Yuki Hitora

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yuki Hitora is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuki Hitora has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Biotechnology and 22 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Yuki Hitora's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (23 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (19 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (6 papers). Yuki Hitora is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (23 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (19 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (6 papers). Yuki Hitora collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Indonesia and Egypt. Yuki Hitora's co-authors include Shigeki Matsunaga, Kentaro Takada, Yasuhide Inokuma, Makoto Fujita, J. Ariyoshi, Kari Rissanen, Shota Yoshioka, Tatsuhiko Arai, Sachiko Tsukamoto and Shigeru Okada and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Scientific Reports and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yuki Hitora

44 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.

X-ray analysis on the nanogram to microgram scale using porous complexes

2013 727 citations Yuki Hitora, Kentaro Takada et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuki Hitora Japan	11	383	337	319	281	234	47	1.1k
Chi‐Keung Lam Hong Kong	21	626 1.6×	476 1.4×	336 1.1×	125 0.4×	191 0.8×	56	1.4k
L. Straver Netherlands	10	185 0.5×	375 1.1×	159 0.5×	285 1.0×	130 0.6×	17	909
B. Sridhar India	17	202 0.5×	636 1.9×	231 0.7×	151 0.5×	117 0.5×	82	1.1k
Tatyana V. Rybalova Russia	18	204 0.5×	728 2.2×	298 0.9×	243 0.9×	83 0.4×	177	1.3k
Tomás Martı́n Spain	30	265 0.7×	1.7k 5.2×	276 0.9×	540 1.9×	82 0.4×	83	2.2k
J. Ariyoshi Japan	3	457 1.2×	262 0.8×	379 1.2×	157 0.6×	60 0.3×	3	897
Charles J. Simmons United States	22	430 1.1×	377 1.1×	362 1.1×	203 0.7×	94 0.4×	62	1.3k
Chuji Katayama Japan	17	161 0.4×	471 1.4×	227 0.7×	269 1.0×	143 0.6×	61	1.2k
Russell Hopson United States	19	249 0.7×	650 1.9×	98 0.3×	295 1.0×	230 1.0×	42	1.3k
Kang‐Cheng Zheng China	23	336 0.9×	1.2k 3.5×	445 1.4×	885 3.1×	62 0.3×	99	2.2k

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Hitora, Yuki & Sachiko Tsukamoto. (2025). Modulators of the ubiquitin–proteasome system from natural products: chemical structures and their potential for drug discovery. Natural Product Reports. 42(7). 1120–1135. 2 indexed citations

Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2025). Pestones A and B from a Fungus Pestalotiopsis sp. Bound to Mutant p53 and Changed Its Conformation. Journal of Natural Products. 88(2). 546–553. 1 indexed citations

Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning Accelerates Screening of Osteoclast Differentiation Inhibitors from Natural Products. Journal of Natural Products. 87(10). 2393–2397. 3 indexed citations

El‐Desoky, Ahmed H., et al.. (2024). A new linear peptide, higapeptin, isolated from the mud flat-derived fungus Acremonium persicinum inhibits mitochondrial energy metabolism. Journal of Natural Medicines. 78(3). 505–513. 1 indexed citations

Hitora, Yuki, Ryuichi Watanabe, Hugh Clark, et al.. (2024). Stereochemical Assignment of the 36-Membered Macrolide Ring Portion of Poecillastrin C. Organic Letters. 26(25). 5290–5294.

Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2023). A monoacylglyceryltrimethylhomoserine, 21F121-A, containing a branched acyl group from Penicillium glaucoroseum. Journal of Natural Medicines. 77(4). 992–997. 1 indexed citations

Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2023). Divergent Total Syntheses of Hetero-Oligomeric Iridoid Glycosides. Organic Letters. 25(2). 347–352. 8 indexed citations

El‐Desoky, Ahmed H., Keisuke Eguchi, Yuki Hitora, et al.. (2023). Aaptocarbamates A−G, chlorinated terpene carbamates with antiosteoclastogenic activities from the marine sponge Aaptos sp.. Phytochemistry. 216. 113872–113872. 4 indexed citations

Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2023). Syrosingopine Enhances 20S Proteasome Activity and Degradation of α-Synuclein. Journal of Natural Products. 87(3). 554–559. 5 indexed citations

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Hitora, Yuki, Teppei Kawahara, Mika Tanabe, et al.. (2022). Cell-based screening of extracts of natural sources to search for inhibitors of the ubiquitin–proteasome system and identification of proteasome inhibitors from the fungus Remotididymella sp.. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 59. 128566–128566. 2 indexed citations

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Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2022). Colletofragarone A2 Inhibits Cancer Cell Growth In Vivo and Leads to the Degradation and Aggregation of Mutant p53. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 35(9). 1598–1603. 6 indexed citations

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El‐Desoky, Ahmed H., Keisuke Eguchi, Naoki Kishimoto, et al.. (2022). Isolation, Synthesis, and Structure–Activity Relationship Study on Daphnane and Tigliane Diterpenes as HIV Latency-Reversing Agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(4). 3460–3472. 19 indexed citations

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Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2021). Colletofragarone A2 and Colletoins A–C from a Fungus Colletotrichum sp. Decrease Mutant p53 Levels in Cells. Journal of Natural Products. 84(12). 3131–3137. 10 indexed citations

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El‐Desoky, Ahmed H., Hikaru Kato, Yuki Hitora, et al.. (2021). Taichunins E–T, Isopimarane Diterpenes and a 20-nor-Isopimarane, from Aspergillus taichungensis (IBT 19404): Structures and Inhibitory Effects on RANKL-Induced Formation of Multinuclear Osteoclasts. Journal of Natural Products. 84(9). 2475–2485. 10 indexed citations

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Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2020). Melophluosides A and B, new triterpene galactosides from the marine sponge Melophlus sarasinorum. Tetrahedron Letters. 61(20). 151852–151852. 7 indexed citations

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Kato, Hikaru, et al.. (2020). Induction of secondary metabolite production by fungal co-culture of Talaromyces pinophilus and Paraphaeosphaeria sp.. Journal of Natural Medicines. 74(3). 545–549. 9 indexed citations

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Hitora, Yuki, et al.. (2019). Halichonic acid, a new rearranged bisabolene-type sesquiterpene from a marine sponge Halichondria sp.. Tetrahedron Letters. 60(15). 1079–1081. 10 indexed citations

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Kato, Hikaru, Keisuke Eguchi, Yuki Hitora, et al.. (2019). Taichunins A–D, Norditerpenes from Aspergillus taichungensis (IBT 19404). Journal of Natural Products. 82(5). 1377–1381. 7 indexed citations

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Inoue, Masamitsu, Yuki Hitora, Hikaru Kato, et al.. (2018). New geranyl flavonoids from the leaves of Artocarpus communis. Journal of Natural Medicines. 72(3). 632–640. 6 indexed citations

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El‐Desoky, Ahmed H., Hikaru Kato, Yuki Hitora, et al.. (2016). Ceylonins A–F, Spongian Diterpene Derivatives That Inhibit RANKL-Induced Formation of Multinuclear Osteoclasts, from the Marine Sponge Spongia ceylonensis. Journal of Natural Products. 80(1). 90–95. 23 indexed citations

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