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Kazuhiko Katayama

Kazuhiko Katayama

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
57
Citations
15790
World Ranking
3533
National Ranking
137

Kazuhiko Katayama 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 Kazuhiko Katayama sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 209 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kazuhiko Katayama 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 Kazuhiko Katayama sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kazuhiko Katayama is affiliated with Kitasato University in Japan and has a significant body of research primarily in the field of medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases. Their work spans multiple subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, animal science and zoology, genetics, and epidemiology.

Their research centers on topics related to viral infections and immunology, with an emphasis on viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, animal virus infection studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, virus-based gene therapy, and respiratory viral infections. Clinical research related to COVID-19 also forms part of their scholarship.

Recent papers by Kazuhiko Katayama include the following:

  • A highly photostable and bright green fluorescent protein, 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • Bile acids and ceramide overcome the entry restriction for GII.3 human norovirus replication in human intestinal enteroids, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Direct derivation of human alveolospheres for SARS-CoV-2 infection modeling and drug screening, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Dynamic rotation of the protruding domain enhances the infectivity of norovirus, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Nasal delivery of single-domain antibody improves symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection in an animal model, 2021, PLoS Pathogens

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Kei Haga, Reiko Takai-Todaka, Hirokazu Kimura, Akihide Ryo, and Ryoka Ishiyama.

Kazuhiko Katayama's research has often been published in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, Journal of Medical Virology, Genes to Cells, and Viruses.

Best Publications

  • Broadly Reactive and Highly Sensitive Assay for Norwalk-Like Viruses Based on Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription-PCR

    Tsutomu Kageyama;Shigeyuki Kojima;Michiyo Shinohara;Kazue Uchida

  • Genetic Analysis of Human Norovirus Strains in Japan in 2016-2017.

    Koo Nagasawa;Yuki Matsushima;Takumi Motoya;Fuminori Mizukoshi

  • Genogroup-specific PCR primers for detection of Norwalk-like viruses.

    Shigeyuki Kojima;Tsutomu Kageyama;Shuetsu Fukushi;Fuminori B. Hoshino

  • Updated classification of norovirus genogroups and genotypes

    Preeti Chhabra;Miranda de Graaf;Gabriel I. Parra;Martin Chi-Wai Chan

  • Proposal for a unified norovirus nomenclature and genotyping.

    Annelies Kroneman;Everardo Vega;Harry Vennema;Jan Vinjé

  • Coexistence of Multiple Genotypes, Including Newly Identified Genotypes, in Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis Due to Norovirus in Japan

    Tsutomu Kageyama;Michiyo Shinohara;Kazue Uchida;Shuetsu Fukushi

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the complete genome of 18 Norwalk-like viruses.

    Kazuhiko Katayama;Haruko Shirato-Horikoshi;Shigeyuki Kojima;Tsutomu Kageyama

  • Comprehensive Review of Human Sapoviruses

    Tomoichiro Oka;Tomoichiro Oka;Qiuhong Wang;Kazuhiko Katayama;Linda J. Saif

  • Detection of human sapovirus by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

    Tomoichiro Oka;Kazuhiko Katayama;Grant S. Hansman;Tsutomu Kageyama

  • Genetic analyses of GII.17 norovirus strains in diarrheal disease outbreaks from December 2014 to March 2015 in Japan reveal a novel polymerase sequence and amino acid substitutions in the capsid region.

    Y Matsushima;M Ishikawa;T Shimizu;A Komane

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Caliciviridae.

    Jan Vinjé;Mary K. Estes;Pedro Esteves;Kim Y. Green

  • Norwalk Virus RNA Is Infectious in Mammalian Cells

    Susana Guix;Miyuki Asanaka;Kazuhiko Katayama;Sue E. Crawford

  • Genetic diversity of norovirus and sapovirus in hospitalized infants with sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Grant S. Hansman;Kazuhiko Katayama;Niwat Maneekarn;Supatra Peerakome

  • Genetic and antigenic diversity among noroviruses.

    Grant S. Hansman;Katsuro Natori;Haruko Shirato-Horikoshi;Satoko Ogawa

  • Functional receptor molecules CD300lf and CD300ld within the CD300 family enable murine noroviruses to infect cells.

    Kei Haga;Akira Fujimoto;Reiko Takai-Todaka;Motohiro Miki

  • Human sapoviruses: genetic diversity, recombination, and classification

    Grant S. Hansman;Tomoichiro Oka;Kazuhiko Katayama;Naokazu Takeda

  • Ribosomal protein S5 interacts with the internal ribosomal entry site of hepatitis C virus.

    Shuetsu Fukushi;Masato Okada;Joachim Stahl;Tsutomu Kageyama

  • Crystal Structures of GII.10 and GII.12 Norovirus Protruding Domains in Complex with Histo-Blood Group Antigens Reveal Details for a Potential Site of Vulnerability

    Grant S. Hansman;Christian Biertümpfel;Ivelin Georgiev;Jason S. McLellan

  • Human sapovirus classification based on complete capsid nucleotide sequences

    Tomoichiro Oka;Tomoichiro Oka;Kohji Mori;Nobuhiro Iritani;Seiya Harada

  • Detection of norovirus and sapovirus infection among children with gastroenteritis in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    G. S. Hansman;L. T. P. Doan;T. A. Kguyen;S. Okitsu

  • Complete 5' noncoding region is necessary for the efficient internal initiation of hepatitis C virus RNA

    S. Fukushi;K. Katayama;C. Kurihara;N. Ishiyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomoichiro Oka
Tomoichiro Oka National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
Naokazu Takeda
Naokazu Takeda National Institutes of Health
Grant S. Hansman
Grant S. Hansman Griffith University
Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Takaji Wakita
Takaji Wakita National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Akihide Ryo
Akihide Ryo Yokohama City University
Tetsuya Mizutani
Tetsuya Mizutani Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Makoto Kuroda
Makoto Kuroda National Institutes of Health
Koki Taniguchi
Koki Taniguchi Fujita Health University
Mary K. Estes
Mary K. Estes Baylor College of Medicine

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