Ro Osawa

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ro Osawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ro Osawa has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Food Science and 5 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ro Osawa's work include Gut microbiota and health (18 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (12 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Ro Osawa is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (18 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (12 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Ro Osawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and Austria. Ro Osawa's co-authors include Jin‐zhong Xiao, Toshitaka Odamaki, Kumiko Kato, Hirosuke Sugahara, Fumiaki Abe, S. Takahashi, Nanami Hashikura, Itsuko Fukuda, Akihiko Kondo and Daisuke Sasaki and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ro Osawa

29 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Age-related changes in gut microbiota composition from newborn to centenarian: a cross-sectional study

2016 1.1k citations Toshitaka Odamaki, Kumiko Kato et al. BMC Microbiology profile →

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S. Takahashi Japan

Gianenrico Rizzatti Italy

Samuel A. Smits United States

Tomás de Wouters Switzerland

Patrick Veiga France

Kirsty Brown Canada

Ashwana D. Fricker United States

Jeremy E. Koenig Canada

Thomas A. Auchtung United States

Sara Quercia Italy

S. Takahashi Japan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ro Osawa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ro Osawa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ro Osawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ro Osawa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ro Osawa. Ro Osawa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Osawa, Ro, Itsuko Fukuda, & Yasuhito Shirai. (2024). Evaluating functionalities of food components by a model simulating human intestinal microbiota constructed at Kobe University. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 87. 103103–103103.

Nishiyama, Keita, Fu Namai, Masahiko Suzuki, et al.. (2023). Establishment of porcine fecal-derived ex vivo microbial communities to evaluate the impact of livestock feed on gut microbiome. Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health. 43(2). 100–109.

Fukuda, Itsuko, Mamoru Kimura, Ryohei Nomoto, et al.. (2023). Isolation and identification of hyaluronan-degrading bacteria from Japanese fecal microbiota. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0284517–e0284517. 8 indexed citations

Fukuda, Itsuko, et al.. (2021). Milk oligosaccharide-mediated cross-feeding between Enterococcus gallinarum and lactobacilli in the gut microbiota of infant rats. Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health. 40(4). 204–211. 1 indexed citations

Nishiyama, Keita, et al.. (2021). Roles of the Cell Surface Architecture of Bacteroides and Bifidobacterium in the Gut Colonization. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 754819–754819. 25 indexed citations

Yoshida, Naofumi, Tomoya Yamashita, Shigenobu Kishino, et al.. (2020). A possible beneficial effect of Bacteroides on faecal lipopolysaccharide activity and cardiovascular diseases. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 13009–13009. 49 indexed citations

Nishiyama, Keita, Takashi Takaki, Makoto Sugiyama, et al.. (2020). Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Bifidobacterium longum Export Mucin-Binding Proteins. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86(19). 54 indexed citations

Sasaki, Kengo, Jun Inoue, Daisuke Sasaki, et al.. (2019). Construction of a Model Culture System of Human Colonic Microbiota to Detect Decreased Lachnospiraceae Abundance and Butyrogenesis in the Feces of Ulcerative Colitis Patients. Biotechnology Journal. 14(5). e1800555–e1800555. 57 indexed citations

Sasaki, Daisuke, Kengo Sasaki, Naoko Ikuta, et al.. (2018). Low amounts of dietary fibre increase in vitro production of short-chain fatty acids without changing human colonic microbiota structure. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 435–435. 82 indexed citations

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Nomoto, Ryohei, et al.. (2017). Isolation and identification of Bifidobacterium species from feces of captive chimpanzees. Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health. 36(3). 91–99. 7 indexed citations

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Kato, Kumiko, Toshitaka Odamaki, Eri Mitsuyama, et al.. (2017). Age-Related Changes in the Composition of Gut Bifidobacterium Species. Current Microbiology. 74(8). 987–995. 127 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Kengo, Daisuke Sasaki, Naoko Okai, et al.. (2017). Taurine does not affect the composition, diversity, or metabolism of human colonic microbiota simulated in a single-batch fermentation system. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180991–e0180991. 20 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Kengo, Daisuke Sasaki, Itsuko Fukuda, et al.. (2016). A Single-Batch Fermentation System to Simulate Human Colonic Microbiota for High-Throughput Evaluation of Prebiotics. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0160533–e0160533. 95 indexed citations

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Odamaki, Toshitaka, Kumiko Kato, Hirosuke Sugahara, et al.. (2016). Age-related changes in gut microbiota composition from newborn to centenarian: a cross-sectional study. BMC Microbiology. 16(1). 90–90. 1054 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abe, Takashi, et al.. (2009). Intra-Species Diversity between SevenBifidobacterium adolescentisStrains Identified by Genome-Wide Tiling Array Analysis. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 73(6). 1422–1424. 11 indexed citations

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Shimada, Takuya, et al.. (2006). Role of Tannin-Binding Salivary Proteins and Tannase-Producing Bacteria in the Acclimation of the Japanese Wood Mouse to Acorn Tannins. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32(6). 1165–1180. 183 indexed citations

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Okitsu, Tadayuki, et al.. (1997). Urea Hydrolysis and Suppressed Production of Thermostable Direct Hemolysin (TDH) by Vibrio parahaemolyticus Associated with Presence of TDH-Related Hemolysin Genes. Current Microbiology. 34(5). 314–317. 4 indexed citations

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Osawa, Ro & Kozo Matsumoto. (1997). Digestion of staphylococcal enterotoxin by Bacillus natto. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 71(4). 307–311. 7 indexed citations

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Sly, Lindsay I., et al.. (1997). The Tannin-Degrading Species Streptococcus gallolyticus and Streptococcus caprinus Are Subjective Synonyms. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47(3). 893–894. 40 indexed citations

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Nakai, Yoichi, Masakazu Niimi, Tamotsu Kanai, et al.. (1995). Biochemical and Antigenical Characterization of Tannin-Protein Complex Degrading Enterobacteria Isolated from Koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus.. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 57(3). 559–561. 1 indexed citations

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