Tomoko Kawamata

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Tomoko Kawamata is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomoko Kawamata has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Tomoko Kawamata's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers). Tomoko Kawamata is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (6 papers). Tomoko Kawamata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Tomoko Kawamata's co-authors include Yukihide Tomari, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Yoshiaki Kamada, Shintaro Iwasaki, Hervé Seitz, Takayuki Sekito, Yukiko Kabeya, Chika Kondo, Kazuyoshi Yonezawa and Mayuko Yoda and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Tomoko Kawamata

19 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Tor Directly Controls the Atg1 Kinase Complex To Regulate... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 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. Tor Directly Controls the Atg1 Kinase Complex To Regulate Autophagy
    2009 383 citations Yoshiaki Kamada, Kenichi Yoshino et al. Molecular and Cellular 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
Tomoko Kawamata Japan 16 1.8k 841 786 421 266 19 2.4k
Shusaku Shibutani Japan 12 664 0.4× 587 0.7× 118 0.2× 250 0.6× 88 0.3× 30 1.2k
Gabriele Zaffagnini Austria 10 1.0k 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 89 0.1× 497 1.2× 82 0.3× 13 1.9k
Zvulun Elazar Israel 8 757 0.4× 1.4k 1.6× 68 0.1× 459 1.1× 201 0.8× 9 1.7k
Péter Lőrincz Hungary 18 555 0.3× 566 0.7× 136 0.2× 404 1.0× 37 0.1× 50 1.3k
James C. Morrell United States 21 2.5k 1.4× 183 0.2× 278 0.4× 168 0.4× 77 0.3× 30 2.8k
Alf Håkon Lystad Norway 19 671 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 78 0.1× 477 1.1× 52 0.2× 26 1.5k
Young Sik Lee South Korea 20 1.6k 0.9× 174 0.2× 639 0.8× 153 0.4× 348 1.3× 28 2.3k
Richard G. Gardner United States 29 2.9k 1.6× 742 0.9× 86 0.1× 1.8k 4.3× 595 2.2× 71 3.9k
Zekun Guo China 23 1.2k 0.7× 216 0.3× 173 0.2× 102 0.2× 130 0.5× 71 1.7k
Chan Gao Canada 14 1.0k 0.6× 347 0.4× 103 0.1× 199 0.5× 66 0.2× 22 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Tomoko Kawamata

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tomoko Kawamata

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomoko Kawamata

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Sasaki, Michiko, et al.. (2023). The mechanism of Atg15-mediated membrane disruption in autophagy. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(12). 11 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko, et al.. (2022). A method for the isolation and characterization of autophagic bodies from yeast provides a key tool to investigate cargos of autophagy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(12). 102641–102641. 6 indexed citations
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Makino, Shiho, Tomoko Kawamata, Shintaro Iwasaki, & Yoshinori Ohsumi. (2021). Selectivity of mRNA degradation by autophagy in yeast. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2316–2316. 39 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko, et al.. (2017). Zinc starvation induces autophagy in yeast. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(20). 8520–8530. 53 indexed citations
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Horie, Tetsuro, et al.. (2017). Recycling of iron via autophagy is critical for the transition from glycolytic to respiratory growth. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(20). 8533–8543. 27 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko, Tetsuro Horie, Hiroshi Tsugawa, et al.. (2014). Bulk RNA degradation by nitrogen starvation‐induced autophagy in yeast. The EMBO Journal. 34(2). 154–168. 99 indexed citations
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Tsutsumi, Akihisa, Tomoko Kawamata, Natsuko Izumi, Hervé Seitz, & Yukihide Tomari. (2011). Recognition of the pre-miRNA structure by Drosophila Dicer-1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(10). 1153–1158. 136 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko, Mayuko Yoda, & Yukihide Tomari. (2011). Multilayer checkpoints for microRNA authenticity during RISC assembly. EMBO Reports. 12(9). 944–949. 46 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko & Yukihide Tomari. (2011). Native Gel Analysis for RISC Assembly. Methods in molecular biology. 725. 91–105. 14 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko & Yukihide Tomari. (2010). Making RISC. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 35(7). 368–376. 398 indexed citations
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Iwasaki, Shintaro, Tomoko Kawamata, & Yukihide Tomari. (2009). Drosophila Argonaute1 and Argonaute2 Employ Distinct Mechanisms for Translational Repression. Molecular Cell. 34(1). 58–67. 155 indexed citations
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Sekito, Takayuki, Tomoko Kawamata, Rie Ichikawa, Kuninori Suzuki, & Yoshinori Ohsumi. (2009). Atg17 recruits Atg9 to organize the pre‐autophagosomal structure. Genes to Cells. 14(5). 525–538. 121 indexed citations
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Yoda, Mayuko, Tomoko Kawamata, Zain Paroo, et al.. (2009). ATP-dependent human RISC assembly pathways. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(1). 17–23. 287 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko, Hervé Seitz, & Yukihide Tomari. (2009). Structural determinants of miRNAs for RISC loading and slicer-independent unwinding. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 16(9). 953–960. 209 indexed citations
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Kamada, Yoshiaki, Kenichi Yoshino, Chika Kondo, et al.. (2009). Tor Directly Controls the Atg1 Kinase Complex To Regulate Autophagy. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 30(4). 1049–1058. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nakashima, Akio, Yuko Imamura, Chika Kondo, et al.. (2008). The Yeast Tor Signaling Pathway Is Involved in G2/M Transition via Polo-Kinase. PLoS ONE. 3(5). e2223–e2223. 54 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko, Yoshiaki Kamada, Yukiko Kabeya, Takayuki Sekito, & Yoshinori Ohsumi. (2008). Organization of the Pre-autophagosomal Structure Responsible for Autophagosome Formation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(5). 2039–2050. 211 indexed citations
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Kabeya, Yukiko, Tomoko Kawamata, Kuninori Suzuki, & Yoshinori Ohsumi. (2007). Cis1/Atg31 is required for autophagosome formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 356(2). 405–410. 75 indexed citations
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Kawamata, Tomoko, Yoshiaki Kamada, Kuninori Suzuki, et al.. (2005). Characterization of a novel autophagy-specific gene, ATG29. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 338(4). 1884–1889. 79 indexed citations

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