Masahira Hattori

86.3k total citations · 12 hit papers
333 papers, 28.0k citations indexed

About

Masahira Hattori is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahira Hattori has authored 333 papers receiving a total of 28.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 222 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Ecology and 46 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Masahira Hattori's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (82 papers), Gut microbiota and health (72 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (42 papers). Masahira Hattori is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (82 papers), Gut microbiota and health (72 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (42 papers). Masahira Hattori collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masahira Hattori's co-authors include Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Kenshiro Oshima, Wataru Suda, Takashi Ito, Atsushi Yamashita, Mikio Yoshida, Tomoko Chiba, Hidetoshi Morita, Hidehiro Toh and Tadayoshi Shiba and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masahira Hattori

327 papers receiving 27.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A comprehensive two-hybrid analysis to explore the yeast protein interactome

2001 2.7k citations Takashi Ito, Masahira Hattori et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Bifidobacteria can protect from enteropathogenic infection through production of acetate

2011 1.8k citations Hidehiro Toh, Koji Hase et al. profile →
Dideoxy sequencing method using denatured plasmid templates

1986 1.4k citations Masahira Hattori, Yoshiyuki Sakaki profile →
Complete genome sequence and comparative analysis of the industrial microorganism Streptomyces avermitilis

2003 960 citations Haruo Ikeda, Jun Ishikawa et al. profile →
Genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a pathogenic mechanism distinct from that of V cholerae

2003 839 citations Kenshiro Oshima, Atsushi Yamashita et al. profile →
Genome sequence of an industrial microorganism Streptomyces avermitilis : Deducing the ability of producing secondary metabolites

2001 658 citations Satoshi Ōmura, Haruo Ikeda et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Comparative Metagenomics Revealed Commonly Enriched Gene Sets in Human Gut Microbiomes

2007 627 citations Kenshiro Oshima, Hidehiro Toh et al. DNA Research profile →
Dysbiosis in the Gut Microbiota of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis, with a Striking Depletion of Species Belonging to Clostridia XIVa and IV Clusters

2015 593 citations Wataru Suda, Kenshiro Oshima et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Complete genome sequence of Clostridium perfringens , an anaerobic flesh-eater

2002 574 citations Hideki Hirakawa, Atsushi Yamashita et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The gut microbiome of healthy Japanese and its microbial and functional uniqueness

2016 342 citations Suguru Nishijima, Wataru Suda et al. DNA Research profile →
Bifidobacterium-Rich Fecal Donor May Be a Positive Predictor for Successful Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome

2017 324 citations Kozue Takeshita, Wataru Suda et al. profile →
Evolutionary origin of insect– Wolbachia nutritional mutualism

2014 300 citations Kenshiro Oshima, Masahira Hattori 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						Papers	Cites
Masahira Hattori Japan	78	16.8k	3.5k	3.1k	2.9k	2.7k	333	28.0k
Jacques Ravel United States	87	14.7k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	2.4k 0.9×	345	29.5k
George M. Weinstock United States	87	17.0k 1.0×	6.7k 1.9×	5.5k 1.8×	2.4k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	349	32.0k
Claire M. Fraser United States	73	16.7k 1.0×	3.6k 1.0×	4.2k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	260	27.9k
Michael A. Fischbach United States	82	23.8k 1.4×	2.8k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.8×	3.1k 1.2×	188	36.6k
Susumu Goto Japan	47	31.5k 1.9×	4.3k 1.2×	1.6k 0.5×	5.9k 2.0×	1.3k 0.5×	143	47.1k
Jaime Huerta‐Cepas Spain	35	19.3k 1.1×	3.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	3.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	59	30.8k
Hiroyuki Ogata Japan	53	22.4k 1.3×	3.6k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	5.4k 1.9×	951 0.4×	220	37.0k
Damian Szklarczyk Switzerland	32	31.9k 1.9×	4.5k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	4.9k 1.7×	1.1k 0.4×	43	51.0k
Stephen A. Bustin United Kingdom	47	18.3k 1.1×	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	599 0.2×	153	32.1k
Mihai Pop United States	47	21.9k 1.3×	4.0k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	6.0k 2.1×	1.8k 0.7×	151	31.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Masahira Hattori

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahira Hattori

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hattori, Masahira, et al.. (2025). Categorization of Bacteria That Leak from Activated Sludge to Secondary Treated Water: Year-round Observations. Microbes and Environments. 40(1). n/a–n/a.

