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Keiichi I. Nakayama

Keiichi I. Nakayama

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
122
Citations
55058
World Ranking
242
National Ranking
17

Keiichi I. Nakayama publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keiichi I. Nakayama sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 527 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Keiichi I. Nakayama D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keiichi I. Nakayama sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Keiichi I. Nakayama is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on materials science and engineering. Their work encompasses the study of materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and organic chemistry, with notable contributions to polymers and plastics as well.

The main scientific topics explored by Nakayama include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Nakayama's recent publications reflect a focus on organic optoelectronic materials and structural chemistry. Some of their significant recent papers are:

  • "Delayed fluorescence from inverted singlet and triplet excited states" (2022), Nature
  • "Inverted singlet-triplet emitters for organic light-emitting diodes" (2023), Chemical Physics Reviews
  • "Green-Light Wavelength-Selective Organic Solar Cells Based on Poly(3-hexylthiophene) and Naphthobisthiadiazole-Containing Acceptors toward Agrivoltaics" (2023), ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • "Synthesis, Structure, and Chiroptical Properties of Indolo- and Pyridopyrrolo-Carbazole-Based C2-Symmetric Azahelicenes" (2021), Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Synthesis and Characterization of Dibenzothieno[a,f]pentalenes Enabling Large Antiaromaticity and Moderate Open-Shell Character through a Small Energy Barrier for Bond-Shift Valence Tautomerization" (2023), Journal of the American Chemical Society

Nakayama has frequently published in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (11 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (4 publications)
  • ACS Omega (2 publications)
  • Nature (1 publication)
  • Chemical Physics Reviews (1 publication)

Throughout their career, Nakayama has collaborated often with several researchers, contributing to multiple co-authored works. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Mitsuharu Suzuki (18 joint publications)
  • Akihito Konishi (11 joint publications)
  • Makoto Yasuda (11 joint publications)
  • Yusuke Mizuno (10 joint publications)
  • Akira Nogata (10 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Mice Lacking p27Kip1 Display Increased Body Size, Multiple Organ Hyperplasia, Retinal Dysplasia, and Pituitary Tumors

    Keiko Nakayama;Keiko Nakayama;Noriko Ishida;Michiko Shirane;Akira Inomata

  • Massive cell death of immature hematopoietic cells and neurons in Bcl-x-deficient mice

    Noboru Motoyama;Fanping Wang;Kevin A. Roth;Hirofumi Sawa

  • Foxo3a is essential for maintenance of the hematopoietic stem cell pool.

    Kana Miyamoto;Kiyomi Y. Araki;Kazuhito Naka;Fumio Arai

  • Phosphorylation-dependent degradation of c-Myc is mediated by the F-box protein Fbw7.

    Masayoshi Yada;Shigetsugu Hatakeyama;Takumi Kamura;Masaaki Nishiyama

  • Targeted disruption of Skp2 results in accumulation of cyclin E and p27 (Kip1), polyploidy and centrosome overduplication

    Keiko Nakayama;Hiroyasu Nagahama;Yohji A. Minamishima;Masaki Matsumoto

  • An F-box protein, FWD1, mediates ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of β-catenin

    Masatoshi Kitagawa;Shigetsugu Hatakeyama;Michiko Shirane;Masaki Matsumoto

  • U Box Proteins as a New Family of Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

    Shigetsugu Hatakeyama;Masayoshi Yada;Masaki Matsumoto;Noriko Ishida

  • SCF FBW7 regulates cellular apoptosis by targeting MCL1 for ubiquitylation and destruction

    Hiroyuki Inuzuka;Shavali Shaik;Ichiro Onoyama;Darning Gao

  • Essential role for ZAP-70 in both positive and negative selection of thymocytes

    Izumi Negishi;Izumi Negishi;Izumi Negishi;Noboru Motoyama;Kei Ichi Nakayama;Kei Ichi Nakayama;Kei Ichi Nakayama;Keiko Nakayama;Keiko Nakayama;Keiko Nakayama

  • Aberrant cell cycle checkpoint function and early embryonic death in Chk1 −/− mice

    Hiroyuki Takai;Kaoru Tominaga;Noboru Motoyama;Yohji A. Minamishima

  • CHIP Is Associated with Parkin, a Gene Responsible for Familial Parkinson's Disease, and Enhances Its Ubiquitin Ligase Activity

    Yuzuru Imai;Mariko Soda;Shigetsugu Hatakeyama;Takumi Akagi

  • The F-Box Protein Skp2 Participates in c-Myc Proteosomal Degradation and Acts as a Cofactor for c-Myc-Regulated Transcription

    Natalie Von Der Lehr;Sara Johansson;Siqin Wu;Fuad Bahram

  • Mitogenic signalling and the p16INK4a-Rb pathway cooperate to enforce irreversible cellular senescence.

    Akiko Takahashi;Naoko Ohtani;Kimi Yamakoshi;Shin Ichi Iida

  • VHL-box and SOCS-box domains determine binding specificity for Cul2-Rbx1 and Cul5-Rbx2 modules of ubiquitin ligases

    Takumi Kamura;Katsumi Maenaka;Shuhei Kotoshiba;Masaki Matsumoto

  • mTORC1 and muscle regeneration are regulated by the LINC00961-encoded SPAR polypeptide

    Akinobu Matsumoto;Alessandra Pasut;Masaki Matsumoto;Riu Yamashita

  • Phosphorylation of β-Catenin by Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Stabilizes β-Catenin through Inhibition of Its Ubiquitination

    Shin Ichiro Hino;Chie Tanji;Keiichi I. Nakayama;Akira Kikuchi

  • Targeted disruption of Bcl-2 alpha beta in mice: occurrence of gray hair, polycystic kidney disease, and lymphocytopenia

    K Nakayama;I Negishi;K Kuida;H Sawa

  • Disappearance of the lymphoid system in Bcl-2 homozygous mutant chimeric mice.

    Kei Ichi Nakayama;Keiko Nakayama;Izumi Negishi;Keisuke Kuida

  • Restoration of T cell development in RAG-2-deficient mice by functional TCR transgenes

    Yoichi Shinkai;Shigeo Koyasu;Kei Ichi Nakayama;Kenneth M. Murphy

  • NAK is an IκB kinase-activating kinase

    Yuichiro Tojima;Atsushi Fujimoto;Mireille Delhase;Yi Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigetsugu Hatakeyama
Shigetsugu Hatakeyama Hokkaido University
Keiko Nakayama
Keiko Nakayama Tohoku University
Masatoshi Kitagawa
Masatoshi Kitagawa Hamamatsu University
Dennis Y. Loh
Dennis Y. Loh Washington University in St. Louis
Hiromitsu Nakauchi
Hiromitsu Nakauchi Stanford University
Kazuya Shimoda
Kazuya Shimoda University of Miyazaki
Masato Hirata
Masato Hirata Fukuoka Dental College
Shinya Kuroda
Shinya Kuroda University of Tokyo
Hui Kuan Lin
Hui Kuan Lin Wake Forest University
Tomoyoshi Soga
Tomoyoshi Soga Keio University

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