2026 Masayori Inouye: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	139	134	119	87	77	712	64519

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1986 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Masayori Inouye is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans largely across the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on molecular biology. Their scholarly contributions cover subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Materials Chemistry, and Molecular Medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Inouye include:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Protein structure and dynamics
Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
Enzyme structure and function
Genomics and phylogenetic studies
Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms

Frequent publication venues for Inouye's work include:

FEBS Journal
Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Scientific Reports
Microorganisms

Selected recent papers by the scientist are:

Assessment of prediction methods for protein structures determined by NMR in CASP14: Impact of AlphaFold2, 2021, Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
Evolution of the genetic code; Evidence from serine codon use disparity in Escherichia coli, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
In-cell NMR as a sensitive tool to monitor physiological condition of Escherichia coli, 2020, Scientific Reports
A novel gyrase inhibitor from toxin-antitoxin system expressed by Staphylococcus aureus, 2022, FEBS Journal
Functional Characterization of the mazEF Toxin-Antitoxin System in the Pathogenic Bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens, 2021, Microorganisms

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Inouye are:

Yojiro Ishida
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Keiko Inouye
Yuanpeng J. Huang
Beate Bersch

Inouye's work has been recognized through memberships and fellowships, including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2018)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1986)

Best Publications

Frameshift mutations and the genetic code. This paper is dedicated to Professor Theodosius Dobzhansky on the occasion of his 66th birthday.

George Streisinger;Yoshimi Okada;Joyce Emrich;Judith Newton

1937
Citations
Protein production and purification.

S Gräslund

1004
Citations
GHKL, an emergent ATPase/kinase superfamily.

Rinku Dutta;Masayori Inouye

975
Citations
A unique mechanism regulating gene expression: translational inhibition by a complementary RNA transcript (micRNA)

Takeshi Mizuno;Mei-Yin Chou;Masayori Inouye

944
Citations
CspA, the Major Cold-shock Protein of Escherichia coli, Is an RNA Chaperone

Weining Jiang;Yan Hou;Masayori Inouye

820
Citations
Toxin–Antitoxin Systems in Bacteria and Archaea

Yoshihiro Yamaguchi;Jung Ho Park;Masayori Inouye

738
Citations
Major cold shock protein of Escherichia coli.

J Goldstein;N S Pollitt;M Inouye

713
Citations
Phylogenetic distribution of branched RNA-linked multicopy single-stranded DNA among natural isolates of Escherichia coli.

P J Herzer;S Inouye;M Inouye;T S Whittam

703
Citations
MazF cleaves cellular mRNAs specifically at ACA to block protein synthesis in Escherichia coli.

Yonglong Zhang;Junjie Zhang;Klaus P Hoeflich;Mitsuhiko Ikura

677
Citations
The Outer Membrane Proteins of Gram-Negative Bacteria: Biosynthesis, Assembly, and Functions

Joseph M. DiRienzo;Kenzo Nakamura;Masayori Inouye

601
Citations
The role of antisense RNA in gene regulation.

Pamela J. Green;Ophry Pines;Masayori Inouye

592
Citations
The Cold-Shock Response--A Hot Topic

Pamela G. Jones;Masayori Inouye

569
Citations
Cold shock and adaptation

Heather A. Thieringer;Pamela G. Jones;Masayori Inouye

490
Citations
A single amino acid determinant of the membrane localization of lipoproteins in E. coli.

Kyoji Yamaguchi;Fujio Yu;Masayori Inouye

487
Citations
Escherichia coli CspA-family RNA chaperones are transcription antiterminators.

Weonhye Bae;Bing Xia;Masayori Inouye;Konstantin Severinov

483
Citations
Secretion and Membrane Localization of Proteins in Escherichia Coli

Inouye M;Halegoua S

479
Citations
Cold-shock response and cold-shock proteins.

Sangita Phadtare;Janivette Alsina;Masayori Inouye

473
Citations
Requirement of pro-sequence for the production of active subtilisin E in Escherichia coli.

H Ikemura;H Takagi;M Inouye

470
Citations
The CspA family in Escherichia coli: Multiple gene duplication for stress adaptation

Kunitoshi Yamanaka;Li Fang;Masayori Inouye

468
Citations
Secretion cloning vectors in Escherichia coli.

J. Ghrayeb;H. Kimura;M. Takahara;H. Hsiung

464
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sumiko Inouye Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Gaetano T. Montelione Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Akira Tsugita University of Tokyo

Mitsuhiko Ikura Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Barbara Brodsky Tufts University

Hiroshi Takagi Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Kenzo Nakamura Nagoya University

Kazuhiro Ikenaka National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Pamela J. Green University of Delaware

Konstantin Severinov Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

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