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Kenshiro Oshima

Kenshiro Oshima

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
26132
World Ranking
10525
National Ranking
716

Kenshiro Oshima publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenshiro Oshima sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 200 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kenshiro Oshima D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenshiro Oshima sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kenshiro Oshima is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Physiology, Biological Psychiatry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work focuses on several key topics including RNA Research and Splicing, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, as well as Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Recent publications by Kenshiro Oshima include the following:

  • Behavioral and brain-transcriptomic synchronization between the two opponents of a fighting pair of the fish Betta splendens (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Intron retention as a new pre-symptomatic marker of aging and its recovery to the normal state by a traditional Japanese multi-herbal medicine (2021, Gene)
  • Alternative splicing plays key roles in response to stress across different stages of fighting in the fish Betta splendens (2022, BMC Genomics)
  • Kampo formulas alleviate aging-related emotional disturbances and neuroinflammation in male senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 mice (2022, Aging)
  • Intron retention is a stress response in sensor genes and is restored by Japanese herbal medicines: A basis for future clinical applications (2022, Gene)

Kenshiro Oshima frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Gene, Microbiology Resource Announcements, BMC Genomics, and Data in Brief.

Coauthorship collaborations are also notable, with frequent collaborators including Norihiro Okada, Akiko Maruko, Trieu-Duc Vu, Yuki Iwasaki, and Yoshinori Kobayashi.

Best Publications

  • Treg induction by a rationally selected mixture of Clostridia strains from the human microbiota

    Koji Atarashi;Takeshi Tanoue;Kenshiro Oshima;Wataru Suda

  • Bifidobacteria can protect from enteropathogenic infection through production of acetate

    Shinji Fukuda;Hidehiro Toh;Koji Hase;Kenshiro Oshima

  • Whole genome sequencing of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Makoto Kuroda;Toshiko Ohta;Ikuo Uchiyama;Tadashi Baba

  • Obesity-induced gut microbial metabolite promotes liver cancer through senescence secretome

    Shin Yoshimoto;Tze Mun Loo;Tze Mun Loo;Koji Atarashi;Hiroaki Kanda

  • Genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a pathogenic mechanism distinct from that of V cholerae

    Kozo Makino;Kenshiro Oshima;Kenshiro Oshima;Ken Kurokawa;Katsushi Yokoyama

  • Comparative Metagenomics Revealed Commonly Enriched Gene Sets in Human Gut Microbiomes

    Ken Kurokawa;Takehiko Itoh;Tomomi Kuwahara;Kenshiro Oshima

  • Dysbiosis in the gut microbiota of patients with multiple sclerosis, with a striking depletion of species belonging to clostridia XIVa and IV clusters

    Sachiko Miyake;Sangwan Kim;Wataru Suda;Kenshiro Oshima

  • Genome sequence of the endocellular obligate symbiont of tsetse flies, Wigglesworthia glossinidia.

    Leyla Akman;Atsushi Yamashita;Hidemi Watanabe;Kenshiro Oshima

  • The gut microbiome of healthy Japanese and its microbial and functional uniqueness

    Suguru Nishijima;Wataru Suda;Kenshiro Oshima;Seok Won Kim

  • 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

  • Evolutionary origin of insect-Wolbachia nutritional mutualism.

    Naruo Nikoh;Takahiro Hosokawa;Minoru Moriyama;Kenshiro Oshima

  • Dysbiosis of salivary microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease and its association with oral immunological biomarkers

    Heba S. Said;Wataru Suda;Shigeki Nakagome;Hiroshi Chinen

  • Robustness of gut microbiota of healthy adults in response to probiotic intervention revealed by high-throughput pyrosequencing

    Seok Won Kim;Wataru Suda;Sangwan Kim;Kenshiro Oshima

  • Comparative genome analysis of Lactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus fermentum reveal a genomic island for reuterin and cobalamin production

    Hidetoshi Morita;Hidehiro Toh;Shinji Fukuda;Hiroshi Horikawa

  • Massive genome erosion and functional adaptations provide insights into the symbiotic lifestyle of Sodalis glossinidius in the tsetse host

    Hidehiro Toh;Brian L. Weiss;Sarah A.H. Perkin;Atsushi Yamashita

  • Defensive Bacteriome Symbiont with a Drastically Reduced Genome

    Atsushi Nakabachi;Reiko Ueoka;Reiko Ueoka;Kenshiro Oshima;Roberta Teta

  • Inhibition of Dectin-1 Signaling Ameliorates Colitis by Inducing Lactobacillus-Mediated Regulatory T Cell Expansion in the Intestine

    Ce Tang;Ce Tang;Tomonori Kamiya;Yang Liu;Yang Liu;Motohiko Kadoki;Motohiko Kadoki

  • The complete genomic sequence of Mycoplasma penetrans, an intracellular bacterial pathogen in humans.

    Yuko Sasaki;Jun Ishikawa;Atsushi Yamashita;Kenshiro Oshima;Kenshiro Oshima

  • The Whole-genome Sequencing of the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi Revealed Massive Gene Amplification During Reductive Genome Evolution

    Keisuke Nakayama;Atsushi Yamashita;Ken Kurokawa;Takuya Morimoto

  • Characterization of the 17 strains of regulatory T cell-inducing human-derived Clostridia

    Seiko Narushima;Yuki Sugiura;Kenshiro Oshima;Koji Atarashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahira Hattori
Masahira Hattori Waseda University
Hidetoshi Morita
Hidetoshi Morita Okayama University
Moriya Ohkuma
Moriya Ohkuma National Presto Industries
Kenya Honda
Kenya Honda Keio University
Takema Fukatsu
Takema Fukatsu National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tomoo Sawabe
Tomoo Sawabe Hokkaido University
Ken Kurokawa
Ken Kurokawa National Institute of Genetics
Fabiano L. Thompson
Fabiano L. Thompson Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Tetsuya Hayashi
Tetsuya Hayashi Kyushu University

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