2026 Kei Ito: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	61	3618	3307	314	293	123	17565

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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

1100
Citations
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

891
Citations
Evolution, Discovery, and Interpretations of Arthropod Mushroom Bodies

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

702
Citations
Author response: A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain

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

672
Citations
A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

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

669
Citations
Proliferation pattern of postembryonic neuroblasts in the brain of Drosophila melanogaster

Kei Ito;Yoshiki Hotta

602
Citations
Neuronal assemblies of the Drosophila mushroom body.

Nobuaki K. Tanaka;Hiromu Tanimoto;Kei Ito

566
Citations
Distinct memory traces for two visual features in the Drosophila brain

Gang Liu;Holger Seiler;Ai Wen;Troy Zars

497
Citations
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

456
Citations
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

443
Citations
Organization and Postembryonic Development of Glial Cells in the Adult Central Brain of Drosophila

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

417
Citations
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

411
Citations
Distribution, classification, and development ofDrosophila glial cells in the late embryonic and early larval ventral nerve cord.

Kei Ito;Joachim Urban;Gerhard Martin Technau

408
Citations
Specific dopaminergic neurons for the formation of labile aversive memory.

Yoshinori Aso;Igor Siwanowicz;Lasse Bräcker;Kei Ito

363
Citations
GETDB, a database compiling expression patterns and molecular locations of a collection of gal4 enhancer traps

Shigeo Hayashi;Kei Ito;Yukiko Sado;Misako Taniguchi

358
Citations
Three dopamine pathways induce aversive odor memories with different stability.

Yoshinori Aso;Andrea Herb;Maite Ogueta;Igor Siwanowicz

344
Citations
Identification of a dopamine pathway that regulates sleep and arousal in Drosophila

Taro Ueno;Jun Tomita;Hiromu Tanimoto;Keita Endo

327
Citations
Systematic analysis of the visual projection neurons of Drosophila melanogaster. I. Lobula-specific pathways.

Hideo Otsuna;Kei Ito;Kei Ito

325
Citations
Integration of chemosensory pathways in the Drosophila second-order olfactory centers.

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

323
Citations
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

317
Citations
Mushroom body efferent neurons responsible for aversive olfactory memory retrieval in Drosophila

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

310
Citations