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Hiroshi Hatanaka

Hiroshi Hatanaka

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
10702
World Ranking
11565
National Ranking
799

Hiroshi Hatanaka 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 Hiroshi Hatanaka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 212 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hiroshi Hatanaka 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 Hiroshi Hatanaka 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: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hiroshi Hatanaka is a researcher affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, focusing primarily on medical sciences. Their work extensively covers various areas within medicine, including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pathology and forensic medicine, rheumatology, infectious diseases, and surgery.

Within their research contributions, Hatanaka has explored topics such as sarcoma diagnosis and treatment, tumors and oncological cases, soft tissue tumor case studies, leprosy research and treatment, infectious diseases and tuberculosis, as well as mycobacterium research and diagnosis.

Two notable papers published by Hatanaka in 2024 address specific infectious and oncological diseases. These publications are:

  • Dermatofibroma atípico simulando hansenoma, 2024, published in Hansenologia Internationallis hanseníase e outras doenças infecciosas
  • Concomitância da hanseníase virchowiana e carcinoma de células escamosas, 2024, published in Hansenologia Internationallis hanseníase e outras doenças infecciosas

Their research has appeared predominantly in the journal Hansenologia Internationallis hanseníase e outras doenças infecciosas, reflecting a particular interest in infectious diseases related to leprosy and other conditions.

Hatanaka frequently collaborates with other researchers, including P Girardi, Bruno de Carvalho Dornelas, Caio Oliveira Sena, M Rocha, and Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart. These collaborations demonstrate integration within a network of experts working on related medical topics.

Best Publications

  • Interleukin-6 improves the survival of mesencephalic catecholaminergic and septal cholinergic neurons from postnatal, two-week-old rats in cultures

    T. Hama;Y. Kushima;M. Miyamoto;M. Kubota

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Enhances Long-Term Potentiation in Rat Visual Cortex

    Yukio Akaneya;Tadaharu Tsumoto;Shuichiro Kinoshita;Hiroshi Hatanaka

  • Changes in mitochondrial membrane potential during oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells.

    Takumi Satoh;Yasushi Enokido;Hitoshi Aoshima;Yasuo Uchiyama

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) can prevent apoptosis of rat cerebellar granule neurons in culture.

    Takekazu Kubo;Takeshi Nonomura;Yasushi Enokido;Hiroshi Hatanaka

  • Interleukin-6 protects cultured rat hippocampal neurons against glutamate-induced cell death.

    Masahisa Yamada;Hiroshi Hatanaka

  • BDNF-induced recruitment of TrkB receptor into neuronal lipid rafts: roles in synaptic modulation

    Shingo Suzuki;Shingo Suzuki;Tadahiro Numakawa;Kazuhiro Shimazu;Hisatsugu Koshimizu

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor increases the stimulation-evoked release of glutamate and the levels of exocytosis-associated proteins in cultured cortical neurons from embryonic rats.

    Nobuyuki Takei;Kumi Sasaoka;Ko Inoue;Masami Takahashi

  • Free Radical-Independent Protection by Nerve Growth Factor and Bcl-2 of PC12 Cells from Hydrogen Peroxide-Triggered Apoptosis

    Takumi Satoh;Naoto Sakai;Yasushi Enokido;Yasuo Uchiyama

  • Interaction between mutant ataxin-1 and PQBP-1 affects transcription and cell death.

    Hitoshi Okazawa;Tina Rich;Alex Chang;Xi Lin

  • Nicotine-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase and CREB in PC12h cells.

    Hitoshi Nakayama;Tadahiro Numakawa;Toshihiko Ikeuchi;Hiroshi Hatanaka

  • Biological characterization and optical imaging of brain-derived neurotrophic factor-green fluorescent protein suggest an activity-dependent local release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in neurites of cultured hippocampal neurons.

    Masami Kojima;Nobuyuki Takei;Tadahiro Numakawa;Yasuyuki Ishikawa

  • Interleukin-6 as a neurotrophic factor for promoting the survival of cultured catecholaminergic neurons in a chemically defined medium from fetal and postnatal rat midbrains.

    Yoichi Kushima;Tokiko Hama;Hiroshi Hatanaka

  • Involvement of p53 in DNA Strand Break-induced Apoptosis in Postmitotic CNS Neurons

    Yasushi Enokido;Toshiyuki Araki;Kiyoji Tanaka;Shinichi Aizawa

  • Survival factor-insensitive generation of reactive oxygen species induced by serum deprivation in neuronal cells.

    Takumi Satoh;Naoto Sakai;Yasushi Enokido;Yasuo Uchiyama

  • p53 involves cytosine arabinoside-induced apoptosis in cultured cerebellar granule neurons

    Yasushi Enokido;Toshiyuki Araki;Shinichi Aizawa;Hiroshi Hatanaka

  • Interleukin-1β enhances survival and interleukin-6 protects against MPP+ neurotoxicity in cultures of fetal rat dopaminergic neurons

    Yukio Akaneya;Mitsuo Takahashi;Hiroshi Hatanaka

  • Early postnatal ataxia and abnormal cerebellar development in mice lacking Xeroderma pigmentosum Group A and Cockayne Syndrome Group B DNA repair genes

    Machiko Murai;Yasushi Enokido;Naoko Inamura;Masafumi Yoshino

  • Estrogen enhances depolarization-induced glutamate release through activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase in cultured hippocampal neurons.

    Daisaku Yokomaku;Tadahiro Numakawa;Yumiko Numakawa;Shingo Suzuki;Shingo Suzuki

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor blocks long-term depression in rat visual cortex.

    Y. Akaneya;T. Tsumoto;H. Hatanaka

  • Generation of reactive oxygen species, release of L-glutamate and activation of caspases are required for oxygen-induced apoptosis of embryonic hippocampal neurons in culture.

    Yasuyuki Ishikawa;Takumi Satoh;Takumi Satoh;Yasushi Enokido;Chika Nishio

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuyuki Takei
Nobuyuki Takei Niigata University
Yasuo Uchiyama
Yasuo Uchiyama Juntendo University
Yasuyoshi Watanabe
Yasuyoshi Watanabe Osaka Metropolitan University
Masaya Tohyama
Masaya Tohyama Kindai University
Shinichi Aizawa
Shinichi Aizawa Kumamoto University
Saburo Aimoto
Saburo Aimoto Osaka University
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba ShanghaiTech University
Kiyoji Tanaka
Kiyoji Tanaka University of Tsukuba
Hiroyuki Nawa
Hiroyuki Nawa Wakayama Medical University

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