Ritsuko Morita

1.6k total citations
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ritsuko Morita is a scholar working on Urology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ritsuko Morita has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Urology, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ritsuko Morita's work include Hair Growth and Disorders (5 papers), dental development and anomalies (4 papers) and Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments (3 papers). Ritsuko Morita is often cited by papers focused on Hair Growth and Disorders (5 papers), dental development and anomalies (4 papers) and Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments (3 papers). Ritsuko Morita collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Ritsuko Morita's co-authors include Takashi Tsuji, Kazuhisa Nakao, Miho Ogawa, Kentaro Ishida, Yusuke Tomita, Masahiro Saitoh, Teruko Takano‐Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Tomooka, Etsuko Ikeda and Shohei Kasugai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ritsuko Morita

11 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ritsuko Morita Japan 9 544 404 257 185 172 12 1.1k
Yinzhong Duan China 22 486 0.9× 345 0.9× 397 1.5× 210 1.1× 152 0.9× 46 1.2k
Han‐Wool Choung South Korea 18 385 0.7× 380 0.9× 297 1.2× 224 1.2× 203 1.2× 30 1.2k
Etsuko Ikeda Japan 10 378 0.7× 291 0.7× 353 1.4× 243 1.3× 132 0.8× 12 836
Waruna Lakmal Dissanayaka Hong Kong 22 366 0.7× 436 1.1× 551 2.1× 302 1.6× 399 2.3× 54 1.6k
Petra Hilkens Belgium 19 389 0.7× 399 1.0× 816 3.2× 395 2.1× 191 1.1× 23 1.5k
Taka Nakahara Japan 17 379 0.7× 392 1.0× 522 2.0× 358 1.9× 191 1.1× 47 1.1k
Ryo Kunimatsu Japan 18 248 0.5× 283 0.7× 306 1.2× 173 0.9× 156 0.9× 74 1.1k
Daniela Franco Bueno Brazil 22 489 0.9× 320 0.8× 698 2.7× 449 2.4× 206 1.2× 43 1.8k
Christopher A. G. McCulloch Canada 7 310 0.6× 301 0.7× 158 0.6× 87 0.5× 127 0.7× 8 815
Smit Dangaria United States 16 355 0.7× 396 1.0× 201 0.8× 121 0.7× 88 0.5× 19 865

Countries citing papers authored by Ritsuko Morita

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ritsuko Morita

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ritsuko Morita

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Morita, Ritsuko, et al.. (2024). An eGFP-Col4a2 mouse model reveals basement membrane dynamics underlying hair follicle morphogenesis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(2). 6 indexed citations
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Morita, Ritsuko & Hironobu Fujiwara. (2022). Tracing the developmental origin of tissue stem cells. Development Growth & Differentiation. 64(9). 566–576. 4 indexed citations
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Morita, Ritsuko, Noriko Sanzen, Hiroko Sasaki, et al.. (2021). Tracing the origin of hair follicle stem cells. Nature. 594(7864). 547–552. 78 indexed citations
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Tsutsui, Ko, et al.. (2021). Mapping the molecular and structural specialization of the skin basement membrane for inter-tissue interactions. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2577–2577. 47 indexed citations
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Fujiwara, Hironobu, Ko Tsutsui, & Ritsuko Morita. (2018). Multi‐tasking epidermal stem cells: Beyond epidermal maintenance. Development Growth & Differentiation. 60(9). 531–541. 23 indexed citations
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Morita, Ritsuko, Miho Ogawa, Kazumasa Ohashi, et al.. (2016). Coordination of Cellular Dynamics Contributes to Tooth Epithelium Deformations. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0161336–e0161336. 19 indexed citations
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Takigawa-Imamura, Hisako, et al.. (2015). Tooth germ invagination from cell–cell interaction: Working hypothesis on mechanical instability. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 382. 284–291. 26 indexed citations
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Ishida, Kentaro, et al.. (2011). The regulation of tooth morphogenesis is associated with epithelial cell proliferation and the expression of Sonic hedgehog through epithelial–mesenchymal interactions. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 405(3). 455–461. 45 indexed citations
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Oshima, Masamitsu, Miho Ogawa, Ritsuko Morita, et al.. (2011). Functional Tooth Regeneration Using a Bioengineered Tooth Unit as a Mature Organ Replacement Regenerative Therapy. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e21531–e21531. 143 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Etsuko, Ritsuko Morita, Kazuhisa Nakao, et al.. (2009). Fully functional bioengineered tooth replacement as an organ replacement therapy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(32). 13475–13480. 301 indexed citations
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Nakao, Kazuhisa, Ritsuko Morita, Kentaro Ishida, et al.. (2007). The development of a bioengineered organ germ method. Nature Methods. 4(3). 227–230. 371 indexed citations

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