2026 Michiyuki Matsuda: 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	85	850	760	66	61	296	26937

Michiyuki Matsuda publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michiyuki Matsuda sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 296 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Michiyuki Matsuda D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michiyuki Matsuda is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with particular emphasis on molecular biology, cell biology, and oncology. Their work addresses topics such as cellular mechanics and interactions, HER2/EGFR in cancer research, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, cell adhesion molecules research, 3D printing in biomedical research, cancer cells and metastasis, and viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects.

Matsuda's recent published papers include:

ERK-Mediated Mechanochemical Waves Direct Collective Cell Polarization, 2020, Developmental Cell
Booster, a Red-Shifted Genetically Encoded Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Biosensor Compatible with Cyan Fluorescent Protein/Yellow Fluorescent Protein-Based FRET Biosensors and Blue Light-Responsive Optogenetic Tools, 2020, ACS Sensors
Retrograde ERK activation waves drive base-to-apex multicellular flow in murine cochlear duct morphogenesis, 2021, eLife
Spatiotemporal ATP Dynamics during AKI Predict Renal Prognosis, 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Altered G1 signaling order and commitment point in cells proliferating without CDK4/6 activity, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors that have collaborated with Matsuda include:

Kenta Terai (30 publications)
Tsuyoshi Hirashima (12 publications)
Kenta Sumiyama (9 publications)
Shinya Tsukiji (9 publications)
Eriko Deguchi (8 publications)

Key venues where Matsuda has published extensively are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 11 publications, Cell Structure and Function (4 publications), eLife (3 publications), The Journal of Urology (3 publications), and Developmental Cell (2 publications).

The main fields of study identified in Matsuda's research are biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine. Subfields show a strong focus on molecular biology (41 publications), cell biology (13 publications), oncology (12 publications), pulmonary and respiratory medicine (8 publications), and immunology (8 publications).

Best Publications

A family of cAMP-binding proteins that directly activate Rap1.

Hiroaki Kawasaki;Gregory M. Springett;Naoki Mochizuki;Shinichiro Toki

1728
Citations
Interferon-|[alpha]| induction through Toll-like receptors involves a direct interaction of IRF7 with MyD88 and TRAF6

Taro Kawai;Shintaro Sato;Ken J. Ishii;Cevayir Coban

1306
Citations
Spatio-temporal images of growth-factor-induced activation of Ras and Rap1.

Naoki Mochizuki;Shigeko Yamashita;Kazuo Kurokawa;Yusuke Ohba

725
Citations
Activation of Rac and Cdc42 video imaged by fluorescent resonance energy transfer-based single-molecule probes in the membrane of living cells

Reina E. Itoh;Kazuo Kurokawa;Yusuke Ohba;Hisayoshi Yoshizaki

705
Citations
Development of an optimized backbone of FRET biosensors for kinases and GTPases

Naoki Komatsu;Kazuhiro Aoki;Masashi Yamada;Hiroko Yukinaga

677
Citations
Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-1 plays an essential role for Toll-like receptor (TLR)7- and TLR9-mediated interferon-α induction

Satoshi Uematsu;Shintaro Sato;Masahiro Yamamoto;Tomonori Hirotani

633
Citations
Intravital Imaging Reveals How BRAF Inhibition Generates Drug-Tolerant Microenvironments with High Integrin β1/FAK Signaling

Eishu Hirata;Maria Romina Girotti;Amaya Viros;Steven Hooper

603
Citations
Binding of transforming protein, P47gag-crk, to a broad range of phosphotyrosine-containing proteins.

Michiyuki Matsuda;Bruce J. Mayer;Yasuhisa Fukui;Hidesaburo Hanafusa

545
Citations
Activation of Rac1 by a Crk SH3-binding protein, DOCK180

Etsuko Kiyokawa;Yuko Hashimoto;Shin Kobayashi;Haruhiko Sugimura

539
Citations
Identification of Rap1 as a target for the Crk SH3 domain-binding guanine nucleotide-releasing factor C3G.

Takaya Gotoh;Seisuke Hattori;Shun Nakamura;Hitoshi Kitayama

500
Citations
C3G, a guanine nucleotide-releasing protein expressed ubiquitously, binds to the Src homology 3 domains of CRK and GRB2/ASH proteins.

Shinya Tanaka;Takashi Morishita;Yuko Hashimoto;Seisuke Hattori

488
Citations
Activity of Rho-family GTPases during cell division as visualized with FRET-based probes

Hisayoshi Yoshizaki;Yusuke Ohba;Kazuo Kurokawa;Reina E. Itoh

485
Citations
A Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor enriched highly in the basal ganglia.

Hiroaki Kawasaki;Gregory M. Springett;Shinichiro Toki;Juan J. Canales

443
Citations
DOCK180, a major CRK-binding protein, alters cell morphology upon translocation to the cell membrane.

Hideki Hasegawa;Etsuko Kiyokawa;Shinya Tanaka;Kazuo Nagashima

432
Citations
Dynamics of the Ras/ERK MAPK Cascade as Monitored by Fluorescent Probes

Aki Fujioka;Kenta Terai;Reina E. Itoh;Kazuhiro Aoki

427
Citations
Two species of human CRK cDNA encode proteins with distinct biological activities.

Michiyuki Matsuda;Shinya Tanaka;Satoshi Nagata;Asato Kojima

360
Citations
Stochastic ERK Activation Induced by Noise and Cell-to-Cell Propagation Regulates Cell Density-Dependent Proliferation

Kazuhiro Aoki;Yuka Kumagai;Atsuro Sakurai;Naoki Komatsu

349
Citations
Roles played by a subset of integrin signaling molecules in cadherin-based cell-cell adhesion.

Hajime Yano;Yuichi Mazaki;Kazuo Kurokawa;Steven K. Hanks

323
Citations
Activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway by an isoform of rap1GAP associated with G alpha(i)

Naoki Mochizuki;Yusuke Ohba;Etsuko Kiyokawa;Takeshi Kurata

295
Citations
Evidence that DOCK180 up-regulates signals from the CrkII-p130(Cas) complex.

Etsuko Kiyokawa;Yuko Hashimoto;Takeshi Kurata;Haruhiko Sugimura

275
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhiro Aoki National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Takeshi Kurata Juntendo University

Kazuo Nagashima Hokkaido University

Yusuke Ohba Hokkaido University

Naoki Mochizuki National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center

Seisuke Hattori Kitasato University

Shinya Tanaka Hokkaido University

Atsushi Miyawaki RIKEN

Kunio Matsumoto Kanazawa University

Tobias Meyer Stanford University

External Links

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