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Kei Ito publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 123 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Kei Ito D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kei Ito is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and has contributed extensively to medical research, especially within the field of medicine and its subfields such as surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and radiation.

Their research delves into several key areas, including:

  • Management of metastatic bone disease
  • Spine and intervertebral disc pathology
  • Spinal fractures and fixation techniques
  • Advanced radiotherapy techniques
  • Cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Esophageal and gastrointestinal pathology
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Kei Ito has published in a variety of outlets, with frequent contributions to these major venues:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of Ito's research activity:

  • "Risk of Pancreatitis Following Biliary Stenting With/Without Endoscopic Sphincterotomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial," 2021, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • "Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Separation Surgery Followed by Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression," 2021, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • "Suprapapillary placement of plastic versus metal stents for malignant biliary hilar obstructions: a multicenter, randomized trial," 2023, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • "Pain Response Rates After Conventional Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases Assessed Using International Consensus Pain Response Endpoints: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Initial Radiation Therapy and Reirradiation," 2023, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • "Postradiotherapy persistent lymphopenia as a poor prognostic factor in patients with cervical cancer receiving radiotherapy: a single-center, retrospective study," 2020, International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Y. Nakajima
  • Hiroaki Ogawa
  • Katsuyuki Karasawa
  • Tetsuo Saito
  • Sota Nagai

Best Publications

  • A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain

    Louis K Scheffer;C Shan Xu;Michal Januszewski;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu

  • The Drosophila mushroom body is a quadruple structure of clonal units each of which contains a virtually identical set of neurones and glial cells

    Kei Ito;Wakae Awano;Kazumi Suzuki;Yasushi Hiromi

  • Evolution, Discovery, and Interpretations of Arthropod Mushroom Bodies

    Nicholas J. Strausfeld;Lars Hansen;Yongsheng Li;Robert S. Gomez

  • Author response: A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain

    Louis K Scheffer;C Shan Xu;Michal Januszewski;Zhiyuan Lu;Zhiyuan Lu

  • A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

    Kei Ito;Kazunori Shinomiya;Masayoshi Ito;J. Douglas Armstrong

  • Proliferation pattern of postembryonic neuroblasts in the brain of Drosophila melanogaster

    Kei Ito;Yoshiki Hotta

  • Neuronal assemblies of the Drosophila mushroom body.

    Nobuaki K. Tanaka;Hiromu Tanimoto;Kei Ito

  • Distinct memory traces for two visual features in the Drosophila brain

    Gang Liu;Holger Seiler;Ai Wen;Troy Zars

  • The neural basis of Drosophila gravity-sensing and hearing

    Azusa Kamikouchi;Hidehiko K. Inagaki;Hidehiko K. Inagaki;Thomas Effertz;Thomas Effertz;Oliver Hendrich;Oliver Hendrich

  • The homeobox gene repo is required for the differentiation and maintenance of glia function in the embryonic nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster.

    D.A. Halter;J. Urban;C. Rickert;S.S. Ner

  • Organization and Postembryonic Development of Glial Cells in the Adult Central Brain of Drosophila

    Takeshi Awasaki;Sen-Lin Lai;Kei Ito;Tzumin Lee

  • The Organization of Extrinsic Neurons and Their Implications in the Functional Roles of the Mushroom Bodies in Drosophila melanogaster Meigen

    Kei Ito;Kazumi Suzuki;Kazumi Suzuki;Patricia Estes;Mani Ramaswami

  • Distribution, classification, and development ofDrosophila glial cells in the late embryonic and early larval ventral nerve cord.

    Kei Ito;Joachim Urban;Gerhard Martin Technau

  • Specific dopaminergic neurons for the formation of labile aversive memory.

    Yoshinori Aso;Igor Siwanowicz;Lasse Bräcker;Kei Ito

  • GETDB, a database compiling expression patterns and molecular locations of a collection of gal4 enhancer traps

    Shigeo Hayashi;Kei Ito;Yukiko Sado;Misako Taniguchi

  • Three dopamine pathways induce aversive odor memories with different stability.

    Yoshinori Aso;Andrea Herb;Maite Ogueta;Igor Siwanowicz

  • Identification of a dopamine pathway that regulates sleep and arousal in Drosophila

    Taro Ueno;Jun Tomita;Hiromu Tanimoto;Keita Endo

  • Systematic analysis of the visual projection neurons of Drosophila melanogaster. I. Lobula-specific pathways.

    Hideo Otsuna;Kei Ito;Kei Ito

  • Integration of chemosensory pathways in the Drosophila second-order olfactory centers.

    Nobuaki K Tanaka;Takeshi Awasaki;Takeshi Awasaki;Takashi Shimada;Kei Ito

  • Essential Role of the Apoptotic Cell Engulfment Genes draper and ced-6 in Programmed Axon Pruning during Drosophila Metamorphosis

    Takeshi Awasaki;Ryoko Tatsumi;Kuniaki Takahashi;Kunizo Arai

  • Mushroom body efferent neurons responsible for aversive olfactory memory retrieval in Drosophila

    Julien Séjourné;Pierre-Yves Plaçais;Yoshinori Aso;Igor Siwanowicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiromu Tanimoto
Hiromu Tanimoto Tohoku University
Nicholas J. Strausfeld
Nicholas J. Strausfeld University of Arizona
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Yoshinori Aso
Yoshinori Aso Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis
Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Martin Heisenberg
Martin Heisenberg University of Würzburg
Cahir J. O'Kane
Cahir J. O'Kane University of Cambridge
Ryu Ueda
Ryu Ueda National Institute of Genetics
André Fiala
André Fiala University of Göttingen
Isao Shimoyama
Isao Shimoyama Toyama Prefectural University

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