World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
78
Citations
15630
World Ranking
1088
National Ranking
87

Kiyokazu Agata 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 Kiyokazu Agata sits on this spectrum.

47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47 publications 564+

This scientist: 258 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kiyokazu Agata 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 Kiyokazu Agata sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kiyokazu Agata is affiliated with the National Institute for Basic Biology in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various subfields including molecular biology, global and planetary change, genetics, surgery, and plant science.

Their research primarily focuses on topics such as planarian biology and electrostimulation, marine ecology and invasive species, developmental biology and gene regulation, plant and biological electrophysiology studies, silk-based biomaterials and applications, marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, and connective tissue disorders research.

Frequent collaborators with Agata include Takeshi Inoue, Kenichi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Umesono, Toshinori Hayashi, and Akinori Okumura.

Agata's work has been published in several journals, with frequent appearances in Development Growth & Differentiation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Development, Developmental Biology, and Zoological Letters.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Agata cover a range of topics and include:

  • "Toll signalling promotes blastema cell proliferation during cricket leg regeneration via insect macrophages" (2021, Development)
  • "What is the role of PIWI family proteins in adult pluripotent stem cells? Insights from asexually reproducing animals, planarians" (2020, Development Growth & Differentiation)
  • "Newt Hoxa13 has an essential and predominant role in digit formation during development and regeneration" (2022, Development)
  • "An approach for elucidating dermal fibroblast dedifferentiation in amphibian limb regeneration" (2022, Zoological Letters)
  • "Identification and characterization of a fibroblast growth factor gene in the planarian Dugesia japonica" (2020, Development Growth & Differentiation)

Best Publications

  • The innate immune repertoire in Cnidaria - ancestral complexity and stochastic gene loss

    David James Miller;Georg Hemmrich;Eldon E. Ball;David C. Hayward

  • The mRNA-like noncoding RNA Gomafu constitutes a novel nuclear domain in a subset of neurons

    Masamitsu Sone;Tetsutaro Hayashi;Hiroshi Tarui;Kiyokazu Agata

  • Evidence for different origin of sex chromosomes in snakes, birds, and mammals and step-wise differentiation of snake sex chromosomes

    Kazumi Matsubara;Hiroshi Tarui;Michihisa Toriba;Kazuhiko Yamada

  • Expression of vasa(vas)-related genes in germline cells and totipotent somatic stem cells of planarians.

    Norito Shibata;Yoshihiko Umesono;Hidefumi Orii;Takashige Sakurai

  • Structure of the Planarian Central Nervous System (CNS) Revealed by Neuronal Cell Markers

    Kiyokazu Agata;Yukihiro Soejima;Kentaro Kato;Chiyoko Kobayashi

  • FGFR-related gene nou-darake restricts brain tissues to the head region of planarians

    Francesc Cebrià;Chiyoko Kobayashi;Yoshihiko Umesono;Masumi Nakazawa

  • Isolation of planarian X-ray-sensitive stem cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting.

    Tetsutaro Hayashi;Maki Asami;Sayaka Higuchi;Norito Shibata;Norito Shibata

  • The A5 antigen, a candidate for the neuronal recognition molecule, has homologies to complement components and coagulation factors

    Shin Takagi;Tatsumi Hirata;Kiyokazu Agata;Makoto Mochii

  • Unifying principles of regeneration I: Epimorphosis versus morphallaxis.

    Kiyokazu Agata;Yumi Saito;Elizabeth Nakajima

  • Identification of a photoreceptor cell-specific nuclear receptor

    Mime Kobayashi;Shin-ichiro Takezawa;Kenji Hara;Ruth T. Yu

  • A PLANARIAN ORTHOPEDIA HOMOLOG IS SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSED IN THE BRANCH REGION OF BOTH THE MATURE AND REGENERATING BRAIN

    Yoshihiko Umesono;Kenji Watanabe;Kiyokazu Agata

  • RNA interference by feeding in vitro–synthesized double‐stranded RNA to planarians: Methodology and dynamics

    Labib Rouhana;Jennifer A. Weiss;David J. Forsthoefel;Hayoung Lee

  • Seasonal change in bacterial flora and biomass in mountain snow from the Tateyama Mountains, Japan, analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and real-time PCR.

    Takahiro Segawa;Koji Miyamoto;Kazunari Ushida;Kiyokazu Agata

  • The molecular logic for planarian regeneration along the anterior-posterior axis.

    Yoshihiko Umesono;Junichi Tasaki;Yui Nishimura;Martina Hrouda

  • Origin and evolutionary process of the CNS elucidated by comparative genomics analysis of planarian ESTs

    Katsuhiko Mineta;Masumi Nakazawa;Francesc Cebrià;Kazuho Ikeo

  • Distinct structural domains in the planarian brain defined by the expression of evolutionarily conserved homeobox genes.

    Y. Umesono;Kenji Watanabe;K. Agata

  • Molecular and cellular aspects of planarian regeneration.

    Kiyokazu Agata;Kenji Watanabe

  • Planarian Hedgehog/Patched establishes anterior–posterior polarity by regulating Wnt signaling

    Shigenobu Yazawa;Yoshihiko Umesono;Tetsutaro Hayashi;Hiroshi Tarui

  • ERK signaling controls blastema cell differentiation during planarian regeneration

    Junichi Tasaki;Norito Shibata;Osamu Nishimura;Kazu Itomi

  • Morphological and functional recovery of the planarian photosensing system during head regeneration.

    Takeshi Inoue;Hiroshi Kumamoto;Keiji Okamoto;Yoshihiko Umesono

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoichi Matsuda
Yoichi Matsuda Nagoya University
Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Kazuho Ikeo
Kazuho Ikeo National Institute of Genetics
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics
Panagiotis A. Tsonis
Panagiotis A. Tsonis University of Dayton
Kinichi Nakashima
Kinichi Nakashima Kyushu University
Shigehiro Kuraku
Shigehiro Kuraku National Institute of Genetics
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Hajime Fujisawa
Hajime Fujisawa Nagoya University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Studying Molecular Biology can open doors to a range of advanced degrees and diverse career paths, particularly within healthcare and research. Many students interested in laboratory sciences or healthcare management are now exploring flexible online degrees as a way to accelerate their education and transition into specialized roles.

For those aiming for advanced nursing opportunities—without a prior nursing background—there are online direct entry msn programs for non-nurses, which can quickly lead to clinical or administrative positions.

Current registered nurses seeking career advancement might consider regionally accredited programs. Comparing options is important, especially for established schools like Capella University. Always check for capella university nursing accreditation when evaluating potential programs.

Bridge programs, such as online bsn programs, are valuable for professionals wishing to progress from a bachelor’s to a master’s degree. Additionally, many science-focused learners choose non profit online schools for their strong academic reputation and affordable tuition.

Best Scientists Citing Kiyokazu Agata

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles