Masaki Yamamoto

25.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
394 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Masaki Yamamoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaki Yamamoto has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Molecular Biology, 129 papers in Materials Chemistry and 74 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Masaki Yamamoto's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (90 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (58 papers) and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (40 papers). Masaki Yamamoto is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (90 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (58 papers) and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (40 papers). Masaki Yamamoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masaki Yamamoto's co-authors include Takashi Kumasaka, Masashi Miyano, Tetsuya Hori, Tetsuji Okada, David C. Teller, Craig A. Behnke, Brian A. Fox, Ronald E. Stenkamp, Krzysztof Palczewski and Isolde Le Trong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Masaki Yamamoto

369 papers receiving 16.2k citations

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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.

Crystal Structure of Rhodopsin: A G Protein-Coupled Receptor

2000 4.6k citations Krzysztof Palczewski, Takashi Kumasaka et al. Science profile →
Structural basis of glutamate recognition by a dimeric metabotropic glutamate receptor

2000 980 citations Masaki Yamamoto, Takashi Kumasaka et al. profile →
Native structure of photosystem II at 1.95 Å resolution viewed by femtosecond X-ray pulses

2014 938 citations Kunio Hirata, Go Ueno et al. profile →
A new technique to efficiently entrap leuprolide acetate into microcapsules of polylactic acid or copoly(lactic/glycolic) acid.

1988 447 citations Masaki Yamamoto et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masaki Yamamoto Japan	53	10.2k	4.1k	2.5k	1.0k	925	394	16.6k
Yifan Cheng United States	67	16.6k 1.6×	2.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	940 0.9×	513 0.6×	213	25.5k
Martin Caffrey United States	60	11.3k 1.1×	2.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	819 0.8×	297 0.3×	210	14.4k
Sjors H. W. Scheres United Kingdom	72	19.8k 1.9×	1.8k 0.4×	2.9k 1.2×	671 0.6×	939 1.0×	143	29.4k
Richard A. Henderson United Kingdom	67	14.6k 1.4×	7.2k 1.8×	3.6k 1.4×	986 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	320	24.5k
Nikolaus Grigorieff United States	64	12.3k 1.2×	1.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	453 0.4×	790 0.9×	134	18.6k
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi Japan	60	12.2k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	232 0.3×	220	16.4k
Richard D. Leapman United States	57	7.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	3.5k 1.4×	2.3k 2.2×	990 1.1×	222	16.6k
Kenneth H. Downing United States	54	10.8k 1.1×	2.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	909 0.9×	507 0.5×	179	17.2k
Thomas Walz United States	87	17.5k 1.7×	2.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.6×	137 0.1×	271	28.0k
Andrew G. W. Leslie United Kingdom	57	23.9k 2.3×	2.8k 0.7×	5.7k 2.3×	743 0.7×	280 0.3×	97	30.8k

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Sakai, Naoki, Kohei Takeshita, Toshiyuki Waki, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into a bacterial β-glucosidase capable of degrading sesaminol triglucoside to produce sesaminol: toward the understanding of the aglycone recognition mechanism by the C-terminal lid domain. The Journal of Biochemistry. 174(4). 335–344. 2 indexed citations

Fujimura, Akiko, Takuma Shibata, Hideki Shigematsu, et al.. (2023). TLR3 forms a laterally aligned multimeric complex along double-stranded RNA for efficient signal transduction. Nature Communications. 14(1). 164–164. 28 indexed citations

Ando, Ryoko, Satoshi Shimozono, Hideo Ago, et al.. (2023). StayGold variants for molecular fusion and membrane-targeting applications. Nature Methods. 21(4). 648–656. 52 indexed citations

Abe, Takashi, et al.. (2023). Surrogate Modeling and Application of Half-Wave Rectified Brushless Synchronous Motor for Model-Based Design. IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications. 13(1). 81–90. 1 indexed citations

