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Norio Komatsu

Norio Komatsu

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Biology and Biochemistry 57 13929 12815 975 913 505 10680

Norio Komatsu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Norio Komatsu between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Norio Komatsu published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 15.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2021. 36 of the 622 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2021. 1985: 4 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 7 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 6 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 12 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 30 publications 2015: 36 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 33 publications 2018: 34 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 42 publications 2022: 38 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 15 publications
1985 2025

622 publications in total across all disciplines

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Norio Komatsu: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 4
1986 3
1987 7
1988 5
1989 4
1990 1
1991 6
1992 6
1993 5
1994 4
1995 6
1996 9
1997 12
1998 9
1999 9
2000 10
2001 7
2002 11
2003 9
2004 19
2005 10
2006 7
2007 10
2008 8
2009 8
2010 21
2011 15
2012 15
2013 22
2014 30
2015 36
2016 25
2017 33
2018 34
2019 33
2020 26
2021 42
2022 38
2023 27
2024 21
2025 15
Total 622
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Norio Komatsu publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Norio Komatsu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 1,028+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 980. Most scientists, 980, have 127–136 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 497–506 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 8 scientists 57–66 publications: 35 scientists 67–76 publications: 106 scientists 77–86 publications: 231 scientists 87–96 publications: 413 scientists 97–106 publications: 546 scientists 107–116 publications: 704 scientists 117–126 publications: 848 scientists 127–136 publications: 980 scientists 137–146 publications: 942 scientists 147–156 publications: 969 scientists 157–166 publications: 949 scientists 167–176 publications: 951 scientists 177–186 publications: 915 scientists 187–196 publications: 787 scientists 197–206 publications: 840 scientists 207–216 publications: 733 scientists 217–226 publications: 708 scientists 227–236 publications: 651 scientists 237–246 publications: 605 scientists 247–256 publications: 510 scientists 257–266 publications: 524 scientists 267–276 publications: 434 scientists 277–286 publications: 417 scientists 287–296 publications: 350 scientists 297–306 publications: 363 scientists 307–316 publications: 315 scientists 317–326 publications: 296 scientists 327–336 publications: 261 scientists 337–346 publications: 240 scientists 347–356 publications: 219 scientists 357–366 publications: 196 scientists 367–376 publications: 154 scientists 377–386 publications: 161 scientists 387–396 publications: 155 scientists 397–406 publications: 145 scientists 407–416 publications: 124 scientists 417–426 publications: 112 scientists 427–436 publications: 132 scientists 437–446 publications: 116 scientists 447–456 publications: 99 scientists 457–466 publications: 81 scientists 467–476 publications: 91 scientists 477–486 publications: 80 scientists 487–496 publications: 80 scientists 497–506 publications: 59 scientists 507–516 publications: 36 scientists 517–526 publications: 46 scientists 527–536 publications: 54 scientists 537–546 publications: 44 scientists 547–556 publications: 43 scientists 557–566 publications: 43 scientists 567–576 publications: 42 scientists 577–586 publications: 25 scientists 587–596 publications: 34 scientists 597–606 publications: 23 scientists 607–616 publications: 33 scientists 617–626 publications: 31 scientists 627–636 publications: 27 scientists 637–646 publications: 25 scientists 647–656 publications: 28 scientists 657–666 publications: 34 scientists 667–676 publications: 18 scientists 677–686 publications: 16 scientists 687–696 publications: 10 scientists 697–706 publications: 12 scientists 707–716 publications: 21 scientists 717–726 publications: 12 scientists 727–736 publications: 12 scientists 737–746 publications: 10 scientists 747–756 publications: 7 scientists 757–766 publications: 13 scientists 767–776 publications: 15 scientists 777–786 publications: 13 scientists 787–796 publications: 9 scientists 797–806 publications: 9 scientists 807–816 publications: 7 scientists 817–826 publications: 4 scientists 827–836 publications: 9 scientists 837–846 publications: 7 scientists 847–856 publications: 3 scientists 857–866 publications: 5 scientists 867–876 publications: 5 scientists 877–886 publications: 11 scientists 887–896 publications: 3 scientists 897–906 publications: 4 scientists 907–916 publications: 7 scientists 917–926 publications: 5 scientists 927–936 publications: 6 scientists 937–946 publications: 6 scientists 947–956 publications: 3 scientists 957–966 publications: 7 scientists 967–976 publications: 2 scientists 977–986 publications: 2 scientists 987–996 publications: 1 scientist 997–1,006 publications: 5 scientists 1,007–1,016 publications: 2 scientists 1,017–1,026 publications: 2 scientists 1,027 publications: 1 scientist 1,028+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 505 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Biology and Biochemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 19,587 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 8
57–66 35
67–76 106
77–86 231
87–96 413
97–106 546
107–116 704
117–126 848
127–136 980
137–146 942
147–156 969
157–166 949
167–176 951
177–186 915
187–196 787
197–206 840
207–216 733
217–226 708
227–236 651
237–246 605
247–256 510
257–266 524
267–276 434
277–286 417
287–296 350
297–306 363
307–316 315
317–326 296
327–336 261
337–346 240
347–356 219
357–366 196
367–376 154
377–386 161
387–396 155
397–406 145
407–416 124
417–426 112
427–436 132
437–446 116
447–456 99
457–466 81
467–476 91
477–486 80
487–496 80
497–506 59 505
507–516 36
517–526 46
527–536 54
537–546 44
547–556 43
557–566 43
567–576 42
577–586 25
587–596 34
597–606 23
607–616 33
617–626 31
627–636 27
637–646 25
647–656 28
657–666 34
667–676 18
677–686 16
687–696 10
697–706 12
707–716 21
717–726 12
727–736 12
737–746 10
747–756 7
757–766 13
767–776 15
777–786 13
787–796 9
797–806 9
807–816 7
817–826 4
827–836 9
837–846 7
847–856 3
857–866 5
867–876 5
877–886 11
887–896 3
897–906 4
907–916 7
917–926 5
927–936 6
937–946 6
947–956 3
957–966 7
967–976 2
977–986 2
987–996 1
997–1,006 5
1,007–1,016 2
1,017–1,026 2
1,027 1
1,028+ 100
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Norio Komatsu 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 Norio Komatsu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 65 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 167+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,253. Most scientists, 1,253, have 58–59 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 56–57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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
40–41 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Biology and Biochemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 19,587 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 80
42–43 183
44–45 316
46–47 504
48–49 718
50–51 899
52–53 1,025
54–55 1,149
56–57 1,235 57
58–59 1,253
60–61 1,162
62–63 1,130
64–65 1,031
66–67 897
68–69 814
70–71 714
72–73 709
74–75 596
76–77 512
78–79 473
80–81 412
82–83 373
84–85 358
86–87 285
88–89 273
90–91 227
92–93 208
94–95 193
96–97 153
98–99 157
100–101 148
102–103 120
104–105 113
106–107 100
108–109 86
110–111 67
112–113 71
114–115 73
116–117 64
118–119 53
120–121 60
122–123 54
124–125 43
126–127 38
128–129 49
130–131 26
132–133 18
134–135 23
136–137 32
138–139 32
140–141 27
142–143 19
144–145 22
146–147 12
148–149 16
150–151 14
152–153 10
154–155 13
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 9
162–163 13
164–165 4
166 4
167+ 98
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Overview

