Riki Kawaguchi

12.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
104 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Riki Kawaguchi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Riki Kawaguchi has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 27 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Riki Kawaguchi's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (25 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (20 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (20 papers). Riki Kawaguchi is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (25 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (20 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (20 papers). Riki Kawaguchi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Riki Kawaguchi's co-authors include Giovanni Coppola, Michael V. Sofroniew, Baljit S. Khakh, Hui Sun, Yan Ao, Timothy M. O’Shea, Joshua E. Burda, Mark A. Anderson, Timothy J. Deming and Yilong Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Riki Kawaguchi

100 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Astrocyte scar formation aids central nervous system axon regeneration

2016 1.3k citations Joshua E. Burda, Yan Ao et al. Nature profile →
A Membrane Receptor for Retinol Binding Protein Mediates Cellular Uptake of Vitamin A

2007 633 citations Riki Kawaguchi, Jiamei Yu et al. Science profile →
Required growth facilitators propel axon regeneration across complete spinal cord injury

2018 386 citations Timothy M. O’Shea, Joshua E. Burda et al. Nature profile →
Transcriptional Reprogramming of Distinct Peripheral Sensory Neuron Subtypes after Axonal Injury

2020 298 citations Riki Kawaguchi, Daniel H. Geschwind et al. Neuron profile →
Molecular basis of astrocyte diversity and morphology across the CNS in health and disease

2022 296 citations Joselyn S. Soto, Riki Kawaguchi et al. Science profile →
Microglia-organized scar-free spinal cord repair in neonatal mice

2020 288 citations Riki Kawaguchi, Vivek Swarup et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Riki Kawaguchi United States	36	3.1k	2.0k	1.4k	1.2k	882	104	6.6k
Kazuhiro Ikenaka Japan	55	5.3k 1.7×	3.2k 1.6×	1.5k 1.0×	3.2k 2.7×	314 0.4×	251	10.4k
Robert Blum Germany	38	2.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	440 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	207 0.2×	138	6.2k
Guillermina Almazán Canada	45	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	615 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	314 0.4×	115	5.1k
Brian Popko United States	54	5.6k 1.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	2.3k 1.9×	946 1.1×	146	11.1k
Ronald P. Hart United States	50	4.1k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	730 0.6×	779 0.9×	155	7.3k
Arthur M. Butt United Kingdom	49	2.5k 0.8×	3.0k 1.5×	2.7k 1.9×	2.7k 2.3×	486 0.6×	148	7.3k
Michael P. Coleman United Kingdom	50	4.0k 1.3×	3.6k 1.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	379 0.4×	116	9.4k
João B. Relvas Portugal	38	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	785 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	209 0.2×	104	4.4k
Seiji Kikuchi Japan	45	1.6k 0.5×	834 0.4×	507 0.4×	188 0.2×	1.9k 2.2×	169	6.0k
Zengqiang Yuan China	51	5.5k 1.8×	730 0.4×	984 0.7×	300 0.3×	294 0.3×	140	8.6k

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Lin, Jing‐Ping, Amanda J. Lee, Govind Nair, et al.. (2025). 4D marmoset brain map reveals MRI and molecular signatures for onset of multiple sclerosis–like lesions. Science. 387(6737). eadp6325–eadp6325. 6 indexed citations

Asare, Yaw, Hao Ji, Lu Liu, et al.. (2024). Innate immune training restores pro-reparative myeloid functions to promote remyelination in the aged central nervous system. Immunity. 57(9). 2173–2190.e8. 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Feng, Yao Fu, Ting Zhao, et al.. (2024). m6A/YTHDF2-mediated mRNA decay targets TGF-β signaling to suppress the quiescence acquisition of early postnatal mouse hippocampal NSCs. Cell stem cell. 32(1). 144–156.e8. 6 indexed citations

Soto, Joselyn S., Kay E. Linker, Yasaman Jami‐Alahmadi, et al.. (2024). Crym-positive striatal astrocytes gate perseverative behaviour. Nature. 627(8003). 358–366. 22 indexed citations

