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Mizuo Maeda

Mizuo Maeda

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13024
World Ranking
9260
National Ranking
658

Mizuo Maeda 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 Mizuo Maeda sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 562 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mizuo Maeda 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 Mizuo Maeda 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Overview

Mizuo Maeda is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has a significant research output primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology. Their work also spans Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrochemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics explored in their research include advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, biosensors and analytical detection, RNA interference and gene delivery, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, electrochemical analysis and applications, and protist diversity and phylogeny.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mizuo Maeda include:

  • Tohru Takarada
  • Guoqing Wang
  • Xingguo Liang
  • Tamotsu Zako
  • Kazuo Hosokawa

They have published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • Analytical Sciences (9 publications)
  • Langmuir (4 publications)
  • RSC Advances (3 publications)
  • The Analyst (3 publications)
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2 publications)

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Opposite Effects of Flexible Single-Stranded DNA Regions and Rigid Loops in DNAzyme on Colloidal Nanoparticle Stability for "Turn-On" Plasmonic Detection of Lead Ions, 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • Molecular detection using aptamer-modified gold nanoparticles with an immobilized DNA brush for the prevention of non-specific aggregation, 2021, RSC Advances
  • Introducing DNA Nanosensor to Undergraduate Students: Rapid Non-Cross-Linking Aggregation of DNA-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles for Colorimetric DNA Assay, 2021, Journal of Chemical Education
  • Carotenoid accumulation in the eyespot apparatus required for phototaxis is independent of chloroplast development in Euglena gracilis, 2020, Plant Science
  • Accelerated non-crosslinking assembly of DNA-functionalized nanoparticles in alcoholic solvents: for application in the identification of clear liquors, 2020, The Analyst

Mizuo Maeda was awarded the title of Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Rapid aggregation of gold nanoparticles induced by non-cross-linking DNA hybridization.

    Kae Sato;Kazuo Hosokawa;Mizuo Maeda

  • Power-free poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic devices for gold nanoparticle-based DNA analysis

    Kazuo Hosokawa;Kae Sato;Naoki Ichikawa;Mizuo Maeda

  • DNA-responsive hydrogels that can shrink or swell

    Yoshihiko Murakami;Mizuo Maeda

  • Photoactivation of a substrate for cell adhesion under standard fluorescence microscopes.

    Jun Nakanishi;Yukiko Kikuchi;Tohru Takarada;Hidekazu Nakayama

  • Scaffolds from electrospun polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymers: fabrication, characterization, bioabsorption and tissue response.

    Tang H. Ying;Daisuke Ishii;Atsushi Mahara;Sunao Murakami

  • Non-cross-linking gold nanoparticle aggregation as a detection method for single-base substitutions

    Kae Sato;Kazuo Hosokawa;Mizuo Maeda

  • Molecular and ionic recognition with imprinted polymers

    Richard A. Bartsch;Mizuo. Maeda

  • Power-free sequential injection for microchip immunoassay toward point-of-care testing

    Kazuo Hosokawa;Masaki Omata;Kae Sato;Mizuo Maeda

  • Rapid naked-eye detection of mercury ions based on non-crosslinking aggregation of double-stranded DNA-carrying gold nanoparticles

    Naoki Kanayama;Tohru Takarada;Mizuo Maeda

  • Recent Advances in Cell Micropatterning Techniques for Bioanalytical and Biomedical Sciences

    Jun Nakanishi;Jun Nakanishi;Tohru Takarada;Kazuo Yamaguchi;Mizuo Maeda

  • An Artificial Aptazyme-Based Riboswitch and its Cascading System in E. coli

    Atsushi Ogawa;Mizuo Maeda

  • Cyclic RGD peptide-labeled upconversion nanophosphors for tumor cell-targeted imaging.

    Tamotsu Zako;Hiroyasu Nagata;Naofumi Terada;Arata Utsumi

  • Controlling the Number and Positions of Oligonucleotides on Gold Nanoparticle Surfaces

    Kenji Suzuki;Kazuo Hosokawa;Mizuo Maeda

  • Bovine Insulin Filaments Induced by Reducing Disulfide Bonds Show a Different Morphology, Secondary Structure, and Cell Toxicity from Intact Insulin Amyloid Fibrils

    Tamotsu Zako;Masafumi Sakono;Naomi Hashimoto;Masaki Ihara

  • Spatiotemporal control of migration of single cells on a photoactivatable cell microarray.

    Jun Nakanishi;Yukiko Kikuchi;Satoshi Inoue;Kazuo Yamaguchi

  • Core–Shell Structure, Biodegradation, and Drug Release Behavior of Poly(lactic acid)/Poly(ethylene glycol) Block Copolymer Micelles Tuned by Macromolecular Stereostructure

    Chenlei Ma;Pengju Pan;Guorong Shan;Yongzhong Bao

  • Temperature-responsive formation of colloidal nanoparticles from poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) grafted with single-stranded DNA.

    Takeshi Mori;Mizuo Maeda

  • H+-induced release of contents of phosphatidylcholine vesicles bearing surface-bound polyelectrolyte chains

    Mizuo Maeda;Atsushi Kumano;David A. Tirrell

  • DNA sensors using a ferrocene-oligonucleotide conjugate.

    Masamichi Nakayama;Toshihiro Ihara;Koji Nakano;Mizuo Maeda

  • A polymer micelle responding to the protein kinase a signal

    Yoshiki Katayama;Tatsuhiko Sonoda;Mizuo Maeda

  • Gene sensor using ferrocenyl oligonucleotide

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiki Katayama
Yoshiki Katayama Kyushu University
Masafumi Yohda
Masafumi Yohda Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Masahiko Hara
Masahiko Hara Tokyo Institute of Technology
Shohei Inoue
Shohei Inoue Tokyo University of Science
Hideki Abe
Hideki Abe National Institute for Materials Science
Yasuhiko Yoshida
Yasuhiko Yoshida Toyo University
Pengju Pan
Pengju Pan Zhejiang University
K. Peter R. Nilsson
K. Peter R. Nilsson Linköping University

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