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Kiyoshi Kita

Kiyoshi Kita

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
72
Citations
14357
World Ranking
1337
National Ranking
112

Kiyoshi Kita 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 Kiyoshi Kita sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 320 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kiyoshi Kita 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 Kiyoshi Kita sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kiyoshi Kita is affiliated with Nagasaki University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on infectious diseases and parasitology. The scientist's work covers several subfields, including molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, infectious diseases, and parasitology.

The research topics addressed by Kiyoshi Kita include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Kiyoshi Kita has published frequently in several academic journals and platforms. The main publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Tropical Medicine and Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

Several recent papers illustrate the breadth of Kita's research interests:

  • "5-amino levulinic acid inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro", 2021, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • "Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance gene-1 polymorphisms in Northern Nigeria: implications for the continued use of artemether-lumefantrine in the region", 2020, Malaria Journal
  • "Mitochondria as a Potential Target for the Development of Prophylactic and Therapeutic Drugs against Schistosoma mansoni Infection", 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • "Genetic polymorphisms in malaria vaccine candidate Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte-binding protein homologue-5 among populations in Lagos, Nigeria", 2020, Malaria Journal
  • "Infection and Immunometabolism in the Central Nervous System: A Possible Mechanistic Link Between Metabolic Imbalance and Dementia", 2021, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, which include:

  • D.K. Inaoka
  • Takaya Sakura
  • Tomoyoshi Nozaki
  • E.O. Balogun
  • Kenji Hirayama

Best Publications

  • Hit and lead criteria in drug discovery for infectious diseases of the developing world

    Kei Katsuno;Jeremy N. Burrows;Ken Duncan;Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen

  • Terminal oxidases of Escherichia coli aerobic respiratory chain. I. Purification and properties of cytochrome b562-o complex from cells in the early exponential phase of aerobic growth.

    K Kita;K Konishi;Y Anraku

  • Terminal oxidases of Escherichia coli aerobic respiratory chain. II. Purification and properties of cytochrome b558-d complex from cells grown with limited oxygen and evidence of branched electron-carrying systems.

    K Kita;K Konishi;Y Anraku

  • Atpenins, potent and specific inhibitors of mitochondrial complex II (succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase)

    Hiroko Miyadera;Kazuro Shiomi;Hideaki Ui;Yuichi Yamaguchi

  • Spread and evolution of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance

    Toshihiro Mita;Kazuyuki Tanabe;Kiyoshi Kita

  • Plasmodium cynomolgi genome sequences provide insight into Plasmodium vivax and the monkey malaria clade

    Shin Ichiro Tachibana;Steven A. Sullivan;Satoru Kawai;Shota Nakamura

  • Altered Quinone Biosynthesis in the Long-lived clk-1Mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Hiroko Miyadera;Hisako Amino;Akira Hiraishi;Hikari Taka

  • Structure of the trypanosome cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase

    Tomoo Shiba;Yasutoshi Kido;Kimitoshi Sakamoto;Daniel Ken Inaoka

  • An anthelmintic compound, nafuredin, shows selective inhibition of complex I in helminth mitochondria

    Satoshi Ōmura;Hiroko Miyadera;Hideaki Ui;Kazuro Shiomi

  • One-step purification from Escherichia coli of complex II (succinate: ubiquinone oxidoreductase) associated with succinate-reducible cytochrome b556.

    K. Kita;C. R. T. Vibat;S. Meinhardt;J. R. Guest

  • Parasites resistant to the antimalarial atovaquone fail to transmit by mosquitoes

    Christopher D. Goodman;Josephine E. Siregar;Josephine E. Siregar;Josephine E. Siregar;Vanessa Mollard;Joel Vega-Rodríguez

  • Proteomic analysis of phagocytosis in the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.

    Mami Okada;Mami Okada;Christopher D. Huston;Barbara J. Mann;William A. Petri

  • Unraveling the heater: new insights into the structure of the alternative oxidase.

    Anthony L. Moore;Tomoo Shiba;Luke Young;Shigeharu Harada

  • Gramicidin S and polymyxins: the revival of cationic cyclic peptide antibiotics

    Tatsushi Mogi;Kiyoshi Kita

  • Divergence of the Mitochondrial Genome Structure in the Apicomplexan Parasites, Babesia and Theileria

    Kenji Hikosaka;Yoh-Ichi Watanabe;Naotoshi Tsuji;Kiyoshi Kita

  • An antibiotic, ascofuranone, specifically inhibits respiration and in vitro growth of long slender bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei brucei.

    Nobuko Minagawa;Yoshisada Yabu;Kiyoshi Kita;Kazuo Nagai

  • Ubiquinone is necessary for mouse embryonic development but is not essential for mitochondrial respiration.

    Françoise Levavasseur;Hiroko Miyadera;Jacinthe Sirois;Michel L. Tremblay

  • Male Fertility of Malaria Parasites Is Determined by GCS1, a Plant-Type Reproduction Factor

    Makoto Hirai;Meiji Arai;Toshiyuki Mori;Shin-ya Miyagishima

  • Primary and higher order structures of nematode (Ascaris suum) mitochondrial tRNAs lacking either the T or D stem.

    Yoh Ichi Watanabe;Hiromichi Tsurui;Takuya Ueda;Rieko Furushima

  • Role of complex II in anaerobic respiration of the parasite mitochondria from Ascaris suum and Plasmodium falciparum

    Kiyoshi Kita;Hiroko Hirawake;Hiroko Miyadera;Hisako Amino

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideto Miyoshi
Hideto Miyoshi Kyoto University
Nobuo Ohta
Nobuo Ohta Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kazuro Shiomi
Kazuro Shiomi Kitasato University
Masayuki Inoue
Masayuki Inoue University of Tokyo
Kazuo Nagai
Kazuo Nagai Chubu University
Satoshi Omura
Satoshi Omura Kitasato University
Yasuhiro Anraku
Yasuhiro Anraku University of Tokyo
Kazuyuki Tanabe
Kazuyuki Tanabe Osaka University
Paul A. M. Michels
Paul A. M. Michels University of Edinburgh
Tomoyoshi Nozaki
Tomoyoshi Nozaki University of Tokyo

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