2026 Chikahide Masutani: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	63	1789	1611	147	138	127	16859

Chikahide Masutani publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chikahide Masutani sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 127 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Chikahide Masutani D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 43rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chikahide Masutani is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and focuses primarily on research in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

The scientist's research extensively addresses key topics such as:

DNA Repair Mechanisms
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Masutani has published in a variety of scientific venues, including:

Carcinogenesis
Nucleic Acids Research
Life Science Alliance
UNC Libraries
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent selected papers by Masutani include:

"Novel mechanisms for the removal of strong replication-blocking HMCES- and thiazolidine-DNA adducts in humans" (2023, Nucleic Acids Research)
"Acetaldehyde induces NER repairable mutagenic DNA lesions" (2021, Carcinogenesis)
"RFWD3 and translesion DNA polymerases contribute to PCNA modification-dependent DNA damage tolerance" (2022, Life Science Alliance)
"Guanine-5-carboxylcytosine base pairs mimic mismatches during DNA replication" (2020, UNC Libraries)
"Strand- and replication timing-dependent functions of DNA polymerase η in human DNA replication and mutagenesis" (2025, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Frequent collaborators in Masutani's research include:

Shigenori Iwai
Yuji Masuda
Rie Kanao
Isao Kuraoka
Yuina Sonohara

Best Publications

The XPV (xeroderma pigmentosum variant) gene encodes human DNA polymerase eta.

Chikahide Masutani;Rika Kusumoto;Rika Kusumoto;Ayumi Yamada;Naoshi Dohmae

1968
Citations
Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C Protein Complex Is the Initiator of Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair

Kaoru Sugasawa;Jessica M.Y Ng;Chikahide Masutani;Shigenori Iwai

1152
Citations
Mechanisms of accurate translesion synthesis by human DNA polymerase η

Chikahide Masutani;Rika Kusumoto;Shigenori Iwai;Fumio Hanaoka

706
Citations
A multistep damage recognition mechanism for global genomic nucleotide excision repair

Kaoru Sugasawa;Tomoko Okamoto;Yuichiro Shimizu;Chikahide Masutani

604
Citations
Xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V) correcting protein from HeLa cells has a thymine dimer bypass DNA polymerase activity.

Chikahide Masutani;Marito Araki;Ayumi Yamada;Rika Kusumoto;Rika Kusumoto

598
Citations
Low fidelity DNA synthesis by human DNA polymerase-η

Toshiro Matsuda;Katarzyna Bebenek;Chikahide Masutani;Fumio Hanaoka

539
Citations
Purification and cloning of a nucleotide excision repair complex involving the xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein and a human homologue of yeast RAD23.

C. Masutani;K. Sugasawa;J. Yanagisawa;T. Sonoyama

535
Citations
Centrosome Protein Centrin 2/Caltractin 1 Is Part of the Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C Complex That Initiates Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair

Marito Araki;Chikahide Masutani;Mitsuyo Takemura;Akio Uchida

465
Citations
Structure and mechanism of human DNA polymerase η

Christian Biertümpfel;Ye Zhao;Ye Zhao;Yuji Kondo;Santiago Ramón-Maiques;Santiago Ramón-Maiques

391
Citations
Interaction of hHR23 with S5a. The ubiquitin-like domain of hHR23 mediates interaction with S5a subunit of 26 S proteasome.

Hideki Hiyama;Masayuki Yokoi;Chikahide Masutani;Kaoru Sugasawa

382
Citations
The Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C Protein Complex XPC-HR23B Plays an Important Role in the Recruitment of Transcription Factor IIH to Damaged DNA

Masayuki Yokoi;Chikahide Masutani;Takafumi Maekawa;Kaoru Sugasawa

377
Citations
Error-prone bypass of certain DNA lesions by the human DNA polymerase κ

Eiji Ohashi;Tomoo Ogi;Rika Kusumoto;Rika Kusumoto;Shigenori Iwai

361
Citations
Interaction of hREV1 with three human Y-family DNA polymerases

Eiji Ohashi;Yoshiki Murakumo;Naoko Kanjo;Jun Ichi Akagi

360
Citations
Preferential cis-syn thymine dimer bypass by DNA polymerase η occurs with biased fidelity

Scott D McCulloch;Robert J Kokoska;Chikahide Masutani;Shigenori Iwai

341
Citations
Centrin 2 stimulates nucleotide excision repair by interacting with xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein.

Ryotaro Nishi;Yuki Okuda;Eriko Watanabe;Toshio Mori

332
Citations
Dual roles for DNA polymerase η in homologous DNA recombination and translesion DNA synthesis

Takuo Kawamoto;Kasumi Araki;Eiichiro Sonoda;Yukiko M. Yamashita;Yukiko M. Yamashita

292
Citations
Efficient translesion replication past oxaliplatin and cisplatin GpG adducts by human DNA polymerase eta.

Alexandra Vaisman;Chikahide Masutani;Fumio Hanaoka;Stephen G. Chaney

282
Citations
High‐efficiency bypass of DNA damage by human DNA polymerase Q

Mineaki Seki;Chikahide Masutani;Lee Wei Yang;Anthony Schuffert

247
Citations
Error rate and specificity of human and murine DNA polymerase eta.

Toshiro Matsuda;Katarzyna Bebenek;Chikahide Masutani;Igor B Rogozin;Igor B Rogozin

243
Citations
DNA repair protein XPA binds replication protein A (RPA)

Toshiro Matsuda;Masafumi Saijo;Isao Kuraoka;Takehiro Kobayashi

236
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumio Hanaoka National Institute of Genetics

Shigenori Iwai Osaka University

Kaoru Sugasawa Kobe University

Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers Erasmus University Rotterdam

Hiroyuki Kamiya Hiroshima University

Takehiko Nohmi Gifu University

Thomas A. Kunkel National Institutes of Health

Dirk Bootsma Erasmus University Rotterdam

Susumu Nishimura University of Tsukuba

Alan R. Lehmann University of Sussex

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