Yoshito Kishi

20.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
346 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

Yoshito Kishi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshito Kishi has authored 346 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 207 papers in Organic Chemistry, 117 papers in Molecular Biology and 59 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Yoshito Kishi's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (65 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (49 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (48 papers). Yoshito Kishi is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (65 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (49 papers) and Marine Sponges and Natural Products (48 papers). Yoshito Kishi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Yoshito Kishi's co-authors include William J. Christ, Jaeho Cha, Osamu Shimomura, Tohru Fukuyama, Hiroto Nagaoka, Jun’ichi Uenishi, Yoshihisa Kobayashi, Jin Kun, Branislav Musicki and Toshio Goto and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yoshito Kishi

340 papers receiving 14.5k citations

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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.

Highly stereoselective approaches to .alpha.- and .beta.-C-glycopyranosides

1982 510 citations Yoshito Kishi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Catalytic effect of nickel(II) chloride and palladium(II) acetate on chromium(II)-mediated coupling reaction of iodo olefins with aldehydes

1986 468 citations William J. Christ, Yoshito Kishi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
On stereochemistry of osmium tetroxide oxidation of allylic alcohol systems: empirical rule

1983 411 citations William J. Christ, Yoshito Kishi et al. profile →
On stereochemistry of osmium tetraoxide oxidation of allylic alcohol systems. Empirical rule

1984 322 citations William J. Christ, Yoshito Kishi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshito Kishi United States	64	10.4k	5.4k	2.4k	2.4k	1.6k	346	15.2k
K. C. Nicolaou United States	62	9.8k 0.9×	3.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	844 0.5×	224	12.6k
Stephen Hanessian Canada	65	14.5k 1.4×	9.2k 1.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	275 0.2×	571	19.1k
Henry Rapoport United States	60	7.5k 0.7×	6.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	617 0.3×	691 0.4×	401	12.8k
Yoel Kashman Israel	48	5.7k 0.5×	4.4k 0.8×	3.6k 1.5×	5.2k 2.1×	523 0.3×	336	13.6k
Masahiro Hirama Japan	50	6.9k 0.7×	2.7k 0.5×	813 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.5×	331	9.2k
Jack E. Baldwin United Kingdom	60	11.0k 1.1×	7.8k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	252 0.2×	638	19.0k
Jun’ichi Kobayashi Japan	55	6.1k 0.6×	3.4k 0.6×	3.9k 1.6×	2.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	424	11.6k
Minoru Isobe Japan	48	5.8k 0.6×	4.3k 0.8×	915 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	421	10.2k
Shigeki Matsunaga Japan	51	3.6k 0.3×	3.7k 0.7×	3.5k 1.5×	3.8k 1.6×	602 0.4×	240	9.2k
Scott D. Rychnovsky United States	51	6.8k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	431 0.3×	218	9.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kishi, Yoshito, et al.. (2024). Application of Ni/Zr-Mediated Ketone Coupling for the Scalable Synthesis of Homohalichondrin B. Organic Letters. 26(34). 7105–7109.

Kishi, Yoshito, et al.. (2020). Total Synthesis of Halistatins 1 and 2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(34). 14743–14749. 13 indexed citations

Yahata, Kenzo, et al.. (2017). Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Left Halves of Halichondrins. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(17). 8808–8830. 9 indexed citations

Yahata, Kenzo, et al.. (2017). Unified Synthesis of Right Halves of Halichondrins A–C. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(17). 8792–8807. 7 indexed citations

Yahata, Kenzo, et al.. (2017). Fe/Cu-Mediated One-Pot Ketone Synthesis. Organic Letters. 19(10). 2766–2769. 21 indexed citations

Lee, Jung Hwa, et al.. (2016). Extension of Pd-Mediated One-Pot Ketone Synthesis to Macrocyclization: Application to a New Convergent Synthesis of Eribulin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(50). 16248–16251. 15 indexed citations

Towle, Murray J., K. Nomoto, Makoto Asano, et al.. (2012). Broad spectrum preclinical antitumor activity of eribulin (Halaven(R)): optimal effectiveness under intermittent dosing conditions.. PubMed. 32(5). 1611–9. 38 indexed citations

Shan, Mingde & Yoshito Kishi. (2012). Concise and Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of the C20–C26 Building Block of Halichondrins and Eribulin. Organic Letters. 14(2). 660–663. 14 indexed citations

Towle, Murray J., Kathleen A. Salvato, Bruce F. Wels, et al.. (2010). Eribulin Induces Irreversible Mitotic Blockade: Implications of Cell-Based Pharmacodynamics for In vivo Efficacy under Intermittent Dosing Conditions. Cancer Research. 71(2). 496–505. 111 indexed citations

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Papaioannou, Nikolaos, et al.. (2007). Product‐Regulation Mechanisms for Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Catalyzed by Mycobacterium smegmatis FAS I. ChemBioChem. 8(15). 1775–1780. 10 indexed citations

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Minehan, Thomas G. & Yoshito Kishi. (1999). Total Synthesis of the Proposed Structure of (+)-Tolyporphin AO,O-Diacetate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(7). 923–925. 47 indexed citations

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Qiao, Jennifer X. & Yoshito Kishi. (1999). Covalently Cross-Linked Watson-Crick Base Pair Models. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(7). 928–931. 23 indexed citations

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Guo, Jiasheng, Kevin J. Duffy, Kirk L. Stevens, et al.. (1998). Total Synthesis of Altohyrtin A (Spongistatin 1): Part 1. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(1-2). 187–190. 105 indexed citations

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Shimomura, Osamu, et al.. (1993). Structure and non‐enzymatic light emission of two luciferin precursors isolated from the luminous mushroom Panellus stipticus. Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 8(4). 201–205. 14 indexed citations

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Kong, Fang, Yoshito Kishi, Dolores Pérez‐Sala, & Robert R. Rando. (1990). The stereochemical requirement for protein kinase C activation by 3‐methyldiglycerides matches that found in naturally occurring tumor promoters aplysiatoxins. FEBS Letters. 274(1-2). 203–206. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuan, et al.. (1987). Synthesis of C-disaccharides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 52(7). 1370–1372. 65 indexed citations

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Christ, William J., Jennifer M. Finan, Yoshito Kishi, et al.. (1983). ChemInform Abstract: STEREOCHEMISTRY OF PALYTOXIN. PART 4. COMPLETE STRUCTURE. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 14(12). 18 indexed citations

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Christ, William J., et al.. (1982). Stereochemistry of palytoxin. 3. C7-C51 segment. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 104(25). 7367–7369. 3 indexed citations

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Goto, Toshio, Yoshito Kishi, Sho Takahashi, & Yoshimasa Hiratå. (1964). The Structures of Tetrodotoxin and Anhydroepitetrodotoxin. Nippon kagaku zassi. 85(10). 661–666,A52. 2 indexed citations

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Goto, Toshio & Yoshito Kishi. (1962). The Effect of Metal Salts on the Borohydride Reduction of 5a-Diacet3β, 5α-Diacetoxy-7α-bromocholestan-6-one. Nippon kagaku zassi. 83(10). 1135–1137,A72. 1 indexed citations

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