Kuniaki Tatsuta

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
222 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Kuniaki Tatsuta is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kuniaki Tatsuta has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Organic Chemistry, 82 papers in Molecular Biology and 81 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Kuniaki Tatsuta's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (78 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (71 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (58 papers). Kuniaki Tatsuta is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (78 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (71 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (58 papers). Kuniaki Tatsuta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Kuniaki Tatsuta's co-authors include Kazunobu Toshima, Mitsuhiro Kinoshita, Seijiro Hosokawa, Sumio Umezawa, Masaya Nakata, HAMAO UMEZAWA, HIROSHI NAGANAWA, Kohji Akimoto, Tsutomu Tsuchiya and TOMIO TAKEUCHI and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kuniaki Tatsuta

214 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Recent progress in O-glycosylation methods and its applic... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750
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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. Recent progress in O-glycosylation methods and its application to natural products synthesis
    1993 951 citations Kazunobu Toshima, Kuniaki Tatsuta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kuniaki Tatsuta Japan 35 3.8k 2.7k 1.2k 683 370 222 5.4k
Yoichi Hayakawa Japan 33 1.6k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 768 1.1× 187 0.5× 158 4.0k
George A. O’Doherty United States 43 4.2k 1.1× 2.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.9× 562 0.8× 173 0.5× 186 5.3k
Daniel Romo United States 51 5.1k 1.3× 2.4k 0.9× 782 0.7× 810 1.2× 201 0.5× 206 7.2k
Mugio Nishizawa Japan 35 3.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 445 0.4× 487 0.7× 153 0.4× 162 4.3k
D. B. DESS United States 6 4.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 855 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 230 0.6× 7 5.0k
Florenz Sasse Germany 43 2.6k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 2.2k 1.9× 1.3k 1.9× 538 1.5× 182 5.8k
Otto D. Hensens United States 32 1.1k 0.3× 2.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.5× 566 1.5× 71 4.7k
Jerrold M. Liesch United States 32 1.0k 0.3× 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 978 1.4× 603 1.6× 60 4.3k
Shunji Aoki Japan 38 1.5k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 858 0.7× 1.2k 1.8× 596 1.6× 93 3.5k
Yoshiaki Kamano United States 31 1.3k 0.3× 1.7k 0.6× 822 0.7× 992 1.5× 368 1.0× 113 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kuniaki Tatsuta

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, et al.. (2018). Total Synthesis and Structural Determination of XR774, a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(13). 7010–7018. 3 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki. (2014). Expanding antibiotics studies to include bioactive substance science. The Journal of Antibiotics. 67(1). 1–1. 4 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki. (2013). Total synthesis of the big four antibiotics and related antibiotics. The Journal of Antibiotics. 66(3). 107–129. 32 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Noritaka, Tetsunari Oyama, Emi Ito, et al.. (2008). NOTCH3 Signaling Pathway Plays Crucial Roles in the Proliferation of ErbB2-Negative Human Breast Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 68(6). 1881–1888. 150 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, et al.. (2008). Glycoscience. 83 indexed citations
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Oneyama, Chitose, Tsutomu Agatsuma, Yutaka Kanda, et al.. (2003). Synthetic Inhibitors of Proline-Rich Ligand-Mediated Protein-Protein Interaction. Chemistry & Biology. 10(5). 443–451. 37 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, et al.. (1997). Total synthesis of progesterone receptor ligands, (−)-PF1092A, B and C. Tetrahedron Letters. 38(8). 1439–1442. 28 indexed citations
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Ito, Kouichi, Yoshinori Moriyama, Kazunobu Toshima, et al.. (1995). Concanamycin B Inhibits the Expression of Newly-synthesized MHC Class II Molecules on the Cell Surface.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 48(6). 488–494. 11 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, et al.. (1995). Total syntheses of de-branched nagstatin and its analogs having glycosidase inhibiting activities. Tetrahedron Letters. 36(7). 1085–1088. 39 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, et al.. (1994). Anti-mrsa activity of 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-dichlorophenyl- and 3-trichlorophenyl-2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-2-propen-1-one derivatives.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 47(10). 1171–1172. 1 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, et al.. (1993). A practical preparation of (Z)-2-(5-amino-1,2,4-thiadiazol-3-yl)-2-(methoxyimino)acetic acid. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(40). 6423–6426. 5 indexed citations
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Kawai, Hiroyuki, N Komeshima, Masayuki Sakakibara, et al.. (1992). Synthesis and antitumor activity of 4'-O-acylanthracyclines.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 45(3). 374–379. 1 indexed citations
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Toshima, Kazunobu, et al.. (1990). The use of 2,6-anhydro-2-thio glycopyranosyl fluoride for a highly α-stereoselective glycosylation. Tetrahedron Letters. 31(44). 6361–6362. 11 indexed citations
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Kawai, Hiroyuki, et al.. (1988). Synthesis of 4'-O-acylanthracyclines.. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 52(12). 3191–3192. 2 indexed citations
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ISSHIKI, KUNIO, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Mayumi Okada, et al.. (1987). A new antibiotic indisocin and N-methylindisocin.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 40(8). 1195–1198. 8 indexed citations
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ISSHIKI, KUNIO, Masaya Imoto, TOMIO TAKEUCHI, et al.. (1987). Effective synthesis of erbstatin and its analogs.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 40(8). 1207–1208. 13 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, et al.. (1981). . NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 762–768.
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, Akihiro Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Kinoshita, & Sumio Umezawa. (1977). SYNTHESIS OF CLADINOSE ANALOGUES OF CARBOMYCIN B. Chemistry Letters. 6(7). 769–772. 8 indexed citations
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Tatsuta, Kuniaki, et al.. (1967). Studies of Antibiotics and Related Substances. XXXII. Syntheses of Neamine and Its Analogue. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 40(10). 2371–2375. 13 indexed citations

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