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Hiroshi Nakajima

Hiroshi Nakajima

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 76 1427 1288 37 33 462 19423

Hiroshi Nakajima publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hiroshi Nakajima between 1961 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hiroshi Nakajima published across 65 years, from 1961 to 2025, averaging 12 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 1990. 24 of the 782 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1961 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 1990. 1961: 1 publication 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 0 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 1 publication 1976: 3 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 4 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 4 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 11 publications 1990: 36 publications 1991: 28 publications 1992: 22 publications 1993: 33 publications 1994: 32 publications 1995: 21 publications 1996: 28 publications 1997: 30 publications 1998: 24 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 22 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 28 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 25 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 5 publications
1961 2025

782 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hiroshi Nakajima: publications per year, 1961 to 2025
Year Publications
1961 1
1962 0
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 1
1973 0
1974 1
1975 1
1976 3
1977 2
1978 3
1979 3
1980 4
1981 1
1982 4
1983 3
1984 6
1985 3
1986 6
1987 2
1988 7
1989 11
1990 36
1991 28
1992 22
1993 33
1994 32
1995 21
1996 28
1997 30
1998 24
1999 15
2000 22
2001 12
2002 13
2003 14
2004 11
2005 8
2006 12
2007 17
2008 28
2009 17
2010 25
2011 20
2012 17
2013 27
2014 25
2015 17
2016 13
2017 19
2018 15
2019 21
2020 11
2021 25
2022 19
2023 19
2024 19
2025 5
Total 782
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Hiroshi Nakajima publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 455–464 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 462 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25 462
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Hiroshi Nakajima D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 76 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87 76
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Hiroshi Nakajima is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their research focuses primarily on Immunology, Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work covers a variety of main topics including SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, immune cell function and interaction, vasculitis and related conditions, systemic lupus erythematosus research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, as well as eosinophilic disorders and syndromes.

The following list presents some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Hiroshi Nakajima:

  • Autophagy as a modulator of cell death machinery, 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • Effect of Reduced-Dose vs High-Dose Glucocorticoids Added to Rituximab on Remission Induction in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis, 2021, JAMA
  • Antibody responses to BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and their predictors among healthcare workers in a tertiary referral hospital in Japan, 2021, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Immune Responses and Inflammatory Diseases by RNA-Binding ZFP36 Family Proteins, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Efficacy and safety of dose escalation of tofacitinib in refractory anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis, 2023, RMD Open

Frequent co-authors associated with Hiroshi Nakajima include:

  • Kei Ikeda
  • Shigeru Tanaka
  • Shunsuke Furuta
  • Kotaro Suzuki
  • Arifumi Iwata

Publications have appeared repeatedly in several venues, with multiple contributions to the following journals and archives:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Modern Rheumatology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • RMD Open
  • Arthritis Research & Therapy

Best Publications

  • Mutation of Jak3 in a Patient with SCID: Essential Role of Jak3 in Lymphoid Development

    Sarah M. Russell;Nahid Tayebi;Hiroshi Nakajima;Mary C. Riedy

  • IL-23 and Th17 Cells Enhance Th2-Cell–mediated Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation in Mice

    Hidefumi Wakashin;Koichi Hirose;Yuko Maezawa;Shin-ichiro Kagami

  • CD4+ T-lymphocytes and interleukin-5 mediate antigen-induced eosinophil infiltration into the mouse trachea.

    Hiroshi Nakajima;Itsuo Iwamoto;Sanae Tomoe;Ryutaro Matsumura

  • Stat5b Is Essential for Natural Killer Cell–mediated Proliferation and Cytolytic Activity

    Kazunori Imada;Eda T. Bloom;Hiroshi Nakajima;Judith A. Horvath-Arcidiacono

  • Role of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1/very late activation antigen 4 and intercellular adhesion molecule 1/lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 interactions in antigen-induced eosinophil and T cell recruitment into the tissue.

    H Nakajima;H Sano;T Nishimura;S Yoshida

  • Interferon gamma regulates antigen-induced eosinophil recruitment into the mouse airways by inhibiting the infiltration of CD4+ T cells.

    I Iwamoto;H Nakajima;H Endo;S Yoshida

  • IL-5 and eosinophilia.

