2026 Keiji Tanaka: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	161	122	105	2	2	727	130124

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
2011 - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Overview

Keiji Tanaka is a researcher affiliated with the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Epidemiology, Neurology, and Immunology.

Their research topics include:

Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease
Autophagy in disease and therapy
Interferon and immune responses
Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
Protein degradation and inhibitors
NF-κB signaling pathways

Among their recent publications are:

"Stress- and ubiquitylation-dependent phase separation of the proteasome", 2020, Nature
"Critical role of mitochondrial ubiquitination and the OPTN-ATG9A axis in mitophagy", 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
"Two distinct modes of DNMT1 recruitment ensure stable maintenance DNA methylation", 2020, Nature Communications
"The PINK1-Parkin axis: An Overview", 2020, Neuroscience Research
"TRIP12 promotes small-molecule-induced degradation through K29/K48-branched ubiquitin chains", 2021, Molecular Cell

Keiji Tanaka has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Cell Biology, Molecular Cell, Communications Biology, and Nature.

They have collaborated extensively with coauthors including Yasushi Saeki, Akinori Endo, Fumiaki Ohtake, Koji Yamano, and Noriyuki Matsuda.

Keiji Tanaka received the Keio Medical Science Prize from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, in 2011.

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

8665
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

8488
Citations
Loss of autophagy in the central nervous system causes neurodegeneration in mice

Masaaki Komatsu;Satoshi Waguri;Satoshi Waguri;Tomoki Chiba;Shigeo Murata

3994
Citations
Autophagy regulates lipid metabolism

Rajat Singh;Susmita Kaushik;Yongjun Wang;Youqing Xiang

3992
Citations
Structure and Functions of the 20S and 26S Proteasomes

Olivier Coux;Keiji Tanaka;Alfred L. Goldberg

3195
Citations
Familial Parkinson disease gene product, parkin, is a ubiquitin-protein ligase

Hideki Shimura;Nobutaka Hattori;Shin-ichiro Kubo;Yoshikuni Mizuno

2995
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

2934
Citations
Impairment of starvation-induced and constitutive autophagy in Atg7-deficient mice

Masaaki Komatsu;Satoshi Waguri;Takashi Ueno;Junichi Iwata

2776
Citations
The selective autophagy substrate p62 activates the stress responsive transcription factor Nrf2 through inactivation of Keap1

Masaaki Komatsu;Hirofumi Kurokawa;Satoshi Waguri;Keiko Taguchi

2399
Citations
Homeostatic Levels of p62 Control Cytoplasmic Inclusion Body Formation in Autophagy-Deficient Mice

Masaaki Komatsu;Satoshi Waguri;Masato Koike;Yu shin Sou;Yu shin Sou

2359
Citations
Loss of the autophagy protein Atg16L1 enhances endotoxin-induced IL-1beta production.

Tatsuya Saitoh;Naonobu Fujita;Myoung Ho Jang;Satoshi Uematsu

2325
Citations
PINK1 stabilized by mitochondrial depolarization recruits Parkin to damaged mitochondria and activates latent Parkin for mitophagy

Noriyuki Matsuda;Shigeto Sato;Kahori Shiba;Kei Okatsu

1982
Citations
T-cell-mediated regulation of osteoclastogenesis by signalling cross-talk between RANKL and IFN-gamma.

Hiroshi Takayanagi;Kouetsu Ogasawara;Shigeaki Hida;Tomoki Chiba

1564
Citations
Toll-like receptor signalling in macrophages links the autophagy pathway to phagocytosis

Miguel A. Sanjuan;Christopher P. Dillon;Stephen W. G. Tait;Simon Moshiach

1466
Citations
Ubiquitin is phosphorylated by PINK1 to activate parkin

Fumika Koyano;Kei Okatsu;Kei Okatsu;Hidetaka Kosako;Yasushi Tamura

1451
Citations
Autophagy-deficient mice develop multiple liver tumors

Akito Takamura;Masaaki Komatsu;Taichi Hara;Ayako Sakamoto

1334
Citations
Smurf1 interacts with transforming growth factor-beta type I receptor through Smad7 and induces receptor degradation.

Takanori Ebisawa;Minoru Fukuchi;Gyo Murakami;Tomoki Chiba

1220
Citations
Phosphorylation of p62 activates the Keap1-Nrf2 pathway during selective autophagy.

Yoshinobu Ichimura;Satoshi Waguri;Yu shin Sou;Shun Kageyama

1087
Citations
Involvement of linear polyubiquitylation of NEMO in NF-kappaB activation.

Fuminori Tokunaga;Shin-ichi Sakata;Shin-ichi Sakata;Yasushi Saeki;Yoshinori Satomi

1087
Citations
Autophagy is important in islet homeostasis and compensatory increase of beta cell mass in response to high-fat diet

Chie Ebato;Toyoyoshi Uchida;Masayuki Arakawa;Masaaki Komatsu;Masaaki Komatsu;Masaaki Komatsu

1025
Citations