Masaaki Moriya

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
67 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Masaaki Moriya is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaaki Moriya has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cancer Research, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Masaaki Moriya's work include Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (39 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (29 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (13 papers). Masaaki Moriya is often cited by papers focused on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (39 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (29 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (13 papers). Masaaki Moriya collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Taiwan. Masaaki Moriya's co-authors include Arthur P. Grollman, Y. Shirasu, Francis Johnson, Tsuneo Kada, Toshihiro Ohta, In‐Young Yang, Gagan A. Pandya, Kiichi Watanabe, Robert J. Turesky and Lin Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Masaaki Moriya

66 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mutagenesis by 8-oxoguanine: an enemy within 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 2007 2012 200 400 600
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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. Mutagenesis by 8-oxoguanine: an enemy within
    1993 696 citations Arthur P. Grollman, Masaaki Moriya profile →
  2. Aristolochic acid and the etiology of endemic (Balkan) nephropathy
    2007 448 citations Arthur P. Grollman, Shinya Shibutani et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Aristolochic acid-associated urothelial cancer in Taiwan
    2012 311 citations Chung‐Hsin Chen, Kathleen G. Dickman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masaaki Moriya United States 37 2.9k 2.0k 827 698 629 67 5.2k
Shinya Shibutani United States 39 5.0k 1.7× 1.9k 1.0× 611 0.7× 329 0.5× 834 1.3× 111 7.1k
Robert J. Turesky United States 51 3.3k 1.1× 3.8k 1.9× 1.1k 1.3× 876 1.3× 1.4k 2.2× 194 8.6k
Katsumi Imaida Japan 41 2.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 247 0.3× 533 0.8× 531 0.8× 251 6.3k
Robert H. Heflich United States 45 3.4k 1.2× 3.4k 1.7× 196 0.2× 1.0k 1.5× 386 0.6× 246 6.9k
R. Colin Garner United Kingdom 42 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 129 0.2× 1.1k 1.6× 845 1.3× 121 4.6k
F. Darroudi Netherlands 41 2.4k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 544 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 181 0.3× 118 4.6k
Randall J. Ruch United States 39 2.7k 0.9× 508 0.3× 207 0.3× 748 1.1× 450 0.7× 82 5.1k
Werner K. Lutz Switzerland 40 1.8k 0.6× 2.0k 1.0× 98 0.1× 832 1.2× 387 0.6× 157 5.0k
José Rueff Portugal 36 1.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 146 0.2× 525 0.8× 545 0.9× 174 4.1k
Chapla Agarwal United States 58 5.3k 1.8× 1.5k 0.8× 170 0.2× 1.1k 1.6× 784 1.2× 178 9.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masaaki Moriya

