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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 111 230 212 3 3 763 52891
Medicine 112 5098 4783 106 101 818 54032

Masashi Mizokami publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Masashi Mizokami between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Masashi Mizokami published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 21.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 52 publications in 2015. 21 of the 854 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 52. Peak 52 publications in 2015. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 12 publications 1994: 24 publications 1995: 30 publications 1996: 18 publications 1997: 34 publications 1998: 16 publications 1999: 24 publications 2000: 14 publications 2001: 17 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 35 publications 2004: 34 publications 2005: 33 publications 2006: 38 publications 2007: 42 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 28 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 37 publications 2012: 27 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 28 publications 2015: 52 publications 2016: 35 publications 2017: 22 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 5 publications
1986 2025

854 publications in total across all disciplines

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Masashi Mizokami: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 3
1988 2
1989 4
1990 1
1991 2
1992 5
1993 12
1994 24
1995 30
1996 18
1997 34
1998 16
1999 24
2000 14
2001 17
2002 13
2003 35
2004 34
2005 33
2006 38
2007 42
2008 23
2009 28
2010 27
2011 37
2012 27
2013 27
2014 28
2015 52
2016 35
2017 22
2018 27
2019 16
2020 21
2021 24
2022 20
2023 17
2024 16
2025 5
Total 854
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Masashi Mizokami publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 679+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 763 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99 763
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Masashi Mizokami D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 111 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7 111
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masashi Mizokami is affiliated with Nagoya City University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on epidemiology and hepatology. Their research work encompasses a wide range of topics, including infectious diseases, molecular biology, and immunology.

They have published numerous studies related to hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus research, as well as liver disease diagnosis and treatment. Their research also addresses SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including clinical research studies linked to these viruses and broader immunotherapy and immune response topics.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Hepatology Research
  • Gastroenterology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Gene
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Leading coauthors working regularly with Mizokami are:

  • Masaya Sugiyama
  • Nao Nishida
  • Norio Ohmagari
  • Kunitada Shimotohno
  • Katsushi Tokunaga

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Mizokami include:

  • Metagenomic Identification of Microbial Signatures Predicting Pancreatic Cancer From a Multinational Study, 2022, Gastroenterology
  • Hepatic Stellate Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Promote Tumor Growth Via Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Production, 2020, Gastroenterology
  • APASL clinical practice guideline on hepatitis B reactivation related to the use of immunosuppressive therapy, 2021, Hepatology International
  • Population-level Metagenomics Uncovers Distinct Effects of Multiple Medications on the Human Gut Microbiome, 2022, Gastroenterology
  • SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 mortalities strongly correlate with ACE1 I/D genotype, 2020, Gene

Mizokami's work broadly addresses several interconnected fields and subfields:

  • Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Hepatology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology

The main topics covered in their research output include:

  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Best Publications

  • Production of infectious hepatitis C virus in tissue culture from a cloned viral genome

    Takaji Wakita;Thomas Pietschmann;Takanobu Kato;Takanobu Kato;Tomoko Date

  • Genome-wide association of IL28B with response to pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C.

    Yasuhito Tanaka;Nao Nishida;Masaya Sugiyama;Masayuki Kurosaki

  • Consensus proposals for a unified system of nomenclature of hepatitis C virus genotypes.

    Peter Simmonds;Jens Bukh;Christophe Combet;Gilbert Deléage

  • A proposed system for the nomenclature of hepatitis C viral genotypes

    P Simmonds;A Alberti;H J Alter;F Bonino

  • Significance of serum hepatitis C virus RNA levels in chronic hepatitis C

    J.Y.N Lau;G.L Davis;J Kniffen;K.-P Qian

  • Efficient replication of the genotype 2a hepatitis C virus subgenomic replicon

    Takanobu Kato;Tomoko Date;Michiko Miyamoto;Akihiro Furusaka

  • Independent risk factors and predictive score for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B

    Man-Fung Yuen;Yasuhito Tanaka;Daniel Yee-Tak Fong;James Fung

  • Antiviral drug-resistant HBV: standardization of nomenclature and assays and recommendations for management.

    Anna S. Lok;Fabien Zoulim;Stephen Locarnini;Angeline Bartholomeusz

  • New hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping system that allows for identification of HCV genotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, and 6a.

    O Ohno;M Mizokami;R R Wu;M G Saleh

  • Classification, nomenclature, and database development for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and related viruses: proposals for standardization

    B Robertson;G Myers;C Howard;T Brettin

  • A Genetic Variant of Hepatitis B Virus Divergent from Known Human and Ape Genotypes Isolated from a Japanese Patient and Provisionally Assigned to New Genotype J

    Kanako Tatematsu;Yasuhito Tanaka;Fuat Kurbanov;Fuminaka Sugauchi

  • Geographic distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype in patients with chronic HBV infection in Japan

    Etsuro Orito;Takafumi Ichida;Hiroshi Sakugawa;Michio Sata

  • A case-control study for clinical and molecular biological differences between hepatitis B viruses of genotypes B and C

    Etsuro Orito;Masashi Mizokami;Hiroshi Sakugawa;Kojiro Michitaka

  • Hepatic ISG Expression Is Associated With Genetic Variation in Interleukin 28B and the Outcome of IFN Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

    Masao Honda;Akito Sakai;Tatsuya Yamashita;Yasunari Nakamoto

  • Hepatitis C virus infection in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

    Eli Zuckerman;Tsila Zuckerman;Alexandra M. Levine;Dan Douer

  • Ledipasvir and sofosbuvir fixed-dose combination with and without ribavirin for 12 weeks in treatment-naive and previously treated Japanese patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C: an open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial.

    Masashi Mizokami;Osamu Yokosuka;Tetsuo Takehara;Naoya Sakamoto

  • A comparison of the molecular clock of hepatitis C virus in the United States and Japan predicts that hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in the United States will increase over the next two decades.

    Yasuhito Tanaka;Kousuke Hanada;Masashi Mizokami;Anthony E. T. Yeo

  • Classifying hepatitis B virus genotypes.

    Yuzo Miyakawa;Masashi Mizokami

  • Hepatitis B virus of genotype B with or without recombination with genotype C over the precore region plus the core gene

    Fuminaka Sugauchi;Etsuro Orito;Takafumi Ichida;Hideaki Kato

  • Genetic instability and aberrant DNA methylation in chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis--A comprehensive study of loss of heterozygosity and microsatellite instability at 39 loci and DNA hypermethylation on 8 CpG islands in microdissected specimens from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Yutaka Kondo;Y. A. E. Kanai;Michiie Sakamoto;Masashi Mizokami

  • NS5A resistance-associated substitutions in patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus: Prevalence and effect on treatment outcome

    Stefan Zeuzem;Masashi Mizokami;Stephen Pianko;Alessandra Mangia

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhito Tanaka
Yasuhito Tanaka Kumamoto University
Etsuro Orito
Etsuro Orito Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital
Ryuzo Ueda
Ryuzo Ueda Nagoya University
Fuminaka Sugauchi
Fuminaka Sugauchi Nagoya City University
Johnson Y.N. Lau
Johnson Y.N. Lau Hong Kong Baptist University
Namiki Izumi
Namiki Izumi Musashino Red Cross Hospital
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo
Takaji Wakita
Takaji Wakita National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Eiji Tanaka
Eiji Tanaka Shinshu University
Hisashi Narimatsu
Hisashi Narimatsu National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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