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Masayuki Inoue

Masayuki Inoue

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
11818
World Ranking
9348
National Ranking
663

Masayuki Inoue publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 360 publications — 75th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Masayuki Inoue D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Masayuki Inoue is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research focus spanning multiple disciplines including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry. Their work encompasses notable subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Radical Photochemical Reactions, and Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research.

Selected recent papers published by Masayuki Inoue include:

  • The liver-brain-gut neural arc maintains the Treg cell niche in the gut (2020), Nature
  • Unified Total Syntheses of Rhamnofolane, Tigliane, and Daphnane Diterpenoids (2021), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Convergent Total Synthesis of Hikizimycin Enabled by Intermolecular Radical Addition to Aldehyde (2020), Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Discovery of gramicidin A analogues with altered activities by multidimensional screening of a one-bead-one-compound library (2020), Nature Communications
  • Solid-Phase Total Synthesis of Yaku'amide B Enabled by Traceless Staudinger Ligation (2020), Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Masayuki Inoue frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (9 publications)
  • Research Square (7 publications)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (7 publications)
  • Organic Letters (6 publications)
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry (5 publications)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Masanori Nagatomo (23 coauthored works)
  • Hiroaki Itoh (20 coauthored works)
  • Koichi Hagiwara (16 coauthored works)
  • Takashi Unoki (11 coauthored works)
  • Hiroto Suzuyama (11 coauthored works)

The scope of Masayuki Inoue's research is characterized by interdisciplinary integration across chemistry and life sciences, emphasizing chemical synthesis, natural products, and molecular biology. This profile presents an overview of academic contributions based on publication venues, topics, and collaborative networks to illustrate the breadth of their scientific inquiries and outputs.

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Titanium Reagent

    Koichi Narasaka;Nobuharu Iwasawa;Masayuki Inoue;Tohru Yamada

  • Total synthesis of ciguatoxin CTX3C

    Masahiro Hirama;Tohru Oishi;Hisatoshi Uehara;Masayuki Inoue

  • Identification and structure determination of novel anti-inflammatory mediator resolvin E3, 17,18-dihydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid.

    Yosuke Isobe;Makoto Arita;Makoto Arita;Shinnosuke Matsueda;Ryo Iwamoto

  • Convergent strategies for syntheses of trans-fused polycyclic ethers.

    Masayuki Inoue

  • Lysocin E is a new antibiotic that targets menaquinone in the bacterial membrane

    Hiroshi Hamamoto;Makoto Urai;Makoto Urai;Kenichi Ishii;Jyunichiro Yasukawa

  • The liver-brain-gut neural arc maintains the Treg cell niche in the gut.

    Toshiaki Teratani;Yohei Mikami;Nobuhiro Nakamoto;Takahiro Suzuki

  • Metal-free fluorination of C(sp3)-H bonds using a catalytic N-oxyl radical

    Yuuki Amaoka;Masanori Nagatomo;Masayuki Inoue

  • Structure of the trypanosome cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase

    Tomoo Shiba;Yasutoshi Kido;Kimitoshi Sakamoto;Daniel Ken Inaoka

  • Convergent Strategies in Total Syntheses of Complex Terpenoids

    Daisuke Urabe;Taro Asaba;Masayuki Inoue

  • Photochemically induced radical transformation of C(sp3)-H bonds to C(sp3)-CN bonds.

    Shin Kamijo;Tamaki Hoshikawa;Masayuki Inoue

  • Cu-mediated enamide formation in the total synthesis of complex peptide natural products

    Takefumi Kuranaga;Yusuke Sesoko;Masayuki Inoue

  • Identification of a Conformational Equilibrium That Determines the Efficacy and Functional Selectivity of the μ-Opioid Receptor

    Junya Okude;Takumi Ueda;Takumi Ueda;Yutaka Kofuku;Motohiko Sato

  • Photoinduced direct 4-pyridination of C(sp3)–H Bonds

    Tamaki Hoshikawa;Masayuki Inoue

  • Total synthesis and determination of the absolute configuration of frondosin B.

    Masayuki Inoue;Matthew W. Carson;Alison J. Frontier;Samuel J. Danishefsky

  • Practical total synthesis of ciguatoxin CTX3C by improved protective group strategy.

    Masayuki Inoue;Hisatoshi Uehara;Megumi Maruyama;Masahiro Hirama

  • First- and second-generation total synthesis of ciguatoxin CTX3C

    Masayuki Inoue;Keisuke Miyazaki;Hisatoshi Uehara;Megumi Maruyama

  • Photochemically induced radical alkenylation of C(sp3)–H bonds

    Yuuki Amaoka;Masanori Nagatomo;Mizuki Watanabe;Keisuke Tao

  • New strategy for convergent synthesis of trans-fused polyether frameworks based on palladium-catalyzed suzuki cross-coupling reaction

    Makoto Sasaki;Haruhiko Fuwa;Masayuki Inoue;Kazuo Tachibana

  • Inhibition of brevetoxin binding to the voltage-gated sodium channel by gambierol and gambieric acid-A.

    Masayuki Inoue;Masahiro Hirama;Masayuki Satake;Kiminori Sugiyama

  • Total Synthesis of Merrilactone A

    Masayuki Inoue;Takaaki Sato;Masahiro Hirama

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiro Hirama
Masahiro Hirama Tohoku University
Makoto Sasaki
Makoto Sasaki Tohoku University
Kazuo Tachibana
Kazuo Tachibana University of Tokyo
Kiyoshi Kita
Kiyoshi Kita Nagasaki University
Kazuhisa Sekimizu
Kazuhisa Sekimizu University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Arai
Hiroyuki Arai University of Tokyo
Tohru Yamada
Tohru Yamada Keio University
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Yoshikazu Tanaka Tohoku University
Koichi Narasaka
Koichi Narasaka University of Tokyo

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