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Naruya Saitou publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 254 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Naruya Saitou D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Naruya Saitou is affiliated with the National Institute of Genetics in Japan and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. With 31 publications in these main fields, their research covers several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Food Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ecology.

The scientist's work focuses on multiple key topics, notably:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Animal Diversity and Health Studies
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Selected papers by Naruya Saitou indicate a focus on population genetics and evolutionary biology, with notable publications including:

  • House mouse Mus musculus dispersal in East Eurasia inferred from 98 newly determined complete mitochondrial genome sequences, 2020, Heredity
  • Insights into Mus musculus Population Structure across Eurasia Revealed by Whole-Genome Analysis, 2022, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Genome-wide diversity and global migration patterns in dromedaries follow ancient caravan routes, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Genome-wide SNP data of Izumo and Makurazaki populations support inner-dual structure model for origin of Yamato people, 2021, Journal of Human Genetics
  • The Dynamics, Causes, and Impacts of Mammalian Evolutionary Rates Revealed by the Analyses of Capybara Draft Genome Sequences, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution

The frequent publication venues where Naruya Saitou has contributed include:

  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Journal of Human Genetics
  • Anthropological Science
  • Genes & Genetic Systems
  • Heredity

In addition to articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications, particularly with a chapter or work titled Evolution of the Human Genome II published in 2021 under the Evolutionary studies publisher.

Naruya Saitou collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Yosuke Kawai
  • Makpal Amandykova
  • Timothy A. Jinam
  • Kairat Dossybayev
  • Aizhan Mussayeva

Best Publications

  • The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees.

    Naruya Saitou;Masatoshi Nei

  • Synonymous mutations in the human dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) affect mRNA stability and synthesis of the receptor

    Jubao Duan;Mark S. Wainwright;Josep M. Comeron;Naruya Saitou

  • Denisova Admixture and the First Modern Human Dispersals into Southeast Asia and Oceania

    David Reich;Nick Patterson;Martin Kircher;Frederick Delfin

  • Relative Efficiencies of the Fitch-Margoliash, Maximum-Parsimony, Maximum-Likelihood, Minimum-Evolution, and Neighbor-joining Methods of Phylogenetic Tree Construction in Obtaining the Correct Tree

    Naruya Saitou;Tadashi Imanishi

  • Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

    Tadashi Imanishi;Takeshi Itoh;Yutaka Suzuki;Claire O'Donovan

  • A SNP in the ABCC11 gene is the determinant of human earwax type

    Koh Ichiro Yoshiura;Akira Kinoshita;Takafumi Ishida;Aya Ninokata

  • Construction and analysis of a human-chimpanzee comparative clone map.

    Asao Fujiyama;Hidemi Watanabe;Atsushi Toyoda;Todd D. Taylor

  • Methods for computing the standard errors of branching points in an evolutionary tree and their application to molecular data from humans and apes.

    M Nei;J C Stephens;N Saitou

  • DNA sequence and comparative analysis of chimpanzee chromosome 22.

    H. Watanabe;A. Fujiyama;M. Hattori;T. D. Taylor

  • Phylogenetic analysis of Pseudomonas syringae pathovars suggests the horizontal gene transfer of argK and the evolutionary stability of hrp gene cluster.

    Hiroyuki Sawada;Fumihiko Suzuki;Izumi Matsuda;Naruya Saitou

  • On the maximum likelihood method in molecular phylogenetics.

    Masami Hasegawa;Hirohisa Kishino;Naruya Saitou

  • Helicobacter pylori in North and South America before Columbus.

    Yoshio Yamaoka;Etsuro Orito;Masashi Mizokami;Oscar Gutierrez

  • The number of nucleotides required to determine the branching order of three species, with special reference to the human-chimpanzee-gorilla divergence.

    Naruya Saitou;Masatoshi Nei

  • Genetic Origins of the Japanese: A Partial Support for the Dual Structure Hypothesis

    Keiichi Omoto;Naruya Saitou

  • Possible involvement of SINEs in mammalian-specific brain formation

    Takeshi Sasaki;Hidenori Nishihara;Mika Hirakawa;Koji Fujimura

  • Molecular genetic analysis of variant phenotypes of the ABO blood group system

    Kenichi Ogasawara;Ryuichi Yabe;Makoto Uchikawa;Naruya Saitou

  • Evolution of primate ABO blood group genes and their homologous genes.

    N. Saitou;F.-I. Yamamoto

  • Evolutionary History of Continental Southeast Asians: “Early Train” Hypothesis Based on Genetic Analysis of Mitochondrial and Autosomal DNA Data

    Timothy A. Jinam;Timothy A. Jinam;Lih-Chun Hong;Maude E. Phipps;Mark Stoneking

  • DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) for genome scale research in life science.

    Yoshio Tateno;Tadashi Imanishi;Satoru Miyazaki;Kaoru Fukami-Kobayashi

  • α1,3-Fucoslytransferase IX (Fuc-TIX) is very highly conserved between human and mouse; molecular cloning, characterization and tissue distribution of human Fuc-TIX

    Mika Kaneko;Mika Kaneko;Takashi Kudo;Hiroko Iwasaki;Yuzuru Ikehara

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo
Antoine Blancher
Antoine Blancher Paul Sabatier University
Kazuho Ikeo
Kazuho Ikeo National Institute of Genetics
Toshihiko Shiroishi
Toshihiko Shiroishi National Institute of Genetics
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics
Masahira Hattori
Masahira Hattori Waseda University
Kazuo Moriwaki
Kazuo Moriwaki National Institute of Genetics
Ituro Inoue
Ituro Inoue National Institute of Genetics
Satoshi Horai
Satoshi Horai The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

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