Naoki Asano

16.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
310 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Naoki Asano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoki Asano has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 99 papers in Organic Chemistry and 91 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Naoki Asano's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (92 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (51 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (36 papers). Naoki Asano is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (92 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (51 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (36 papers). Naoki Asano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Naoki Asano's co-authors include Robert J. Nash, George W. J. Fleet, Katsuhiko Matsui, Russell J. Molyneux, Haruhisa Kizu, Atsushi Kato, Kyoko Ikeda, Yukihiko Kameda, Alison A. Watson and Kenji Miyatake and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Naoki Asano

296 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

Sugar-mimic glycosidase inhibitors: natural occurrence, biological activity and prospects for therapeutic application

2000 857 citations Naoki Asano, Robert J. Nash et al. profile →
Glycosidase inhibitors: update and perspectives on practical use

2003 630 citations Naoki Asano profile →
Polyhydroxylated alkaloids — natural occurrence and therapeutic applications

2001 612 citations Alison A. Watson, George W. J. Fleet et al. profile →
Aliphatic/Aromatic Polyimide Ionomers as a Proton Conductive Membrane for Fuel Cell Applications

2006 588 citations Naoki Asano et al. profile →
Accelerated transport and maturation of lysosomal α–galactosidase A in Fabry lymphoblasts by an enzyme inhibitor

1999 501 citations Naoki Asano et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naoki Asano Japan	62	6.3k	5.8k	1.6k	1.2k	1.2k	310	13.4k
Vladimı́r Křen Czechia	53	2.6k 0.4×	8.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	456 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	539	14.7k
Hiromi Yoshida Japan	46	1.5k 0.2×	3.6k 0.6×	410 0.3×	808 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	427	9.9k
Robert A. Newman United States	64	1.3k 0.2×	7.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	685 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	302	18.3k
Abbas Shafiee Iran	66	9.7k 1.5×	5.0k 0.9×	365 0.2×	810 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	676	18.6k
Hiroshi Sakagami Japan	54	3.4k 0.5×	7.0k 1.2×	543 0.3×	348 0.3×	1.7k 1.5×	706	14.8k
Tsong‐Long Hwang Taiwan	54	1.7k 0.3×	5.0k 0.9×	674 0.4×	497 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	551	13.0k
Yitao Wang Macao	62	977 0.2×	6.7k 1.2×	486 0.3×	421 0.4×	2.1k 1.8×	359	14.2k
Mahitosh Mandal India	64	717 0.1×	6.0k 1.0×	476 0.3×	357 0.3×	568 0.5×	302	12.6k
Antonello Santini Italy	54	1.4k 0.2×	3.3k 0.6×	435 0.3×	389 0.3×	2.3k 1.9×	255	12.1k
J.E. Kinsella United States	51	901 0.1×	2.9k 0.5×	739 0.5×	827 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	248	12.4k

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Ogata, Yohei, Waku Hatta, Takeshi Kanno, et al.. (2025). Type 2 and type 3 gastric neuroendocrine tumors have high risk of lymph node metastasis: Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Digestive Endoscopy. 37(8). 834–843. 1 indexed citations

Saito, Masahiro, Tomoyuki Koike, Yohei Ogata, et al.. (2025). Associations between excessive supragastric belching and esophageal reflux factors in patients with PPI-refractory GERD in Japan. Journal of Gastroenterology. 60(9). 1070–1078.

