Toshihide Kimura

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Toshihide Kimura is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Surgery and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshihide Kimura has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cell Biology, 6 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Toshihide Kimura's work include Cellular transport and secretion (8 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (3 papers). Toshihide Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (8 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers) and Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (3 papers). Toshihide Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Toshihide Kimura's co-authors include Kozo Kaibuchi, Yuko Fukata, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Céline Ménager, Takashi Shiromizu, Takashi Nishimura, Tomohiko J. Itoh, Naoyuki Inagaki, Hirokazu Hotani and Hiroyasu Watanabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Cell Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Toshihide Kimura

12 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

CRMP-2 binds to tubulin heterodimers to promote microtubule assembly

2002 631 citations Yuko Fukata, Tomohiko J. Itoh et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toshihide Kimura Japan	11	575	554	497	201	120	12	1.1k
Saeko Kawabata Japan	8	927 1.6×	849 1.5×	652 1.3×	312 1.6×	173 1.4×	9	1.6k
Heather M. Heerssen United States	7	737 1.3×	629 1.1×	378 0.8×	233 1.2×	98 0.8×	9	1.1k
Dimitra Mangoura United States	25	504 0.9×	674 1.2×	279 0.6×	240 1.2×	113 0.9×	52	1.4k
Xiu-Rong Ren United States	6	818 1.4×	996 1.8×	324 0.7×	168 0.8×	45 0.4×	6	1.3k
Tetsuji Mutoh Japan	13	288 0.5×	1.2k 2.2×	368 0.7×	136 0.7×	174 1.4×	15	1.6k
Alexandre Dobbertin France	15	395 0.7×	403 0.7×	237 0.5×	215 1.1×	59 0.5×	25	928
Ida Rishal Israel	18	896 1.6×	1.0k 1.8×	238 0.5×	275 1.4×	144 1.2×	26	1.5k
Jung Eun Shin South Korea	12	592 1.0×	558 1.0×	234 0.5×	257 1.3×	175 1.5×	23	1.2k
An‐Chi Tien United States	15	223 0.4×	751 1.4×	231 0.5×	237 1.2×	111 0.9×	40	1.3k
Yoichi Kushima Japan	13	354 0.6×	403 0.7×	245 0.5×	154 0.8×	87 0.7×	19	900

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toshihide Kimura

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

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Ando, Tomomi, Takeshi Terabayashi, Mitsuhiro Okamoto, et al.. (2015). PI3K regulates endocytosis after insulin secretion by mediating signaling crosstalk between Arf6 and Rab27a. Journal of Cell Science. 129(3). 637–649. 22 indexed citations

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Ishizaki, Toshimasa, et al.. (2015). GTP- and GDP-Dependent Rab27a Effectors in Pancreatic Beta-Cells. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 38(5). 663–668. 11 indexed citations

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Kimura, Toshihide, Shigeki Taniguchi, Mitsuhiro Okamoto, et al.. (2013). Activated Cdc42-Bound IQGAP1 Determines the Cellular Endocytic Site. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 33(24). 4834–4843. 24 indexed citations

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Kimura, Toshihide & Ichiro Niki. (2011). Rab27a in pancreatic beta-cells, a busy protein in membrane trafficking. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 107(2). 219–223. 17 indexed citations

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Taniguchi, Shigeki, Toshihide Kimura, Yuka Kimura, et al.. (2011). Protein phosphorylation involved in the gene expression of the hydrogen sulphide producing enzyme cystathionine γ-lyase in the pancreatic β-cell. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 350(1). 31–38. 18 indexed citations

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Kimura, Toshihide, Shigeki Taniguchi, & Ichiro Niki. (2010). Actin assembly controlled by GDP-Rab27a is essential for endocytosis of the insulin secretory membrane. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 496(1). 33–37. 29 indexed citations

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Arimura, Nariko, Atsushi Hattori, Toshihide Kimura, et al.. (2009). CRMP‐2 directly binds to cytoplasmic dynein and interferes with its activity. Journal of Neurochemistry. 111(2). 380–390. 48 indexed citations

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Arimura, Nariko, Toshihide Kimura, Shinichi Nakamuta, et al.. (2009). Anterograde Transport of TrkB in Axons Is Mediated by Direct Interaction with Slp1 and Rab27. Developmental Cell. 16(5). 675–686. 160 indexed citations

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Fukata, Yuko, Tomohiko J. Itoh, Toshihide Kimura, et al.. (2002). CRMP-2 binds to tubulin heterodimers to promote microtubule assembly. Nature Cell Biology. 4(8). 583–591. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fukata, Yuko, Toshihide Kimura, & Kozo Kaibuchi. (2002). Axon specification in hippocampal neurons. Neuroscience Research. 43(4). 305–315. 81 indexed citations

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Fukata, Yuko, et al.. (2000). Elongation Factor-1α Is a Novel Substrate of Rho-Associated Kinase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 278(1). 72–78. 57 indexed citations

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Morita, Manabu, et al.. (1990). Factors in ceasing regular visits for periodontal patients care. Analysis of questionnaires.. Nihon Shishubyo Gakkai Kaishi (Journal of the Japanese Society of Periodontology). 32(3). 811–820. 1 indexed citations

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