2026 Mitsunori Fukuda: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	101	1407	1266	80	72	455	60371

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Mitsunori Fukuda is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and specializes in research within the domain of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work extensively covers cell biology, molecular biology, and physiology, with particular emphasis on cellular transport and secretion as well as melanin and skin pigmentation.

Their research contributions span several main fields and subfields, including:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiation

The scientific topics most frequently addressed in their publications involve:

Cellular transport and secretion
Retinal Development and Disorders
Melanin and skin pigmentation
Extracellular vesicles in disease
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism

Mitsunori Fukuda has published in a variety of academic journals, including recurring contributions to:

Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
Journal of Cell Science
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Interactions
Journal of Biological Chemistry

Their recent scholarly articles include:

"Rab family of small GTPases: an updated view on their regulation and functions" (2020) in FEBS Journal
"ALIX and ceramide differentially control polarized small extracellular vesicle release from epithelial cells" (2021) in EMBO Reports
"Recent advances in understanding the molecular basis of melanogenesis in melanocytes" (2020) in F1000Research
"Roles of lysosomotropic agents on LRRK2 activation and Rab10 phosphorylation" (2020) in Neurobiology of Disease
"Rab GTPases: Key players in melanosome biogenesis, transport, and transfer" (2020) in Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Frequently collaborating scientists include:

Yuta Homma
Norihiko Ohbayashi
Gen Takayama
M. Mihara
Yoko Kimura

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

10661
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

8665
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

8488
Citations
Rab27a and Rab27b control different steps of the exosome secretion pathway

Matias Ostrowski;Nuno B. Carmo;Sophie Krumeich;Sophie Krumeich;Isabelle Fanget

2901
Citations
The Atg16L Complex Specifies the Site of LC3 Lipidation for Membrane Biogenesis in Autophagy

Naonobu Fujita;Takashi Itoh;Hiroko Omori;Mitsunori Fukuda

1200
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

895
Citations
AS160, the Akt substrate regulating GLUT4 translocation, has a functional Rab GTPase-activating protein domain.

Cristinel P. Mîinea;Hiroyuki Sano;Susan Kane;Eiko Sano

560
Citations
Rab10, a Target of the AS160 Rab GAP, Is Required for Insulin-Stimulated Translocation of GLUT4 to the Adipocyte Plasma Membrane

Hiroyuki Sano;Lorena Eguez;Mary N. Teruel;Mitsunori Fukuda

436
Citations
Slac2-a/melanophilin, the missing link between Rab27 and myosin Va: implications of a tripartite protein complex for melanosome transport.

Mitsunori Fukuda;Taruho S. Kuroda;Katsuhiko Mikoshiba

419
Citations
Regulation of secretory vesicle traffic by Rab small GTPases.

M. Fukuda

413
Citations
Rab family of small GTPases: an updated view on their regulation and functions.

Yuta Homma;Shu Hiragi;Mitsunori Fukuda

319
Citations
Inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate binding to C2B domain of IP4BP/synaptotagmin II.

Mitsunori Fukuda;Jun Aruga;Michio Niinobe;Saburo Aimoto

314
Citations
Recruitment of the autophagic machinery to endosomes during infection is mediated by ubiquitin

Naonobu Fujita;Eiji Morita;Takashi Itoh;Atsushi Tanaka

296
Citations
Ca2+-Dependent Synaptotagmin Binding to SNAP-25 Is Essential for Ca2+-Triggered Exocytosis

Xiaodong Zhang;Mindy J. Kim-Miller;Mitsunori Fukuda;Judith A. Kowalchyk

296
Citations
Golgi-resident small GTPase Rab33B interacts with Atg16L and modulates autophagosome formation.

Takashi Itoh;Naonobu Fujita;Eiko Kanno;Akitsugu Yamamoto

291
Citations
Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

287
Citations
A novel zinc finger protein, zic, is involved in neurogenesis, especially in the cell lineage of cerebellar granule cells.

Jun Aruga;Naoki Yokota;Mitsuhiro Hashimoto;Teiichi Furuichi

283
Citations
Large Scale Screening for Novel Rab Effectors Reveals Unexpected Broad Rab Binding Specificity

Mitsunori Fukuda;Eiko Kanno;Koutaro Ishibashi;Takashi Itoh

274
Citations
The Short Apical Membrane Half-life of Rescued ΔF508-Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Results from Accelerated Endocytosis of ΔF508-CFTR in Polarized Human Airway Epithelial Cells

Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban;Andrea Brown;Sophie Moreau-Marquis;Janhavi Renuka

263
Citations
Rab27 effectors, pleiotropic regulators in secretory pathways.

Mitsunori Fukuda

261
Citations