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Masataka Mori

Masataka Mori

Kumamoto University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
26326
World Ranking
3849
National Ranking
250

Masataka Mori 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 Masataka Mori sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 422 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masataka Mori 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 Masataka Mori sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masataka Mori is a researcher affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, with a particular emphasis on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, and surgery. Additional fields of study include biomedical engineering and neurology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to medical research.

Their research addresses a variety of topics related to lung health, cancer biology, and medical technology. Key topics include:

  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Lung cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Cancer cells and metastasis
  • Pleural and pulmonary diseases
  • Lung cancer research studies
  • Lung cancer treatments and mutations
  • Microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies

Mori's publication record shows contributions to both clinical and technological aspects of medicine. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Prognostic impact of PD-L1 expression in correlation with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung," 2020, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) with the "Universal" CTC-Chip and An Anti-Podoplanin Antibody NZ-1.2," 2020, published in Cells
  • "CD155 expression and its clinical significance in non-small cell lung cancer," 2022, published in Oncology Letters
  • "Prognostic impact of circulating tumor cells detected with the microfluidic "universal CTC-chip" for primary lung cancer," 2021, published in Cancer Science
  • "Catalytic activity of Co-nanocrystal-doped tungsten carbide arising from an internal magnetic field," 2021, published in RSC Advances

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Koji Kuroda
  • Masatoshi Kanayama
  • Masaru Takenaka
  • Fumihiro Tanaka
  • Hiroki Matsumiya

The venues where Mori has most often published research comprise:

  • General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Surgery Today
  • Oncology Letters
  • Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery

Best Publications

  • Targeted disruption of the Chop gene delays endoplasmic reticulum stress–mediated diabetes

    Seiichi Oyadomari;Akio Koizumi;Kiyoshi Takeda;Tomomi Gotoh

  • Nitric oxide-induced apoptosis in pancreatic β cells is mediated by the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway

    Seiichi Oyadomari;Kiyoshi Takeda;Masaki Takiguchi;Tomomi Gotoh

  • Replacement of lysine residue 1030 in the putative ATP-binding region of the insulin receptor abolishes insulin- and antibody-stimulated glucose uptake and receptor kinase activity

    Yousuke Ebina;Eiichi Araki;Masato Taira;Fumio Shimada

  • Regulation of nitric oxide production by arginine metabolic enzymes.

    Masataka Mori;Tomomi Gotoh

  • hsp70-DnaJ chaperone pair prevents nitric oxide- and CHOP-induced apoptosis by inhibiting translocation of Bax to mitochondria

    Tomomi Gotoh;K. Terada;S. Oyadomari;M. Mori

  • Nitric oxide-induced apoptosis in RAW 264.7 macrophages is mediated by endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway involving ATF6 and CHOP.

    Tomomi Gotoh;Seiichi Oyadomari;Kazutoshi Mori;Masataka Mori

  • ENDODERM-SPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION IN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS DIFFERENTIATED TO EMBRYOID BODIES

    Koichiro Abe;Hitoshi Niwa;Katsuro Iwase;Masaki Takiguchi

  • Molecular cloning of cDNA for nonhepatic mitochondrial arginase (arginase II) and comparison of its induction with nitric oxide synthase in a murine macrophage-like cell line

    Tomomi Gotoh;Takashi Sonoki;Akitoshi Nagasaki;Kazutoyo Terada

  • Arginase II Downregulates Nitric Oxide (NO) Production and Prevents NO-mediated Apoptosis in Murine Macrophage-derived RAW 264.7 Cells

    Tomomi Gotoh;Masataka Mori

  • Coinduction of Nitric-oxide Synthase and Arginase I in Cultured Rat Peritoneal Macrophages and Rat Tissues in Vivo by Lipopolysaccharide

    Takashi Sonoki;Akitoshi Nagasaki;Tomomi Gotoh;Masaki Takiguchi

  • Impact of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Pathway on Pancreatic β-Cells and Diabetes Mellitus

    Eiichi Araki;Seiichi Oyadomari;Masataka Mori

  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and diabetes mellitus

    Eiichi Araki;Seiichi Oyadomari;Masataka Mori

  • Arginine Metabolic Enzymes, Nitric Oxide and Infection

    Masataka Mori;Tomomi Gotoh

  • Coinduction of Nitric Oxide Synthase, Argininosuccinate Synthetase, and Argininosuccinate Lyase in Lipopolysaccharide-treated Rats: RNA BLOT, IMMUNOBLOT, AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ANALYSES

    Akitoshi Nagasaki;Tomomi Gotoh;Motohiro Takeya;Yingjie Yu

  • L-arginine uptake, the citrulline-NO cycle and arginase II in the rat brain: an in situ hybridization study.

    Olivier Braissant;Tomomi Gotoh;Marc Loup;Masataka Mori

  • Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of cDNA for human liver arginase.

    Yougo Haraguchi;Masaki Takiguchi;Yoshihiro Amaya;Susumu Kawamoto

  • Human DnaJ Homologs dj2 and dj3, and bag-1 Are Positive Cochaperones of hsc70

    Kazutoyo Terada;Masataka Mori

  • Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor (COUP-TF) represses transcription from the promoter of the gene for ornithine transcarbamylase in a manner antagonistic to hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 (HNF-4).

    A Kimura;A Nishiyori;T Murakami;T Tsukamoto

  • The human DnaJ homologue dj2 facilitates mitochondrial protein import and luciferase refolding

    Kazutoyo Terada;Masaki Kanazawa;Bernd Bukau;Masataka Mori

  • Structure of the human ornithine transcarbamylase gene

    Akira Hata;Teruhisa Tsuzuki;Kazunori Shimada;Masaki Takiguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaki Takiguchi
Masaki Takiguchi Chiba University
Tomomi Gotoh
Tomomi Gotoh Kumamoto University
Nicholas J. Hoogenraad
Nicholas J. Hoogenraad La Trobe University
Motohiro Takeya
Motohiro Takeya Kumamoto Health Science University
Ichiro Matsuda
Ichiro Matsuda Kumamoto University
Ken Ichi Yamamura
Ken Ichi Yamamura Kumamoto University
Yousuke Ebina
Yousuke Ebina University of Tokushima
Eiichi Araki
Eiichi Araki Kumamoto University
Eishichi Miyamoto
Eishichi Miyamoto Kumamoto University
Takashi Hashimoto
Takashi Hashimoto Shinshu University

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Best Scientists Citing Masataka Mori

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David A. Hood

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Masaki Takiguchi

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Publications: 23

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Nikolaus Pfanner

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Takashi Hashimoto

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Publications: 21

Michael T. Ryan

Michael T. Ryan

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Publications: 20

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Ichiro Matsuda

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Publications: 18

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Ruth B. Caldwell

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Jacob Rajfer

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Publications: 15

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Jerrold M. Olefsky

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