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Akira Murakami

Akira Murakami

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
18317
World Ranking
4628
National Ranking
306

Akira Murakami 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 Murakami sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 326 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Akira Murakami 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 Murakami 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: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Akira Murakami is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes primarily in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses on various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Genomics related to phytochemicals and oxidative stress, Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Tea Polyphenols and Effects, Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Recent notable publications by Akira Murakami include:

  • Impact of hormesis to deepen our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the bioactivities of polyphenols, 2024, Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • Cell-autonomous control of intracellular temperature by unsaturation of phospholipid acyl chains, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Novel mechanisms underlying bioactivities of polyphenols via hormesis, 2022, Current Opinion in Toxicology

Frequent academic collaborators for Murakami include Akari Ishisaka, Yoichi Sunagawa, Yasufumi Katanasaka, Masafumi Funamoto, and Kiyoshi Mori.

The researcher's work has appeared most often in journals such as Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Phytomedicine, Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Medical Molecular Morphology.

Best Publications

  • Multitargeted cancer prevention by quercetin

    Akira Murakami;Hitoshi Ashida;Junji Terao

  • Curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin, tetrahydrocurcumin and turmerones differentially regulate anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative responses through a ROS-independent mechanism

    Santosh K. Sandur;Manoj K. Pandey;Bokyung Sung;Kwang Seok Ahn

  • Targeting NOX, INOS and COX-2 in inflammatory cells: chemoprevention using food phytochemicals.

    Akira Murakami;Hajime Ohigashi

  • Ursolic acid : An anti-and pro-inflammatory triterpenoid

    Yasutaka Ikeda;Akira Murakami;Hajime Ohigashi

  • Inhibitory effect of citrus nobiletin on phorbol ester-induced skin inflammation, oxidative stress, and tumor promotion in mice.

    Akira Murakami;Yoshimasa Nakamura;Koji Torikai;Takuji Tanaka

  • Zerumbone, a Southeast Asian ginger sesquiterpene, markedly suppresses free radical generation, proinflammatory protein production, and cancer cell proliferation accompanied by apoptosis: the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl group is a prerequisite

    Akira Murakami;Daisuke Takahashi;Takashi Kinoshita;Koichi Koshimizu

  • Ligands for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha and gamma inhibit chemically induced colitis and formation of aberrant crypt foci in rats.

    Takuji Tanaka;Hiroyuki Kohno;Shin-ichiro Yoshitani;Shigeki Takashima

  • The CED-4-homologous protein FLASH is involved in Fas-mediated activation of caspase-8 during apoptosis.

    Yuzuru Imai;Takaharu Kimura;Akira Murakami;Nobuyuki Yajima

  • Niaziminin, a Thiocarbamate from the Leaves of Moringa oleifera, Holds a Strict Structural Requirement for Inhibition of Tumor-Promoter-Induced Epstein-Barr Virus Activation

    Akira Murakami;Yumi Kitazono;Suratwadee Jiwajinda;Koichi Koshimizu

  • Dietary rutin, but not its aglycone quercetin, ameliorates dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis in mice: attenuation of pro-inflammatory gene expression

    Ki Han Kwon;Akira Murakami;Takuji Tanaka;Hajime Ohigashi

  • Zerumbone abolishes NF-kappaB and IkappaBalpha kinase activation leading to suppression of antiapoptotic and metastatic gene expression, upregulation of apoptosis, and downregulation of invasion.

    Yasunari Takada;Akira Murakami;Bharat B Aggarwal

  • Zerumbone, a tropical ginger sesquiterpene, activates phase II drug metabolizing enzymes.

    Yoshimasa Nakamura;Chiho Yoshida;Chiho Yoshida;Akira Murakami;Akira Murakami;Hajime Ohigashi;Hajime Ohigashi

  • Auraptene, a citrus coumarin, inhibits 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced tumor promotion in ICR mouse skin, possibly through suppression of superoxide generation in leukocytes.

    Akira Murakami;Wataru Kuki;Yasuo Takahashi;Hiroshi Yonei

  • Zerumbone, a sesquiterpene in subtropical ginger, suppresses skin tumor initiation and promotion stages in ICR mice.

    Akira Murakami;Takuji Tanaka;Ji Yoon Lee;Young Joon Surh

  • Anti-tumor Promoting Activity of Bufadienolides from Kalanchoe pinnata and K. daigremontiana × butiflora

    Unang Supratman;Tomoyuki Fujita;Kohki Akiyama;Hideo Hayashi

  • Anti-tumor Promotion with Food Phytochemicals: A Strategy for Cancer Chemoprevention

    Akira Murakami;Hajime Ohigashi;Koichi Koshimizu

  • Suppression of tumor promoter-induced oxidative stress and inflammatory responses in mouse skin by a superoxide generation inhibitor 1'-acetoxychavicol acetate.

    Yoshimasa Nakamura;Akira Murakami;Yoshimi Ohto;Koji Torikai

  • Zerumbone, a tropical ginger sesquiterpene, inhibits colon and lung carcinogenesis in mice.

    Mihye Kim;Shingo Miyamoto;Yumiko Yasui;Takeru Oyama

  • Citrus Auraptene Exerts Dose-dependent Chemopreventive Activity in Rat Large Bowel Tumorigenesis: The Inhibition Correlates with Suppression of Cell Proliferation and Lipid Peroxidation and with Induction of Phase II Drug-metabolizing Enzymes

    Takuji Tanaka;Kunihiro Kawabata;Mikio Kakumoto;Akira Hara

  • Inhibitory effects of curcumin and tetrahydrocurcuminoids on the tumor promoter-induced reactive oxygen species generation in leukocytes in vitro and in vivo.

    Yoshimasa Nakamura;Yoshimi Ohto;Akira Murakami;Toshihiko Osawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hajime Ohigashi
Hajime Ohigashi Kyoto University
Koichi Koshimizu
Koichi Koshimizu Kindai University
Takuji Tanaka
Takuji Tanaka Gifu University
Yoshimasa Nakamura
Yoshimasa Nakamura Okayama University
Koji Uchida
Koji Uchida University of Tokyo
Clive Dickson
Clive Dickson Cancer Research UK London Research Institute
Hideki Mori
Hideki Mori Gifu University
Tadashi Uemura
Tadashi Uemura Kyoto University
Yasuo Ikeda
Yasuo Ikeda Waseda University
Toshihiko Osawa
Toshihiko Osawa Nagoya University

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