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masaaki Moriya

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hashimoto, Keiji, Radha Bonala, Francis Johnson, Arthur P. Grollman, & Masaaki Moriya. (2016). Y-family DNA polymerase-independent gap-filling translesion synthesis across aristolochic acid-derived adenine adducts in mouse cells. DNA repair. 46. 55–60. 15 indexed citations
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Hollstein, Monica, Masaaki Moriya, Arthur P. Grollman, & Magali Olivier. (2013). Analysis of TP53 mutation spectra reveals the fingerprint of the potent environmental carcinogen, aristolochic acid. Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research. 753(1). 41–49. 47 indexed citations
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Hashimoto, Keiji, Jun‐ichi Akagi, Eiji Ohashi, et al.. (2012). The Vital Role of Polymerase zeta and REV1 in Mutagenic, but Not Correct, DNA Synthesis across Benzo[a]pyrene-dG and Recruitment of Polymerase zeta by REV1 to Replication-stalled Site. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).
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Chen, Chung‐Hsin, Kathleen G. Dickman, Masaaki Moriya, et al.. (2012). Aristolochic acid-associated urothelial cancer in Taiwan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(21). 8241–8246. 311 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hashimoto, Keiji, Youngjin Cho, In‐Young Yang, et al.. (2012). The Vital Role of Polymerase ζ and REV1 in Mutagenic, but Not Correct, DNA Synthesis across Benzo[a]pyrene-dG and Recruitment of Polymerase ζ by REV1 to Replication-stalled Site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(12). 9613–9622. 42 indexed citations
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Moriya, Masaaki, Neda Slade, Branko Brdar, et al.. (2011). TP53 Mutational signature for aristolochic acid: an environmental carcinogen. International Journal of Cancer. 129(6). 1532–1536. 84 indexed citations
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Grollman, Arthur P., Shinya Shibutani, Masaaki Moriya, et al.. (2007). Aristolochic acid and the etiology of endemic (Balkan) nephropathy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(29). 12129–12134. 448 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Liu, Xiang, Yanbin Lao, In‐Young Yang, Stephen S. Hecht, & Masaaki Moriya. (2006). Replication-Coupled Repair of Crotonaldehyde/Acetaldehyde-Induced Guanine−Guanine Interstrand Cross-Links and Their Mutagenicity. Biochemistry. 45(42). 12898–12905. 36 indexed citations
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Pollack, Michael, In‐Young Yang, Hye‐Young Kim, Ian A. Blair, & Masaaki Moriya. (2006). Translesion DNA Synthesis across the Heptanone−Etheno-2‘-Deoxycytidine Adduct in Cells. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 19(8). 1074–1079. 40 indexed citations
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Sánchez, Ana M., et al.. (2003). Comparative Evaluation of the Bioreactivity and Mutagenic Spectra of Acrolein-Derived α-HOPdG and γ-HOPdG Regioisomeric Deoxyguanosine Adducts. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 16(8). 1019–1028. 54 indexed citations
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Levine, Robert L., Holly Miller, Arthur P. Grollman, et al.. (2001). Translesion DNA Synthesis Catalyzed by Human Pol η and Pol κ across 1,N 6-Ethenodeoxyadenosine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(22). 18717–18721. 78 indexed citations
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Moriya, Masaaki. (1993). Single-stranded shuttle phagemid for mutagenesis studies in mammalian cells: 8-oxoguanine in DNA induces targeted G.C-->T.A transversions in simian kidney cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(3). 1122–1126. 371 indexed citations
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Moriya, Masaaki, C.-Y. Ou, Varun Bodepudi, et al.. (1991). Site-specific mutagenesis using a gapped duplex vector: A study of translesion synthesis past 8-oxodeoxyguanosine in E. coli. Mutation Research/DNA Repair. 254(3). 281–288. 279 indexed citations
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Imanishi, Hisako, et al.. (1987). Mutagenicity evaluation of pesticides in the mouse spot test. Mutation Research/Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects. 182(6). 361–361. 4 indexed citations
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Imanishi, Hisako, et al.. (1986). Mutagenicity of 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) in the mouse spot test. Mutation Research Letters. 174(2). 145–147. 10 indexed citations
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Ohta, Toshihiro, Kiichi Watanabe, Masaaki Moriya, Y. Shirasu, & Tsuneo Kada. (1983). Antimutagenic effects of cinnamaldehyde on chemical mutagenesis in Escherichia coli. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 107(2). 219–227. 83 indexed citations
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Moriya, Masaaki, Tomoyuki Harada, & Y. Shirasu. (1982). Inhibition of carcinogenicities of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and azoxymethane by pyrazole. Cancer Letters. 17(2). 147–152. 15 indexed citations
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Moriya, Masaaki, et al.. (1978). Effects of cysteine and a liver metabolic activation system on the activities of mutagenic pesticides. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 57(2). 259–263. 34 indexed citations
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Teramoto, S., et al.. (1977). Mutagenicity testing on ethylenethiourea. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 56(2). 121–129. 23 indexed citations
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Kada, Tsuneo, Masaaki Moriya, & Y. Shirasu. (1974). Screening of pesticides for dna interactions by “rec-assay” and mutagenesis testing, and frameshift mutagens detected. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 26(4). 243–248. 73 indexed citations

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