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Kazuhiro Nagata

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
95
Citations
46386
World Ranking
1868
National Ranking
106

Kazuhiro Nagata publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuhiro Nagata sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 357 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kazuhiro Nagata D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuhiro Nagata sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kazuhiro Nagata is affiliated with Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions to medicine.

The main subfields of their work include molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, neurology, and epidemiology. Central topics in their research involve endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, heat shock proteins research, autophagy in disease and therapy, proteins in food systems, enzyme structure and function, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and ATP synthase and ATPases research.

Recent publications by Nagata include the following papers:

  • Hsp47 promotes cancer metastasis by enhancing collagen-dependent cancer cell-platelet interaction (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • ERdj8 governs the size of autophagosomes during the formation process (2020), The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Quality Control of Procollagen in Cells (2021), Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • Cryo-EM structures of SERCA2b reveal the mechanism of regulation by the luminal extension tail (2020), Science Advances
  • Redox states in the endoplasmic reticulum directly regulate the activity of calcium channel, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (2023), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent publication venues for Nagata include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • Science Advances

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nagata are:

  • Ryo Ushioda
  • M. Inoue
  • Kenji Inaba
  • Shinya Ito
  • Akihisa Tsutsumi

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • CHOP induces death by promoting protein synthesis and oxidation in the stressed endoplasmic reticulum

    Stefan J. Marciniak;Chi Y. Yun;Seiichi Oyadomari;Isabel Novoa

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A Time-Dependent Phase Shift in the Mammalian Unfolded Protein Response

    Hiderou Yoshida;Toshie Matsui;Nobuko Hosokawa;Randal J. Kaufman

  • Identification of RNF213 as a Susceptibility Gene for Moyamoya Disease and Its Possible Role in Vascular Development

    Wanyang Liu;Daisuke Morito;Seiji Takashima;Yohei Mineharu

  • A novel ER α-mannosidase-like protein accelerates ER-associated degradation

    Nobuko Hosokawa;Ikuo Wada;Kiyotaka Hasegawa;Tetuya Yorihuzi

  • EDEM As an Acceptor of Terminally Misfolded Glycoproteins Released from Calnexin

    Yukako Oda;Nobuko Hosokawa;Ikuo Wada;Kazuhiro Nagata

  • Protein Folding and Quality Control in the ER

    Kazutaka Araki;Kazuhiro Nagata

  • HSF4, a new member of the human heat shock factor family which lacks properties of a transcriptional activator.

    A Nakai;M Tanabe;Y Kawazoe;J Inazawa

  • Derlin-2 and Derlin-3 are regulated by the mammalian unfolded protein response and are required for ER-associated degradation.

    Yukako Oda;Tetsuya Okada;Hiderou Yoshida;Randal J. Kaufman;Randal J. Kaufman

  • ERdj5 Is Required as a Disulfide Reductase for Degradation of Misfolded Proteins in the ER

    Ryo Ushioda;Jun Hoseki;Kazutaka Araki;Gregor Jansen

  • Hsp47: a collagen-specific molecular chaperone

    Kazuhiro Nagata

  • Cell surface receptors for extracellular matrix components.

    Steven K. Akiyama;Kazuhiro Nagata;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Embryonic lethality of molecular chaperone hsp47 knockout mice is associated with defects in collagen biosynthesis.

    Naoko Nagai;Masanori Hosokawa;Shigeyoshi Itohara;Eijiro Adachi

  • EDEM3, a Soluble EDEM Homolog, Enhances Glycoprotein Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation and Mannose Trimming

    Kazuyoshi Hirao;Yuko Natsuka;Taku Tamura;Ikuo Wada

  • Involvement of the stress protein HSP47 in procollagen processing in the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Akira Nakai;Mamoru Satoh;Kazunori Hirayoshi;Kazuhiro Nagata

  • Cytosolic chaperonin prevents polyglutamine toxicity with altering the aggregation state

    Akira Kitamura;Hiroshi Kubota;Chan Gi Pack;Gen Matsumoto

  • Benzylidene lactam compound, KNK437, a novel inhibitor of acquisition of thermotolerance and heat shock protein induction in human colon carcinoma cells.

    Shin-ichi Yokota;Mikio Kitahara;Kazuhiro Nagata

  • Inhibition of the activation of heat shock factor in vivo and in vitro by flavonoids.

    Nobuko Hosokawa;Kazunori Hirayoshi;Hitoshi Kudo;Hajime Takechi

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Nakai
Akira Nakai Yamaguchi University
Koichi Kato
Koichi Kato National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Richard I. Morimoto
Richard I. Morimoto Northwestern University
Tohru Natsume
Tohru Natsume National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kenji Inaba
Kenji Inaba University of Southern California
Hans Peter Bächinger
Hans Peter Bächinger Oregon Health & Science University
Kenneth M. Yamada
Kenneth M. Yamada National Institutes of Health
Masataka Kinjo
Masataka Kinjo Hokkaido University
Ikuo Wada
Ikuo Wada Fukushima Medical University
Tamotsu Yoshimori
Tamotsu Yoshimori Osaka University

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