Syozo Osawa

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Syozo Osawa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Syozo Osawa has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Ecology and 35 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Syozo Osawa's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (73 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (33 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers). Syozo Osawa is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (73 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (33 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers). Syozo Osawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Poland. Syozo Osawa's co-authors include Eiko Otaka, Hiroshi Hori, A. E. Mirsky, V. G. Allfrey, Thomas H. Jukes, Takeshi Ohama, Fumiaki Yamao, Akira Muto, Akira Muto and Zhi‐Hui Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Syozo Osawa

151 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN ISOLATED CELL NUCLEI 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 100 200 300
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. PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN ISOLATED CELL NUCLEI
    1957 343 citations V. G. Allfrey, A. E. Mirsky et al. The Journal of General Physiology profile →

Peers

Syozo Osawa
Allan C. Wilson United States
S. Osawa Japan
Ellen M. Prager United States
Miklós Müller United States
Thomas H. Jukes United States
Emanuel Margoliash United States
Christian Gautier France
Jane K. Setlow United States
Detlef D. Leipe United States
Noboru Sueoka United States
Allan C. Wilson United States
Syozo Osawa
Citations per year, relative to Syozo Osawa Syozo Osawa (= 1×) peers Allan C. Wilson

Countries citing papers authored by Syozo Osawa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Syozo Osawa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Syozo Osawa

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Su, Zhi‐Hui, et al.. (2006). Establishment of hybrid-derived offspring populations in the Ohomopterus ground beetles through unidirectional hybridization. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 82(7). 232–250. 4 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Munehiro, et al.. (2003). Phylogeny and Evolution of the Division Procrustimorphi (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the World as Deduced from the Mitochondrial ND5 Gene Sequences. Elytra. 31(1). 263–284. 3 indexed citations
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Su, Zhi‐Hui, et al.. (2003). Phylogeny and evolution of Digitulati ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) inferred from mitochondrial ND5 gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30(1). 152–166. 9 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Munehiro, et al.. (2001). Sympatric Convergence of the Color Pattern in the Chilean Ceroglossus Ground Beetles Inferred from Sequence Comparisons of the Mitochondrial ND5 Gene. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 53(4-5). 530–538. 14 indexed citations
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Ôhara, Masahiro, et al.. (2000). Damaster blaptoides (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Brat Chirpoyev Island of the Kurils, Russia. Elytra. 28(2). 233–234. 1 indexed citations
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Osawa, Syozo, et al.. (1996). Radiation of Several Carabina Groups (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Inferred from the Mitochondrial ND5 Gene Sequences. Elytra. 24(2). 175–179. 8 indexed citations
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Ohama, Takeshi, et al.. (1996). UAG is a sense codon in several chlorophycean mitochondria. Current Genetics. 30(1). 29–33. 43 indexed citations
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Ohama, Takeshi, et al.. (1993). Unassigned or Nonsense Codons in Micrococcus luteus. Journal of Molecular Biology. 230(1). 51–56. 24 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Tsutomu, et al.. (1993). The gene for serine tRNA having anticodon sequence CAG in a pathogenic yeast, Candida albicans. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(2). 356–356. 10 indexed citations
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Bessho, Yoshitaka, Takeshi Ohama, & Syozo Osawa. (1992). Planarian mitochondria I. Heterogeneity of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequences in the freshwater planarian, Dugesia japonica. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 34(4). 324–330. 30 indexed citations
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Yamao, Fumiaki, Yoshiki Andachi, Akira Muto, Toshimichi Ikemura, & Syozo Osawa. (1991). Levels of tRNAs in bacterial cells as affected by amino acid usage in proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(22). 6119–6122. 50 indexed citations
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Ohama, Takeshi, et al.. (1990). Role of GC-biased mutation pressure on synonymous codon choice inMicrococcus luteusa bacterium with a high genomic GC-content. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(6). 1565–1569. 69 indexed citations
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Osawa, Syozo, David W. Collins, Takeshi Ohama, Thomas H. Jukes, & Kimitsuna Watanabe. (1990). Evolution of the mitochondrial genetic code III. Reassignment of CUN codons from leucine to threonine during evolution of yeast mitochondria. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 30(4). 322–328. 19 indexed citations
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Andachi, Yoshiki, Fumiaki Yamao, Akira Muto, & Syozo Osawa. (1989). Codon recognition patterns as deduced from sequences of the complete set of transfer RNA species in Mycoplasma capricolum. Journal of Molecular Biology. 209(1). 37–54. 138 indexed citations
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Osawa, Syozo, et al.. (1989). Evolution of the mitochondrial genetic code II. Reassignment of codon AUA from isoleucine to methionine. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 29(5). 373–380. 21 indexed citations
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Ohkubo, Shoichi, et al.. (1987). The ribosomal protein gene cluster of Mycoplasma capricolum. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 210(2). 314–322. 133 indexed citations
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Sypherd, Paul S. & Syozo Osawa. (1974). Ribosome Genetics Revealed by Hybrid Bacteria. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 4. 669–678. 13 indexed citations
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Osawa, Syozo, V. G. Allfrey, & A. E. Mirsky. (1957). MONONUCLEOTIDES OF THE CELL NUCLEUS. The Journal of General Physiology. 40(3). 491–513. 100 indexed citations
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Allfrey, V. G., A. E. Mirsky, & Syozo Osawa. (1957). PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN ISOLATED CELL NUCLEI. The Journal of General Physiology. 40(3). 451–490. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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