Naomi Sakai

16.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
286 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Naomi Sakai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Naomi Sakai has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Molecular Biology, 93 papers in Organic Chemistry and 89 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Naomi Sakai's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (67 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (56 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (52 papers). Naomi Sakai is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (67 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (56 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (52 papers). Naomi Sakai collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Japan. Naomi Sakai's co-authors include Stefan Matile, Jiri Mareda, Eric Vauthey, Javier López‐Andarias, Aurélien Roux, Yingjie Zhao, Sebastian Benz, Eun‐Kyoung Bang, Guillaume Bollot and Giulio Gasparini and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Naomi Sakai

280 papers receiving 14.0k citations

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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.

Core-substituted naphthalenediimides

2010 516 citations Naomi Sakai, Jiri Mareda et al. Chemical Communications profile →
A fluorescent membrane tension probe

2018 381 citations Adai Colom, Emmanuel Derivery et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naomi Sakai Switzerland	66	5.7k	5.2k	4.2k	3.2k	2.3k	286	14.1k
Stefan Matile Switzerland	78	8.3k 1.5×	7.3k 1.4×	5.9k 1.4×	5.1k 1.6×	3.2k 1.4×	392	20.1k
Santanu Bhattacharya India	71	7.0k 1.2×	5.5k 1.1×	5.2k 1.2×	2.8k 0.9×	3.8k 1.6×	389	15.9k
Steven C. Zimmerman United States	62	4.7k 0.8×	6.4k 1.2×	3.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	220	13.5k
Christoph A. Schalley Germany	60	2.6k 0.5×	8.4k 1.6×	4.5k 1.1×	5.6k 1.7×	2.3k 1.0×	305	14.0k
Sijbren Otto Netherlands	60	5.9k 1.0×	7.9k 1.5×	2.9k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	3.6k 1.5×	165	13.3k
Pall Thordarson Australia	41	2.7k 0.5×	3.8k 0.7×	4.0k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	165	9.9k
Peter R. Ashton United Kingdom	65	3.1k 0.5×	9.6k 1.9×	5.2k 1.2×	4.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	235	13.1k
Luc Brunsveld Netherlands	56	6.7k 1.2×	6.9k 1.3×	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	4.5k 1.9×	246	15.3k
Bradley D. Smith United States	60	4.3k 0.8×	4.6k 0.9×	4.2k 1.0×	5.4k 1.7×	1.0k 0.4×	301	12.6k
Masayuki Takeuchi Japan	62	4.0k 0.7×	6.9k 1.3×	8.0k 1.9×	3.1k 1.0×	4.0k 1.7×	382	15.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sakai, Naomi, et al.. (2025). Thiol-mediated uptake of phosphorothioate liposomes, visualized with fluorescent flippers. Chemical Science. 16(40). 18599–18606.

Maillard, Jimmy, Karolína Straková, José García‐Calvo, et al.. (2024). Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy and Tracking with a Fluorescent Mechanosensitive Probe. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(33). 7997–8006. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Dongping, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, et al.. (2024). Pnictogen‐Bonding Enzymes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(45). e202411347–e202411347. 17 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoxiao, et al.. (2023). Hydrophobic Interfacing of Fluorescent Membrane Probes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 6 indexed citations

Lim, Bumhee, Takehiro Kato, Céline Besnard, et al.. (2022). Pnictogen-Centered Cascade Exchangers for Thiol-Mediated Uptake: As(III)-, Sb(III)-, and Bi(III)-Expanded Cyclic Disulfides as Inhibitors of Cytosolic Delivery and Viral Entry. PubMed. 2(5). 1105–1114. 21 indexed citations

Kato, Takehiro, Bumhee Lim, Yangyang Cheng, et al.. (2022). Cyclic Thiosulfonates for Thiol-Mediated Uptake: Cascade Exchangers, Transporters, Inhibitors. JACS Au. 2(4). 839–852. 20 indexed citations

Lim, Bumhee, Yangyang Cheng, Takehiro Kato, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of Thiol‐Mediated Uptake with Irreversible Covalent Inhibitors. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 104(8). 21 indexed citations

Cheng, Yangyang, Anh‐Tuan Pham, Takehiro Kato, et al.. (2020). Inhibitors of thiol-mediated uptake. Chemical Science. 12(2). 626–631. 52 indexed citations

Gini, Andrea, Miguel Paraja, Bartomeu Galmés, et al.. (2020). Pnictogen-bonding catalysis: brevetoxin-type polyether cyclizations. Chemical Science. 11(27). 7086–7091. 81 indexed citations

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Colom, Adai, Emmanuel Derivery, Saeideh Soleimanpour, et al.. (2018). A fluorescent membrane tension probe. Nature Chemistry. 10(11). 1118–1125. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bauzá, Antonio, Alexander Aster, Marion Pupier, et al.. (2018). Synergistic Anion–(π)_n–π Catalysis on π-Stacked Foldamers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(14). 4884–4892. 89 indexed citations

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Sakai, Naomi, et al.. (2018). ねじれよりも曲げにより機能する白色蛍光二重発光機械感受性膜プローブ【JST・京大機械翻訳】. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 130(33). 10719–10723. 2 indexed citations

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Benz, Sebastian, Javier López‐Andarias, Jiri Mareda, Naomi Sakai, & Stefan Matile. (2016). Catalysis with Chalcogen Bonds. Angewandte Chemie. 129(3). 830–833. 85 indexed citations

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Cotelle, Yoann, Sebastian Benz, Alyssa‐Jennifer Avestro, et al.. (2016). Anion–π Catalysis of Enolate Chemistry: Rigidified Leonard Turns as a General Motif to Run Reactions on Aromatic Surfaces. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(13). 4275–4279. 54 indexed citations

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Soleimanpour, Saeideh, Adai Colom, Emmanuel Derivery, et al.. (2016). Headgroup engineering in mechanosensitive membrane probes. Chemical Communications. 52(100). 14450–14453. 49 indexed citations

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Ravikumar, Velayutham, Andréa Fin, Naomi Sakai, & Stefan Matile. (2010). Solubilising groups: a conceptual equivalent of protecting groups in organic synthesis. Supramolecular chemistry. 23(1-2). 69–73. 4 indexed citations

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Bhosale, Rajesh S., Alejandro Perez‐Velasco, Velayutham Ravikumar, et al.. (2009). Topologically Matching Supramolecular n/p‐Heterojunction Architectures. Angewandte Chemie. 121(35). 6583–6586. 10 indexed citations

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Sakai, Naomi, Toshihide Takeuchi, Shiroh Futaki, & Stefan Matile. (2004). Direct Observation of Anion‐Mediated Translocation of Fluorescent Oligoarginine Carriers into and across Bulk Liquid and Anionic Bilayer Membranes. ChemBioChem. 6(1). 114–122. 122 indexed citations

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Das, Gopal, Naomi Sakai, & Stefan Matile. (2001). Toward catalytic rigid‐rod β‐barrels: A hexamer with multiple histidines. Chirality. 14(1). 18–24. 6 indexed citations

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Sakai, Naomi, et al.. (1996). ChemInform Abstract: Portuloside A, a Monoterpene Glucoside from Portulaca oleracea.. ChemInform. 27(47). 5 indexed citations

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