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Kazuya Kikuchi

Kazuya Kikuchi

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
23347
World Ranking
3250
National Ranking
194

Kazuya Kikuchi publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuya Kikuchi sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 270 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Kazuya Kikuchi D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuya Kikuchi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kazuya Kikuchi is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has made contributions to multiple fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and materials science. Their research covers a range of subfields such as materials chemistry, molecular biology, organic chemistry, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and biophysics.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, which include:

  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence Research
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases

Kikuchi's recent publications demonstrate active research in fluorescence probes, molecular structures, and cellular dynamics. Some of the notable papers are:

  • Near-infrared fluorescent probes: a next-generation tool for protein-labeling applications, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Hybrid Small-Molecule/Protein Fluorescent Probes, 2024, Chemical Reviews
  • Variational autoencoder-based chemical latent space for large molecular structures with 3D complexity, 2023, Communications Chemistry
  • Single-cell dynamics of pannexin-1-facilitated programmed ATP loss during apoptosis, 2020, eLife
  • An Acid-Activatable Fluorescence Probe for Imaging Osteocytic Bone Resorption Activity in Deep Bone Cavities, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, including:

  • Masafumi Minoshima
  • Yuichiro Hori
  • Ryu Hashimoto
  • Steven D. Bull
  • Fuminori Sugihara

Kikuchi has published multiple articles in well-known scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Detection and Imaging of Nitric Oxide with Novel Fluorescent Indicators: Diaminofluoresceins

    Hirotatsu Kojima;Naoki Nakatsubo;Kazuya Kikuchi;Shigenori Kawahara

  • BODIPY-based probes for the fluorescence imaging of biomolecules in living cells

    Toshiyuki Kowada;Hiroki Maeda;Kazuya Kikuchi

  • Highly sensitive fluorescence probes for nitric oxide based on boron dipyrromethene chromophore-rational design of potentially useful bioimaging fluorescence probe.

    Yu Gabe;Yasuteru Urano;Kazuya Kikuchi;Hirotatsu Kojima

  • Fluorescent Indicators for Imaging Nitric Oxide Production

    Hirotatsu Kojima;Yasuteru Urano;Kazuya Kikuchi;Tsunehiko Higuchi

  • Selective zinc sensor molecules with various affinities for Zn2+, revealing dynamics and regional distribution of synaptically released Zn2+ in hippocampal slices.

    Kensuke Komatsu;Kazuya Kikuchi;Hirotatsu Kojima;Yasuteru Urano

  • Rational design of fluorescein-based fluorescence probes. Mechanism-based design of a maximum fluorescence probe for singlet oxygen.

    Kumi Tanaka;Tetsuo Miura;Naoki Umezawa;Yasuteru Urano

  • Improvement and biological applications of fluorescent probes for zinc, ZnAFs.

    Tomoya Hirano;Kazuya Kikuchi;Yasuteru Urano;Tetsuo Nagano

  • Highly Sensitive Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probes for Nitric Oxide and Their Application to Isolated Organs

    Eita Sasaki;Hirotatsu Kojima;Hiroaki Nishimatsu;Yasuteru Urano

  • Direct evidence of nitric oxide production from bovine aortic endothelial cells using new fluorescence indicators: diaminofluoresceins

    Naoki Nakatsubo;Hirotatsu Kojima;Kazuya Kikuchi;Hiroshi Nagoshi

  • A fluorescent anion sensor that works in neutral aqueous solution for bioanalytical application.

    Shin Mizukami;Tetsuo Nagano;Yasuteru Urano;and Akira Odani

  • Development of a Zinc Ion-Selective Luminescent Lanthanide Chemosensor for Biological Applications

    Kenjiro Hanaoka;Kazuya Kikuchi;Hirotatsu Kojima;Yasuteru Urano

  • Highly Zinc-Selective Fluorescent Sensor Molecules Suitable for Biological Applications

    Tomoya Hirano;Kazuya Kikuchi;Yasuteru Urano;and Tsunehiko Higuchi

  • Rational Principles for Modulating Fluorescence Properties of Fluorescein

    Tasuku Ueno;Yasuteru Urano;Ken-Ichi Setsukinai;Hideo Takakusa

  • Bioimaging of Nitric Oxide with Fluorescent Indicators Based on the Rhodamine Chromophore

    Hirotatsu Kojima;Miki Hirotani;Naoki Nakatsubo;Kazuya Kikuchi

  • A novel, cell-permeable, fluorescent probe for ratiometric imaging of zinc ion.

    Satoko Maruyama;Kazuya Kikuchi;Tomoya Hirano;Yasuteru Urano

  • DEVELOPMENT OF A FLUORESCENT INDICATOR FOR NITRIC OXIDE BASED ON THE FLUORESCEIN CHROMOPHORE

    Hirotatsu Kojima;Kuniko Sakurai;Kazuya Kikuchi;Shigenori Kawahara

  • Zinc sensing for cellular application.

    Kazuya Kikuchi;Kensuke Komatsu;Tetsuo Nagano

  • Design, synthesis and biological application of chemical probes for bio-imaging

    Kazuya Kikuchi

  • Paramagnetic relaxation-based 19f MRI probe to detect protease activity.

    Shin Mizukami;Rika Takikawa;Fuminori Sugihara;Yuichiro Hori

  • Time-Resolved Long-Lived Luminescence Imaging Method Employing Luminescent Lanthanide Probes with a New Microscopy System

    Kenjiro Hanaoka;Kazuya Kikuchi;Shigeru Kobayashi;Tetsuo Nagano

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuo Nagano
Tetsuo Nagano University of Tokyo
Yasuteru Urano
Yasuteru Urano University of Tokyo
Yasunobu Hirata
Yasunobu Hirata University of Tokyo
Hirotatsu Kojima
Hirotatsu Kojima University of Tokyo
Kunihiko Tamaki
Kunihiko Tamaki University of Tokyo
Hironobu Ihn
Hironobu Ihn Kumamoto University
Manabu Fujimoto
Manabu Fujimoto Osaka University
Masamitsu Iino
Masamitsu Iino Nihon University
Masao Omata
Masao Omata University of Tokyo
Kenjiro Hanaoka
Kenjiro Hanaoka Keio University

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