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Kuniya Abe

Kuniya Abe

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
53
Citations
15320
World Ranking
3704
National Ranking
164

Kuniya Abe publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 168 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Kuniya Abe D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kuniya Abe is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Engineering. Their research spans molecular biology, biomedical engineering, biophysics, genetics, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

Among Kuniya Abe's recent publications are:

  • "Human iPS cell-derived cartilaginous tissue spatially and functionally replaces nucleus pulposus," 2022, Biomaterials
  • "House mouse Mus musculus dispersal in East Eurasia inferred from 98 newly determined complete mitochondrial genome sequences," 2020, Heredity
  • "Epigenetic effects of insecticides on early differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells," 2021, Toxicology in Vitro
  • "Human induced pluripotent stem cell formation and morphology prediction during reprogramming with time-lapse bright-field microscopy images using deep learning methods," 2022, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
  • "Single-molecule tracking of Nanog and Oct4 in living mouse embryonic stem cells uncovers a feedback mechanism of pluripotency maintenance," 2023, The EMBO Journal

Frequent coauthors of Kuniya Abe include:

  • Hideo Yokota
  • Slo-Li Chu
  • Ming-Dar Tsai
  • Tomonobu M. Watanabe
  • Kazuhiro Sudo

Their research has appeared in various publication venues, with multiple papers in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Biomaterials

Best Publications

  • Control of developmental regulators by Polycomb in human embryonic stem cells.

    Tong Ihn Lee;Richard G. Jenner;Laurie A. Boyer;Matthew G. Guenther

  • Nuclear reprogramming of somatic cells by in vitro hybridization with ES cells

    Masako Tada;Yousuke Takahama;Yousuke Takahama;Kuniya Abe;Norio Nakatsuji

  • Conserved Role of nanos Proteins in Germ Cell Development

    Masayuki Tsuda;Yumiko Sasaoka;Makoto Kiso;Kuniya Abe

  • Germline-specific expression of the Oct-4/green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgene in mice.

    Tomomi Yoshimizu;Noriyuki Sugiyama;Mario De Felice;Mario De Felice;Young Ii Yeom;Young Ii Yeom

  • Genetic differences among C57BL/6 substrains.

    Kazuyuki Mekada;Kuniya Abe;Ayumi Murakami;Satoe Nakamura

  • The mitochondrial bottleneck occurs without reduction of mtDNA content in female mouse germ cells

    Liqin Cao;Hiroshi Shitara;Takuro Horii;Yasumitsu Nagao

  • Impaired colonization of the gonads by primordial germ cells in mice lacking a chemokine, stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1)

    Toshiaki Ara;Yuri Nakamura;Takeshi Egawa;Tatsuki Sugiyama

  • Island cells control temporal association memory

    Takashi Kitamura;Michele Pignatelli;Junghyup Suh;Keigo Kohara

  • Neurogenin3 delineates the earliest stages of spermatogenesis in the mouse testis.

    Shosei Yoshida;Ayumi Takakura;Kazuyuki Ohbo;Kuniya Abe

  • Chronic active hepatitis in transgenic mice expressing interferon-γ in the liver

    Tetsushi Toyonaga;Okio Hino;Satoshi Sugai;Shoji Wakasugi

  • Quantitative Chemical Composition of Cortical GABAergic Neurons Revealed in Transgenic Venus-Expressing Rats

    Masakazu Uematsu;Yasuharu Hirai;Fuyuki Karube;Satoe Ebihara

  • A novel transgenic technique that allows specific marking of the neural crest cell lineage in mice.

    Yasutaka Yamauchi;Kuniya Abe;Akio Mantani;Yasuyuki Hitoshi

  • X chromosome reactivation initiates in nascent primordial germ cells in mice.

    Michihiko Sugimoto;Kuniya Abe

  • Impeding Xist Expression from the Active X Chromosome Improves Mouse Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

    Kimiko Inoue;Takashi Kohda;Michihiko Sugimoto;Takashi Sado

  • Identification and characterization of stem cells in prepubertal spermatogenesis in mice

    Kazuyuki Ohbo;Shosei Yoshida;Shosei Yoshida;Masako Ohmura;Osamu Ohneda

  • Epigenetic regulation of mouse sex determination by the histone demethylase Jmjd1a.

    Shunsuke Kuroki;Shogo Matoba;Mika Akiyoshi;Yasuko Matsumura

  • The paternal methylation imprint of the mouse H19 locus is acquired in the gonocyte stage during foetal testis development.

    Takayuki Ueda;Kuniya Abe;Asuka Miura;Misako Yuzuriha

  • Locus coeruleus input to hippocampal CA3 drives single-trial learning of a novel context

    Akiko Wagatsuma;Teruhiro Okuyama;Chen Sun;Lillian M Smith

  • Disclosing hidden transcripts: Mouse natural sense–antisense transcripts tend to be poly(A) negative and nuclear localized

    Hidenori Kiyosawa;Nathan Mise;Shigeru Iwase;Yoshihide Hayashizaki

  • Genetic variation of melatonin productivity in laboratory mice under domestication.

    Takaoki Kasahara;Kuniya Abe;Kazuyuki Mekada;Atsushi Yoshiki

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsuo Ogura
Atsuo Ogura University of Tsukuba
Ken Ichi Yamamura
Ken Ichi Yamamura Kumamoto University
Narumi Ogonuki
Narumi Ogonuki National Institutes of Health
Fumitoshi Ishino
Fumitoshi Ishino Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kimi Araki
Kimi Araki Kumamoto University
Misao Suzuki
Misao Suzuki Kumamoto University
Kimiko Inoue
Kimiko Inoue University of Tsukuba
Kazuo Moriwaki
Kazuo Moriwaki National Institute of Genetics
Yasuhisa Matsui
Yasuhisa Matsui Tohoku University
Hiroyuki Sasaki
Hiroyuki Sasaki Kyushu University

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