2026 Koichi Kawakami: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	82	1472	1396	54	50	264	23746
Molecular Biology	82	938	832	72	67	264	23746

Overview

Koichi Kawakami is affiliated with the National Institute of Genetics in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work also in medicine. The scientist's research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, neurology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The research topics they have addressed include:

Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Retinal Development and Disorders
Congenital Heart Defects Research
Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms

Kawakami has published a range of papers in notable journals. Recent publications include:

"A virtual reality system to analyze neural activity and behavior in adult zebrafish," 2020, Nature Methods
"Optogenetic modulation of TDP-43 oligomerization accelerates ALS-related pathologies in the spinal motor neurons," 2020, Nature Communications
"The Genetic Basis of Morphological Diversity in Domesticated Goldfish," 2020, Current Biology
"Proteasome subunit PSMC3 variants cause neurosensory syndrome combining deafness and cataract due to proteotoxic stress," 2020, EMBO Molecular Medicine
"Neural circuitry for stimulus selection in the zebrafish visual system," 2020, Neuron

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

Kazuhide Asakawa
Hiroshi Handa
Gembu Abe
Koji Tamura
Hironori Wada

Kawakami's work has appeared repeatedly in specific publication venues, with the highest number of publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), followed by publications in Development, Nature Communications, Cell Reports, and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

In addition to research articles, Kawakami has also contributed to book publishing. One known title is Zebrafish, published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2023.

Best Publications

A transposon-mediated gene trap approach identifies developmentally regulated genes in zebrafish.

Koichi Kawakami;Hisashi Takeda;Noriko Kawakami;Makoto Kobayashi

941
Citations
Zebrafish vasa homologue RNA is localized to the cleavage planes of 2- and 4-cell-stage embryos and is expressed in the primordial germ cells

Christina Yoon;Koichi Kawakami;Nancy Hopkins

741
Citations
The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)

Daniela S. Gerhard;Lukas Wagner;Elise A. Feingold;Carolyn M. Shenmen

690
Citations
Tol2: a versatile gene transfer vector in vertebrates

Koichi Kawakami

680
Citations
Functional dissection of the Tol2 transposable element identified the minimal cis-sequence and a highly repetitive sequence in the subterminal region essential for transposition.

Akihiro Urasaki;Ghislaine Morvan;Koichi Kawakami;Koichi Kawakami

591
Citations
Identification of a functional transposase of the Tol2 element, an Ac-like element from the Japanese medaka fish, and its transposition in the zebrafish germ lineage

Koichi Kawakami;Akihiro Shima;Noriko Kawakami

569
Citations
Genetic dissection of neural circuits by Tol2 transposon-mediated Gal4 gene and enhancer trapping in zebrafish

Kazuhide Asakawa;Maximiliano L. Suster;Kanta Mizusawa;Saori Nagayoshi

562
Citations
Migration of zebrafish primordial germ cells: a role for myosin contraction and cytoplasmic flow.

Heiko Blaser;Michal Reichman-Fried;Irinka Castanon;Karin Dumstrei

449
Citations
The habenula is crucial for experience-dependent modification of fear responses in zebrafish

Masakazu Agetsuma;Hidenori Aizawa;Tazu Aoki;Ryoko Nakayama

440
Citations
Targeting neural circuitry in zebrafish using GAL4 enhancer trapping

Ethan K Scott;Lindsay Mason;Aristides B Arrenberg;Limor Ziv

433
Citations
Transposon tools and methods in zebrafish

Koichi Kawakami

337
Citations
Insertional mutagenesis and rapid cloning of essential genes in zebrafish

Nicholas Gaiano;Adam Amsterdam;Koichi Kawakami;Miguel Allende

332
Citations
Co-option of Sox3 as the male-determining factor on the Y chromosome in the fish Oryzias dancena

Yusuke Takehana;Yusuke Takehana;Masaru Matsuda;Taijun Myosho;Maximiliano L Suster

306
Citations
Evaluating the biological relevance of putative enhancers using Tol2 transposon-mediated transgenesis in zebrafish.

Shannon Fisher;Elizabeth A Grice;Ryan M Vinton;Seneca L Bessling

305
Citations
Stable integration and conditional expression of electroporated transgenes in chicken embryos.

Yuki Sato;Toshiharu Kasai;Shinichi Nakagawa;Koji Tanabe

305
Citations
Transgenesis and gene trap methods in zebrafish by using the Tol2 transposable element.

Koichi Kawakami

299
Citations
Real-Time Visualization of Neuronal Activity during Perception

Akira Muto;Masamichi Ohkura;Gembu Abe;Junichi Nakai

298
Citations
Development of the circadian oscillator during differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells in vitro

Kazuhiro Yagita;Kyoji Horie;Satoshi Koinuma;Wataru Nakamura

287
Citations
Comparative analysis of transposable element vector systems in human cells

Ivana Grabundzija;Markus Irgang;Lajos Mátés;Eyayu Belay

264
Citations
Transgenesis in zebrafish with the tol2 transposon system.

Maximiliano L. Suster;Hiroshi Kikuta;Akihiro Urasaki;Kazuhide Asakawa

250
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shin-ichi Higashijima National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Masahiko Hibi Nagoya University

Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics

Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics

Nancy Hopkins MIT

Thomas S. Becker University of Sydney

Tetsuo Noda Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo

Shawn M. Burgess National Institutes of Health

Herwig Baier Max Planck Society

External Links

Personal website of Koichi Kawakami

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