Shin‐ichiro Kojima

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Shin‐ichiro Kojima is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Shin‐ichiro Kojima has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cell Biology, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Shin‐ichiro Kojima's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (7 papers), Skin and Cellular Biology Research (3 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (2 papers). Shin‐ichiro Kojima is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (7 papers), Skin and Cellular Biology Research (3 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (2 papers). Shin‐ichiro Kojima collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Shin‐ichiro Kojima's co-authors include Melissa G. Mendez, Robert D. Goldman, Tatyana Svitkina, Gary G. Borisy, Danijela Matic Vignjevic, Елена А. Буланова, Oleg Y. Chaga, Jury M. Vasiliev, Frank B. Gertler and Derek A. Applewhite and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Journal of Cell Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shin‐ichiro Kojima

8 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Vimentin induces changes in cell shape, motility, and adh... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2010 2003 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Vimentin induces changes in cell shape, motility, and adhesion during the epithelial to mesenchymal transition
    2010 717 citations Melissa G. Mendez, Shin‐ichiro Kojima et al. The FASEB Journal profile →
  2. Mechanism of filopodia initiation by reorganization of a dendritic network
    2003 599 citations Tatyana Svitkina, Елена А. Буланова et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shin‐ichiro Kojima United States 8 1.4k 922 257 255 222 8 2.2k
Vera DesMarais United States 17 1.2k 0.9× 781 0.8× 545 2.1× 168 0.7× 168 0.8× 20 1.8k
Jury M. Vasiliev Russia 14 1.1k 0.8× 609 0.7× 257 1.0× 137 0.5× 276 1.2× 20 1.7k
Ivan V. Maly United States 13 1.1k 0.8× 698 0.8× 182 0.7× 139 0.5× 170 0.8× 37 1.7k
Anika Steffen Germany 21 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 452 1.8× 129 0.5× 139 0.6× 37 2.2k
Evelyne Friederich France 26 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 362 1.4× 209 0.8× 143 0.6× 41 2.3k
Geraldine Strasser United States 11 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 297 1.2× 143 0.6× 116 0.5× 13 2.2k
Metello Innocenti Italy 21 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 420 1.6× 228 0.9× 93 0.4× 35 2.4k
Maryse Bailly United Kingdom 33 1.6k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 727 2.8× 308 1.2× 319 1.4× 66 3.3k
Ruedi Meili United States 19 1.6k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 274 1.1× 172 0.7× 469 2.1× 29 2.3k
Mark Holt United Kingdom 29 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.8× 563 2.2× 189 0.7× 196 0.9× 44 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Shin‐ichiro Kojima

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shin‐ichiro Kojima

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shin‐ichiro Kojima

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shin‐ichiro Kojima. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shin‐ichiro Kojima 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 Shin‐ichiro Kojima. Shin‐ichiro Kojima is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Mendez, Melissa G., Shin‐ichiro Kojima, & Robert D. Goldman. (2010). Vimentin induces changes in cell shape, motility, and adhesion during the epithelial to mesenchymal transition. The FASEB Journal. 24(6). 1838–1851. 717 indexed citations breakdown →
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Applewhite, Derek A., Melanie Barzik, Shin‐ichiro Kojima, et al.. (2007). Ena/VASP Proteins Have an Anti-Capping Independent Function in Filopodia Formation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(7). 2579–2591. 169 indexed citations
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Yang, Changsong, et al.. (2007). Novel Roles of Formin mDia2 in Lamellipodia and Filopodia Formation in Motile Cells. PLoS Biology. 5(11). e317–e317. 258 indexed citations
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Mejillano, Marisan, Shin‐ichiro Kojima, Derek A. Applewhite, et al.. (2004). Lamellipodial Versus Filopodial Mode of the Actin Nanomachinery. Cell. 118(3). 363–373. 334 indexed citations
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Kojima, Shin‐ichiro, Danijela Matic Vignjevic, & Gary G. Borisy. (2004). Improved silencing vector co-expressing GFP and small hairpin RNA. BioTechniques. 36(1). 74–79. 61 indexed citations
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Svitkina, Tatyana, Елена А. Буланова, Oleg Y. Chaga, et al.. (2003). Mechanism of filopodia initiation by reorganization of a dendritic network. The Journal of Cell Biology. 160(3). 409–421. 599 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kojima, Shin‐ichiro, Kaoru Konishi, Kazuo Katoh, et al.. (2000). Functional Roles of Ionic and Hydrophobic Surface Loops in Smooth Muscle Myosin:  Their Interactions with Actin. Biochemistry. 40(3). 657–664. 14 indexed citations
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Kojima, Shin‐ichiro, Masanori Mishima, Issei Mabuchi, & Yoshiki Hotta. (1996). A single Drosophila melanogaster myosin light chain kinase gene produces multiple isoforms whose activities are differently regulated. Genes to Cells. 1(9). 855–871. 13 indexed citations

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