Masato Nakai

4.1k total citations
66 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Masato Nakai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Masato Nakai has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 13 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Masato Nakai's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (33 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (19 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (14 papers). Masato Nakai is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (33 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (19 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (14 papers). Masato Nakai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masato Nakai's co-authors include Shingo Kikuchi, Toshiya Endo, Kazuaki Nishio, Y. Nakai, Toshiya Hirohashi, Hideyuki Hayashi, Ichiro Terashima, Jocelyn Bédard, Kozo Morimoto and Toshiki Yabe‐Wada and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Masato Nakai

64 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masato Nakai Japan 33 2.6k 996 714 170 159 66 3.1k
Daphné Seigneurin‐Berny France 25 2.8k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 407 0.6× 98 0.6× 224 1.4× 42 3.5k
Giulia Friso United States 39 5.0k 1.9× 2.2k 2.3× 683 1.0× 73 0.4× 337 2.1× 70 5.7k
Frederik Sommer Germany 27 1.7k 0.7× 746 0.7× 733 1.0× 59 0.3× 228 1.4× 58 2.4k
Hitoshi Nakamoto Japan 30 2.3k 0.9× 688 0.7× 577 0.8× 38 0.2× 141 0.9× 74 3.0k
Mark Aurel Schöttler Germany 36 2.9k 1.1× 1.5k 1.5× 417 0.6× 66 0.4× 246 1.5× 71 3.3k
Paulette Decottignies France 37 2.9k 1.1× 643 0.6× 361 0.5× 210 1.2× 196 1.2× 80 3.4k
Beat B. Fischer Switzerland 23 1.5k 0.6× 830 0.8× 576 0.8× 48 0.3× 247 1.6× 28 2.3k
Jörg Meurer Germany 42 4.0k 1.6× 2.0k 2.0× 743 1.0× 67 0.4× 478 3.0× 89 4.5k
Nicole Frankenberg‐Dinkel Germany 27 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 448 0.6× 42 0.2× 365 2.3× 78 2.7k
C. Gamini Kannangara Denmark 37 3.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.6× 421 0.6× 99 0.6× 63 0.4× 88 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masato Nakai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masato Nakai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masato Nakai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masato Nakai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Masato Nakai. Masato Nakai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sullivan, Stuart, Takeshi Higa, Eiji Gotoh, et al.. (2026). Reversible phosphorylation of NPH3/RPT2-like proteins regulates phototropin receptor signaling. The Plant Cell. 38(3).
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Nakao, Makoto, et al.. (2025). Lung cancer with diabetes mellitus and polymyalgia rheumatica during long‑term nivolumab treatment: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 29(6). 1–4.
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Hara, Nagisa, Atsushi Hiraoka, Masato Nakai, et al.. (2024). Brief intervention for chronic liver disease patients with alcohol use disorder in a hepatology outpatient unit: Effects and limitations. Hepatology Research. 54(11). 1099–1105. 2 indexed citations
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Higa, Takeshi, et al.. (2022). Tic12, a 12-kDa essential component of the translocon at the inner envelope membrane of chloroplasts in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 34(11). 4569–4582. 8 indexed citations
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Imamura, S., et al.. (2022). A distinct class of GTP-binding proteins mediates chloroplast protein import in Rhodophyta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(34). e2208277119–e2208277119. 7 indexed citations
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Higa, Takeshi, Hidekazu Tanaka, Shin-ichiro Inoue, et al.. (2020). Phototropin2 Contributes to the Chloroplast Avoidance Response at the Chloroplast-Plasma Membrane Interface. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(1). 304–316. 19 indexed citations
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Ramundo, Silvia, Yukari Asakura, Patrice A. Salomé, et al.. (2020). Coexpressed subunits of dual genetic origin define a conserved supercomplex mediating essential protein import into chloroplasts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(51). 32739–32749. 32 indexed citations
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Kikuchi, Shingo, Yukari Asakura, M Imai, et al.. (2018). A Ycf2-FtsHi Heteromeric AAA-ATPase Complex Is Required for Chloroplast Protein Import. The Plant Cell. 30(11). 2677–2703. 119 indexed citations
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Nakai, Y., Masato Nakai, & T. Yano. (2017). Sulfur Modifications of the Wobble U34 in tRNAs and their Intracellular Localization in Eukaryotic Cells. Biomolecules. 7(1). 17–17. 21 indexed citations
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Kikuchi, Shingo, Jocelyn Bédard, Minako Hirano, et al.. (2013). Uncovering the Protein Translocon at the Chloroplast Inner Envelope Membrane. Science. 339(6119). 571–574. 273 indexed citations
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Yabe‐Wada, Toshiki, Eiki Yamashita, Akihiro Kikuchi, et al.. (2008). Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis CnfU Protein: An Iron–Sulfur Cluster Biosynthetic Scaffold in Chloroplasts. Journal of Molecular Biology. 381(1). 160–173. 20 indexed citations
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Yabe‐Wada, Toshiki & Masato Nakai. (2005). Arabidopsis AtIscA-I is affected by deficiency of Fe–S cluster biosynthetic scaffold AtCnfU-V. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 340(4). 1047–1052. 32 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Takashi, et al.. (2004). Reinvestigation of the Requirement of Cytosolic ATP for Mitochondrial Protein Import. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(19). 19464–19470. 17 indexed citations
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Morimoto, Kozo, Kazuaki Nishio, & Masato Nakai. (2002). Identification of a novel prokaryotic HEAT‐repeats‐containing protein which interacts with a cyanobacterial IscA homolog. FEBS Letters. 519(1-3). 123–127. 38 indexed citations
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Hirohashi, Toshiya & Masato Nakai. (2000). Molecular cloning and characterization of maize Toc34, a regulatory component of the protein import machinery of chloroplast. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1491(1-3). 309–314. 10 indexed citations
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Kogata, Naoko, Kazuaki Nishio, Toshiya Hirohashi, Shingo Kikuchi, & Masato Nakai. (1999). Involvement of a chloroplast homologue of the signal recognition particle receptor protein, FtsY, in protein targeting to thylakoids. FEBS Letters. 447(2-3). 329–333. 69 indexed citations
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Nishio, Kazuaki, Toshiya Hirohashi, & Masato Nakai. (1999). Chloroplast Chaperonins: Evidence for Heterogeneous Assembly of α and β Cpn60 Polypeptides into a Chaperonin Oligomer. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 266(2). 584–587. 33 indexed citations
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Nakai, Masato, Ayako Tanaka, Tatsuo Omata, & Toshiya Endo. (1992). Cloning and characterization of the secY gene from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC7942. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1171(1). 113–116. 22 indexed citations
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Sano, Yasuyuki, et al.. (1989). The studies on the retentive force of clasps. Part 1. An effect of the material and technician.. Nihon Hotetsu Shika Gakkai Zasshi. 33(3). 589–595. 6 indexed citations
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Nakai, Masato, Toshiharu Hase, & Hiroshi Matsubara. (1989). Precise Determination of the Mitochondrial Import Signal Contained in a 70 kDa Protein of Yeast Mitochondrial Outer Membrane. The Journal of Biochemistry. 105(4). 513–519. 23 indexed citations

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