Norio Komatsu is affiliated with Juntendo University in Japan and has made significant contributions to the field of medicine, with a strong focus on genetics and hematology. Their research output spans over 349 publications in medicine, including prominent subfields such as genetics (123 publications), hematology (105 publications), molecular biology (46 publications), rheumatology (44 publications), and pathology and forensic medicine (15 publications).

Their work covers multiple major topics within medical research, notably:

  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Kruppel-like factors research
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Among Komatsu's recent papers are:

  • Independent origins of fetal liver haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, 2022, Nature
  • Prognostic impact of CEBPA bZIP domain mutation in acute myeloid leukemia, 2021, Blood Advances
  • Persistent COVID-19 Pneumonia and Failure to Develop Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies During Rituximab Maintenance Therapy for Follicular Lymphoma, 2020, Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia
  • Efficacy and safety of a novel dosing strategy for ruxolitinib in the treatment of patients with myelofibrosis and anemia: the REALISE phase 2 study, 2021, Leukemia
  • Dual-antigen targeted iPSC-derived chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy for refractory lymphoma, 2021, Molecular Therapy

Komatsu frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Hematology (23 publications)
  • Blood (16 publications)
  • Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia (10 publications)
  • Internal Medicine (6 publications)
  • Hematology (6 publications)

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of researchers, including:

  • Yoko Edahiro (43 co-authored works)
  • Miki Ando (36 co-authored works)
  • Marito Araki (33 co-authored works)
  • Soji Morishita (33 co-authored works)
  • Kazuya Shimoda (27 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Establishment and characterization of a human leukemic cell line with megakaryocytic features: dependency on granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin 3, or erythropoietin for growth and survival.

