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Makoto Asashima

Makoto Asashima

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
20376
World Ranking
5056
National Ranking
330

Makoto Asashima 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 Makoto Asashima sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 494 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Makoto Asashima 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 Makoto Asashima sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Makoto Asashima is affiliated with Teikyo University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biophysics, Safety Research, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Congenital Heart Defects Research, RNA Research and Splicing, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Academic Integrity and Plagiarism, and Ethics in Clinical Research.

Makoto Asashima has published several papers, including:

  • "Toward global standardization of conducting fair investigations of allegations of research misconduct" (2020) in Accountability in Research
  • "Temporal transcriptomic profiling reveals dynamic changes in gene expression of Xenopus animal cap upon activin treatment" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "Spemann-Mangold organizer and mesoderm induction" (2024) in Cells and Development
  • "Zbtb11 interacts with Otx2 and patterns the anterior neuroectoderm in Xenopus" (2024) in PLoS ONE
  • "Automated contour extraction for light-sheet microscopy images of zebrafish embryos based on object edge detection algorithm" (2023) in Development Growth & Differentiation

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Makoto Asashima include:

  • Yumeko Satou-Kobayashi
  • Yoshikazu Haramoto
  • Shuji Takahashi
  • Masanori Taira
  • Rei Nouchi

Makoto Asashima's research has been published in multiple venues, notably:

  • Cells and Development
  • Accountability in Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • Development Growth & Differentiation

Best Publications

  • Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

    Adam M. Session;Adam M. Session;Yoshinobu Uno;Taejoon Kwon;Taejoon Kwon;Jarrod A. Chapman

  • Wnt-mediated activation of NeuroD1 and retro-elements during adult neurogenesis

    Tomoko Kuwabara;Jenny Hsieh;Alysson Muotri;Gene Yeo

  • Maternal wnt11 activates the canonical wnt signaling pathway required for axis formation in Xenopus embryos.

    Qinghua Tao;Chika Yokota;Helbert Puck;Matt Kofron

  • Murine homolog of SALL1 is essential for ureteric bud invasion in kidney development.

    Ryuichi Nishinakamura;Yuko Matsumoto;Kazuki Nakao;Kenji Nakamura

  • Mesodermal induction in early amphibian embryos by activin A (erythroid differentiation factor)

    Makoto Asashima;Hiroshi Nakano;Kazunori Shimada;Kei Kinoshita

  • The thioredoxin-related redox-regulating protein nucleoredoxin inhibits Wnt-β-catenin signalling through Dishevelled

    Yosuke Funato;Tatsuo Michiue;Makoto Asashima;Hiroaki Miki;Hiroaki Miki

  • Development of defective and persistent Sendai virus vector: a unique gene delivery/expression system ideal for cell reprogramming.

    Ken Nishimura;Masayuki Sano;Manami Ohtaka;Birei Furuta

  • The murine homolog of SALL4, a causative gene in Okihiro syndrome, is essential for embryonic stem cell proliferation, and cooperates with Sall1 in anorectal, heart, brain and kidney development

    Masayo Sakaki-Yumoto;Chiyoko Kobayashi;Akira Sato;Sayoko Fujimura

  • Regulation of the Xmyf-5 and XmyoD Expression Pattern during Early Xenopus Development

    Shuji Takahashi;Eisaku Esumi;Yo-ichi Nabeshima;Makoto Asashima

  • IGFBP-4 is an inhibitor of canonical Wnt signalling required for cardiogenesis

    Weidong Zhu;Ichiro Shiojima;Yuzuru Ito;Zhi Li

  • Integrins Regulate Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal

    Yohei Hayashi;Miho Kusuda Furue;Tetsuji Okamoto;Kiyoshi Ohnuma

  • Axil, a Member of the Axin Family, Interacts with Both Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β and β-Catenin and Inhibits Axis Formation of Xenopus Embryos

    Hideki Yamamoto;Shosei Kishida;Takaaki Uochi;Satoshi Ikeda

  • Two novel nodal-related genes initiate early inductive events in Xenopus Nieuwkoop center.

    Shuji Takahashi;Chika Yokota;Kazuhiro Takano;Kousuke Tanegashima

  • Glycome Diagnosis of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Lectin Microarray

    Hiroaki Tateno;Masashi Toyota;Shigeru Saito;Yasuko Onuma

  • Conversion of ectoderm into a neural fate by ATH-3, a vertebrate basic helix–loop–helix gene homologous to Drosophila proneural gene atonal

    Koichi Takebayashi;Shuji Takahashi;Chika Yokota;Hiroshi Tsuda

  • Presence of activin (erythroid differentiation factor) in unfertilized eggs and blastulae of Xenopus laevis.

    Makoto Asashima;Hiroshi Nakano;Hideho Uchiyama;Hiromu Sugino

  • Identification of multipotent progenitors in the embryonic mouse kidney by a novel colony-forming assay.

    Kenji Osafune;Minoru Takasato;Minoru Takasato;Andreas Kispert;Makoto Asashima

  • The Conserved Rieske Oxygenase DAF-36/Neverland Is a Novel Cholesterol-metabolizing Enzyme

    Takuji Yoshiyama-Yanagawa;Takuji Yoshiyama-Yanagawa;Sora Enya;Yuko Shimada-Niwa;Shunsuke Yaguchi

  • Reduction in paracrine Wnt3 factors during aging causes impaired adult neurogenesis

    Masahiro Okamoto;Koshiro Inoue;Koshiro Inoue;Hiroki Iwamura;Hiroki Iwamura;Kazuyuki Terashima

  • Conservation of Pax 6 function and upstream activation by Notch signaling in eye development of frogs and flies

    Yasuko Onuma;Shuji Takahashi;Makoto Asashima;Shoichiro Kurata

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryuichi Nishinakamura
Ryuichi Nishinakamura Kumamoto University
Akira Kikuchi
Akira Kikuchi Osaka University
Jun Hirabayashi
Jun Hirabayashi Nagoya University
Hiromu Sugino
Hiromu Sugino University of Tokushima
Naoto Ueno
Naoto Ueno National Institute for Basic Biology
Shoichi Ishiura
Shoichi Ishiura University of Tokyo
Suguru Kawato
Suguru Kawato University of Tokyo
Takashi Yokota
Takashi Yokota Kanazawa University
Akihiro Umezawa
Akihiro Umezawa National Center For Child Health and Development
Hideki Yamamoto
Hideki Yamamoto Osaka University

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