Sakai, Naoki, Sachiko Toma-Fukai, Norifumi Muraki, et al.. (2023). Elucidating polymorphs of crystal structures by intensity-based hierarchical clustering analysis of multiple diffraction data sets. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 79(10). 909–924. 4 indexed citations

Baba, Seiki, Hideo Okumura, S.V. Antonyuk, et al.. (2022). Single crystal spectroscopy and multiple structures from one crystal (MSOX) define catalysis in copper nitrite reductases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2205664119–e2205664119. 7 indexed citations

Okumura, Hideo, Naoki Sakai, Hironori Murakami, et al.. (2022). In situ crystal data-collection and ligand-screening system at SPring-8. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 78(6). 241–251. 7 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Satoru, Masaki Yamamoto, Kazuki Goto, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of degradation behavior in quantum dot light-emitting diode with different hole transport materials via transient electroluminescence. Applied Physics Letters. 118(20). 18 indexed citations

Antonyuk, S.V., Daisuke Sasaki, Keitaro Yamashita, et al.. (2021). An unprecedented insight into the catalytic mechanism of copper nitrite reductase from atomic-resolution and damage-free structures. Science Advances. 7(1). 33 indexed citations

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Baba, Seiki, Takashi Kawamura, Naoki Sakai, et al.. (2021). Guidelines for de novo phasing using multiple small-wedge data collection. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 28(5). 1284–1295. 5 indexed citations

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Maestre‐Reyna, Manuel, Wei‐Cheng Huang, Wen‐Jin Wu, et al.. (2020). Vibrio cholerae biofilm scaffolding protein RbmA shows an intrinsic, phosphate‐dependent autoproteolysis activity. IUBMB Life. 73(2). 418–431. 4 indexed citations

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Murai, Masahito, Masaki Yamamoto, & Kazuhiko Takai. (2019). Mechanistic Insights into Rhenium‐Catalyzed Regioselective C‐Alkenylation of Phenols with Internal Alkynes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(66). 15189–15197. 6 indexed citations

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Murai, Masahito, Masaki Yamamoto, & Kazuhiko Takai. (2019). Rhenium-Catalyzed Regioselective ortho-Alkenylation and [3 + 2 + 1] Cycloaddition of Phenols with Internal Alkynes. Organic Letters. 21(9). 3441–3445. 14 indexed citations

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Murakawa, T., Seiki Baba, Yoshiaki Kawano, et al.. (2018). In crystallo thermodynamic analysis of conformational change of the topaquinone cofactor in bacterial copper amine oxidase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(1). 135–140. 9 indexed citations

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Kameda, Hiroshi, Naoya Fukui, Kunihiro Hongo, et al.. (2016). Common structural features of toxic intermediates from α-synuclein and GroES fibrillogenesis detected using cryogenic coherent X-ray diffraction imaging. The Journal of Biochemistry. 161(1). 55–65. 6 indexed citations

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Hiruma, Junichiro, Masashi Muramatsu, Masaki Yamamoto, et al.. (2016). 496 NLRC4 inflammasome is involved in the pathophysiology of psoriasis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 136(5). S87–S87.

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Padmanabhan, Balasundaram, Kit I. Tong, Yoshihiro Nakamura, et al.. (2004). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the Kelch-like motif region of mouse Keap1. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 61(1). 153–155. 15 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Masaki, Takashi Kumasaka, Go Ueno, et al.. (2002). RIKEN structural genomics beamlines at SPring-8. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 58(s1). c302–c302. 6 indexed citations

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Sugahara, Mitsuaki, Tsutomu Mikawa, Takashi Kumasaka, et al.. (2000). Crystal structure of a repair enzyme of oxidatively damaged DNA, MutM (Fpg), from an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus HB8. The EMBO Journal. 19(15). 3857–3869. 128 indexed citations

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Palczewski, Krzysztof, Takashi Kumasaka, Tetsuya Hori, et al.. (2000). Crystal Structure of Rhodopsin: A G Protein-Coupled Receptor. Science. 289(5480). 739–745. 4567 indexed citations breakdown →

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