    Norio Komatsu;Hiromitsu Nakauchi;Hiromitsu Nakauchi;Akiyoshi Miwa;Akiyoshi Miwa;Toshiki Ishihara

  • Different promoter usage and multiple transcription initiation sites of the interleukin-1 receptor-related human ST2 gene in UT-7 and TM12 cells

    Hiroyuki Iwahana;Ken Yanagisawa;Akiko Ito-Kosaka;Kenji Kuroiwa

  • Activation of the thrombopoietin receptor by mutant calreticulin in CALR-mutant myeloproliferative neoplasms

    Marito Araki;Yinjie Yang;Nami Masubuchi;Yumi Hironaka

  • Establishment and characterization of an erythropoietin-dependent subline, UT-7/Epo, derived from human leukemia cell line. UT-7

    N Komatsu;M Yamamoto;H Fujita;A Miwa

  • miR-135b mediates NPM-ALK-driven oncogenicity and renders IL-17-producing immunophenotype to anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

    Hironori Matsuyama;Hiroshi I. Suzuki;Hikaru Nishimori;Masaaki Noguchi

  • A member of Forkhead family transcription factor, FKHRL1, is one of the downstream molecules of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt activation pathway in erythropoietin signal transduction

    Yoshifumi Kashii;Mie Uchida;Keita Kirito;Masaru Tanaka

  • A Truncated Erythropoietin Receptor That Fails to Prevent Programmed Cell Death of Erythroid Cells

    Yukio Nakamura;Norio Komatsu;Hiromitsu Nakauchi

  • Growth and differentiation of a human megakaryoblastic cell line, CMK.

    N Komatsu;T Suda;M Moroi;N Tokuyama

  • First continuous propagation of B19 parvovirus in a cell line

    Satoshi Shimomura;Norio Komatsu;Norbert Frickhofen;Stacie Anderson

  • Establishment and characterization of the thrombopoietin-dependent megakaryocytic cell line, UT-7/TPO.

    Norio Komatsu;Masae Kunitama;Minami Yamada;Tetsuya Hagiwara

  • Presence and expression of a novel variant form of ST2 gene product in human leukemic cell line UT-7/GM.

    Shin-ichi Tominaga;Kenji Kuroiwa;Kenji Tago;Hiroyuki Iwahana

  • Leukocyte concentration and composition in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) influences the growth factor and protease concentrations

    Yohei Kobayashi;Yoshitomo Saita;Hirofumi Nishio;Hiroshi Ikeda

  • Thrombopoietin Regulates Bcl-xL Gene Expression through Stat5 and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activation Pathways

    Keita Kirito;Tomoko Watanabe;Ken-ichi Sawada;Hitoshi Endo

  • A Member of Forkhead Transcription Factor FKHRL1 Is a Downstream Effector of STI571-induced Cell Cycle Arrest in BCR-ABL-expressing Cells

    Norio Komatsu;Tomoko Watanabe;Mie Uchida;Masaki Mori

  • Ascorbic acid restores sensitivity to imatinib via suppression of Nrf2-dependent gene expression in the imatinib-resistant cell line.

    Takahisa Tarumoto;Tadashi Nagai;Ken Ohmine;Takuji Miyoshi

  • The impact of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) on patient quality of life and productivity: results from the international MPN Landmark survey

    Claire N. Harrison;Steffen Koschmieder;Lynda Foltz;Paola Guglielmelli

  • Erythropoietin induces tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of phospholipase C-gamma 1 in a human erythropoietin-dependent cell line.

    Han-Yun Ren;N. Komatsu;R. Shimizu;K. Okada

  • Thrombopoietin enhances expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in primitive hematopoietic cells through induction of HIF-1α

    Keita Kirito;Norma Fox;Norma Fox;Norio Komatsu;Norio Komatsu;Kenneth Kaushansky;Kenneth Kaushansky

  • Characterization of stage progression in chronic myeloid leukemia by DNA microarray with purified hematopoietic stem cells.

    Ken Ohmine;Jun Ota;Masuzu Ueda;Shu-ichi Ueno

  • Construction of ELISA system to quantify human ST2 protein in sera of patients.

    K. Kuroiwa;Hongjie Li;K. Tago;H. Iwahana

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasusada Miura
Yasusada Miura Jichi Medical University
Keiya Ozawa
Keiya Ozawa Jichi Medical University
Yusuke Furukawa
Yusuke Furukawa Jichi Medical University
Toshio Suda
Toshio Suda National University of Singapore
Hiromitsu Nakauchi
Hiromitsu Nakauchi Stanford University
Takashi Kato
Takashi Kato Waseda University
Ruben A. Mesa
Ruben A. Mesa The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Kazuya Shimoda
Kazuya Shimoda University of Miyazaki
Satoshi Tsuneda
Satoshi Tsuneda Waseda University
Minoru Yoshida
Minoru Yoshida University of Tokyo

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