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Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences
H-index 19

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

0386-2208

Published by: Japan Academy

https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/publishing/pja_b.html

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 523 27 27 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 98
Documents by Best Scientists*: 90
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 71
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.874
Impact Factor: 4.6

Top Publications

  • Molecular and cellular basis of left–right asymmetry in vertebrates

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • TNF receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) plays crucial roles in multiple biological systems through polyubiquitination-mediated NF-κB activation.

    Mizuki Yamamoto;Jin Gohda;Taishin Akiyama;Jun-Ichiro Inoue

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Lipid hydroperoxides in nutrition, health, and diseases.

    Teruo Miyazawa

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Central regulation of body fluid homeostasis

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Cancer genomic medicine in Japan

    (2020)
    28 Citations
  • LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination: a crucial regulator of immune signaling.

    Kazuhiro Iwai

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Bacterial γ-glutamyltranspeptidases, physiological function, structure, catalytic mechanism and application.

    Hideyuki Suzuki;Keiichi Fukuyama;Hidehiko Kumagai

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Comprehensive analysis of DNA adducts (DNA adductome analysis) in the liver of rats treated with 1,4-dioxane.

    Yukari Totsuka;Yuya Maesako;Hanako Ono;Momoko Nagai

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Progress in 50 years of viroid research—Molecular structure, pathogenicity, and host adaptation

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Multiple roles of endocytosis and autophagy in intracellular remodeling during oocyte-to-embryo transition

    (2022)
    13 Citations

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