Shin Yamazaki

15.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
149 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Shin Yamazaki is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shin Yamazaki has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 40 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Shin Yamazaki's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (80 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (22 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (21 papers). Shin Yamazaki is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (80 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (22 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (21 papers). Shin Yamazaki collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and India. Shin Yamazaki's co-authors include Michael Menaker, Hajime Tei, Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Gene D. Block, Joseph S. Takahashi, Karl‐Arne Stokkan, Phillip L. Lowrey, Kazuhiro Shimomura, Michikazu Abe and Julie S. Pendergast and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shin Yamazaki

143 papers receiving 11.6k 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.

PERIOD2::LUCIFERASE real-time reporting of circadian dynamics reveals persistent circadian oscillations in mouse peripheral tissues

2004 1.8k citations Seung Hee Yoo, Shin Yamazaki et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Resetting Central and Peripheral Circadian Oscillators in Transgenic Rats

2000 1.5k citations Shin Yamazaki, Gene D. Block et al. Science profile →
Entrainment of the Circadian Clock in the Liver by Feeding

2001 1.4k citations Shin Yamazaki, Michael Menaker et al. Science profile →
Positional Syntenic Cloning and Functional Characterization of the Mammalian Circadian Mutation tau

2000 654 citations Phillip L. Lowrey, Kazuhiro Shimomura et al. Science profile →
Circadian Rhythms in Isolated Brain Regions

2002 520 citations Shin Yamazaki, Michael Menaker et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shin Yamazaki United States	48	9.6k	4.5k	3.0k	2.1k	2.0k	149	11.8k
Martha Hotz Vitaterna United States	37	7.4k 0.8×	3.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	85	10.7k
Andrew Loudon United Kingdom	53	6.7k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	806 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	178	10.2k
Shigenobu Shibata Japan	63	9.7k 1.0×	5.3k 1.2×	3.9k 1.3×	3.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.6×	403	13.8k
Achim Kramer Germany	48	5.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	786 0.4×	1.9k 1.0×	148	8.2k
Andries Kalsbeek Netherlands	74	11.6k 1.2×	7.1k 1.6×	3.1k 1.0×	3.5k 1.6×	465 0.2×	296	17.7k
Satchidananda Panda United States	71	17.8k 1.9×	13.5k 3.0×	4.1k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	4.4k 2.2×	170	27.6k
Joseph Bass United States	41	10.5k 1.1×	7.9k 1.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	86	15.0k
Nicolas Cermakian Canada	42	4.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	826 0.4×	969 0.5×	99	6.7k
Tamás L. Horváth United States	97	15.8k 1.6×	11.9k 2.7×	4.2k 1.4×	4.4k 2.0×	268 0.1×	328	34.7k
Henrik Oster Germany	50	5.5k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	606 0.3×	182	7.7k

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Yamazaki, Shin, et al.. (2025). Multiple oscillators underlie circadian food anticipation in mice. PubMed. 18. 100116–100116.

Ota, Chiharu, Michihiro Kamijima, Shin Yamazaki, et al.. (2024). Group childcare has a positive impact on child development from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 29550–29550.

Xie, Pancheng, Xiaowen Xie, Kevin M. Dean, et al.. (2023). Mammalian circadian clock proteins form dynamic interacting microbodies distinct from phase separation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(52). e2318274120–e2318274120. 8 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Shin, et al.. (2022). Multiscale Time-resolved Analysis Reveals Remaining Behavioral Rhythms in Mice Without Canonical Circadian Clocks. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 37(3). 310–328. 12 indexed citations

Pendergast, Julie S. & Shin Yamazaki. (2018). The Mysterious Food-Entrainable Oscillator: Insights from Mutant and Engineered Mouse Models. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 33(5). 458–474. 72 indexed citations

Yoo, Seung Hee, Shihoko Kojima, Kazuhiro Shimomura, et al.. (2017). Period2 3′-UTR and microRNA-24 regulate circadian rhythms by repressing PERIOD2 protein accumulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(42). E8855–E8864. 67 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Shungo, Shin Yamazaki, Tsunehiro Shimizu, et al.. (2016). Body Temperature at the Emergency Department as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Bacterial Infection. Medicine. 95(21). e3628–e3628. 31 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Shin, et al.. (2015). Exposure to air pollution and meteorological factors associated with children’s primary care visits at night due to asthma attack: case-crossover design for 3-year pooled patients. BMJ Open. 5(4). e005736–e005736. 31 indexed citations

Nakamura, Takahiro J., Wataru Nakamura, Shin Yamazaki, et al.. (2011). Age-Related Decline in Circadian Output. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(28). 10201–10205. 297 indexed citations

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Mistlberger, Ralph E., Shin Yamazaki, Julie S. Pendergast, et al.. (2008). Comment on "Differential Rescue of Light- and Food-Entrainable Circadian Rhythms". Science. 322(5902). 675–675. 40 indexed citations

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Akashi, Makoto, Naoto Hayasaka, Shin Yamazaki, & Koichi Node. (2008). Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Is a Functional Component of the Autonomous Circadian System in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(18). 4619–4623. 41 indexed citations

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Yoo, Seung Hee, Caroline H. Ko, Phillip L. Lowrey, et al.. (2005). A noncanonical E-box enhancer drives mouse Period2 circadian oscillations in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(7). 2608–2613. 253 indexed citations

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Ohguchi, Takeshi, Yasushi Shimada, Shin Yamazaki, et al.. (2003). Serotype Analysis of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis in Bangladesh. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 4645–4645. 2 indexed citations

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Miranda‐Anaya, Manuel, Paul A. Bartell, Shin Yamazaki, & Michael Menaker. (2000). Circadian Rhythm of ERG in Iguana iguana: Role of the Pineal. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 15(2). 163–171. 15 indexed citations

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Brandful, J. A. M., William Ampofo, Yaw Adu‐Sarkodie, et al.. (1999). Relationship Between Immunoclinical Status and Prevalence of Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Seropositive Patients in Ghana. Viral Immunology. 12(2). 131–137. 14 indexed citations

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Otori, Yasumasa, Keiko Tominaga, Chiaki Fukuhara, et al.. (1993). Substance P-like immunoreactivity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the rat. Brain Research. 619(1-2). 271–277. 28 indexed citations

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Osaka, Hitoshi, et al.. (1993). Chronic subdural hematoma, as an initial manifestation of glutaric aciduria type-1. Brain and Development. 15(2). 125–127. 40 indexed citations

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Inada, T. & Shin Yamazaki. (1991). Replication of lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus in cells infected with murine leukaemia viruses in vitro. Journal of General Virology. 72(10). 2437–2444. 8 indexed citations

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Yamazaki, Shin, Toshiaki Katada, & Motoyasu Ui. (1982). Alpha 2-adrenergic inhibition of insulin secretion via interference with cyclic AMP generation in rat pancreatic islets.. Molecular Pharmacology. 21(3). 648–653. 74 indexed citations

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Havell, Edward A., Shin Yamazaki, & J Vilček. (1977). Altered molecular species of human interferon produced in the presence of inhibitors of glycosylation.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(12). 4425–4427. 52 indexed citations

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