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Hiroki Kurahashi

Hiroki Kurahashi

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
58
Citations
11781
World Ranking
3325
National Ranking
146

Hiroki Kurahashi publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroki Kurahashi sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 266 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Hiroki Kurahashi D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hiroki Kurahashi is affiliated with Fujita Health University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable work also focusing on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Pediatric, Perinatal, and Child Health.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting

Kurahashi has published numerous papers in reputable journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Biallelic variants in LIG3 cause a novel mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy," 2021, Brain
  • "The Bartonella autotransporter BafA activates the host VEGF pathway to drive angiogenesis," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Six years' accomplishment of the Initiative on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases: nationwide project in Japan to discover causes, mechanisms, and cures," 2022, Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Inherited Chromosomally Integrated Human Herpesvirus 6 Is a Risk Factor for Spontaneous Abortion," 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "A case of a parthenogenetic 46,XX/46,XY chimera presenting ambiguous genitalia," 2020, Journal of Human Genetics

Co-authorship has been a significant aspect of Kurahashi's research activities. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Hidehito Inagaki
  • Takema Kato
  • Tetsushi Yoshikawa
  • Haruki Nishizawa
  • Shunsuke Miyai

The scientist's work is published regularly in several key venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of Human Genetics
  • Human Genome Variation
  • The Journal of Dermatology
  • Cancer Science
  • Human Reproduction

Best Publications

  • The DNA sequence of human chromosome 22

    I. Dunham;N. Shimizu;B. A. Roe;S. Chissoe

  • Chromosome 22-specific low copy repeats and the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: genomic organization and deletion endpoint analysis

    Tamim H. Shaikh;Hiroki Kurahashi;Sulagna C. Saitta;Anna Mizrahy O’Hare

  • CDH1 Is a Specific Marker for Undifferentiated Spermatogonia in Mouse Testes

    Masutaka Tokuda;Yuzo Kadokawa;Hiroki Kurahashi;Tohru Marunouchi

  • Increased Water Intake Decreases Progression of Polycystic Kidney Disease in the PCK Rat

    Shizuko Nagao;Kazuhiro Nishii;Makoto Katsuyama;Hiroki Kurahashi

  • Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is transmitted from parent to child in an integrated form and characterization of cases with chromosomally integrated HHV-6 DNA

    Keiko Tanaka-Taya;Keiko Tanaka-Taya;Junji Sashihara;Hiroki Kurahashi;Kiyoko Amo

  • Pathogenic exon-trapping by SVA retrotransposon and rescue in Fukuyama muscular dystrophy

    Mariko Taniguchi-Ikeda;Kazuhiro Kobayashi;Motoi Kanagawa;Chih Chieh Yu

  • Microarray Analysis of Differentially Expressed Fetal Genes in Placental Tissue Derived from Early and Late Onset Severe Pre-eclampsia

    H. Nishizawa;K. Pryor-Koishi;T. Kato;H. Kowa

  • Identification of the gene responsible for gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy

    Motokazu Tsujikawa;Hiroki Kurahashi;Toshihiro Tanaka;Kohji Nishida

  • Long AT-rich palindromes and the constitutional t(11;22) breakpoint

    Hiroki Kurahashi;Beverly S. Emanuel;Beverly S. Emanuel

  • Comparative gene expression profiling of placentas from patients with severe pre-eclampsia and unexplained fetal growth restriction

    Haruki Nishizawa;Sayuri Ota;Machiko Suzuki;Takema Kato

  • Age-Related Decrease of Meiotic Cohesins in Human Oocytes

    Makiko Tsutsumi;Reiko Fujiwara;Haruki Nishizawa;Mayuko Ito

  • Regions of genomic instability on 22q11 and 11q23 as the etiology for the recurrent constitutional t(11;22)

    Hiroki Kurahashi;Tamim H. Shaikh;Ping Hu;Bruce A. Roe

  • Evolutionarily conserved low copy repeats (LCRs) in 22q11 mediate deletions, duplications, translocations, and genomic instability: an update and literature review.

    Tamim H Shaikh;Hiroki Kurahashi;Beverly S Emanuel;Beverly S Emanuel

  • Molecular and Virological Evidence of Viral Activation From Chromosomally Integrated Human Herpesvirus 6A in a Patient With X-Linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

    Akifumi Endo;Ken Watanabe;Tamae Ohye;Kyoko Suzuki

  • The constitutional t(17;22): another translocation mediated by palindromic AT-rich repeats.

    Hiroki Kurahashi;Hiroki Kurahashi;Tamim Shaikh;Tamim Shaikh;Masayuki Takata;Tatsushi Toda

  • A kerato-epithelin (betaig-h3) mutation in lattice corneal dystrophy type IIIA.

    Shuji Yamamoto;Masaki Okada;Motokazu Tsujikawa;Yoshikazu Shimomura

  • Cruciform DNA Structure Underlies the Etiology for Palindrome-mediated Human Chromosomal Translocations *

    Hiroki Kurahashi;Hidehito Inagaki;Kouji Yamada;Tamae Ohye

  • Fukutin is required for maintenance of muscle integrity, cortical histiogenesis and normal eye development

    Satoshi Takeda;Mari Kondo;Junko Sasaki;Hiroki Kurahashi

  • Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy: a comparison of live birth rates in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss due to embryonic aneuploidy or recurrent implantation failure.

    Takeshi Sato;Mayumi Sugiura-Ogasawara;Fumiko Ozawa;Toshiyuki Yamamoto

  • Biallelic Inactivation of the APC Gene in Hepatoblastoma

    Hiroki Kurahashi;Koji Takami;Takaharu Oue;Takeshi Kusafuka

Frequent Co-Authors

Beverly S. Emanuel
Beverly S. Emanuel Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Tatsushi Toda
Tatsushi Toda University of Tokyo
Tetsushi Yoshikawa
Tetsushi Yoshikawa Fujita Health University
Shintaro Okada
Shintaro Okada Osaka University
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Tamim H. Shaikh
Tamim H. Shaikh University of Colorado Denver
Seiji Kojima
Seiji Kojima Nagoya University
Elaine H. Zackai
Elaine H. Zackai Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Kunihiro Tsuchida
Kunihiro Tsuchida Fujita Health University
Yasuo Tano
Yasuo Tano Osaka University

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