Taku Oshima

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Taku Oshima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Taku Oshima has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Taku Oshima's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (62 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (43 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (20 papers). Taku Oshima is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (62 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (43 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (20 papers). Taku Oshima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Taku Oshima's co-authors include Hirotada Mori, Naotake Ogasawara, Shu Ishikawa, Hirofumi Aiba, Akira Ishihama, Kaneyoshi Yamamoto, Shigehiko Kanaya, Ryutaro Utsumi, Ken Kurokawa and Hiroki Takahashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Taku Oshima

121 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Sequence-specific error profile of Illumina sequencers 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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. Sequence-specific error profile of Illumina sequencers
    2011 435 citations Taku Oshima, Shu Ishikawa et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Taku Oshima Japan 34 3.1k 2.3k 974 666 376 127 4.6k
Matthew P. DeLisa United States 48 5.2k 1.6× 1.4k 0.6× 1.5k 1.5× 498 0.7× 162 0.4× 161 7.2k
Samuel Wagner Germany 30 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 684 0.7× 875 1.3× 314 0.8× 57 3.2k
Bert van den Berg United Kingdom 40 3.8k 1.2× 1.9k 0.8× 701 0.7× 422 0.6× 846 2.3× 82 5.6k
Andreas Kühn Germany 43 4.4k 1.4× 2.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 397 0.6× 256 0.7× 146 5.5k
Franz Narberhaus Germany 48 4.9k 1.6× 2.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 710 1.1× 343 0.9× 178 7.0k
Masaaki Wachi Japan 38 3.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 321 0.5× 438 1.2× 117 5.2k
Phang C. Tai United States 42 2.9k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 793 0.8× 388 0.6× 578 1.5× 164 5.4k
Michael K. Winson United Kingdom 26 3.9k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 591 0.6× 909 1.4× 491 1.3× 47 5.4k
Mario Juhas Switzerland 32 2.4k 0.8× 722 0.3× 588 0.6× 502 0.8× 757 2.0× 53 3.8k
Christopher K. Rode United States 12 4.7k 1.5× 2.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.9× 519 1.4× 15 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Taku Oshima

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Fields of papers citing papers by Taku Oshima

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taku Oshima

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Taku Oshima. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Taku Oshima 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 Taku Oshima. Taku Oshima 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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Murata, Masayuki, Keiko Nakamura, Tomoyuki Kosaka, et al.. (2021). Cell Lysis Directed by SulA in Response to DNA Damage in Escherichia coli. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(9). 4535–4535. 8 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Yurika, et al.. (2016). Comparison of transcriptomes of enlarged spheroplasts of <em>Erythrobacter litoralis</em> and <em>Lelliottia amnigena</em>. AIMS Microbiology. 2(2). 152–189. 12 indexed citations
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Kawai, Yoshikazu, Romain Mercier, Ling Juan Wu, et al.. (2015). Cell Growth of Wall-Free L-Form Bacteria Is Limited by Oxidative Damage. Current Biology. 25(12). 1613–1618. 68 indexed citations
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Kasho, Kazutoshi, et al.. (2014). Timely binding of IHF and Fis to DARS2 regulates ATP–DnaA production and replication initiation. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(21). 13134–13149. 60 indexed citations
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Hirokawa, Yasutaka, Hiroaki Kawano, Noriko Nakamura, et al.. (2013). Genetic manipulations restored the growth fitness of reduced-genome Escherichia coli. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 116(1). 52–58. 57 indexed citations
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Sakihama, Yasuko, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Taku Oshima, & Naotake Ogasawara. (2012). YdfH Identified as a Repressor ofrspAby the Use of Reduced GenomeEscherichia coliMGF-01. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 76(9). 1688–1693. 3 indexed citations
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Yoshimura, Mika, et al.. (2011). Regulation of chromosomal replication initiation by oriC-proximal DnaA-box clusters in Bacillus subtilis. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(1). 220–234. 24 indexed citations
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Baba, Tomoya, Takeshi Ara, Tatsunari Nishi, et al.. (2010). Complete genome sequence and comparative analysis of Shewanella violacea , a psychrophilic and piezophilic bacterium from deep sea floor sediments. Molecular BioSystems. 6(7). 1216–1226. 30 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Hiroki, et al.. (2010). Dynamics of Time-Lagged Gene-to-Metabolite Networks of Escherichia coli Elucidated by Integrative Omics Approach. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 15(1-2). 15–23. 24 indexed citations
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Abé, Hiroyuki, A. Miyahara, Taku Oshima, et al.. (2008). Global Regulation by Horizontally Transferred Regulators Establishes the Pathogenicity of Escherichia coli. DNA Research. 15(1). 25–38. 60 indexed citations
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Oshima, Taku, et al.. (2007). Improvement of data processing system for advanced diagnostics in JT-60U. Fusion Engineering and Design. 82(5-14). 1210–1215. 1 indexed citations
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Yoshimura, Mika, Taku Oshima, & Naotake Ogasawara. (2007). Involvement of the YneS/YgiH and PlsX proteins in phospholipid biosynthesis in both Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. BMC Microbiology. 7(1). 69–69. 42 indexed citations
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Shinbo, Yoko, Md. Arifuzzaman, Chieko Wada, et al.. (2003). Prediction of Protein Functions Based on K-Cores of Protein-Protein Interaction Networks and Amino Acid Sequences. Proceedings Genome Informatics Workshop/Genome informatics. 14. 498–499. 41 indexed citations
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Mizuguchi, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2003). KAREIDMAP: A System for Predicting and Mining Gene Regulatory Networks. Proceedings Genome Informatics Workshop/Genome informatics. 14. 382–383. 1 indexed citations
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Arifuzzaman, Mohammad, Taku Oshima, & Hirotada Mori. (2003). The ATPase domain of HscC (DnaK homolog) is essential for interfering Ï70 activity in E. coli. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 230(1). 99–104. 3 indexed citations
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Nakahigashi, Kenji, Naoko Kubo, Shin‐ichiro Narita, et al.. (2002). HemK, a class of protein methyl transferase with similarity to DNA methyl transferases, methylates polypeptide chain release factors, and hemK knockout induces defects in translational termination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(3). 1473–1478. 105 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Hidemi, et al.. (2002). Prediction of Target Substrates of Transporters in Escherichia coli. Proceedings Genome Informatics Workshop/Genome informatics. 13(13). 394–395. 1 indexed citations
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Oshima, Taku, et al.. (1993). [Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by in vitro enzymatic amplification of mecA and femA genes].. PubMed. 41(7). 773–8. 3 indexed citations

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