    Kiyoshi Takatsu;Hiroshi Nakajima

  • Polymorphisms in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene were associated with both the efficacy and the toxicity of methotrexate used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, as evidenced by single locus and haplotype analyses.

    Wako Urano;Atsuo Taniguchi;Hisashi Yamanaka;Eiichi Tanaka

  • A novel subset of mouse NKT cells bearing the IL-17 receptor B responds to IL-25 and contributes to airway hyperreactivity

    Asuka Terashima;Hiroshi Watarai;Sayo Inoue;Etsuko Sekine

  • An Indirect Effect of Stat5a in IL-2–Induced Proliferation: A Critical Role for Stat5a in IL-2–Mediated IL-2 Receptor α Chain Induction

    Hiroshi Nakajima;Xiu Wen Liu;Anthony Wynshaw-Boris;Louis A. Rosenthal

  • Development and characterization of IL-21–producing CD4+ T cells

    Akira Suto;Daisuke Kashiwakuma;Shin-ichiro Kagami;Koichi Hirose

  • Mast cells produce interleukin-25 upon FcεRI-mediated activation

    Kei Ikeda;Hiroshi Nakajima;Kotaro Suzuki;Shin-ichiro Kagami

  • IL-25 enhances allergic airway inflammation by amplifying a TH2 cell–dependent pathway in mice

    Tomohiro Tamachi;Yuko Maezawa;Kei Ikeda;Shin-ichiro Kagami

  • Interleukin 21 prevents antigen-induced IgE production by inhibiting germ line Cε transcription of IL-4–stimulated B cells

    Akira Suto;Hiroshi Nakajima;Hiroshi Nakajima;Koichi Hirose;Koichi Hirose;Kotaro Suzuki;Kotaro Suzuki

  • Serum matrix metalloproteinase 3 as a predictor of the degree of joint destruction during the six months after measurement, in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.

    Hisashi Yamanaka;Yuko Matsuda;Michi Tanaka;Wako Sendo

  • The inflammatory process in the mechanism of decreased serum uric acid concentrations during acute gouty arthritis

    Wako Urano;Hisashi Yamanaka;Hiroshi Tsutani;Hiroshi Nakajima

  • A Novel Big Defensin Identified in Horseshoe Crab Hemocytes: Isolation, Amino Acid Sequence, and Antibacterial Activity

    Tetsu Saito;Shun Ichiro Kawabata;Takeshi Shigenaga;Yoko Takayenoki

  • The Common Cytokine Receptor γ Chain Plays an Essential Role in Regulating Lymphoid Homeostasis

    Hiroshi Nakajima;Elizabeth W. Shores;Masayuki Noguchi;Warren J. Leonard

  • Tachycitin, a Small Granular Component in Horseshoe Crab Hemocytes, Is an Antimicrobial Protein with Chitin-Binding Activity

    Shun Ichiro Kawabata;Ranko Nagayama;Michimasa Hirata;Takeshi Shigenaga

  • Autophagy as a modulator of cell death machinery

    Masayuki Noguchi;Noriyuki Hirata;Tsutomu Tanaka;Futoshi Suizu

  • Role of cytokines in allergic airway inflammation

    Hiroshi Nakajima;Kiyoshi Takatsu

  • Magnetic Field Configuration in Impulsive Solar Flares Inferred from Coaligned Microwave/X-Ray Images

    Masanori Nishio;Kentaro Yaji;Takeo Kosugi;Hiroshi Nakajima

Frequent Co-Authors

Itsuo Iwamoto
Itsuo Iwamoto Chiba University
Masaaki Ito
Masaaki Ito Mie University
Yasushi Saito
Yasushi Saito Chiba University
Norihisa Ishii
Norihisa Ishii National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Katsuji Koyama
Katsuji Koyama Kyoto University
Warren J. Leonard
Warren J. Leonard National Institutes of Health
Toshinori Nakayama
Toshinori Nakayama Chiba University
Hirohisa Saito
Hirohisa Saito Juntendo University
Mitsuru Adachi
Mitsuru Adachi Showa University
Akio Mori
Akio Mori University of Tokyo

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