Tadasu Urashima

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Tadasu Urashima is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tadasu Urashima has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 69 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Tadasu Urashima's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (78 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (48 papers) and Digestive system and related health (34 papers). Tadasu Urashima is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (78 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (48 papers) and Digestive system and related health (34 papers). Tadasu Urashima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and United States. Tadasu Urashima's co-authors include Kenji Fukuda, Tadashi Nakamura, Tadao Saito, Michael Messer, Sadaki Asakuma, Ikichi Arai, Jun Hirabayashi, Nozomu Nishi, Takanori Nakamura and Mitsuomi Hirashima and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Analytical Biochemistry and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Tadasu Urashima

143 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Oligosaccharide specificity of galectins: a search by fro... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Oligosaccharide specificity of galectins: a search by frontal affinity chromatography
    2002 784 citations Jun Hirabayashi, Tadasu Urashima et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tadasu Urashima Japan 35 3.0k 2.2k 1.2k 1.1k 930 147 5.0k
Mitsunori Takase Japan 27 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 391 0.3× 643 0.6× 415 0.4× 57 4.2k
Biswa Choudhury United States 30 517 0.2× 1.7k 0.8× 485 0.4× 462 0.4× 419 0.5× 69 3.2k
Gill Diamond United States 41 437 0.1× 3.0k 1.4× 278 0.2× 427 0.4× 3.1k 3.4× 93 7.6k
Samantha Gruenheid Canada 30 1.1k 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 878 0.7× 627 0.6× 652 0.7× 78 5.4k
Hiutung Chu United States 23 409 0.1× 2.5k 1.1× 796 0.6× 847 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 38 4.7k
A.H. Schutte Germany 16 396 0.1× 2.1k 1.0× 448 0.4× 643 0.6× 433 0.5× 31 3.5k
Gabriella Pessi Switzerland 34 372 0.1× 2.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 541 0.5× 109 0.1× 66 4.6k
Laurie E. Comstock United States 37 494 0.2× 3.2k 1.5× 618 0.5× 977 0.9× 648 0.7× 62 5.1k
W.L. Hurley United States 38 816 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 980 0.8× 331 0.3× 339 0.4× 104 4.9k
Christine Josenhans Germany 39 429 0.1× 1.8k 0.8× 736 0.6× 545 0.5× 1.8k 1.9× 93 5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tadasu Urashima

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Urashima, Tadasu, et al.. (2023). Lactose or milk oligosaccharide: which is significant among mammals?. Animal Frontiers. 13(3). 14–23. 6 indexed citations
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Ojima, Miriam N., Toshihiko Katoh, Motomitsu Kitaoka, et al.. (2022). Diversification of a Fucosyllactose Transporter within the Genus <i>Bifidobacterium</i>. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 22 indexed citations
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Ojima, Miriam N., Lin Jiang, Aleksandr A. Arzamasov, et al.. (2022). Priority effects shape the structure of infant-type Bifidobacterium communities on human milk oligosaccharides. The ISME Journal. 16(9). 2265–2279. 72 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu, Sachiko Sato, Junko Nio‐Kobayashi, & Jun Hirabayashi. (2021). Why does breast milk contain a large amount of “galectin stripper”, milk oligosaccharides? What is their mysterious function?. 24. 1 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu & Jun Hirabayashi. (2021). Milk oligosaccharides and galectins. 24. 1 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu, et al.. (2020). Exploring Potential Bioactive Peptides in Fermented Bactrian Camel’s Milk and Mare’s Milk Made by Mongolian Nomads. Foods. 9(12). 1817–1817. 17 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu, Jun Hirabayashi, Sachiko Sato, & Akira Kobata. (2018). Human Milk Oligosaccharides as Essential Tools for Basic and Application Studies on Galectins. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 30(172). SJ11–SJ24. 18 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu, Jun Hirabayashi, Sachiko Sato, & Akira Kobata. (2018). Human Milk Oligosaccharides as Essential Tools for Basic and Application Studies on Galectins. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 30(172). SE51–SE65. 130 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu, Kenji Fukuda, Tadashi Nakamura, et al.. (2014). Chemical characterization of milk oligosaccharides of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Glycoconjugate Journal. 31(5). 387–399. 15 indexed citations
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Alhaj, Omar A., et al.. (2012). Chemical characterisation of oligosaccharides in commercially pasteurised dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) milk. International Dairy Journal. 28(2). 70–75. 31 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu, Sadaki Asakuma, Kenji Fukuda, & Tadao Saito. (2012). Recent Advances of the Study on Milk Oligosaccharides of Domestic Farm Animals Including Cows. KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU. 50(7). 498–509.
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Urashima, Tadasu, Sadaki Asakuma, Fiame Leo, et al.. (2012). The Predominance of Type I Oligosaccharides Is a Feature Specific to Human Breast Milk. Advances in Nutrition. 3(3). 473S–482S. 160 indexed citations
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Orikasa, Yoshitake, et al.. (2011). Baking Properties of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains Derived from Brem, a Traditional Rice Wine from Bali. Food Science and Technology Research. 17(4). 369–373. 5 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu, Sadaki Asakuma, Tadashi Nakamura, et al.. (2010). Hexose, sialic acid and sialyllactose concentrations in the milk of dairy and non-dairy breed cows. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 3 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Kenji, et al.. (2009). Short communication: Evidence for the presence of a putative odorant-binding protein in bovine colostrum. Journal of Dairy Science. 92(10). 4992–4996. 4 indexed citations
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Asakuma, Sadaki, Lisa Yon, Tadao Saito, et al.. (2006). Structural determination of the oligosaccharides in the milk of an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 145(4). 468–478. 36 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Tadashi & Tadasu Urashima. (2004). The Milk Oligosaccharides of Domestic Farm Animals. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 16(88). 135–142. 24 indexed citations
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Messer, Michael & Tadasu Urashima. (2002). Evolution of Milk Oligosacharides and Lactose.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 14(77). 153–176. 35 indexed citations
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Urashima, Tadasu, Kyozo Suyama, & Susumu Adachi. (1983). . Nippon Nōgeikagaku Kaishi. 57(7). 641–647. 3 indexed citations

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