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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Biology and Biochemistry D-index 42 Citations 15,649 126 World Ranking 16963 National Ranking 1240

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study Ken Kurokawa is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Bacteria
  • DNA

By researching both Genetics and Evolutionary biology, Ken Kurokawa produces research that crosses academic boundaries. By researching both Gene and Computational biology, he produces research that crosses academic boundaries. Ken Kurokawa carries out multidisciplinary research, doing studies in Computational biology and Genetics. Ken Kurokawa conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Genome and Transposable element through his research. In his study, he carries out multidisciplinary Escherichia coli and DNA research. Ken Kurokawa integrates many fields in his works, including DNA and Escherichia coli. Ken Kurokawa merges Whole genome sequencing with Chromosome in his study. In his research, he performs multidisciplinary study on Chromosome and Whole genome sequencing. In his articles, he combines various disciplines, including Microbiology and Immunology.

His most cited work include:

  • Complete Genome Sequence of Enterohemorrhagic Eschelichia coli O157:H7 and Genomic Comparison with a Laboratory Strain K-12 (1148 citations)
  • Genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a pathogenic mechanism distinct from that of V cholerae (867 citations)
  • Comparative Metagenomics Revealed Commonly Enriched Gene Sets in Human Gut Microbiomes (772 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date

As part of his studies on Genetics, Ken Kurokawa often connects relevant subjects like Plasmid. In his study, he carries out multidisciplinary Gene and Biochemistry research. In his papers, Ken Kurokawa integrates diverse fields, such as Biochemistry and Gene. He connects Genome with Whole genome sequencing in his research. He conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Whole genome sequencing and Genome through his works. Ken Kurokawa conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Bacteria and Microbiology. He conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Microbiology and Bacteria. His study in Prophage extends to Escherichia coli with its themes. He combines Prophage and Bacteriophage in his research.

Ken Kurokawa most often published in these fields:

  • Genetics (82.35%)
  • Gene (78.15%)
  • Genome (36.97%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2022)?

  • Genetics (68.75%)
  • Gene (50.00%)
  • Biochemistry (37.50%)

In recent works Ken Kurokawa was focusing on the following fields of study:

His Antibody research extends to the thematically linked field of Genetics. His Genetics research extends to the thematically linked field of Antibody. Gene and Metagenomics are two areas of study in which he engages in interdisciplinary research. He incorporates Biochemistry and Molecular biology in his research. Ken Kurokawa integrates many fields, such as Molecular biology and Biochemistry, in his works. His study deals with a combination of Internal medicine and Pathology. Ken Kurokawa incorporates Pathology and Internal medicine in his research. He conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Microbiology and Immunology. In his works, Ken Kurokawa undertakes multidisciplinary study on Immunology and Microbiology.

Between 2018 and 2022, his most popular works were:

  • Metagenomic and metabolomic analyses reveal distinct stage-specific phenotypes of the gut microbiota in colorectal cancer (563 citations)
  • Meta‐Analysis of Gut Dysbiosis in Parkinson's Disease (161 citations)
  • Key bacterial taxa and metabolic pathways affecting gut short-chain fatty acid profiles in early life (83 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited works focused on:

  • Bacteria
  • Gene
  • Cancer

Ken Kurokawa incorporates Gut flora and Dysbiosis in his research. Ken Kurokawa regularly ties together related areas like Immunology in his Dysbiosis studies. Ken Kurokawa incorporates Immunology and Microbiology in his studies. As part of his studies on Microbiology, he often connects relevant subjects like Clostridiales. His study on Clostridiales is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Clostridium. In his research, Ken Kurokawa performs multidisciplinary study on Clostridium and Gut flora. Ken Kurokawa conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Genetics and Amplicon. Ken Kurokawa undertakes multidisciplinary studies into Amplicon and Polymerase chain reaction in his work. He connects Polymerase chain reaction with Genome in his research.

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Best Publications

Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

Manimozhiyan Arumugam;Jeroen Raes;Eric Pelletier;Denis Le Paslier.
Nature (2011)

6607 Citations

Comparative Metagenomics Revealed Commonly Enriched Gene Sets in Human Gut Microbiomes

Ken Kurokawa;Takehiko Itoh;Tomomi Kuwahara;Kenshiro Oshima.
DNA Research (2007)

999 Citations

Development and implementation of an algorithm for detection of protein complexes in large interaction networks.

Altaf-Ul-Amin;Yoko Shinbo;Kenji Mihara;Ken Kurokawa.
BMC Bioinformatics (2006)

497 Citations

Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation

Koichi Hori;Fumito Maruyama;Takatomo Fujisawa;Tomoaki Togashi.
Nature Communications (2014)

480 Citations

Metagenomic and metabolomic analyses reveal distinct stage-specific phenotypes of the gut microbiota in colorectal cancer

Shinichi Yachida;Sayaka Mizutani;Hirotsugu Shiroma;Satoshi Shiba.
Nature Medicine (2019)

461 Citations

Comparative genomics reveal the mechanism of the parallel evolution of O157 and non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Yoshitoshi Ogura;Tadasuke Ooka;Atsushi Iguchi;Hidehiro Toh.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009)

455 Citations

Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genome Analysis of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O127:H6 Strain E2348/69

Atsushi Iguchi;Nicholas R. Thomson;Yoshitoshi Ogura;David L Saunders.
Journal of Bacteriology (2009)

338 Citations

Genome sequences of three koi herpesvirus isolates representing the expanding distribution of an emerging disease threatening koi and common carp worldwide

Takashi Aoki;Ikuo Hirono;Ken Kurokawa;Hideo Fukuda.
Journal of Virology (2007)

322 Citations

Escherichia coli histone-like protein H-NS preferentially binds to horizontally acquired DNA in association with RNA polymerase.

Taku Oshima;Shu Ishikawa;Ken Kurokawa;Hirofumi Aiba.
DNA Research (2006)

316 Citations

Design and experimental application of a novel non-degenerate universal primer set that amplifies prokaryotic 16S rRNA genes with a low possibility to amplify eukaryotic rRNA genes.

Hiroshi Mori;Fumito Maruyama;Hiromi Kato;Atsushi Toyoda.
DNA Research (2014)

316 Citations

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