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Minetaro Ogawa

Minetaro Ogawa

Kumamoto University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
14436
World Ranking
18210
National Ranking
1309

Minetaro Ogawa publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 125 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Minetaro Ogawa 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 Minetaro Ogawa 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: 48 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Minetaro Ogawa is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Hematology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Ogawa's work frequently appears in the journal Experimental Hematology, where they have published multiple papers. Other venues include Nature, Journal of Cell Science, Angiogenesis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Stem Cell Reports.

Recent scientific contributions by Ogawa include:

  • Independent origins of fetal liver haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, 2022, Nature
  • The canonical smooth muscle cell marker TAGLN is present in endothelial cells and is involved in angiogenesis, 2021, Journal of Cell Science
  • FOXO1 promotes endothelial cell elongation and angiogenesis by up-regulating the phosphorylation of myosin light chain 2, 2023, Angiogenesis
  • Transition of signal requirement in hematopoietic stem cell development from hemogenic endothelial cells, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bone morphogenetic protein 4 induces hematopoietic stem cell development from murine hemogenic endothelial cells in culture, 2024, Stem Cell Reports

Key topics addressed in Ogawa's research include:

  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • FOXO transcription factor regulation

Frequent collaborators in Ogawa's research include Saori Morino-Koga, Toshio Suda, Mariko Tsuruda, Tomomasa Yokomizo, and Shingo Usuki. These coauthors have worked with Ogawa on multiple occasions, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • The murine mutation osteopetrosis is in the coding region of the macrophage colony stimulating factor gene

    Hisahiro Yoshida;Shin Ichi Hayashi;Takahiro Kunisada;Minetaro Ogawa

  • Flk1-positive cells derived from embryonic stem cells serve as vascular progenitors

    Jun Yamashita;Hiroshi Itoh;Masanori Hirashima;Minetaro Ogawa

  • Expression and function of c-kit in hemopoietic progenitor cells

    M Ogawa;Y Matsuzaki;S Nishikawa;S Hayashi

  • Redefining the In Vivo Origin of Metanephric Nephron Progenitors Enables Generation of Complex Kidney Structures from Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Atsuhiro Taguchi;Yusuke Kaku;Tomoko Ohmori;Sazia Sharmin

  • Role of c-kit in mouse spermatogenesis: identification of spermatogonia as a specific site of c-kit expression and function.

    K Yoshinaga;S Nishikawa;M Ogawa;S Hayashi

  • In utero manipulation of coat color formation by a monoclonal anti-c-kit antibody: two distinct waves of c-kit-dependency during melanocyte development.

    S. Nishikawa;M. Kusakabe;K. Yoshinaga;M. Ogawa

  • B cell ontogeny in murine embryo studied by a culture system with the monolayer of a stromal cell clone, ST2: B cell progenitor develops first in the embryonal body rather than in the yolk sac.

    M. Ogawa;S. Nishikawa;K. Ikuta;F. Yamamura

  • Abnormal angiogenesis in Foxo1 (Fkhr)-deficient mice.

    Tatsuo Furuyama;Kazuko Kitayama;Yuri Shimoda;Minetaro Ogawa

  • Recombinant angiopoietin-1 restores higher-order architecture of growing blood vessels in mice in the absence of mural cells

    Akiyoshi Uemura;Minetaro Ogawa;Masanori Hirashima;Takashi Fujiwara

  • Involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 in maintenance of integrity of endothelial cell lining during tumor angiogenesis.

    Hajime Kubo;Takashi Fujiwara;Takashi Fujiwara;Takashi Fujiwara;Lotta Jussila;Lotta Jussila;Lotta Jussila;Hiroyuki Hashi;Hiroyuki Hashi;Hiroyuki Hashi

  • Characterization of c-kit positive intrathymic stem cells that are restricted to lymphoid differentiation.

    Yumi Matsuzaki;Jun Ichiro Gyotoku;Minetaro Ogawa;Shin Ichi Nishikawa

  • Interleukin 7 production and function in stromal cell-dependent B cell development

    T Sudo;M Ito;Y Ogawa;M Iizuka

  • Pro-thymocyte expansion by c-kit and the common cytokine receptor γ chain is essential for repertoire formation

    Hans Reimer Rodewald;Minetaro Ogawa;Corinne Haller;Claudia Waskow

  • Requirement of Runx1/AML1/PEBP2αB for the generation of haematopoietic cells from endothelial cells

    Tomomasa Yokomizo;Minetaro Ogawa;Motomi Osato;Tomohiko Kanno

  • B lymphopoiesis on stromal cell clone: Stromal cell clones acting on different stages of B cell differentiation

    Shin-Ichi Nishikawa;Minetaro Ogawa;Satomi Nishikawa;Takahiro Kunisada

  • Skin antigens in the steady state are trafficked to regional lymph nodes by transforming growth factor-β1-dependent cells

    Hiroaki Hemmi;Miya Yoshino;Hidetoshi Yamazaki;Makoto Naito

  • Expression and function of c-Kit in fetal hemopoietic progenitor cells: transition from the early c-Kit-independent to the late c-Kit-dependent wave of hemopoiesis in the murine embryo

    M. Ogawa;S. Nishikawa;K. Yoshinaga;S. Hayashi

  • Chamber-specific differentiation of Nkx2.5-positive cardiac precursor cells from murine embryonic stem cells

    Kyoko Hidaka;Jong Kook Lee;Hoe Suk Kim;Chun Hwa Ihm

  • Stepwise progression of B lineage differentiation supported by interleukin 7 and other stromal cell molecules.

    S Hayashi;T Kunisada;M Ogawa;T Sudo

  • Functional hierarchy of c-kit and c-fms in intramarrow production of CFU-M.

    T. Sudo;S.-I. Nishikawa;M. Ogawa;H. Kataoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Shin-Ichi Nishikawa
Shin-Ichi Nishikawa RIKEN
Takahiro Kunisada
Takahiro Kunisada Gifu University
Jun K. Yamashita
Jun K. Yamashita Kyoto University
Toshio Suda
Toshio Suda National University of Singapore
Tsutomu Chiba
Tsutomu Chiba Kyoto University
Kari Alitalo
Kari Alitalo University of Helsinki
Ken Ichi Yamamura
Ken Ichi Yamamura Kumamoto University
Kohichiro Tsuji
Kohichiro Tsuji University of Tokyo
Yoshiharu Sakai
Yoshiharu Sakai Kyoto University
Ryuichi Nishinakamura
Ryuichi Nishinakamura Kumamoto University

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Publications: 66

Jun K. Yamashita

Jun K. Yamashita

Kyoto University

Publications: 60

Naoyuki Takahashi

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Publications: 58

Melissa H. Little

Melissa H. Little

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Publications: 57

Kari Alitalo

Kari Alitalo

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Publications: 54

Toshio Suda

Toshio Suda

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Publications: 54

Nobuyuki Udagawa

Nobuyuki Udagawa

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Publications: 53

E. Richard Stanley

E. Richard Stanley

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Publications: 50

Fritz Melchers

Fritz Melchers

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Publications: 50

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Publications: 44

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Publications: 40

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Jeffrey W. Pollard

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Publications: 38

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Ryuichi Nishinakamura

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Publications: 38

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King's College London

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