2026 Hiroyuki Aburatani: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	142	1541	1427	30	29	932	95746
Molecular Biology	141	118	104	9	9	850	94677

Hiroyuki Aburatani 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 Hiroyuki Aburatani sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 850 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hiroyuki Aburatani 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 Hiroyuki Aburatani sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 141 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Hiroyuki Aburatani is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans key areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Specific subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work covers various significant topics such as Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Aburatani has contributed to important papers, including:

Comprehensive analysis of chromothripsis in 2,658 human cancers using whole-genome sequencing, 2020, Nature Genetics
Population-specific and trans-ancestry genome-wide analyses identify distinct and shared genetic risk loci for coronary artery disease, 2020, Nature Genetics
The landscape of viral associations in human cancers, 2020, Nature Genetics
Disruption of chromatin folding domains by somatic genomic rearrangements in human cancer, 2020, Nature Genetics
A deep learning system accurately classifies primary and metastatic cancers using passenger mutation patterns, 2020, Nature Communications

Their publications frequently appear in several venues, including:

Nature Communications (19 publications)
Nature Genetics (9 publications)
Cancer Science (8 publications)
Cancer Research (8 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their career, with frequent coauthors such as Kenji Tatsuno, Katsutoshi Oda, Tetsuo Ushiku, Kadir C. Akdemir, and Genta Nagae. These collaborations reflect ongoing joint research efforts across related scientific domains.

Best Publications

Identification of the transforming EML4–ALK fusion gene in non-small-cell lung cancer

Manabu Soda;Young Lim Choi;Munehiro Enomoto;Shuji Takada

6301
Citations
Global variation in copy number in the human genome

Richard Redon;Shumpei Ishikawa;Karen R. Fitch;Lars Feuk

5326
Citations
Molecular basis of myotonic dystrophy: Expansion of a trinucleotide (CTG) repeat at the 3′ end of a transcript encoding a protein kinase family member

J. David Brook;Mila E. McCurrach;Helen G. Harley;Alan J. Buckler

3325
Citations
Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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

3090
Citations
Comprehensive and Integrative Genomic Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Adrian Ally;Miruna Balasundaram;Rebecca Carlsen;Eric Chuah

2259
Citations
International network of cancer genome projects

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

2242
Citations
Landscape of genetic lesions in 944 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes

T Haferlach;Y Nagata;V Grossmann;Y Okuno

1647
Citations
A role for macrophage scavenger receptors in atherosclerosis and susceptibility to infection

Hiroshi Suzuki;Hiroshi Suzuki;Yukiko Kurihara;Motohiro Takeya;Nobuo Kamada

1610
Citations
Mutational Analysis Reveals the Origin and Therapy-Driven Evolution of Recurrent Glioma

Brett E. Johnson;Tali Mazor;Chibo Hong;Michael Barnes

1397
Citations
Nrf2 Redirects Glucose and Glutamine into Anabolic Pathways in Metabolic Reprogramming

Yoichiro Mitsuishi;Keiko Taguchi;Yukie Kawatani;Tatsuhiro Shibata

1386
Citations
Cohesin mediates transcriptional insulation by CCCTC-binding factor

Kerstin S. Wendt;Keisuke Yoshida;Takehiko Itoh;Masashige Bando

1382
Citations
Tumour-mediated upregulation of chemoattractants and recruitment of myeloid cells predetermines lung metastasis

Sachie Hiratsuka;Akira Watanabe;Hiroyuki Aburatani;Yoshiro Maru

1270
Citations
Integrated molecular analysis of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.

Yusuke Sato;Tetsuichi Yoshizato;Yuichi Shiraishi;Shigekatsu Maekawa

1193
Citations
Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease with expanded targeting space

Hiroshi Nishimasu;Xi Shi;Xi Shi;Soh Ishiguro;Soh Ishiguro;Linyi Gao;Linyi Gao

1125
Citations
Copy number variation: New insights in genome diversity

Jennifer L. Freeman;George H. Perry;Lars Feuk;Richard Redon

1117
Citations
Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

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

942
Citations
Integrated molecular analysis of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma

Keisuke Kataoka;Yasunobu Nagata;Akira Kitanaka;Yuichi Shiraishi

899
Citations
The S100A8–serum amyloid A3–TLR4 paracrine cascade establishes a pre-metastatic phase

Sachie Hiratsuka;Akira Watanabe;Yoshiko Sakurai;Sachiko Akashi-Takamura

797
Citations
Trans-ancestry mutational landscape of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes

Yasushi Totoki;Kenji Tatsuno;Kyle R. Covington;Hiroki Ueda

766
Citations
Whole-genome mutational landscape and characterization of noncoding and structural mutations in liver cancer

Akihiro Fujimoto;Mayuko Furuta;Yasushi Totoki;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

690
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuichi Tsutsumi University of Tokyo

Tatsuhiko Kodama University of Tokyo

Masashi Fukayama University of Tokyo

Akira Watanabe Kyoto University

Takao Hamakubo Nippon Medical School

Kohei Miyazono University of Tokyo

Satoru Miyano Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Juro Sakai University of Tokyo

Seishi Ogawa Kyoto University

Yuichi Shiraishi University of Tokyo

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