Mutsumi Ito

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Mutsumi Ito is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mutsumi Ito has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Epidemiology, 31 papers in Infectious Diseases and 10 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Mutsumi Ito's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (33 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (24 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (20 papers). Mutsumi Ito is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (33 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (24 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (20 papers). Mutsumi Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Vietnam. Mutsumi Ito's co-authors include Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Maki Kiso, Seiya Yamayoshi, Chiharu Kawakami, Ryuta Uraki, Norio Sugaya, Masataka Ichikawa, Keiko Mitamura, Kazuhiro Kimura and Shuji Hatakeyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, JAMA and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mutsumi Ito

53 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A human isolate of bovine H5N1 is transmissible and lethal in animal models

2024 52 citations Tadashi Maemura, Maki Kiso et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mutsumi Ito Japan	19	911	413	268	197	191	56	1.2k
Matthew Angel United States	20	930 1.0×	471 1.1×	479 1.8×	268 1.4×	300 1.6×	31	1.4k
Troy C. Sutton United States	20	868 1.0×	546 1.3×	271 1.0×	374 1.9×	183 1.0×	40	1.2k
Mamadou Dramé Belgium	17	1.2k 1.3×	525 1.3×	509 1.9×	221 1.1×	186 1.0×	33	1.4k
Angela Choi United States	14	711 0.8×	304 0.7×	409 1.5×	76 0.4×	174 0.9×	23	1.0k
Siu-Ying Lau Hong Kong	15	633 0.7×	304 0.7×	211 0.8×	248 1.3×	202 1.1×	25	830
Irina Isakova–Sivak Russia	20	834 0.9×	388 0.9×	342 1.3×	152 0.8×	165 0.9×	76	998
Quanjiao Chen China	20	816 0.9×	484 1.2×	261 1.0×	375 1.9×	329 1.7×	53	1.2k
Hyeok-Il Kwon South Korea	19	736 0.8×	597 1.4×	143 0.5×	381 1.9×	182 1.0×	51	1.2k
Rebecca L. Dunfee United States	13	629 0.7×	477 1.2×	472 1.8×	103 0.5×	264 1.4×	13	1.3k
Kortney M. Gustin United States	20	1.2k 1.3×	505 1.2×	296 1.1×	488 2.5×	123 0.6×	26	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mutsumi Ito

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Uraki, Ryuta, Mutsumi Ito, Maki Kiso, et al.. (2025). An XBB.1.5-based inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine partially protects against XBB.1.5 and JN.1 strains in hamsters. PubMed. 3(1). 7–7.

Uraki, Ryuta, Maki Kiso, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2025). An mRNA vaccine encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 receptor-binding domain protects mice from the JN.1 variant. EBioMedicine. 117. 105794–105794. 1 indexed citations

Uraki, Ryuta, Masaki Imai, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2024). An mRNA vaccine encoding the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain protects mice from various Omicron variants. npj Vaccines. 9(1). 4–4. 7 indexed citations

Hagihara, Masao, Tomoyuki Uchida, Yuko Sakai‐Tagawa, et al.. (2024). Clinical Efficacy of Imdevimab/Casirivimab for Persistent Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients with Hematological Malignancies. Internal Medicine. 63(16). 2283–2287. 2 indexed citations

Halfmann, Peter, Kiyoko Iwatsuki‐Horimoto, Makoto Kuroda, et al.. (2024). Characterization of Omicron BA.4.6, XBB, and BQ.1.1 subvariants in hamsters. Communications Biology. 7(1). 331–331. 6 indexed citations

Kiso, Maki, Ryuta Uraki, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2023). Oral intake of heat-killed Lactiplantibacillus pentosus ONRICb0240 partially protects mice against SARS-CoV-2 infection. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 2 indexed citations

Braun, Katarina M., Luis A. Haddock, Chelsea M. Crooks, et al.. (2023). Avian H7N9 influenza viruses are evolutionarily constrained by stochastic processes during replication and transmission in mammals. Virus Evolution. 9(1). vead004–vead004. 4 indexed citations

Iwatsuki‐Horimoto, Kiyoko, Hiroshi Ueki, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Transmission from Virus-Infected Dead Hamsters. mSphere. 8(1). e0041122–e0041122.

Chiba, S., Maki Kiso, Noriko Nakajima, et al.. (2022). Co-administration of Favipiravir and the Remdesivir Metabolite GS-441524 Effectively Reduces SARS-CoV-2 Replication in the Lungs of the Syrian Hamster Model. mBio. 13(1). e0304421–e0304421. 23 indexed citations

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Uraki, Ryuta, Masaki Imai, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2021). Foxp3+ CD4+ regulatory T cells control dendritic cells in inducing antigen-specific immunity to emerging SARS-CoV-2 antigens. PLoS Pathogens. 17(12). e1010085–e1010085. 15 indexed citations

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Takamatsu, Yuki, Masaki Imai, Kenji Maeda, et al.. (2021). Highly Neutralizing COVID-19 Convalescent Plasmas Potently Block SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Pneumonia in Syrian Hamsters. Journal of Virology. 96(4). e0155121–e0155121. 16 indexed citations

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Ohtsuka, Junpei, Masaki Imai, Masayuki Fukumura, et al.. (2021). Non-propagative human parainfluenza virus type 2 nasal vaccine robustly protects the upper and lower airways against SARS-CoV-2. iScience. 24(12). 103379–103379. 13 indexed citations

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Sakai‐Tagawa, Yuko, Makoto Yamashita, Kiyoko Iwatsuki‐Horimoto, et al.. (2020). Antigenic variants of influenza B viruses isolated in Japan during the 2017‐2018 and 2018‐2019 influenza seasons. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 14(3). 311–319. 7 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Tokiko, Kiyoko Iwatsuki‐Horimoto, Maki Kiso, et al.. (2018). Experimental infection of Cynomolgus Macaques with highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus through the aerosol route. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4801–4801. 9 indexed citations

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Wu, Nicholas C., Seiya Yamayoshi, Mutsumi Ito, et al.. (2018). Recurring and Adaptable Binding Motifs in Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies to Influenza Virus Are Encoded on the D3-9 Segment of the Ig Gene. Cell Host & Microbe. 24(4). 569–578.e4. 33 indexed citations

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Yamayoshi, Seiya, Atsuhiro Yasuhara, Mutsumi Ito, Ryuta Uraki, & Yoshihiro Kawaoka. (2018). Differences in the ease with which mutant viruses escape from human monoclonal antibodies against the HA stem of influenza A virus. Journal of Clinical Virology. 108. 105–111. 13 indexed citations

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Yasuhara, Atsuhiro, Seiya Yamayoshi, Chiharu Kawakami, et al.. (2017). Diversity of antigenic mutants of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus escaped from human monoclonal antibodies. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17735–17735. 20 indexed citations

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Iwatsuki‐Horimoto, Kiyoko, Noriko Nakajima, Masatoshi Shibata, et al.. (2016). The Microminipig as an Animal Model for Influenza A Virus Infection. Journal of Virology. 91(2). 18 indexed citations

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Sugaya, Norio, Keiko Mitamura, Masahiko Yamazaki, et al.. (2006). Lower Clinical Effectiveness of Oseltamivir against Influenza B Contrasted with Influenza A Infection in Children. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 44(2). 197–202. 131 indexed citations

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Horimoto, Taisuke, Ayato Takada, Ken Fujii, et al.. (2005). The development and characterization of H5 influenza virus vaccines derived from a 2003 human isolate. Vaccine. 24(17). 3669–3676. 50 indexed citations

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