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Akira Hata

Akira Hata

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
11863
World Ranking
13187
National Ranking
912

Akira Hata publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Hata sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 184 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Akira Hata D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Hata sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Akira Hata is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a total of 54 published works. Their research spans several subfields, including oncology, epidemiology, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and genetics.

The researcher's work covers a variety of topics related to public health and disease, notably:

  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Cervical cancer and HPV research
  • Endometrial and cervical cancer treatments
  • Global cancer incidence and screening
  • Kawasaki disease and coronary complications
  • Colorectal cancer screening and detection
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases

Among the recent publications are several papers, including:

  • "Association of an IGHV3-66 gene variant with Kawasaki disease" (2020) published in Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Changes in the number of cancer diagnosis practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic: interrupted time-series analysis using the National Database of Japan" (2023) in Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
  • "Increase in eosinophil-derived neurotoxin level in school children with allergic disease" (2022) in Asia Pacific Allergy
  • "Implementation of a self-sampling HPV test for non-responders to cervical cancer screening in Japan: secondary analysis of the ACCESS trial" (2022) in Scientific Reports
  • "Acceptability of self-sampling human papillomavirus test for cervical cancer screening in Japan: A questionnaire survey in the ACCESS trial" (2023) in PLoS ONE

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Misuzu Fujita
  • Kengo Nagashima
  • Yoshihiro Onouchi
  • Takehiko Fujisawa
  • Hideki Hanaoka

Akira Hata has published in multiple scientific journals, with recurring contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Human Genetics
  • PLoS ONE
  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Best Publications

  • A genome-wide association study identifies RNF213 as the first Moyamoya disease gene

    Fumiaki Kamada;Yoko Aoki;Ayumi Narisawa;Yu Abe

  • A nucleotide substitution in the promoter of human angiotensinogen is associated with essential hypertension and affects basal transcription in vitro.

    I Inoue;T Nakajima;C S Williams;J Quackenbush

  • ITPKC functional polymorphism associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and formation of coronary artery aneurysms.

    Yoshihiro Onouchi;Tomohiko Gunji;Jane C Burns;Jane C Burns;Chisato Shimizu;Chisato Shimizu

  • Truncated CBP Protein Leads to Classical Rubinstein—Taybi Syndrome Phenotypes in Mice: Implications for a Dominant-Negative Mechanism

    Yuichi Oike;Akira Hata;Takayoshi Mamiya;Tadashi Kaname

  • A genome-wide association study identifies three new risk loci for Kawasaki disease

    Yoshihiro Onouchi;Kouichi Ozaki;Jane C Burns;Jane C Burns;Chisato Shimizu;Chisato Shimizu

  • Haplotypes of angiotensinogen in essential hypertension.

    Xavier Jeunemaitre;Ituro Inoue;Christopher Williams;Anne Charru

  • Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysm identifies three new risk loci

    Katsuhito Yasuno;Kaya Bilguvar;Philippe Bijlenga;Siew Kee Low

  • Association analysis of genetic variants in IL23R , ATG16L1 and 5p13.1 loci with Crohn’s disease in Japanese patients

    Keiko Yamazaki;Yoshihiro Onouchi;Masakazu Takazoe;Michiaki Kubo

  • Susceptibility loci for intracranial aneurysm in European and Japanese populations.

    Kaya Bilguvar;Katsuhito Yasuno;Mika Niemelä;Ynte M Ruigrok

  • Template-switching during DNA synthesis by Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase I

    Shannon J. Odelberg;Robert B. Weiss;Akira Hata;Ray White

  • Fbxw7 acts as a critical fail-safe against premature loss of hematopoietic stem cells and development of T-ALL

    Sahoko Matsuoka;Yuichi Oike;Yuichi Oike;Ichiro Onoyama;Atsushi Iwama

  • Common variants in CASP3 confer susceptibility to Kawasaki disease

    Yoshihiro Onouchi;Kouichi Ozaki;Jane C. Buns;Jane C. Buns;Chisato Shimizu;Chisato Shimizu

  • Phenotypic expression of heterozygous lipoprotein lipase deficiency in the extended pedigree of a proband homozygous for a missense mutation.

    D E Wilson;M Emi;P H Iverius;A Hata

  • Efficacy of primary treatment with immunoglobulin plus ciclosporin for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in patients with Kawasaki disease predicted to be at increased risk of non-response to intravenous immunoglobulin (KAICA): a randomised controlled, open-label, blinded-endpoints, phase 3 trial

    Hiromichi Hamada;Hiroyuki Suzuki;Yoshihiro Onouchi;Ryota Ebata

  • Association analysis of SLC22A4 , SLC22A5 and DLG5 in Japanese patients with Crohn disease

    Keiko Yamazaki;Masakazu Takazoe;Torao Tanaka;Toshiki Ichimori

  • Cyclosporin A treatment for Kawasaki disease refractory to initial and additional intravenous immunoglobulin.

    Hiroyuki Suzuki;Masaru Terai;Hiromichi Hamada;Takafumi Honda

  • Advanced glycation end products-induced gene expression of scavenger receptors in cultured human monocyte-derived macrophages.

    Yasunori Iwashima;Masaaki Eto;Akira Hata;Kouhei Kaku

  • Common variant near the endothelin receptor type A (EDNRA) gene is associated with intracranial aneurysm risk

    Katsuhito Yasuno;Mehmet Bakırcıoğlu;Siew-Kee Low;Kaya Bilgüvar

  • ITPKC and CASP3 polymorphisms and risks for IVIG unresponsiveness and coronary artery lesion formation in Kawasaki disease.

    Y Onouchi;Y Suzuki;H Suzuki;M Terai

  • Mutations in genes encoding the glycine cleavage system predispose to neural tube defects in mice and humans

    Ayumi Narisawa;Shoko Komatsuzaki;Atsuo Kikuchi;Tetsuya Niihori

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoichi Suzuki
Yoichi Suzuki Chiba University
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Yoshitaka Okamoto
Yoshitaka Okamoto Chiba University
Ituro Inoue
Ituro Inoue National Institute of Genetics
Toshio Ogihara
Toshio Ogihara Osaka University
Atsushi Tajima
Atsushi Tajima Kanazawa University
Toshihiro Tanaka
Toshihiro Tanaka Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Issei Imoto
Issei Imoto University of Tokushima
Tomohiro Katsuya
Tomohiro Katsuya Osaka University
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda University of Tokyo

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