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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 78 1299 1170 35 31 485 20303

Kenji Matsumoto publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kenji Matsumoto between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kenji Matsumoto published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 14.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 54 publications in 2013. 20 of the 722 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 54. Peak 54 publications in 2013. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 21 publications 2003: 27 publications 2004: 20 publications 2005: 22 publications 2006: 23 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 29 publications 2010: 23 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 54 publications 2014: 42 publications 2015: 29 publications 2016: 46 publications 2017: 39 publications 2018: 35 publications 2019: 31 publications 2020: 35 publications 2021: 36 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 11 publications
1977 2025

722 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kenji Matsumoto: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 1
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 2
1986 1
1987 2
1988 5
1989 4
1990 5
1991 3
1992 7
1993 5
1994 5
1995 3
1996 8
1997 3
1998 4
1999 6
2000 7
2001 10
2002 21
2003 27
2004 20
2005 22
2006 23
2007 20
2008 18
2009 29
2010 23
2011 21
2012 26
2013 54
2014 42
2015 29
2016 46
2017 39
2018 35
2019 31
2020 35
2021 36
2022 12
2023 11
2024 9
2025 11
Total 722
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Kenji Matsumoto publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 485–494 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 485 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19 485
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Kenji Matsumoto D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 78 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73 78
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Kenji Matsumoto is a researcher primarily affiliated with Izumi Municipal Hospital in Japan. Their work focuses on the field of medicine, with substantial contributions to immunology and allergy, as well as related areas such as surgery, physiology, and molecular biology.

Their research covers a range of topics including asthma and respiratory diseases, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, eosinophilic esophagitis, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, dermatology and skin diseases, and pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Matsumoto's recent papers demonstrate an active role in advancing knowledge in allergy and immunology. Key publications include:

  • Does asthma affect morbidity or severity of COVID-19? (2020), Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Laundry detergents and surfactants-induced eosinophilic airway inflammation by increasing IL-33 expression and activating ILC2s (2023), Allergy
  • STAT6 gain-of-function variant exacerbates multiple allergic symptoms (2022), Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Comparison of Nonesophageal Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders with Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A Nationwide Survey (2021), The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Effect of oral immunotherapy in children with milk allergy: The ORIMA study (2020), Allergology International

Matsumoto frequently publishes in several key scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Allergology International
  • Allergy
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers such as Hideaki Morita, Hirohisa Saito, Yukihiro Ohya, Kenichiro Motomura, and Akio Matsuda. These collaborations reflect a network of scholarly interaction within the fields of immunology and allergy.

Best Publications

  • IL-33 is a crucial amplifier of innate rather than acquired immunity

    Keisuke Oboki;Tatsukuni Ohno;Naoki Kajiwara;Ken Arae

  • Application of moisturizer to neonates prevents development of atopic dermatitis

    Kenta Horimukai;Kumiko Morita;Masami Narita;Mai Kondo

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Two-step egg introduction for prevention of egg allergy in high-risk infants with eczema (PETIT): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

    Osamu Natsume;Shigenori Kabashima;Junko Nakazato;Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada

  • Selective growth of human mast cells induced by Steel factor, IL-6, and prostaglandin E2 from cord blood mononuclear cells.

    H Saito;M Ebisawa;H Tachimoto;M Shichijo

  • Intra-articular Injected synovial stem cells differentiate into meniscal cells directly and promote meniscal regeneration without mobilization to distant organs in rat massive meniscal defect.

    Masafumi Horie;Ichiro Sekiya;Takeshi Muneta;Shizuko Ichinose

  • IL-33 Mediates Inflammatory Responses in Human Lung Tissue Cells

    Akiko Yagami;Kanami Orihara;Hideaki Morita;Kyoko Futamura

  • An Interleukin-33-Mast Cell-Interleukin-2 Axis Suppresses Papain-Induced Allergic Inflammation By Promoting Regulatory T Cell Numbers

    Hideaki Morita;Ken Arae;Hirotoshi Unno;Kousuke Miyauchi

  • Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Gene Promoter Polymorphisms Are Associated with Susceptibility to Bronchial Asthma

    Michishige Harada;Tomomitsu Hirota;Aya I. Jodo;Yuki Hitomi

  • Type 2 innate lymphoid cells disrupt bronchial epithelial barrier integrity by targeting tight junctions through IL-13 in asthmatic patients.

    Kazunari Sugita;Kazunari Sugita;Catherine A. Steer;Itziar Martinez-Gonzalez;Can Altunbulakli

  • Interleukin-33 enhances adhesion, CD11b expression and survival in human eosinophils.

    Maho Suzukawa;Rikiya Koketsu;Motoyasu Iikura;Susumu Nakae

  • Preferential target is mitochondria in α-mangostin-induced apoptosis in human leukemia HL60 cells

    Kenji Matsumoto;Yukihiro Akao;Hong Yi;Kenji Ohguchi

  • Advances in mechanisms of asthma, allergy, and immunology in 2010

    David H. Broide;Fred Finkelman;Fred Finkelman;Bruce S. Bochner;Marc E. Rothenberg

  • Haplotypes of CYP3A4 and their close linkage with CYP3A5 haplotypes in a Japanese population.

    Hiromi Fukushima-Uesaka;Yoshiro Saito;Hidemi Watanabe;Kisho Shiseki

  • ZNF384-related fusion genes define a subgroup of childhood B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a characteristic immunotype

    Shinsuke Hirabayashi;Kentaro Ohki;Kazuhiko Nakabayashi;Hitoshi Ichikawa

  • Functional analysis of the thymic stromal lymphopoietin variants in human bronchial epithelial cells.

    Michishige Harada;Tomomitsu Hirota;Aya I. Jodo;Satoru Doi

  • Xanthones induce cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in human colon cancer DLD-1 cells.

    Kenji Matsumoto;Yukihiro Akao;Kenji Ohguchi;Tetsuro Ito

  • Antimicrobial peptides human β‐defensin (hBD)‐3 and hBD‐4 activate mast cells and increase skin vascular permeability

    Xuejun Chen;François Niyonsaba;Hiroko Ushio;Mutsuko Hara

  • Corticosteroid and cytokines synergistically enhance toll-like receptor 2 expression in respiratory epithelial cells

    Toshiki Homma;Atsushi Kato;Noriko Hashimoto;Jonathan Batchelor

  • Airway Epithelial Cells Produce B Cell-Activating Factor of TNF Family by an IFN-β-Dependent Mechanism

    Atsushi Kato;Ai Q. Truong-Tran;Alan L. Scott;Kenji Matsumoto

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirohisa Saito
Hirohisa Saito Juntendo University
Susumu Nakae
Susumu Nakae Hiroshima University
Yukihiro Ohya
Yukihiro Ohya National Center For Child Health and Development
Ko Okumura
Ko Okumura Juntendo University
Katsuko Sudo
Katsuko Sudo Tokyo Medical University
Atsushi Kato
Atsushi Kato Northwestern University
Akihiro Umezawa
Akihiro Umezawa National Center For Child Health and Development
Teruhiko Yoshida
Teruhiko Yoshida National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Toshiaki Kawakami
Toshiaki Kawakami University of California, San Diego
Motohiro Ebisawa
Motohiro Ebisawa Juntendo University

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