Akiyama, Shintaro, Suguru Nishijima, Yasushi Kojima, et al.. (2024). Multi-biome analysis identifies distinct gut microbial signatures and their crosstalk in ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10291–10291. 14 indexed citations

Nakanishi, Yumiko, Taiji Nakano, Noriko Sato, et al.. (2024). Neonatal gut microbiota and risk of developing food sensitization and allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 155(3). 932–946. 4 indexed citations

Komaki, Shohei, Tsuyoshi Hachiya, Keita Koseki, et al.. (2024). Dimension reduction of microbiome data linked Bifidobacterium and Prevotella to allergic rhinitis. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 7983–7983. 4 indexed citations

Okahashi, Nobuyuki, Hiroshi Tsugawa, Yusuke Ogata, et al.. (2020). Elucidation of Gut Microbiota-Associated Lipids Using LC-MS/MS and 16S rRNA Sequence Analyses. iScience. 23(12). 101841–101841. 46 indexed citations

Yamada, Takahiro, Shingo Hino, Hideki Iijima, et al.. (2019). Mucin O-glycans facilitate symbiosynthesis to maintain gut immune homeostasis. EBioMedicine. 48. 513–525. 80 indexed citations

Matsuda, Chie, Tamotsu Kato, Jun Kikuchi, et al.. (2019). Dietary intervention of mice using an improved Multiple Artificial-gravity Research System (MARS) under artificial 1 g. npj Microgravity. 5(1). 16–16. 14 indexed citations

Okazaki, Shin, Naoto Sano, Tetsuya Yamada, et al.. (2019). Complete Genome Sequence of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacillus pumilus TUAT1. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(21). 10 indexed citations

Kaito, Satoshi, Takashi Toya, Kota Yoshifuji, et al.. (2018). Fecal microbiota transplantation with frozen capsules for a patient with refractory acute gut graft-versus-host disease. Blood Advances. 2(22). 3097–3101. 54 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Mami, Nurhidayu Al‐saari, Feng Gao, et al.. (2017). Vibrio aphrogenes sp. nov., in the Rumoiensis clade isolated from a seaweed. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0180053–e0180053. 8 indexed citations

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Meirelles, Pedro Milet, Sayaka Mino, Wataru Suda, et al.. (2016). Individual Apostichopus japonicus fecal microbiome reveals a link with polyhydroxybutyrate producers in host growth gaps. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21631–21631. 90 indexed citations

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Morita, Hidetoshi, Hidehiro Toh, Kenshiro Oshima, et al.. (2015). Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium bifidum JCM 1255T isolated from feces of a breast-fed infant. Journal of Biotechnology. 210. 66–67. 2 indexed citations

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Morita, Hidetoshi, Hidehiro Toh, Kenshiro Oshima, et al.. (2015). Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium angulatum JCM 7096T isolated from human feces. Journal of Biotechnology. 211. 10–11. 4 indexed citations

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Kim, Sang-Wan, Wataru Suda, Sujin Kim, et al.. (2013). Robustness of Gut Microbiota of Healthy Adults in Response to Probiotic Intervention Revealed by High-Throughput Pyrosequencing. DNA Research. 20(3). 241–253. 246 indexed citations

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Sando, Tomoki, Yukio Mukai, Atsushi Yamashita, et al.. (2008). Cloning and Characterization of Mevalonate Pathway Genes in a Natural Rubber Producing Plant,Hevea brasiliensis. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 72(8). 2049–2060. 104 indexed citations

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Goto, Tomio, Atsushi Yamashita, Hideki Hirakawa, et al.. (2008). Complete Genome Sequence of Finegoldia magna, an Anaerobic Opportunistic Pathogen. DNA Research. 15(1). 39–47. 38 indexed citations

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Miura, Fumihito, Noriko Kawaguchi, Jun Sese, et al.. (2006). A large-scale full-length cDNA analysis to explore the budding yeast transcriptome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(47). 17846–17851. 177 indexed citations

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Nakabachi, Atsushi, Atsushi Yamashita, Hidehiro Toh, et al.. (2006). The 160-Kilobase Genome of the Bacterial Endosymbiont Carsonella. Science. 314(5797). 267–267. 402 indexed citations

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Izawa, Masaki, Nobuo Kitamura, Atsushi Yamashita, et al.. (2006). A rapid and simple Transcriptional sequencing method for GC-rich DNA regions. Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University). 1 indexed citations

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Ōmura, Satoshi, Haruo Ikeda, Jun Ishikawa, et al.. (2001). Genome sequence of an industrial microorganism Streptomyces avermitilis : Deducing the ability of producing secondary metabolites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(21). 12215–12220. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

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