Rinji Akada

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Rinji Akada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rinji Akada has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 19 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Rinji Akada's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (52 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (29 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (19 papers). Rinji Akada is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (52 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (29 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (19 papers). Rinji Akada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Rinji Akada's co-authors include Hisashi Hoshida, Sanom Nonklang, Babiker M. A. Abdel‐Banat, Yoshinori Nishizawa, Akihiko Ano, Ichiro Yamashita, Kamonchai Cha‐aim, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Hayashi Yamamoto and Fuyuhiko Inagaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Rinji Akada

98 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Structural basis of starvation-induced assembly of the autophagy initiation complex

2014 174 citations Hayashi Yamamoto, Rinji Akada et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rinji Akada Japan	30	2.4k	930	504	459	392	102	3.1k
Hisashi Hoshida Japan	27	1.6k 0.7×	747 0.8×	564 1.1×	367 0.8×	322 0.8×	65	2.2k
Yoshinobu Kaneko Japan	34	2.6k 1.1×	615 0.7×	683 1.4×	729 1.6×	159 0.4×	118	3.2k
Cornelis P. Hollenberg Germany	39	4.3k 1.8×	1.5k 1.7×	1.2k 2.3×	395 0.9×	497 1.3×	105	5.3k
Pau Ferrer Spain	41	3.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	332 0.7×	266 0.6×	543 1.4×	101	4.2k
Joan Lin Cereghino United States	13	3.0k 1.3×	607 0.7×	471 0.9×	102 0.2×	727 1.9×	15	4.0k
Birgitte Regenberg Denmark	30	2.6k 1.1×	474 0.5×	556 1.1×	275 0.6×	67 0.2×	65	3.3k
Alan E. Wheals United Kingdom	24	1.6k 0.7×	744 0.8×	679 1.3×	951 2.1×	227 0.6×	53	3.1k
Ursula Bond Ireland	27	2.1k 0.9×	236 0.3×	393 0.8×	517 1.1×	84 0.2×	66	2.6k
Marcel van den Broek Netherlands	27	1.8k 0.8×	539 0.6×	407 0.8×	622 1.4×	163 0.4×	57	2.3k
Koji Yoda Japan	27	1.6k 0.7×	161 0.2×	340 0.7×	214 0.5×	235 0.6×	107	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rinji Akada

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Kobayashi, Ryōji, et al.. (2025). Identification and engineering of a cellobiose transporter KmStl1p to enhance cellobiose utilization in Kluyveromyces marxianus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 140(6). 386–394.

Akada, Rinji, et al.. (2024). Blending of selected yeast extract and peptone for inducible and constitutive protein production in Escherichia coli using the pET system. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 138(6). 548–556. 4 indexed citations

Goto, Satoshi, et al.. (2022). Identification of essential intron sequences that enhance gene expression independently of splicing in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1865(1). 194784–194784. 5 indexed citations

Hoshida, Hisashi, et al.. (2018). Identification and Mutational Analysis of Escherichia coli Sorbitol-Enhanced Glucose-Repressed srlA Promoter Expressed in LB Medium by Using Homologous Recombination and One-Round PCR Products. Molecular Biotechnology. 60(12). 912–923. 4 indexed citations

Hoshida, Hisashi, et al.. (2018). Enhanced production of extracellular inulinase by the yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus in xylose catabolic state. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 125(6). 676–681. 15 indexed citations

Hoshida, Hisashi, et al.. (2016). 5´-UTR introns enhance protein expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 101(1). 241–251. 48 indexed citations

Yamada, Mamoru, Rinji Akada, Tomoyuki Kosaka, et al.. (2015). Molecular Mechanisms of Thermotolerance of Thermotolerant Fermentation Microorganisms. KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU. 53(11). 763–773. 1 indexed citations

Kitagawa, Takao, Hajime Okita, Byron Baron, et al.. (2015). Mutant screening for oncogenes of Ewing’s sarcoma using yeast. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99(16). 6737–6744. 1 indexed citations

Yarimizu, Tohru, et al.. (2014). Screening of accurate clones for gene synthesis in yeast. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 119(3). 251–259. 7 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Masaya, Nobuo N. Noda, Hayashi Yamamoto, et al.. (2012). Structural Insights into Atg10-Mediated Formation of the Autophagy-Essential Atg12-Atg5 Conjugate. Structure. 20(7). 1244–1254. 60 indexed citations

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Nahvi, Iraj, et al.. (2011). Characterization of an interesting novel mutant strain of commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology. 9(2). 109–114. 1 indexed citations

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Abdel‐Banat, Babiker M. A., Hisashi Hoshida, Akihiko Ano, Sanom Nonklang, & Rinji Akada. (2009). High-temperature fermentation: how can processes for ethanol production at high temperatures become superior to the traditional process using mesophilic yeast?. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 85(4). 861–867. 297 indexed citations

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Nonklang, Sanom, Akihiko Ano, Babiker M. A. Abdel‐Banat, et al.. (2009). Construction of FlocculentKluyveromyces marxianusStrains Suitable for High-Temperature Ethanol Fermentation. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 73(5). 1090–1095. 25 indexed citations

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Matsushita, Kazunobu, Rinji Akada, & Mamoru Yamada. (2008). . KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU. 46(7). 472–477. 2 indexed citations

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Nishizawa, Yoshinori, et al.. (2005). Direct mating between diploid sake strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 69(6). 689–696. 26 indexed citations

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Hoshida, Hisashi, et al.. (2005). Copper-Dependent Production of aPycnoporus coccineusExtracellular Laccase inAspergillus oryzaeandSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 69(6). 1090–1097. 55 indexed citations

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Hoshida, Hisashi, et al.. (2004). Construction of a self-cloning sake yeast that overexpresses alcohol acetyltransferase gene by a two-step gene replacement protocol. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 65(1). 68–73. 40 indexed citations

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Hoshida, Hisashi, et al.. (2001). Isolation of Five Laccase Gene Sequences from the White-Rot Fungus Trametes sanguinea by PCR, and Cloning, Characterization and Expression of the Laccase cDNA in Yeasts.. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 92(4). 372–380. 19 indexed citations

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Kawahata, Miho, Shinji Amari, Yoshinori Nishizawa, & Rinji Akada. (1999). A positive selection for plasmid loss inSaccharomyces cerevisiae using galactose-inducible growth inhibitory sequences. Yeast. 15(1). 1–10. 22 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Manabu, et al.. (1990). Initiation of meiosis and sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires a novel protein kinase homologue. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 221(2). 176–186. 96 indexed citations

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