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Katsuhiko Nishimori

Katsuhiko Nishimori

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 49 2607 2358 195 174 176 13156

Katsuhiko Nishimori publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Katsuhiko Nishimori between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Katsuhiko Nishimori published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2021. 12 of the 218 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2021. 1980: 1 publication 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 5 publications
1980 2025

218 publications in total across all disciplines

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Katsuhiko Nishimori: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 1
1981 1
1982 1
1983 0
1984 2
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 3
1989 0
1990 0
1991 1
1992 3
1993 0
1994 1
1995 2
1996 5
1997 3
1998 1
1999 3
2000 3
2001 2
2002 6
2003 5
2004 2
2005 3
2006 3
2007 7
2008 9
2009 7
2010 6
2011 9
2012 8
2013 8
2014 5
2015 11
2016 12
2017 10
2018 10
2019 13
2020 13
2021 14
2022 7
2023 5
2024 7
2025 5
Total 218
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Katsuhiko Nishimori 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 Katsuhiko Nishimori sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 167–176 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 176 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131 176
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Katsuhiko Nishimori 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 Katsuhiko Nishimori sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48–49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118 49
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Katsuhiko Nishimori is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work covers various subfields including Social Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics studied by Nishimori encompass neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, stress responses and cortisol, infant health and development, human-animal interaction studies, and circadian rhythm and melatonin.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Oxytocin neurons enable social transmission of maternal behaviour" (2021, Nature)
  • "Molecular design of hypothalamus development" (2020, Nature)
  • "Quantitative cellular-resolution map of the oxytocin receptor in postnatally developing mouse brains" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "BMPR1A maintains skeletal stem cell properties in craniofacial development and craniosynostosis" (2021, Science Translational Medicine)
  • "Calcitonin receptor signaling in the medial preoptic area enables risk-taking maternal care" (2021, Cell Reports)

Nishimori frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nature, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of Neuroendocrinology.

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Shizu Hidema, Kenju Shimomura, Kengo Horie, Yuko Maejima, and Tomoyuki Ono.

Best Publications

  • Growth differentiation factor-9 is required during early ovarian folliculogenesis

    Dong J;Albertini Df;Nishimori K;Kumar Tr

  • Lgr5 homologues associate with Wnt receptors and mediate R-spondin signalling

    Wim De Lau;Nick Barker;Nick Barker;Teck Y. Low;Bon Kyoung Koo

  • Pervasive social deficits, but normal parturition, in oxytocin receptor-deficient mice

    Yuki Takayanagi;Masahide Yoshida;Isadora F. Bielsky;Heather E. Ross

  • Oxytocin is required for nursing but is not essential for parturition or reproductive behavior

    Katsuhiko Nishimori;Larry J. Young;Qiuxia Guo;Zuoxin Wang

  • Evidence That Oxytocin Exerts Anxiolytic Effects via Oxytocin Receptor Expressed in Serotonergic Neurons in Mice

    Masahide Yoshida;Yuki Takayanagi;Kiyoshi Inoue;Tadashi Kimura

  • Molecular Characterization of the Follicle Defects in the Growth Differentiation Factor 9-Deficient Ovary

    Julia A. Elvin;Changning Yan;Pei Wang;Katsuhiko Nishimori

  • Pharmacologic Rescue of Impaired Cognitive Flexibility, Social Deficits, Increased Aggression, and Seizure Susceptibility in Oxytocin Receptor Null Mice: A Neurobehavioral Model of Autism

    Mariaelvina Sala;Daniela Braida;Daniela Lentini;Marta Busnelli

  • Oxytocin receptor-deficient mice developed late-onset obesity.

    Yuki Takayanagi;Yoshiyuki Kasahara;Tatsushi Onaka;Nobuyuki Takahashi

  • Oxytocin is an anabolic bone hormone

    Roberto Tamma;Graziana Colaianni;Ling Ling Zhu;Adriana DiBenedetto

  • Fear-enhancing effects of septal oxytocin receptors

    Yomayra F Guzmán;Natalie C Tronson;Natalie C Tronson;Vladimir Jovasevic;Keisuke Sato

  • Oxytocin neurons enable social transmission of maternal behaviour

    Ioana Carcea;Naomi López Caraballo;Bianca J. Marlin;Rumi Ooyama

  • Oxytocin-induced analgesia and scratching are mediated by the vasopressin-1A receptor in the mouse

    Ara Schorscher-Petcu;Susana Sotocinal;Sorana Ciura;Anouk Dupré

  • Tumor metastasis-associated human MTA1 gene and its MTA1 protein product: role in epithelial cancer cell invasion, proliferation and nuclear regulation.

    Garth L. Nicolson;Akihiro Nawa;Yasushi Toh;Shigeki Taniguchi

  • Functional, anatomical, and neurochemical differentiation of medial preoptic area subregions in relation to maternal behavior in the mouse

    Yousuke Tsuneoka;Teppo Maruyama;Sachine Yoshida;Katsuhiko Nishimori

  • Oxytocin Signaling in the Lateral Septum Prevents Social Fear during Lactation

    Rohit Menon;Thomas Grund;Iulia Zoicas;Ferdinand Althammer

  • Activin βC and βE Genes Are Not Essential for Mouse Liver Growth, Differentiation, and Regeneration

    A. L. Lau;T. R. Kumar;K. Nishimori;J. Bonadio

  • Oxytocin stimulates hippocampal neurogenesis via oxytocin receptor expressed in CA3 pyramidal neurons

    Yu Ting Lin;Chien Chung Chen;Chiung Chun Huang;Katsuhiko Nishimori

  • Vascular RAGE transports oxytocin into the brain to elicit its maternal bonding behaviour in mice.

    Yasuhiko Yamamoto;Mingkun Liang;Seiichi Munesue;Kisaburo Deguchi

  • Mice Heterozygous for the Oxytocin Receptor Gene (Oxtr+/−) Show Impaired Social Behaviour but not Increased Aggression or Cognitive Inflexibility: Evidence of a Selective Haploinsufficiency Gene Effect

    M. Sala;D. Braida;A. Donzelli;R. Martucci

  • Oxytocin Neurons Enable Social Transmission of Maternal Behavior

    Ioana Carcea;Naomi López Caraballo;Bianca J. Marlin;Rumi Ooyama;Rumi Ooyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry J. Young
Larry J. Young Emory University
Hiroaki Mizukami
Hiroaki Mizukami Jichi Medical University
Tadashi Kimura
Tadashi Kimura Osaka University
Martin M. Matzuk
Martin M. Matzuk Baylor College of Medicine
Jelena Radulovic
Jelena Radulovic Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bice Chini
Bice Chini University of Milan
Teruo Kawada
Teruo Kawada Kyoto University
Toshihiko Yada
Toshihiko Yada Kobe University
Yasuo Sakuma
Yasuo Sakuma Nippon Medical School
Daniela Braida
Daniela Braida University of Milan

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