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Hiroshi Sugiyama

Hiroshi Sugiyama

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 89 2159 1938 117 110 789 29262
Biology and Biochemistry 89 2542 2331 158 145 827 30151

Hiroshi Sugiyama publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hiroshi Sugiyama between 1956 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hiroshi Sugiyama published across 70 years, from 1956 to 2025, averaging 13.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 52 publications in 2014. 17 of the 944 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1956 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 52. Peak 52 publications in 2014. 1956: 1 publication 1957: 0 publications 1958: 0 publications 1959: 0 publications 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 0 publications 1964: 1 publication 1965: 2 publications 1966: 1 publication 1967: 2 publications 1968: 3 publications 1969: 2 publications 1970: 3 publications 1971: 7 publications 1972: 6 publications 1973: 6 publications 1974: 10 publications 1975: 7 publications 1976: 3 publications 1977: 5 publications 1978: 5 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 7 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 5 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 8 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 12 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 12 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 13 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 23 publications 2000: 20 publications 2001: 18 publications 2002: 15 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 20 publications 2005: 19 publications 2006: 24 publications 2007: 29 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 26 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 37 publications 2013: 37 publications 2014: 52 publications 2015: 39 publications 2016: 33 publications 2017: 34 publications 2018: 36 publications 2019: 31 publications 2020: 42 publications 2021: 47 publications 2022: 29 publications 2023: 31 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 9 publications
1956 2025

944 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hiroshi Sugiyama: publications per year, 1956 to 2025
Year Publications
1956 1
1957 0
1958 0
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 0
1963 0
1964 1
1965 2
1966 1
1967 2
1968 3
1969 2
1970 3
1971 7
1972 6
1973 6
1974 10
1975 7
1976 3
1977 5
1978 5
1979 2
1980 7
1981 5
1982 5
1983 5
1984 8
1985 6
1986 4
1987 6
1988 7
1989 12
1990 6
1991 12
1992 4
1993 8
1994 8
1995 3
1996 13
1997 10
1998 11
1999 23
2000 20
2001 18
2002 15
2003 20
2004 20
2005 19
2006 24
2007 29
2008 18
2009 26
2010 19
2011 22
2012 37
2013 37
2014 52
2015 39
2016 33
2017 34
2018 36
2019 31
2020 42
2021 47
2022 29
2023 31
2024 8
2025 9
Total 944
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Hiroshi Sugiyama publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 781–800 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 789 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46 789
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Hiroshi Sugiyama D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 88–89 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235 89
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Hiroshi Sugiyama is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has an extensive research portfolio within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans 309 publications, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, which accounts for 290 of these. Other notable subfields include Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Genetics.

The core research topics addressed by Sugiyama include:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Sugiyama has contributed to numerous publications in well-known journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • ChemBioChem
  • Chemical Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sugiyama include:

  • "N 1-Methylpseudouridine substitution enhances the performance of synthetic mRNA switches in cells" (2020), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "CGG repeat RNA G-quadruplexes interact with FMRpolyG to cause neuronal dysfunction in fragile X-related tremor/ataxia syndrome" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "DNA Nanostructures for Targeted Antimicrobial Delivery" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Isothermal self-assembly of multicomponent and evolutive DNA nanostructures" (2023), published in Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Artificial intelligence in microbial natural product drug discovery: current and emerging role" (2022), published in Natural Product Reports

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Masayuki Endo (37 publications)
  • Toshikazu Bando (28 publications)
  • Ganesh N. Pandian (26 publications)
  • Soyoung Park (22 publications)
  • Kaori Hashiya (18 publications)

Best Publications

  • Theoretical Studies of GG-Specific Photocleavage of DNA via Electron Transfer: Significant Lowering of Ionization Potential and 5‘-Localization of HOMO of Stacked GG Bases in B-Form DNA

    Hiroshi Sugiyama;Isao Saito

  • Photoinduced DNA Cleavage via Electron Transfer: Demonstration That Guanine Residues Located 5' to Guanine Are the Most Electron-Donating Sites

    Isao Saito;Masami Takayama;Hiroshi Sugiyama;Kazuhiko Nakatani

  • Mapping of the Hot Spots for DNA Damage by One-Electron Oxidation: Efficacy of GG Doublets and GGG Triplets as a Trap in Long-Range Hole Migration

    Isao Saito;Takashi Nakamura;Kazuhiko Nakatani;Yasunori Yoshioka

  • The new models of the human telomere d[AGGG(TTAGGG)3] in K+ solution.