Hatta, Waku, Tomoyuki Koike, Naoki Asano, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Tobacco Smoking and Alcohol Consumption on the Development of Gastric Cancers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(14). 7854–7854. 10 indexed citations

Ito, Shin, Shuichi Aoki, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2024). Usefulness of multigene liquid biopsy of bile for identifying driver genes of biliary duct cancers. Cancer Science. 115(12). 4054–4063. 6 indexed citations

Uno, Kaname, Naoki Asano, Shin Hamada, et al.. (2023). Porphyromonas gingivalis Lipopolysaccharide Damages Mucosal Barrier to Promote Gastritis-Associated Carcinogenesis. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 69(1). 95–111. 7 indexed citations

Takeuchi, Akio, Naoki Asano, Akira Imatani, et al.. (2022). Suppressed Cellular Senescence Mediated by T-box3 in Aged Gastric Epithelial Cells may Contribute to Aging-related Carcinogenesis. Cancer Research Communications. 2(8). 772–783. 7 indexed citations

Asano, Naoki, Akira Imatani, Tomohiro Watanabe, et al.. (2016). Cdx2 Expression and Intestinal Metaplasia Induced by H. pylori Infection of Gastric Cells Is Regulated by NOD1-Mediated Innate Immune Responses. Cancer Research. 76(5). 1135–1145. 60 indexed citations

Sanae, Fujiko, et al.. (2013). Effects of eugenol-reduced clove extract on glycogen phosphorylase b and the development of diabetes in db/db mice. Food & Function. 5(2). 214–219. 20 indexed citations

Hatta, Waku, Kaname Uno, Tomoyuki Koike, et al.. (2012). A prospective comparative study of optical coherence tomography and EUS for tumor staging of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 76(3). 548–555. 29 indexed citations

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Kato, Atsushi, Yukiko Yamashita, Shinpei Nakagawa, et al.. (2010). 2,5-Dideoxy-2,5-imino-d-altritol as a new class of pharmacological chaperone for Fabry disease. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(11). 3790–3794. 35 indexed citations

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Ikeda, Kyoko, Fujiko Sanae, Atsushi Kato, et al.. (2008). In vitro inhibition of glycogen-degrading enzymes and glycosidases by six-membered sugar mimics and their evaluation in cell cultures. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 16(15). 7330–7336. 61 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Tomohiro, Naoki Asano, Peter J. Murray, et al.. (2008). Muramyl dipeptide activation of nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain 2 protects mice from experimental colitis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(2). 545–59. 279 indexed citations

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Dertinger, Stephen D., James P. McNamee, Makoto Hayashi, et al.. (2006). Flow Cytometric Analysis of Micronuclei in Peripheral Blood Reticulocytes: I. Intra- and Interlaboratory Comparison with Microscopic Scoring. Toxicological Sciences. 94(1). 83–91. 40 indexed citations

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Kuriyama, Isoko, Naoki Asano, Ikuo Kato, et al.. (2005). Dipeptide alcohol-based inhibitors of eukaryotic DNA polymerase α. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 13(6). 2187–2196. 16 indexed citations

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Kato, Atsushi, Isao Adachi, Miwa Miyauchi, et al.. (1999). Polyhydroxylated pyrrolidine and pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Hyacinthoides non-scripta and Scilla campanulata. Carbohydrate Research. 316(1-4). 95–103. 104 indexed citations

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Davies, Davies, et al.. (1999). Calystegine Alkaloids in the Potato and Other Food Plants. ACS symposium series. 129–139. 5 indexed citations

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Kameda, Yukihiko, et al.. (1997). Preparation and biological activity of manno- and galacto-validamines, new 5a-carba-glycosylamines as α-glycosidase inhibitors. Carbohydrate Research. 300(3). 259–264. 14 indexed citations

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Asano, Naoki, et al.. (1995). N-Alkylated Nitrogen-in-the-Ring Sugars: Conformational Basis of Inhibition of Glycosidases and HIV-1 Replication. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 38(13). 2349–2356. 125 indexed citations

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Asano, Naoki, et al.. (1995). Calystegins of Physalts alkekengi var. Francheti (Solanaceae). European Journal of Biochemistry. 229(2). 369–376. 83 indexed citations

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Asano, Naoki, et al.. (1994). N-containing sugars fromMorus alba and their glycosidase inhibitory activities. Carbohydrate Research. 259(2). 243–255. 221 indexed citations

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