2026 Kazunari Akiyoshi: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	71	4267	4133	192	189	361	17173
Chemistry	73	4978	4528	288	270	376	18480

Overview

Kazunari Akiyoshi is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has a significant publication record in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics, highlighted by the following areas:

RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
Extracellular vesicles in disease
Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Kazunari Akiyoshi has published frequently in several journals. The most common venues include:

International Journal of Molecular Sciences (6 publications)
Bioconjugate Chemistry (4 publications)
Vaccine (4 publications)
Polymer Journal (4 publications)
ACS Applied Bio Materials (3 publications)

They regularly collaborate with several coauthors, including:

Yoshihiro Sasaki (43 coauthored works)
Shin-ichi Sawada (33 coauthored works)
Tomoki Nishimura (16 coauthored works)
Asako Shimoda (12 coauthored works)
Ryosuke Mizuta (10 coauthored works)

Their notable recent papers include the following:

"Distinguishing functional exosomes and other extracellular vesicles as a nucleic acid cargo by the anion-exchange method," 2022, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
"Thermoresponsive Polysaccharide Graft Polymer Vesicles with Tunable Size and Structural Memory," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"New Lipophilic Fluorescent Dyes for Labeling Extracellular Vesicles: Characterization and Monitoring of Cellular Uptake," 2021, Bioconjugate Chemistry
"A nanogel-based trivalent PspA nasal vaccine protects macaques from intratracheal challenge with pneumococci," 2021, Vaccine
"Assessment of Surface Glycan Diversity on Extracellular Vesicles by Lectin Microarray and Glycoengineering Strategies for Drug Delivery Applications," 2021, Small Methods

Best Publications

Self-aggregates of hydrophobized polysaccharides in water formation and characteristics of nanoparticles

Kazunari Akiyoshi;Shigeru Deguchi;Nobuhiro Moriguchi;Shigehiko Yamaguchi

714
Citations
Engineering hybrid exosomes by membrane fusion with liposomes.

Yuko T. Sato;Kaori Umezaki;Shinichi Sawada;Sada Atsu Mukai

706
Citations
Self-assembled hydrogel nanoparticle of cholesterol-bearing pullulan as a carrier of protein drugs: Complexation and stabilization of insulin

Kazunari Akiyoshi;Seiichi Kobayashi;Shozo Shichibe;Don Mix

622
Citations
Nanogel antigenic protein-delivery system for adjuvant-free intranasal vaccines

Tomonori Nochi;Yoshikazu Yuki;Haruko Takahashi;Shin Ichi Sawada

607
Citations
Nanogel engineering for new nanobiomaterials: from chaperoning engineering to biomedical applications.

Yoshihiro Sasaki;Kazunari Akiyoshi

495
Citations
Gene expression within cell-sized lipid vesicles.

Shin Ichiro M. Nomura;Kanta Tsumoto;Tsutomu Hamada;Kazunari Akiyoshi

380
Citations
Mouthguard biosensor with telemetry system for monitoring of saliva glucose: A novel cavitas sensor.

Takahiro Arakawa;Yusuke Kuroki;Hiroki Nitta;Prem Chouhan

339
Citations
Control of nanobiointerfaces generated from well-defined biomimetic polymer brushes for protein and cell manipulations.

Ryoko Iwata;Piyawan Suk-In;Vipavee P. Hoven;Atsushi Takahara

327
Citations
Soft contact lens biosensor for in situ monitoring of tear glucose as non-invasive blood sugar assessment.

Ming Xing Chu;Kumiko Miyajima;Daishi Takahashi;Takahiro Arakawa

315
Citations
Microscopic structure and thermoresponsiveness of a hydrogel nanoparticle by self-assembly of a hydrophobized polysaccharide

Kazunari Akiyoshi;Shigeru Deguchi;Hitoshi Tajima;Takehiro Nishikawa

280
Citations
Nanogel-quantum dot hybrid nanoparticles for live cell imaging

Urara Hasegawa;Shin Ichiro M. Nomura;Sunil C. Kaul;Takashi Hirano

276
Citations
Macromolecular Complexation between Bovine Serum Albumin and the Self-Assembled Hydrogel Nanoparticle of Hydrophobized Polysaccharides

Takehiro Nishikawa;Kazunari Akiyoshi;Junzo Sunamoto

263
Citations
Protein refolding assisted by self-assembled nanogels as novel artificial molecular chaperone

Yuta Nomura;Masahiro Ikeda;Nozomi Yamaguchi;Yasuhiro Aoyama

256
Citations
Self-assembled cationic nanogels for intracellular protein delivery.

Hirohito Ayame;Nobuyuki Morimoto;Kazunari Akiyoshi

256
Citations
Supramolecular Assembly between Nanoparticles of Hydrophobized Polysaccharide and Soluble Protein Complexation between the Self-Aggregate of Cholesterol-Bearing Pullulan and .alpha.-Chymotrypsin

Takehiro Nishikawa;Kazunari Akiyoshi;Junzo Sunamoto

251
Citations
Molecular chaperone-like activity of hydrogel nanoparticles of hydrophobized pullulan: thermal stabilization with refolding of carbonic anhydrase B.

Kazunari Akiyoshi;Yoshihiro Sasaki;Junzo Sunamoto

242
Citations
Controlled association of amphiphilic polymers in water : Thermosensitive nanoparticles formed by self-assembly of hydrophobically modified pullulans and poly(N-isopropylacrylamides)

Kazunari Akiyoshi;Eui-Chul Kang;Satoshi Kurumada;Junzo Sunamoto

230
Citations
Activated CD8 + T cell extracellular vesicles prevent tumour progression by targeting of lesional mesenchymal cells

Naohiro Seo;Yoshitaka Shirakura;Yoshiro Tahara;Fumiyasu Momose

206
Citations
Cholesteryl group- and acryloyl group-bearing pullulan nanogel to deliver BMP2 and FGF18 for bone tissue engineering

Masako Fujioka-Kobayashi;Masato S. Ota;Asako Shimoda;Asako Shimoda;Ken-ichi Nakahama

186
Citations
Nanogel DDS enables sustained release of IL-12 for tumor immunotherapy.

Takeshi Shimizu;Tsunao Kishida;Urara Hasegawa;Yuji Ueda

172
Citations