2026 Hiroyuki Toh: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	63	2840	2692	116	112	187	23988

Overview

Hiroyuki Toh is affiliated with Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a specific focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research work predominantly addresses areas including cardiac valve diseases and treatments, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, aortic disease and treatment approaches, coronary artery anomalies, and receptor mechanisms and signaling.

Their notable recent publications include the following:

"Prevalence and extent of mitral annular disjunction in structurally normal hearts: comprehensive 3D analysis using cardiac computed tomography," 2021, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
"Living Anatomy of the Ventricular Myocardial Crescents Supporting the Coronary Aortic Sinuses," 2020, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
"Varied Extent of Mitral Annular Disjunction Among Cases With Different Phenotypes of Mitral Valve Prolapse," 2021, JACC Case Reports

Hiroyuki Toh has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, such as Yu Izawa, Takayoshi Toba, Ken-ichi Hirata, Shumpei Mori, and Masataka Suzuki.

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, including:

Clinical Anatomy
Frontiers in Endocrinology
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JACC Case Reports

Their subfields of study detail a breadth of expertise encompassing cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, and surgery. The distribution of publications reflects 18 in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, 8 in molecular biology, 6 in pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and 6 in epidemiology and 3 in surgery.

Hiroyuki Toh's research coverage includes detailed investigations into cardiac structural anomalies, valvular diseases, and their diagnostic imaging techniques, particularly through cardiac computed tomography. Their work also intersects with surgical anatomy and pathophysiological studies relevant to aging populations and cardiovascular disease manifestations.

Best Publications

MAFFT version 5: improvement in accuracy of multiple sequence alignment

Kazutaka Katoh;Kei-ichi Kuma;Hiroyuki Toh;Takashi Miyata

5194
Citations
Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

Kazutaka Katoh;Hiroyuki Toh

3882
Citations
Multiple Alignment of DNA Sequences with MAFFT

Kazutaka Katoh;George Asimenos;Hiroyuki Toh

1505
Citations
Parallelization of the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

Kazutaka Katoh;Hiroyuki Toh

939
Citations
Cloning by functional expression of platelet-activating factor receptor from guinea-pig lung

Zen-ichiro Honda;Motonao Nakamura;Ichiro Miki;Michiko Minami

739
Citations
Improved accuracy of multiple ncRNA alignment by incorporating structural information into a MAFFT-based framework.

Kazutaka Katoh;Hiroyuki Toh

667
Citations
Sequence homology between retroviral reverse transcriptase and putative polymerases of hepatitis B virus and cauliflower mosaic virus

Hiroyuki Toh;Hidenori Hayashida;Takashi Miyata

636
Citations
Identification of a New Cryptochrome Class: Structure, Function, and Evolution

Ronald Brudler;Kenichi Hitomi;Hiromi Daiyasu;Hiroyuki Toh

414
Citations
Expansion of the zinc metallo-hydrolase family of the β-lactamase fold

Hiromi Daiyasu;Kazuya Osaka;Yoshizumi Ishino;Hiroyuki Toh

390
Citations
Cloning and crystal structure of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase.

Yoshihide Kanaoka;Hideo Ago;Eiji Inagaki;Toyomichi Nanayama

337
Citations
Similarity Among the Drosophila (6-4)Photolyase, a Human Photolyase Homolog, and the DNA Photolyase-Blue-Light Photoreceptor Family

Takeshi Todo;Haruko Ryo;Kazuo Yamamoto;Hiroyuki Toh

336
Citations
Inference of a genetic network by a combined approach of cluster analysis and graphical Gaussian modeling

Hiroyuki Toh;Katsuhisa Horimoto

314
Citations
Retroviral protease-like sequence in the yeast transposon Ty 1

Hiroyuki Toh;Masao Ono;Kaoru Saigo;Takashi Miyata

305
Citations
Plastin3 is a novel marker for circulating tumor cells undergoing the epithelial-mesenchymal transition and is associated with colorectal cancer prognosis

Takehiko Yokobori;Hisae Iinuma;Teppei Shimamura;Seiya Imoto

280
Citations
Molecular analysis of zebrafish photolyase/cryptochrome family: two types of cryptochromes present in zebrafish

Yuri Kobayashi;Tomoko Ishikawa;Jun Hirayama;Hiromi Daiyasu

261
Citations
Human brain prostaglandin D synthase has been evolutionarily differentiated from lipophilic-ligand carrier proteins.

Akishisa Nagata;Yasuhiko Suzuki;Makoto Igarashi;Naomi Eguchi

256
Citations
Close structural resemblance between putative polymerase of a Drosophila transposable genetic element 17.6 and pol gene product of Moloney murine leukaemia virus.

H Toh;R Kikuno;H Hayashida;T Miyata

235
Citations
MOLECULAR CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN CASPASE-ACTIVATED DNASE

Naomi Mukae;Masato Enari;Hideki Sakahira;Yoji Fukuda

212
Citations
Molecular Evolution of the Photolyase–Blue-Light Photoreceptor Family

Satoru Kanai;Reiko Kikuno;Hiroyuki Toh;Haruko Ryo

212
Citations
Archaeal-type rhodopsins in Chlamydomonas: model structure and intracellular localization.

Takeshi Suzuki;Kenta Yamasaki;Satoshi Fujita;Kazushi Oda

200
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshizumi Ishino Kyushu University

Takashi Miyata Kyoto University

Yoshihiro Yamanishi Nagoya University

Takeshi Todo Osaka University

Tadashi Tanabe University of Tokushima

Minoru Kanehisa Kyoto University

Koshi Mimori Kyushu University

Masaki Mori Kyushu University

Haruki Nakamura Osaka University

Shozo Yamamoto Kyoto Women's University

External Links

Personal website of Hiroyuki Toh

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