Toru Komatsu

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Toru Komatsu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Toru Komatsu has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Organic Chemistry and 30 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Toru Komatsu's work include Click Chemistry and Applications (26 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (18 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (17 papers). Toru Komatsu is often cited by papers focused on Click Chemistry and Applications (26 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (18 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (17 papers). Toru Komatsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Toru Komatsu's co-authors include Kenjiro Hanaoka, Tetsuo Nagano, Takuya Terai, Tasuku Ueno, Yasuteru Urano, Mako Kamiya, Masahiro Abo, Wen Piao, Yuichiro Koide and Hideo Kimura and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Toru Komatsu

150 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

Development of a Highly Selective Fluorescence Probe for Hydrogen Sulfide

2011 612 citations Kenjiro Hanaoka, Toru Komatsu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toru Komatsu Japan	44	2.6k	2.3k	2.1k	1.7k	1.0k	152	6.7k
Tasuku Ueno Japan	43	3.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	159	7.3k
Haidong Li China	43	2.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	2.8k 1.6×	1.0k 1.0×	149	6.4k
Jingyun Wang China	51	4.0k 1.5×	3.0k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	3.1k 1.8×	987 1.0×	187	9.2k
Jing Zhao China	55	1.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 2.0×	292	10.7k
Ping Li China	60	4.2k 1.6×	3.6k 1.5×	4.4k 2.1×	2.6k 1.5×	2.3k 2.3×	293	11.8k
Hua Chen China	38	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	987 1.0×	157	6.0k
Kenjiro Hanaoka Japan	56	5.1k 2.0×	3.3k 1.4×	4.4k 2.1×	2.9k 1.6×	2.3k 2.3×	168	11.2k
Bryan C. Dickinson United States	40	1.3k 0.5×	3.9k 1.7×	1.4k 0.7×	805 0.5×	810 0.8×	105	7.3k
Evan W. Miller United States	42	2.3k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	2.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	517 0.5×	108	7.2k
Elizabeth J. New Australia	40	2.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	820 0.5×	926 0.9×	139	5.9k

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Ishizawa, Takeaki, Kazuhiro Mori, Toru Komatsu, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of histopathologic vascular damage caused by pancreatic juice leakage: Implications for preventing hemorrhagic complications. Surgery. 186. 109591–109591.

Komatsu, Toru & Tadahaya Mizuno. (2025). Single-Molecule Enzyme Activity Analysis for Illuminating Pathological Proteoforms. ACS Central Science. 11(7). 1041–1051.

Mizuno, Tadahaya, Seiichi Shiga, Kazuki Takahashi, et al.. (2025). Single-Molecule Oxidoreductase Activity Analysis for Activity-Based Diagnosis Based on Proteoform Alterations. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(6). 4743–4751. 1 indexed citations

Ishizawa, Takeaki, Toru Komatsu, Tasuku Ueno, et al.. (2024). Identification of a pancreatic juice-specific fluorescent probe through 411 probes activated by aminopeptidases/proteases or phosphatases/phosphodiesterases. HPB. 27(2). 150–158. 1 indexed citations

Iwatate, Ryu J., Akira Yoshinari, Marek Grzybowski, et al.. (2020). Covalent Self-Labeling of Tagged Proteins with Chemical Fluorescent Dyes in BY-2 Cells and Arabidopsis Seedlings. The Plant Cell. 32(10). 3081–3094. 24 indexed citations

Sakamoto, Shingo, Toru Komatsu, Rikiya Watanabe, et al.. (2020). Multiplexed single-molecule enzyme activity analysis for counting disease-related proteins in biological samples. Science Advances. 6(11). eaay0888–eaay0888. 49 indexed citations

Tachibana, Ryo, Mako Kamiya, Yoshiyuki Miyazaki, et al.. (2020). Design of spontaneously blinking fluorophores for live-cell super-resolution imaging based on quantum-chemical calculations. Chemical Communications. 56(86). 13173–13176. 34 indexed citations

Komatsu, Toru, Yukihiro Itoh, Yuka Miyake, et al.. (2019). Metabolic-Pathway-Oriented Screening Targeting S-Adenosyl-l-methionine Reveals the Epigenetic Remodeling Activities of Naturally Occurring Catechols. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(1). 21–26. 8 indexed citations

Piao, Wen, Kenjiro Hanaoka, Tomotsumi Fujisawa, et al.. (2017). Development of an Azo-Based Photosensitizer Activated under Mild Hypoxia for Photodynamic Therapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(39). 13713–13719. 244 indexed citations

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Anraku, Yasutaka, et al.. (2017). Enzyme-Loaded Polyion Complex Vesicles as in Vivo Nanoreactors Working Sustainably under the Blood Circulation: Characterization and Functional Evaluation. Biomacromolecules. 18(4). 1189–1196. 63 indexed citations

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Kamiya, Mako, et al.. (2017). γ-グルタミルトランスペプチダーゼへの標的活性化可能な光増感剤【Powered by NICT】. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 129(35). 10554–10558. 3 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Shingo, Toru Komatsu, Tasuku Ueno, Kenjiro Hanaoka, & Yasuteru Urano. (2017). Fluorescence detection of serum albumin with a turnover-based sensor utilizing Kemp elimination reaction. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 27(15). 3464–3467. 11 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Toru. (2015). Diced electrophoresis gel assay for screening enzymes with specified activities. Figshare. 59(2). 115–117. 22 indexed citations

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Ichikawa, Yūki, Mako Kamiya, Fumiaki Obata, et al.. (2014). Selective Ablation of β‐Galactosidase‐Expressing Cells with a Rationally Designed Activatable Photosensitizer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(26). 6772–6775. 106 indexed citations

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Hanaoka, Kenjiro, Manabu Shimonishi, Takuya Terai, et al.. (2011). Selective Two‐Step Labeling of Proteins with an Off/On Fluorescent Probe. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(52). 14763–14771. 8 indexed citations

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Kawaguchi, Mitsuyasu, Kenjiro Hanaoka, Toru Komatsu, Takuya Terai, & Tetsuo Nagano. (2011). Development of a highly selective fluorescence probe for alkaline phosphatase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(17). 5088–5091. 34 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Toru, et al.. (2009). Inhibitory effect of Bergamot essential oil injected into the mouse hind-paw on capsaicin-induced nociceptive behaviors.. 10(2). 128–133. 2 indexed citations

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Asada, Takashi, et al.. (2004). Countermeasure against indoor air pollution using charcoal board. TANSO. 2004(211). 10–15. 2 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Toru, et al.. (2001). A Study on a New Rotary Frequency Converter for Wind Farm Power System. 5 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Toru, et al.. (1979). Measurement of Young's Modulus of Thin Plate by Composite Vibrator Method. Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series A: Physics, Chemistry, and Metallurgy. 27. 1–4. 2 indexed citations

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