    Yan Xu;Yuki Noguchi;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • A DNA-based molecular motor that can navigate a network of tracks

    Shelley F. J. Wickham;Jonathan Bath;Yousuke Katsuda;Masayuki Endo

  • Oligomeric procyanidins in apple polyphenol are main active components for inhibition of pancreatic lipase and triglyceride absorption.

    Hiroshi Sugiyama;Yoko Akazome;Toshihiko Shoji;Atsuko Yamaguchi

  • Direct observation of stepwise movement of a synthetic molecular transporter

    Shelley F. J. Wickham;Masayuki Endo;Yousuke Katsuda;Kumi Hidaka

  • Recent Progress of Targeted G-Quadruplex-Preferred Ligands Toward Cancer Therapy

    Sefan Asamitsu;Shunsuke Obata;Zutao Yu;Toshikazu Bando

  • A light-driven three-dimensional plasmonic nanosystem that translates molecular motion into reversible chiroptical function

    Anton Kuzyk;Yangyang Yang;Xiaoyang Duan;Xiaoyang Duan;Simon Stoll;Simon Stoll

  • The C-kit receptor-mediated signal transduction and tumor-related diseases.

    Jing Liang;Yan-Ling Wu;Bing-Jia Chen;Wen Zhang

  • RNA-DNA Triplex Formation by Long Noncoding RNAs

    Yue Li;Junetha Syed;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Formation of the G-quadruplex and i-motif structures in retinoblastoma susceptibility genes (Rb).

    Yan Xu;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • (P)-helicene displays chiral selection in binding to Z-DNA.

    Yan Xu;You Xin Zhang;Hiroshi Sugiyama;Tomoko Umano

  • A chiral wedge molecule inhibits telomerase activity.

    Ken-ichi Shinohara;Yuta Sannohe;Shuji Kaieda;Ken-ichi Tanaka

  • A single-molecule platform for investigation of interactions between G-quadruplexes and small-molecule ligands

    Deepak Koirala;Soma Dhakal;Beth Ashbridge;Yuta Sannohe

  • Single-molecule analysis using DNA origami.

    Arivazhagan Rajendran;Masayuki Endo;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Possible cause of G-C-->C-G transversion mutation by guanine oxidation product, imidazolone.

    Katsuhito Kino;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of glucobioses, glucotrioses, and glucans

    Taichi Usui;Naotaka Yamaoka;Kazuo Matsuda;Katura Tuzimura

  • Lipid-bilayer-assisted two-dimensional self-assembly of DNA origami nanostructures

    Yuki Suzuki;Masayuki Endo;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Synthesis and biological properties of sequence-specific DNA-alkylating pyrrole-imidazole polyamides.

    Toshikazu Bando;Hiroshi Sugiyama

  • Visualization of Dynamic Conformational Switching of the G-Quadruplex in a DNA Nanostructure

    Yuta Sannohe;Masayuki Endo;Yousuke Katsuda;Kumi Hidaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayuki Endo
Masayuki Endo Kyoto University
Isao Saito
Isao Saito Kyoto University
Souichi Adachi
Souichi Adachi Shiga Prefectural General Hospital
Makiya Nishikawa
Makiya Nishikawa Tokyo University of Science
Sidney M. Hecht
Sidney M. Hecht Arizona State University
Andrew H.-J. Wang
Andrew H.-J. Wang Academia Sinica
Yoshinobu Takakura
Yoshinobu Takakura Kyoto University
Takuya Ueda
Takuya Ueda University of Tokyo
Shosuke Kawanishi
Shosuke Kawanishi Suzuka University of Medical Science
Hiroshi Fukuda
Hiroshi Fukuda Tohoku University

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