k
Natarajan Kannan United States	37	3.2k 1.0×	820 0.8×	455 0.9×	181 0.4×	429 1.2×	124	4.4k
Anna Santamaría Spain	31	3.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	566 1.1×	543 1.1×	192 0.5×	68	4.0k
Marcus B. Smolka United States	36	3.1k 1.0×	968 0.9×	469 0.9×	322 0.7×	171 0.5×	82	4.1k
Paul R. Clarke United Kingdom	40	5.0k 1.5×	2.0k 1.9×	1.1k 2.2×	335 0.7×	310 0.9×	81	6.1k
Jong‐Bok Yoon South Korea	35	2.6k 0.8×	518 0.5×	466 0.9×	176 0.4×	339 1.0×	89	3.5k
Joanne L. Parker United Kingdom	30	2.2k 0.7×	388 0.4×	674 1.3×	346 0.7×	510 1.4×	55	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumiko Samejima

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Samejima, Kumiko, Johan H. Gibcus, Sameer Abraham, et al.. (2025). Rules of engagement for condensins and cohesins guide mitotic chromosome formation. Science. 388(6743). eadq1709–eadq1709. 13 indexed citations

Samejima, Itaru, Christos Spanos, Kumiko Samejima, et al.. (2022). Mapping the invisible chromatin transactions of prophase chromosome remodeling. Molecular Cell. 82(3). 696–708.e4. 12 indexed citations

Samejima, Kumiko, et al.. (2018). First person – Kumiko Samejima and Daniel Booth. Journal of Cell Science. 131(4). 1 indexed citations

Saldivar, Joshua C., Stephan Hamperl, M Bocek, et al.. (2018). An intrinsic S/G ₂ checkpoint enforced by ATR. Science. 361(6404). 806–810. 203 indexed citations

Gibcus, Johan H., Kumiko Samejima, Anton Goloborodko, et al.. (2018). A pathway for mitotic chromosome formation. Science. 359(6376). 486 indexed citations breakdown →

Samejima, Kumiko, Daniel G. Booth, Hiromi Ogawa, et al.. (2018). Functional analysis after rapid degradation of condensins and 3D-EM reveals chromatin volume is uncoupled from chromosome architecture in mitosis. Journal of Cell Science. 131(4). 44 indexed citations

Gibcus, Johan H., Kumiko Samejima, Anton Goloborodko, et al.. (2018). A pathway for mitotic chromosome formation. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

Booth, Daniel G., Masatoshi Takagi, Giulia Vargiu, et al.. (2014). Ki-67 is a PP1-interacting protein that organises the mitotic chromosome periphery. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 1 indexed citations

Kalitsis, Paul, Ji Hun Kim, Owen J. Marshall, et al.. (2012). Contrasting roles of condensin I and II in mitotic chromosome formation. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 6). 1591–604. 136 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhenjie, Paola Vagnarelli, Hiromi Ogawa, Kumiko Samejima, & William C. Earnshaw. (2010). Gradient of Increasing Aurora B Kinase Activity Is Required for Cells to Execute Mitosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(51). 40163–40170. 21 indexed citations

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Kaufmann, Scott H., Sun Hee Lee, X. Wei Meng, et al.. (2008). Apoptosis-associated caspase activation assays. Methods. 44(3). 262–272. 67 indexed citations

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Toné, Shigenobu, Kenji Sugimoto, Taiji Suda, et al.. (2007). Three distinct stages of apoptotic nuclear condensation revealed by time-lapse imaging, biochemical and electron microscopy analysis of cell-free apoptosis. Experimental Cell Research. 313(16). 3635–3644. 161 indexed citations

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Cheung, Wang L., Kozo Ajiro, Kumiko Samejima, et al.. (2003). Apoptotic Phosphorylation of Histone H2B Is Mediated by Mammalian Sterile Twenty Kinase. Cell. 113(4). 507–517. 383 indexed citations

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Kottke, Timothy, April L. Blajeski, X. Wei Meng, et al.. (2002). Lack of Correlation between Caspase Activation and Caspase Activity Assays in Paclitaxel-treated MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(1). 804–815. 64 indexed citations

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Samejima, Kumiko, Shigenobu Toné, & William C. Earnshaw. (2001). CAD/DFF40 Nuclease Is Dispensable for High Molecular Weight DNA Cleavage and Stage I Chromatin Condensation in Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(48). 45427–45432. 94 indexed citations

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Kaufmann, Scott H., Peter W. Mesner, Kumiko Samejima, Shigenobu Toné, & William C. Earnshaw. (2000). Detection of DNA Cleavage in Apoptotic Cells. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 322. 3–15. 48 indexed citations

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Susín, Santos A., Éric Daugas, L Ravagnan, et al.. (2000). Two Distinct Pathways Leading to Nuclear Apoptosis. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 192(4). 571–580. 610 indexed citations breakdown →

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Durrieu, Françoise, Kumiko Samejima, John M. Fortune, et al.. (2000). DNA topoisomerase IIα interacts with CAD nuclease and is involved in chromatin condensation during apoptotic execution. Current Biology. 10(15). 923–S2. 80 indexed citations

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Samejima, Kumiko & William C. Earnshaw. (2000). Differential Localization of ICAD-L and ICAD-S in Cells Due to Removal of a C-Terminal NLS from ICAD-L by Alternative Splicing. Experimental Cell Research. 255(2). 314–320. 35 indexed citations

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Samejima, Kumiko & William C. Earnshaw. (1998). ICAD/DFF Regulator of Apoptotic Nuclease Is Nuclear. Experimental Cell Research. 243(2). 453–459. 47 indexed citations

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