Motoyuki Sugai

14.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
300 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Motoyuki Sugai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Motoyuki Sugai has authored 300 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Molecular Biology, 117 papers in Infectious Diseases and 72 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Motoyuki Sugai's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (101 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (72 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (59 papers). Motoyuki Sugai is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (101 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (72 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (59 papers). Motoyuki Sugai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Motoyuki Sugai's co-authors include Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Hidekazu Suginaka, Tamaki Fujiwara, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Masaru Ohara, Junzo Hisatsune, Koji Nishifuji, Hidemi Kurihara, Masayuki Amagai and Fuminori Kato and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Motoyuki Sugai

285 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

A Novel Mechanism of Rapid Nuclear Neutrophil Extracellul... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. A Novel Mechanism of Rapid Nuclear Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Response to Staphylococcus aureus
    2010 880 citations Motoyuki Sugai et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Motoyuki Sugai Japan 57 4.9k 3.3k 2.0k 1.6k 1.5k 300 10.6k
Kenneth W. Bayles United States 57 7.6k 1.5× 4.8k 1.5× 740 0.4× 1.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.4× 138 10.8k
Timothy J. Foster Ireland 73 10.4k 2.1× 9.7k 3.0× 2.0k 1.0× 2.5k 1.6× 1.3k 0.9× 163 17.2k
Ambrose L. Cheung United States 75 9.1k 1.8× 8.6k 2.6× 2.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 2.5k 1.7× 179 14.6k
Dominique Missiakas United States 62 7.8k 1.6× 4.6k 1.4× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 3.0k 2.0× 179 12.3k
Itzhak Ofek Israel 63 3.5k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 776 0.5× 184 10.8k
Torkel Wadström Sweden 63 4.6k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 2.9k 1.4× 871 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 409 14.3k
Hitoshi Komatsuzawa Japan 45 3.1k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 758 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 878 0.6× 165 5.9k
E H Beachey United States 55 4.4k 0.9× 3.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 703 0.5× 191 11.6k
Elizabeth R. Fischer United States 60 4.2k 0.8× 3.8k 1.2× 1.6k 0.8× 3.0k 1.9× 1.3k 0.9× 132 11.4k
Sun Nyunt Wai Sweden 50 3.1k 0.6× 828 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 146 7.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Motoyuki Sugai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Motoyuki Sugai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Motoyuki Sugai 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 Motoyuki Sugai. Motoyuki Sugai 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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Shimamoto, Toshi, et al.. (2025). First Report of mcr-10 in a Seafood-Borne ESBL-Producing Enterobacter xiangfangensis Strain. Current Microbiology. 82(5). 194–194.
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Kawada‐Matsuo, Miki, Mineka Yoshikawa, Toshiki Kajihara, et al.. (2024). Oral and rectal colonization of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long‐term care facility residents and their association with clinical status. Microbiology and Immunology. 68(3). 75–89. 4 indexed citations
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Nakano, Satoshi, Sayoko Kawakami, Wataru Hayashi, et al.. (2024). Enrichment culture evaluation and characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae among pregnant women in Japan. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 73(7). 1 indexed citations
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Kajihara, Toshiki, Taro Kamigaki, Aki Hirabayashi, et al.. (2024). Effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on the spread of respiratory-transmitted human-to-human bacteria. Journal of Infection. 89(2). 106201–106201. 3 indexed citations
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Hirabayashi, Aki, Hirokazu Yano, Sadao Aoki, et al.. (2024). Emergence of the mobile RND-type efflux pump gene cluster tmexCD1-toprJ1 in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates in Japan. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 80(1). 192–199. 1 indexed citations
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Kajihara, Toshiki, Camila Gazolla Volpiano, Guillaume Méric, et al.. (2024). Exploring the effects of antimicrobial treatment on the gut and oral microbiomes and resistomes from elderly long-term care facility residents via shotgun DNA sequencing. Microbial Genomics. 10(2). 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Liansheng, et al.. (2023). New Molecular Mechanism of Superbiofilm Elaboration in a Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Strain. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(2). e0442522–e0442522. 3 indexed citations
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Ito, Hideyuki, et al.. (2023). A Fatal Case of Disseminated Infection Caused by Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> USA300 Clone. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 76(4). 251–254. 2 indexed citations
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Iwamoto, Kazumasa, Norio Sakai, Motoyuki Sugai, et al.. (2022). Uptake of Staphylococcus aureus by keratinocytes is reduced by interferon–fibronectin pathway and filaggrin expression. The Journal of Dermatology. 49(11). 1148–1157. 9 indexed citations
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Khalifa, Hazim O., Ahmed M. Soliman, Ashraf M. Ahmed, et al.. (2017). High Carbapenem Resistance in Clinical Gram-Negative Pathogens Isolated in Egypt. Microbial Drug Resistance. 23(7). 838–844. 57 indexed citations
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Kayama, Shizuo, Hiroki Ohge, & Motoyuki Sugai. (2017). Rapid discrimination of blaIMP-1, blaIMP-6, and blaIMP-34 using a multiplex PCR. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 135. 8–10. 4 indexed citations
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Yamashita, K, Masaru Ohara, Taro Kojima, et al.. (2013). Prevalence of drug-resistant opportunistic microorganisms in oral cavity after treatment for oral cancer. Journal of Oral Science. 55(2). 145–155. 18 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Makiko, Hiroaki Fujimoto, Fuminori Kato, et al.. (2011). Identification and Antimicrobial Drug Susceptibility of Clinical Staphylococcus spp. Isolates from Canine Superficial Pyoderma at a Primary Veterinary Hospital. 17(2). 99–104. 1 indexed citations
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Tokumaru, Sho, Koji Sayama, Yuji Shirakata, et al.. (2005). Induction of Keratinocyte Migration via Transactivation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor by the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37. The Journal of Immunology. 175(7). 4662–4668. 284 indexed citations
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Ohara, Masaru, Yoko Ueno, Hideki Shiba, et al.. (2004). Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans CDT Induces Cell Cycle Arrest in Primary Culture of Human Gingival Fibroblasts. 40. 18–22. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jin, Jun Zhang, Jeffrey Benovic, et al.. (1995). Sequestration of a G-protein βγ Subunit or ADP-ribosylation of Rho Can Inhibit Thrombin-induced Activation of Platelet Phosphoinositide 3-Kinases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(12). 6589–6594. 86 indexed citations
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Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi, et al.. (1995). Triton X-100 alters the resistance level of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusto oxacillin. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 134(2-3). 209–212. 24 indexed citations

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