Toru Kino

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
12 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Toru Kino is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Toru Kino has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Organic Chemistry and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Toru Kino's work include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (3 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (3 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (3 papers). Toru Kino is often cited by papers focused on Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (3 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (3 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (3 papers). Toru Kino collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Toru Kino's co-authors include Toshio Goto, Hiroshi Hatanaka, MASAKUNI OKUHARA, HATSUO AOKI, MASANOBU KOHSAKA, Michihisa Nishiyama, Hiroshi Imanaka, Noriaki Inamura, Susumu Miyata and Takenori Ochiai and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Antibiotics.

In The Last Decade

Toru Kino

12 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

FK-506, a novel immunosuppressant isolated from a Strepto... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 1987 1987 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. FK-506, a novel immunosuppressant isolated from a Streptomyces. I. Fermentation, isolation, and physico-chemical and biological characteristics.
    1987 980 citations Toru Kino, Hiroshi Hatanaka et al. The Journal of Antibiotics profile →
  2. FK-506, a novel immunosuppressant isolated from a Streptomyces. II. Immunosuppressive effect of FK-506 in vitro.
    1987 972 citations Toru Kino, Hiroshi Hatanaka et al. The Journal of Antibiotics profile →
  3. Structure of FK506, a novel immunosuppressant isolated from Streptomyces
    1987 443 citations Hirokazu Tanaka, Akio Kuroda et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

Toru Kino
Noriaki Inamura Japan
Michihisa Nishiyama Japan
H. Stähelin Japan
W. Schüler Switzerland
Junchao Cai China
Steven G. Nadler United States
H. U. Gubler Japan
J. Arly Nelson United States
Toshiharu Nakajima Japan
Bruce U. Wintroub United States
Noriaki Inamura Japan
Toru Kino
Citations per year, relative to Toru Kino Toru Kino (= 1×) peers Noriaki Inamura

Countries citing papers authored by Toru Kino

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Fields of papers citing papers by Toru Kino

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toru Kino

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Tsujii, Eisaku, Yukiko Yamagishi, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, et al.. (2001). FR198248, a New Anti-influenza Agent Isolated from Aspergillus terreus No.13830. I. Taxonomy, Fermentation, Isolation, Physico-chemical Properties and Biological Activities.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 54(2). 136–143. 16 indexed citations
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Tsujii, Eisaku, et al.. (2000). FR191512, a Novel Anti-influenza Agent Isolated from a Fungus Strain No.17415. II. Biological Properties.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 53(12). 1341–1345. 5 indexed citations
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Kino, Toru, Satoshi Honda, & Yutaka Tomita. (1999). Evaluation of the Soft Tissue Elasticity with Forced Vibration by Ultrasonic Pulsed Doppler Method. Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers. 35(3). 305–311. 1 indexed citations
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Kino, Toru & Toshio Goto. (1993). Discovery of FK‐506 and Update. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 685(1). 13–21. 28 indexed citations
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Kino, Toru, Hiroshi Hatanaka, Michihisa Nishiyama, et al.. (1987). FK-506, a novel immunosuppressant isolated from a Streptomyces. I. Fermentation, isolation, and physico-chemical and biological characteristics.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 40(9). 1249–1255. 980 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tanaka, Hirokazu, Akio Kuroda, Hiroshi Hatanaka, et al.. (1987). Structure of FK506, a novel immunosuppressant isolated from Streptomyces. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(16). 5031–5033. 443 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kino, Toru, Hiroshi Hatanaka, Susumu Miyata, et al.. (1987). FK-506, a novel immunosuppressant isolated from a Streptomyces. II. Immunosuppressive effect of FK-506 in vitro.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 40(9). 1256–1265. 972 indexed citations breakdown →
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Inamura, Noriaki, Kunio Nakahara, Toru Kino, et al.. (1985). Activation of tumoricidal properties in macrophages and inhibition of experimentally-induced murine metastases by a new synthetic acyltripeptide, FK-565.. PubMed. 4(4). 408–17. 17 indexed citations
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Gotoh, Toshio, Kunio Nakahara, Masaharu Hashimoto, et al.. (1982). Studies on a new immunoactive peptide, FK-156. II. Fermentation, extraction and chemical and biological characterization.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 35(10). 1286–1292. 41 indexed citations

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