Naoki Kimura

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Naoki Kimura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoki Kimura has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Naoki Kimura's work include Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers), Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis (6 papers) and Gene expression and cancer classification (5 papers). Naoki Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers), Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis (6 papers) and Gene expression and cancer classification (5 papers). Naoki Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Naoki Kimura's co-authors include Tetsuya Taga, Kinichi Nakashima, Makoto Yanagisawa, Hirokazu Arakawa, Tatsuhiro Hisatsune, Masahiro Kawabata, Kohei Miyazono, Takayuki Tamura, Ritsuko Matsuo and Hiroshi Shibuyà and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Naoki Kimura

61 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Synergistic Signaling in Fetal Brain by STAT3-Smad1 Complex Bridged by p300

1999 731 citations Kinichi Nakashima, Naoki Kimura et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naoki Kimura Japan	21	1.6k	298	264	263	260	65	2.5k
Lionel M.L. Chow United States	30	1.9k 1.2×	500 1.7×	609 2.3×	487 1.9×	307 1.2×	56	3.2k
Steven A. Reeves United States	27	2.0k 1.3×	683 2.3×	334 1.3×	293 1.1×	194 0.7×	37	3.1k
David W. Morgens United States	19	1.8k 1.2×	219 0.7×	491 1.9×	161 0.6×	112 0.4×	34	2.9k
Carl Pelz United States	21	1.4k 0.9×	412 1.4×	211 0.8×	364 1.4×	82 0.3×	37	2.5k
John F. Reilly United States	25	1.8k 1.2×	572 1.9×	264 1.0×	237 0.9×	124 0.5×	43	3.0k
Kirsi Riento United Kingdom	18	2.1k 1.3×	310 1.0×	259 1.0×	210 0.8×	74 0.3×	26	3.1k
Beth Murray United States	5	2.2k 1.4×	330 1.1×	226 0.9×	206 0.8×	151 0.6×	5	2.8k
Douglas A. Rubinson United States	22	1.9k 1.2×	831 2.8×	288 1.1×	470 1.8×	134 0.5×	47	3.3k
Yasutaka Ohta Japan	31	2.3k 1.5×	328 1.1×	285 1.1×	211 0.8×	67 0.3×	61	3.7k
S. Patricia Becerra United States	39	2.7k 1.7×	179 0.6×	289 1.1×	438 1.7×	57 0.2×	93	4.1k

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Kameda, Tomohiro, Toru Sugihara, Daisuke Obinata, et al.. (2024). Androgen receptor and osteoglycin gene expression predicting prognosis of metastatic prostate cancer. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30654–30654.

Yamada, Yuta, Shigenori Kakutani, Naoki Kimura, et al.. (2024). Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Using the Hinotori Surgical Robot System Platform: Report of the First Series of Experiences. Current Oncology. 31(9). 5537–5543. 6 indexed citations

Fukuyama, Hisashi, et al.. (2024). SUB–INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE FOVEAL HEMORRHAGE UNDER TENSION. Retina. 45(2). 231–237. 1 indexed citations

Kimura, Naoki, et al.. (2022). Ribonuclease H2 Subunit A Preserves Genomic Integrity and Promotes Prostate Cancer Progression. Cancer Research Communications. 2(8). 870–883. 7 indexed citations

Yamada, Yuta, Naoki Kimura, Yuji Hakozaki, et al.. (2022). The association between the parameters of uroflowmetry and lower urinary tract symptoms in prostate cancer patients after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0275069–e0275069. 3 indexed citations

Yamada, Yuta, Tetsuya Fujimura, Shigenori Kakutani, et al.. (2021). Clinical significance and risk factors of International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grade upgrading in prostate cancer patients undergoing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. BMC Cancer. 21(1). 501–501. 7 indexed citations

Kakutani, Shigenori, Yuta Yamada, Tetsuya Fujimura, et al.. (2021). Clinical significance and risk factors of urethrovesical anastomotic urinary leakage following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a multi-institutional study. BMC Urology. 21(1). 75–75. 3 indexed citations

Fukuyama, Hisashi, et al.. (2020). Comparative analysis of metamorphopsia and aniseikonia after vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane, macular hole, or rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. PLoS ONE. 15(5). e0232758–e0232758. 15 indexed citations

Yamada, Yuta, Naoki Kimura, Ken‐ichi Takayama, et al.. (2019). TRIM44 promotes cell proliferation and migration by inhibiting FRK in renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Science. 111(3). 881–890. 29 indexed citations

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Kimura, Naoki, Toyoki Moribe∥, Norio Iizuka, et al.. (2009). Rapid and quantitative detection of CpG-methylation status using TaqMan PCR combined with methyl-binding-domain polypeptide. Clinical Biochemistry. 42(10-11). 1113–1122. 5 indexed citations

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Iwaoka, Michio, et al.. (2009). The SAAP force field: Development of the single amino acid potentials for 20 proteinogenic amino acids and Monte Carlo molecular simulation for short peptides. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 30(13). 2039–2055. 7 indexed citations

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Kimura, Naoki. (2005). Methylation profiles of genes utilizing newly developed CpG island methylation microarray on colorectal cancer patients. Nucleic Acids Research. 33(5). e46–e46. 35 indexed citations

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Masson, Luke, Christine Maynard, Roland Brousseau, et al.. (2005). Identification of pathogenic Helicobacter species by chaperonin-60 differentiation on plastic DNA arrays. Genomics. 87(1). 104–112. 11 indexed citations

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Kimura, Naoki. (2004). Attachment of oligonucleotide probes to poly carbodiimide-coated glass for microarray applications. Nucleic Acids Research. 32(7). e68–e68. 34 indexed citations

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Kato, Hiroyuki, Shiyi Chen, Hiroshi Kiyama, et al.. (2000). Identification of a Novel WD Repeat-Containing Gene Predominantly Expressed in Developing and Regenerating Neurons. The Journal of Biochemistry. 128(6). 923–932. 18 indexed citations

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Kimura, Naoki, Kinichi Nakashima, Masaya Ueno, Hiroshi Kiyama, & Tetsuya Taga. (1999). A novel mammalian T-box-containing gene, Tbr2, expressed in mouse developing brain. Developmental Brain Research. 115(2). 183–193. 53 indexed citations

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Kimura, Naoki, Masaya Ueno, Kazuhisa Nakashima, & Tetsuya Taga. (1999). A Brain Region-Specific Gene Product Lhx6.1 Interacts with Ldbl through Tandem LIM-Domains. The Journal of Biochemistry. 126(1). 180–187. 18 indexed citations

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Kimura, Naoki, et al.. (1998). Entactin-2: A New Member of Basement Membrane Protein with High Homology to Entactin/Nidogen. Experimental Cell Research. 241(1). 36–45. 59 indexed citations

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Hirata, Yuichi, Naoki Kimura, Koh Sato, et al.. (1994). ADP ribosyl cyclase activity of a novel bone marrow stromal cell surface molecule, BST‐1. FEBS Letters. 356(2-3). 244–248. 146 indexed citations

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Kimura, Naoki. (1958). On some existence theorems on multiplicative systems, I. Greatest quotient. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series A Mathematical Sciences. 34(6). 8 indexed citations

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