Osamu Nureki

37.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
367 papers, 23.8k citations indexed

About

Osamu Nureki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Osamu Nureki has authored 367 papers receiving a total of 23.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 288 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Materials Chemistry and 42 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Osamu Nureki's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (136 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (89 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (56 papers). Osamu Nureki is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (136 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (89 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (56 papers). Osamu Nureki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Osamu Nureki's co-authors include Ryuichiro Ishitani, Hiroshi Nishimasu, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Feng Zhang, Shuya Fukai, Patrick D. Hsu, Naoshi Dohmae, Silvana Konermann, F. Ann Ran and Tomohiro Nishizawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Osamu Nureki

357 papers receiving 23.6k 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.

Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex

2014 2.0k citations Omar O. Abudayyeh, Jonathan S. Gootenberg et al. Nature profile →
Crystal Structure of Cas9 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA

2014 1.7k citations Hiroshi Nishimasu, Naoshi Dohmae et al. profile →
Crystal Structure of the Complex of Human Epidermal Growth Factor and Receptor Extracellular Domains

2002 928 citations Ryuichiro Ishitani, Osamu Nureki et al. profile →
Crystal Structure of Cas9 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA

2014 693 citations Hiroshi Nishimasu, Naoshi Dohmae et al. profile →
Crystal Structure of Cpf1 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA

2016 552 citations Takashi Yamano, Hiroshi Nishimasu et al. profile →
Amplification-free RNA detection with CRISPR–Cas13

2021 169 citations Ryoya Nakagawa, Osamu Nureki et al. Communications Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Osamu Nureki Japan	74	19.5k	3.0k	2.0k	1.9k	1.6k	367	23.8k
Naoshi Dohmae Japan	68	14.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	3.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	352	20.6k
Ryuichiro Ishitani Japan	60	10.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	722 0.5×	150	13.3k
Nick V. Grishin United States	77	18.1k 0.9×	3.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	667 0.4×	318	26.7k
Carl O. Pabo United States	61	19.4k 1.0×	5.1k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	416 0.3×	89	22.1k
Henning Urlaub Germany	83	20.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	990 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	445	24.9k
Alice Y. Ting United States	63	14.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.3×	838 0.4×	770 0.4×	2.1k 1.4×	128	21.4k
G. Bunkóczi United Kingdom	21	15.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	968 0.6×	28	21.3k
Heinrich Leonhardt Germany	74	17.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	410 0.3×	266	22.0k
Nikola P. Pavletich United States	65	25.2k 1.3×	2.7k 0.9×	9.2k 4.5×	1.4k 0.7×	480 0.3×	79	30.0k
Nieng Yan China	63	9.8k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	909 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	137	13.4k

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Sano, Fumiya K., Sudha Mishra, Yuzuru Itoh, et al.. (2025). Structural visualization of small molecule recognition by CXCR3 uncovers dual-agonism in the CXCR3-CXCR7 system. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3047–3047. 3 indexed citations

Kashiwakura, Yuji, Yuto Nakajima, Tiago J. S. Lopes, et al.. (2025). Engineered coagulation factor VIII with enhanced secretion and coagulation potential for hemophilia A gene therapy. Blood. 147(4). 402–415.

Arai, Daisuke, Harumi Tsutsumi, Ryoya Nakagawa, et al.. (2025). AAV-mediated base editing restores cochlear gap junction in GJB2 dominant-negative mutation-associated syndromic hearing loss model. JCI Insight. 10(5). 2 indexed citations

Sano, Fumiya K., Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Kouki Kawakami, et al.. (2025). Insights into G-protein coupling preference from cryo-EM structures of Gq-bound PTH1R. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(12). 1906–1914. 1 indexed citations

Sano, Fumiya K., et al.. (2024). Structural mechanisms of potent lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 activation by nonlipid basic agonists. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1444–1444. 1 indexed citations

Sano, Fumiya K., et al.. (2023). Cryo-EM structure of the endothelin-1-ETB-Gi complex. eLife. 12. 17 indexed citations

Mise‐Omata, Setsuko, Makoto Ando, Tanakorn Srirat, et al.. (2023). SOCS3 deletion in effector T cells confers an anti-tumorigenic role of IL-6 to the pro-tumorigenic cytokine. Cell Reports. 42(8). 112940–112940. 7 indexed citations

Shihoya, Wataru, Masae Konno, Tatsuya Ikuta, et al.. (2021). Crystal structure of schizorhodopsin reveals mechanism of inward proton pumping. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(14). 26 indexed citations

Shihoya, Wataru, et al.. (2021). Pharmacophore‐guided Virtual Screening to Identify New β₃‐adrenergic Receptor Agonists. Molecular Informatics. 41(7). 7 indexed citations

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Kondo, Taisuke, Makoto Ando, Nao Nagai, et al.. (2019). The NOTCH–FOXM1 Axis Plays a Key Role in Mitochondrial Biogenesis in the Induction of Human Stem Cell Memory–like CAR-T Cells. Cancer Research. 80(3). 471–483. 67 indexed citations

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Hiraizumi, Masahiro, Keitaro Yamashita, Tomohiro Nishizawa, & Osamu Nureki. (2019). Cryo-EM structures capture the transport cycle of the P4-ATPase flippase. Science. 365(6458). 1149–1155. 126 indexed citations

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Hirano, Seiichi, Omar O. Abudayyeh, Jonathan S. Gootenberg, et al.. (2019). Structural basis for the promiscuous PAM recognition by Corynebacterium diphtheriae Cas9. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1968–1968. 32 indexed citations

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Kimura, Tetsunari, V. Lorenz, Ryuichiro Ishitani, et al.. (2018). Vibrational and Molecular Properties of Mg²⁺ Binding and Ion Selectivity in the Magnesium Channel MgtE. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(42). 9681–9696. 4 indexed citations

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Akichika, Shinichiro, Seiichi Hirano, Yuichi Shichino, et al.. (2018). Cap-specific terminal N ⁶ -methylation of RNA by an RNA polymerase II–associated methyltransferase. Science. 363(6423). 282 indexed citations

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Yamano, Takashi, Bernd Zetsche, Ryuichiro Ishitani, et al.. (2017). Structural Basis for the Canonical and Non-canonical PAM Recognition by CRISPR-Cpf1. Molecular Cell. 67(4). 633–645.e3. 209 indexed citations

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Taniguchi, Reiya, Asuka Inoue, Akiharu Uwamizu, et al.. (2017). Structural insights into ligand recognition by the lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA6. Nature. 548(7667). 356–360. 98 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Hiroshi, Tomohiro Nishizawa, Kazutoshi Tani, et al.. (2014). Crystal Structure of a Claudin Provides Insight into the Architecture of Tight Junctions. Science. 344(6181). 304–307. 276 indexed citations

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Ambrogelly, Alexandre, Dieter Söll, Osamu Nureki, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, & Michael Ibba. (2013). Class I Lysyl-tRNA Synthetases. BMC Public Health. 16. 4–4. 1 indexed citations

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Nishizawa, Tomohiro, Satomi Kita, Andrés D. Maturana, et al.. (2013). Structural Basis for the Counter-Transport Mechanism of a H ⁺ /Ca ²⁺ Exchanger. Science. 341(6142). 168–172. 63 indexed citations

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Sheppard, Kelly, Shuya Fukai, Yuko Nakamura, et al.. (2006). Structural Basis of RNA-Dependent Recruitment of Glutamine to the Genetic Code. Science. 312(5782). 1950–1954. 70 indexed citations

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