Yo Saiga

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yo Saiga is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yo Saiga has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Yo Saiga's work include bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (11 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Enzyme function and inhibition (3 papers). Yo Saiga is often cited by papers focused on bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (11 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Enzyme function and inhibition (3 papers). Yo Saiga collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Bermuda. Yo Saiga's co-authors include Osamu Shimomura, Frank H. Johnson, George T. Reynolds, Lewis C. Gershman, J. R. Waters, Noboru Sugiyama, Yata Haneda, Hiroshi Yamamoto and Yoshio Masuda and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan.

In The Last Decade

Yo Saiga

12 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Extraction, Purification and Properties of Aequorin, a Bioluminescent Protein from the Luminous Hydromedusan, Aequorea

1962 1.6k citations Osamu Shimomura, Frank H. Johnson et al. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yo Saiga United States	10	1.7k	826	677	410	143	12	2.1k
Frederick I. Tsuji United States	25	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	763 1.1×	411 1.0×	182 1.3×	71	2.5k
R Y Tsien United States	9	2.2k 1.3×	903 1.1×	691 1.0×	176 0.4×	291 2.0×	10	3.0k
Yulii A. Labas Russia	10	1.8k 1.0×	533 0.6×	1.3k 2.0×	161 0.4×	182 1.3×	12	2.5k
Bruce R. Branchini United States	36	2.9k 1.7×	1.4k 1.7×	671 1.0×	943 2.3×	63 0.4×	89	3.4k
Yurii G. Yanushevich Russia	14	1.2k 0.7×	412 0.5×	819 1.2×	206 0.5×	139 1.0×	25	1.9k
John Lee United States	26	1.2k 0.7×	747 0.9×	166 0.2×	281 0.7×	107 0.7×	47	1.5k
H. Gobind Khorana United States	36	3.4k 2.0×	2.9k 3.5×	239 0.4×	130 0.3×	206 1.4×	64	4.4k
Maria E Bulina Russia	10	703 0.4×	251 0.3×	420 0.6×	198 0.5×	115 0.8×	13	1.2k
Atsushi Miyawaki Japan	8	1.2k 0.7×	294 0.4×	484 0.7×	109 0.3×	250 1.7×	8	1.6k
Akio Maeda Japan	33	2.1k 1.3×	2.4k 2.9×	88 0.1×	182 0.4×	182 1.3×	106	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yo Saiga

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yo Saiga

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

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Sugiyama, Noboru, et al.. (1967). The Chemiluminescence of Indole Derivatives. I. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 40(2). 347–350. 24 indexed citations

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Shimomura, Osamu, Frank H. Johnson, & Yo Saiga. (1963). Further data on the bioluminescent protein, aequorin. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 62(1). 1–8. 88 indexed citations

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Shimomura, Osamu, Frank H. Johnson, & Yo Saiga. (1963). Partial purification and properties of the Odontosyllis luminescence system. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 61(3). 275–292. 31 indexed citations

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Shimomura, Osamu, Frank H. Johnson, & Yo Saiga. (1963). Extraction and properties of Halistaurin, a bioluminescent protein from the hydromedusan Halistaura. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 62(1). 9–15. 45 indexed citations

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Shimomura, Osamu, Frank H. Johnson, & Yo Saiga. (1963). Microdetermination of Calcium by Aequorin Luminescence. Science. 140(3573). 1339–1340. 95 indexed citations

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Johnson, Frank H., Osamu Shimomura, & Yo Saiga. (1962). Action of Cyanide on Cypridina Luciferin. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 59(3). 265–272. 6 indexed citations

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Johnson, Frank H., Osamu Shimomura, Yo Saiga, et al.. (1962). Quantum efficiency of Cypridina luminescence, with a note on that of Aequorea. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 60(1). 85–103. 147 indexed citations

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Shimomura, Osamu, Frank H. Johnson, & Yo Saiga. (1962). Extraction, Purification and Properties of Aequorin, a Bioluminescent Protein from the Luminous Hydromedusan, Aequorea. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 59(3). 223–239. 1640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnson, Frank H., Osamu Shimomura, & Yo Saiga. (1961). Luminescence Potency of the Cypridina System. Science. 134(3492). 1755–1756. 2 indexed citations

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Shimomura, Osamu, Frank H. Johnson, & Yo Saiga. (1961). Purification and properties of Cypridina luciferase. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 58(2). 113–123. 24 indexed citations

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Johnson, Frank H., Noboru Sugiyama, Osamu Shimomura, Yo Saiga, & Yata Haneda. (1961). CRYSTALLINE LUCIFERIN FROM A LUMINESCENT FISH, PARAPRIACANTHUS BERYCIFORMES. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 47(4). 486–489. 20 indexed citations

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Haneda, Yata, Frank H. Johnson, Yoshio Masuda, et al.. (1961). Crystalline luciferin from live Cypridina. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 57(1). 55–62. 17 indexed citations

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