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Osamu Nureki

Osamu Nureki

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
99
Citations
42879
World Ranking
1568
National Ranking
86

Osamu Nureki 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 Osamu Nureki sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 807 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Osamu Nureki 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 Osamu Nureki sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Osamu Nureki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, focusing extensively on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry, and Genetics.

Their work covers a variety of research topics including:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion Channel Regulation and Function

Nureki has published in multiple venues with varying focus and scope. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Communications Biology
  • Molecular Cell

Some recent notable papers include:

  • Amplification-free RNA detection with CRISPR-Cas13, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Structural insights into tetraspanin CD9 function, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Base editors for simultaneous introduction of C-to-T and A-to-G mutations, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Structure of the miniature type V-F CRISPR-Cas effector enzyme, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Structural basis for channel conduction in the pump-like channelrhodopsin ChRmine, 2022, Cell

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Wataru Shihoya
  • Keitaro Yamashita
  • Tsukasa Kusakizako
  • Tomohiro Nishizawa
  • Fumiya K. Sano

Best Publications

  • Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex

    Silvana Konermann;Mark D. Brigham;Alexandro E. Trevino;Julia Joung

  • Crystal structure of Cas9 in complex with guide RNA and target DNA

    Takashi Yamano;Hiroshi Nishimasu;Hiroshi Nishimasu;Bernd Zetsche;Hisato Hirano

  • Crystal Structure of the Complex of Human Epidermal Growth Factor and Receptor Extracellular Domains.

    Hideo Ogiso;Ryuichiro Ishitani;Osamu Nureki;Shuya Fukai

  • Crystal Structure of Cas9 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA

    Hiroshi Nishimasu;Naoshi Dohmae;Ryuichiro Ishitani;Osamu Nureki

  • Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease with expanded targeting space

    Hiroshi Nishimasu;Xi Shi;Xi Shi;Soh Ishiguro;Soh Ishiguro;Linyi Gao;Linyi Gao

  • Integrated molecular analysis of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma

    Keisuke Kataoka;Yasunobu Nagata;Akira Kitanaka;Yuichi Shiraishi

  • Somatic RHOA mutation in angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma

    Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto;Terukazu Enami;Kenichi Yoshida;Yuichi Shiraishi

  • Light-induced structural changes and the site of O=O bond formation in PSII caught by XFEL.

    Michihiro Suga;Fusamichi Akita;Fusamichi Akita;Michihiro Sugahara;Minoru Kubo

  • Structural Basis for RNA Unwinding by the DEAD-Box Protein Drosophila Vasa

    Toru Sengoku;Osamu Nureki;Akira Nakamura;Satoru Kobayashi

  • Crystal structure of the channelrhodopsin light-gated cation channel

    Hideaki E. Kato;Feng Zhang;Ofer Yizhar;Charu Ramakrishnan

  • Structural basis for recognition of the tra mRNA precursor by the Sex-lethal protein.

    Noriko Handa;Osamu Nureki;Kazuki Kurimoto;Insil Kim

  • A three-dimensional movie of structural changes in bacteriorhodopsin

    Eriko Nango;Antoine Royant;Antoine Royant;Minoru Kubo;Takanori Nakane

  • Enzyme structure with two catalytic sites for double-sieve selection of substrate.

    Osamu Nureki;Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Masaru Tateno;Atsushi Shimada

  • Crystal Structure of Staphylococcus aureus Cas9

    Hiroshi Nishimasu;Hiroshi Nishimasu;Le Cong;Winston X. Yan;F. Ann Ran;F. Ann Ran

  • Engineered Cpf1 variants with altered PAM specificities

    Linyi Gao;Linyi Gao;David B T Cox;David B T Cox;Winston X Yan;Winston X Yan;Winston X Yan;John C Manteiga

  • Structural basis for specific cleavage of Lys 63-linked polyubiquitin chains

    Yusuke Sato;Azusa Yoshikawa;Atsushi Yamagata;Hisatoshi Mimura

  • Structure and Engineering of Francisella novicida Cas9.

    Hisato Hirano;Jonathan S. Gootenberg;Takuro Horii;Omar O. Abudayyeh

  • Structure and function of Zucchini endoribonuclease in piRNA biogenesis

    Hiroshi Nishimasu;Hirotsugu Ishizu;Hirotsugu Ishizu;Kuniaki Saito;Satoshi Fukuhara

  • Structural basis for double-sieve discrimination of L-valine from L-isoleucine and L-threonine by the complex of tRNA(Val) and valyl-tRNA synthetase.

    Shuya Fukai;Osamu Nureki;Shun ichi Sekine;Atsushi Shimada

  • Cyclic GMP-AMP as an Endogenous Second Messenger in Innate Immune Signaling by Cytosolic DNA.

    Kazuki Kato;Hiroki Omura;Ryuichiro Ishitani;Osamu Nureki

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryuichiro Ishitani
Ryuichiro Ishitani University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Nishimasu
Hiroshi Nishimasu University of Tokyo
Junken Aoki
Junken Aoki Tohoku University
So Iwata
So Iwata Kyoto University
Hideki Kandori
Hideki Kandori Nagoya Institute of Technology
Mikako Shirouzu
Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Tsutomu Suzuki
Tsutomu Suzuki University of Tokyo

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