Muthukrishnan, Sree Deepthi, David Wang, Alvaro G. Alvarado, et al.. (2024). Low- and High-Grade Glioma-Associated Vascular Cells Differentially Regulate Tumor Growth. Molecular Cancer Research. 22(7). 656–667. 1 indexed citations

Martin, Aline, Riki Kawaguchi, Qing Wang, et al.. (2024). Chromatin accessibility and epigenetic deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) modifications in chronic kidney disease (CKD) osteoblasts: a study of bone and osteoblasts from pediatric patients with CKD. JBMR Plus. 8(1). ziad015–ziad015. 1 indexed citations

Patel, Kunal, Riki Kawaguchi, Alvaro G. Alvarado, et al.. (2024). Single-nucleus expression characterization of non-enhancing region of recurrent high-grade glioma. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 6(1). vdae005–vdae005. 2 indexed citations

Gleichman, Amy J., Riki Kawaguchi, Michael V. Sofroniew, & S. Thomas Carmichael. (2023). A toolbox of astrocyte-specific, serotype-independent adeno-associated viral vectors using microRNA targeting sequences. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7426–7426. 27 indexed citations

Singh, Manvendra, Ying Zhao, Sonja M. Wojcik, et al.. (2023). Erythropoietin re-wires cognition-associated transcriptional networks. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4777–4777. 6 indexed citations

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Alber, Stefanie, Katalin F. Medzihradszky, Riki Kawaguchi, et al.. (2023). PTBP1 regulates injury responses and sensory pathways in adult peripheral neurons. Science Advances. 9(30). eadi0286–eadi0286. 8 indexed citations

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Videlock, Elizabeth J., Asa Hatami, Chunni Zhu, et al.. (2023). Distinct Patterns of Gene Expression Changes in the Colon and Striatum of Young Mice Overexpressing Alpha-Synuclein Support Parkinson’s Disease as a Multi-System Process. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 13(7). 1127–1147. 3 indexed citations

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Kumar, Amit, Saravanan S. Karuppagounder, Yingxin Chen, et al.. (2023). 2-Deoxyglucose drives plasticity via an adaptive ER stress-ATF4 pathway and elicits stroke recovery and Alzheimer’s resilience. Neuron. 111(18). 2831–2846.e10. 30 indexed citations

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Alvarado, Alvaro G., Sree Deepthi Muthukrishnan, Riki Kawaguchi, et al.. (2022). Pathway-based Approach Reveals Differential Sensitivity to E2F1 Inhibition in Glioblastoma. Cancer Research Communications. 2(9). 1049–1060. 4 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yuyan, Yuqin Yin, Alice Zhang, et al.. (2022). Transcription factor network analysis identifies REST/NRSF as an intrinsic regulator of CNS regeneration in mice. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4418–4418. 35 indexed citations

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Burda, Joshua E., Timothy M. O’Shea, Yan Ao, et al.. (2022). Divergent transcriptional regulation of astrocyte reactivity across disorders. Nature. 606(7914). 557–564. 95 indexed citations

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Mitroi, Daniel, Min Tian, Riki Kawaguchi, William E. Lowry, & S. Thomas Carmichael. (2022). Single‐nucleus transcriptome analysis reveals disease‐ and regeneration‐associated endothelial cells in white matter vascular dementia. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 26(11). 3183–3195. 16 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung Joon, Pabitra K. Sahoo, Amar N. Kar, et al.. (2021). Selective axonal translation of the mRNA isoform encoding prenylated Cdc42 supports axon growth. Journal of Cell Science. 134(7). 13 indexed citations

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Kalinski, Ashley L., Choya Yoon, Lucas D. Huffman, et al.. (2020). Analysis of the immune response to sciatic nerve injury identifies efferocytosis as a key mechanism of nerve debridement. eLife. 9. 116 indexed citations

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Poplawski, Gunnar, Richard Lie, Matthew A. Hunt, et al.. (2018). Adult rat myelin enhances axonal outgrowth from neural stem cells. Science Translational Medicine. 10(442). 31 indexed citations

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Kawaguchi, Riki, Jiamei Yu, Jane Honda, et al.. (2007). A Membrane Receptor for Retinol Binding Protein Mediates Cellular Uptake of Vitamin A. Science. 315(5813). 820–825. 633 indexed citations breakdown →

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