Soichi Wakatsuki

10.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
169 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Soichi Wakatsuki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Soichi Wakatsuki has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Materials Chemistry and 33 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Soichi Wakatsuki's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (43 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (25 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (22 papers). Soichi Wakatsuki is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (43 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (25 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (22 papers). Soichi Wakatsuki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Soichi Wakatsuki's co-authors include Ivan Đikić, Ryuichi Kato, Masato Kawasaki, Kylie J. Walters, Kazuhisa Nakayama, Noriyuki Igarashi, Naohiro Matsugaki, T. Shiba, H. Suzuki and Simin Rahighi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Soichi Wakatsuki

164 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ubiquitin-binding domains — from structures to functions

2009 672 citations Ivan Đikić, Soichi Wakatsuki et al. profile →
Specific Recognition of Linear Ubiquitin Chains by NEMO Is Important for NF-κB Activation

2009 595 citations Masato Kawasaki, Ryuichi Kato et al. profile →
PLEKHM1 Regulates Autophagosome-Lysosome Fusion through HOPS Complex and LC3/GABARAP Proteins

2014 431 citations David G. McEwan, Doris Popovic et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Soichi Wakatsuki Japan	49	5.0k	1.8k	1.4k	1.1k	766	169	7.7k
Kalle Gehring Canada	53	7.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	775 0.7×	598 0.8×	198	9.3k
Jie Zheng United States	47	6.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	754 0.5×	739 0.7×	776 1.0×	134	8.6k
David G. Myszka United States	62	9.1k 1.8×	1.4k 0.7×	781 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	938 1.2×	133	13.2k
Karl Harlos United Kingdom	59	5.4k 1.1×	734 0.4×	793 0.6×	2.5k 2.2×	998 1.3×	156	10.5k
Mikako Shirouzu Japan	63	11.2k 2.2×	1.6k 0.9×	909 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.8k 2.3×	390	14.7k
Blagoy Blagoev Denmark	42	10.6k 2.1×	1.8k 1.0×	986 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 2.1×	108	14.1k
Byung‐Ha Oh South Korea	44	4.4k 0.9×	763 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	831 1.1×	98	7.1k
Shao‐En Ong United States	36	11.5k 2.3×	1.7k 0.9×	609 0.4×	837 0.8×	1.5k 2.0×	81	14.3k
Ming‐Daw Tsai United States	51	7.5k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	557 0.4×	550 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	292	10.1k
Toshiyuki Shimizu Japan	56	5.3k 1.0×	639 0.3×	1000 0.7×	3.0k 2.7×	1.0k 1.4×	228	9.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Soichi Wakatsuki

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Fields of papers citing papers by Soichi Wakatsuki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Soichi Wakatsuki

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

All Works

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Lisova, Stella, Frank R. Moss, Christopher Kupitz, et al.. (2024). Time-resolved cryogenic electron tomography for the study of transient cellular processes. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 35(7). 3 indexed citations

Wang, Chun-Hsiung, Masato Yoshimura, Yi‐Qi Yeh, et al.. (2023). Structures of honeybee-infecting Lake Sinai virus reveal domain functions and capsid assembly with dynamic motions. Nature Communications. 14(1). 545–545. 5 indexed citations

Currie, Michael, Mariafrancesca Scalise, J. D. Wright, et al.. (2023). Structural and biophysical analysis of a Haemophilus influenzae tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporter. eLife. 12. 4 indexed citations

Currie, Michael, Rachel A. North, Mariafrancesca Scalise, et al.. (2023). Structure and mechanism of a tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic TRAP transporter. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1120–1120. 18 indexed citations

Santoso, Michelle, Gentaro Ikeda, Yuko Tada, et al.. (2020). Exosomes From Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Cardiomyocytes Promote Autophagy for Myocardial Repair. Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(6). e014345–e014345. 88 indexed citations

Herrmann, Jonathan, Anson Chan, Ivan Rajković, et al.. (2019). A bacterial surface layer protein exploits multistep crystallization for rapid self-assembly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(1). 388–394. 20 indexed citations

Saez, David Adrian, Hasan DeMi̇rci̇, Bastian Vögeli, et al.. (2019). Four amino acids define the CO ₂ binding pocket of enoyl-CoA carboxylases/reductases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(28). 13964–13969. 50 indexed citations

Comerci, Colin J., Jonathan Herrmann, Xiaofeng Zhou, et al.. (2019). Topologically-guided continuous protein crystallization controls bacterial surface layer self-assembly. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2731–2731. 30 indexed citations

Herrmann, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Transport Properties of Nanoporous, Chemically Forced Biological Lattices. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 123(49). 10331–10342. 1 indexed citations

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Herrmann, Jonathan, Bradley B. Tolar, Frédéric Poitevin, et al.. (2018). Nutrient transport suggests an evolutionary basis for charged archaeal surface layer proteins. The ISME Journal. 12(10). 2389–2402. 48 indexed citations

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Rogov, Vladimir V., Alexandra Stolz, H. Suzuki, et al.. (2017). Structural and functional analysis of the GABARAP interaction motif (GIM). EMBO Reports. 18(8). 1382–1396. 136 indexed citations

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Rogov, Vladimir V., H. Suzuki, Mija Marinković, et al.. (2017). Phosphorylation of the mitochondrial autophagy receptor Nix enhances its interaction with LC3 proteins. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1131–1131. 234 indexed citations

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Santoso, Michelle, Morteza Mahmoudi, Atsushi Tachibana, et al.. (2016). EXOSOMES FROM THE HUMAN PLACENTA-DERIVED AMNIOTIC MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS RESTORE THE INJURED MURINE MYOCARDIUM. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(13). 1393–1393. 1 indexed citations

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McEwan, David G., Doris Popovic, Andrea Gubaš, et al.. (2014). PLEKHM1 Regulates Autophagosome-Lysosome Fusion through HOPS Complex and LC3/GABARAP Proteins. Molecular Cell. 57(1). 39–54. 431 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yamada, Yusuke, Leonard M. G. Chavas, Noriyuki Igarashi, et al.. (2013). Improvements toward highly accurate diffraction experiments at the macromolecular micro-crystallography beamline BL-17A. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 20(6). 938–942. 1 indexed citations

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Makyio, Hisayoshi, Senye Takahashi, Hiroyuki Takatsu, et al.. (2012). Structural basis for Arf6–MKLP1 complex formation on the Flemming body responsible for cytokinesis. The EMBO Journal. 31(11). 2590–2603. 48 indexed citations

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Kawasaki, Masato, et al.. (2012). Structure of a compact conformation of linear diubiquitin. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 68(2). 102–108. 27 indexed citations

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Satoh, Tadashi, Eri Sakata, S. Yamamoto, et al.. (2010). Crystal structure of cyclic Lys48-linked tetraubiquitin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 400(3). 329–333. 19 indexed citations

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Hosaka, H., Atsushi Nakagawa, Isao Tanaka, et al.. (1997). Ribosomal protein S7: a new RNA-binding motif with structural similarities to a DNA architectural factor. Structure. 5(9). 1199–1208. 54 indexed citations

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Duke, Elizabeth, Andrea T. Hadfield, Susan Walters, et al.. (1992). Time-resolved diffraction studies on glycogen phosphorylase b. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 340(1657). 245–261. 11 indexed citations

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