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Hidewaki Nakagawa

Hidewaki Nakagawa

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
80
Citations
35342
World Ranking
979
National Ranking
74

Hidewaki Nakagawa 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 Hidewaki Nakagawa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 314 publications — 82nd percentile

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

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

Hidewaki Nakagawa 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 Hidewaki Nakagawa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hidewaki Nakagawa is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has a distinguished record in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on medicine. Their research output spans specialized subfields including molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, genetics, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics of Nakagawa's work include cancer genomics and diagnostics, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, and molecular biology techniques and applications.

Among the frequent coauthors collaborating with Nakagawa are:

  • Masashi Fujita
  • Kazuhiro Maejima
  • Kadir C. Akdemir
  • Iñigo Martincorena
  • Jan O. Korbel

Nakagawa's publications are often found in high-impact, peer-reviewed venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • The Journal of Urology

Significant papers authored or coauthored by Nakagawa include:

  • The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer, 2020, Nature
  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Analyses of non-coding somatic drivers in 2,658 cancer whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases, 2020, Nature Genetics

Best Publications

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • The Repertoire of Mutational Signatures in Human Cancer

    Ludmil B Alexandrov;Jaegil Kim;Nicholas J Haradhvala;Nicholas J Haradhvala;Mi Ni Huang

  • International network of cancer genome projects

    Thomas J. Hudson;Thomas J. Hudson;Warwick Anderson;Axel Aretz;Anna D. Barker

  • Screening for the Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer).

    Heather Hampel;Wendy L. Frankel;Edward Martin;Mark Arnold

  • Mutational signatures associated with tobacco smoking in human cancer

    Ludmil B Alexandrov;Ludmil B Alexandrov;Young Seok Ju;Kerstin Haase;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

  • Whole-genome sequencing of liver cancers identifies etiological influences on mutation patterns and recurrent mutations in chromatin regulators

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Yasushi Totoki;Tetsuo Abe;Keith A. Boroevich

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Whole-genome mutational landscape and characterization of noncoding and structural mutations in liver cancer

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Mayuko Furuta;Yasushi Totoki;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

  • Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing

    Isidro Cortés-Ciriano;Jake June-Koo Lee;Ruibin Xi;Dhawal Jain

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

    Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Masato Akiyama;Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • A meta-analysis of 87,040 individuals identifies 23 new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer

    Ali Amin Al Olama;Zsofia Kote-Jarai;Sonja I. Berndt;David V. Conti

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes identifies driver rearrangements promoted by LINE-1 retrotransposition.

    Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin;Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin;Eva G. Alvarez;Eva G. Alvarez;Adrian Baez-Ortega;Jorge Zamora

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for HCV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma

    Vinod Kumar;Naoya Kato;Yuji Urabe;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Genome-wide cDNA microarray analysis of gene expression profiles in pancreatic cancers using populations of tumor cells and normal ductal epithelial cells selected for purity by laser microdissection

    Toru Nakamura;Yoichi Furukawa;Hidewaki Nakagawa;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

    David V. Conti;Burcu F. Darst;Lilit C. Moss;Edward J. Saunders

  • Association of a novel long non‐coding RNA in 8q24 with prostate cancer susceptibility

    Suyoun Chung;Hidewaki Nakagawa;Motohide Uemura;Lianhua Piao

  • Loss of imprinting of the insulin-like growth factor II gene occurs by biallelic methylation in a core region of H19-associated CTCF-binding sites in colorectal cancer

    Hidewaki Nakagawa;Robert B. Chadwick;Päivi Peltomäki;Christoph Plass

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of mitochondrial genomes in human cancers

    Yuan Yuan;Young Seok Ju;Youngwook Kim;Jun Li

  • The landscape of viral associations in human cancers.

    Marc Zapatka;Ivan Borozan;Daniel S Brewer;Daniel S Brewer;Murat Iskar

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new susceptibility loci for prostate cancer in the Japanese population

    Ryo Takata;Shusuke Akamatsu;Michiaki Kubo;Atsushi Takahashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Satoru Miyano
Satoru Miyano Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda University of Tokyo
Koichi Matsuda
Koichi Matsuda University of Tokyo
Kazuaki Chayama
Kazuaki Chayama Hiroshima University
Hiroki Yamaue
Hiroki Yamaue Wakayama Medical University
Peter J. Campbell
Peter J. Campbell Wellcome Sanger Institute
Osamu Ogawa
Osamu Ogawa Kyoto University
Yataro Daigo
Yataro Daigo Shiga University of Medical Science

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