2026 Ryozo Kuwano: 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	57	13988	12871	986	923	242	10086

Overview

Ryozo Kuwano is affiliated with Niigata University in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on neurodegenerative conditions, cognitive impairment, and intellectual disabilities.

The scientist's work frequently appears in several publication venues, including:

Scientific Reports
Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
Human Molecular Genetics
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
BMJ Neurology Open

Key recent papers by Ryozo Kuwano include:

Disruption of a RAC1-centred network is associated with Alzheimer's disease pathology and causes age-dependent neurodegeneration, 2020, Human Molecular Genetics
Prevalence of dementia in people with intellectual disabilities: Cross-sectional study, 2020, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Different AT(N) profiles and clinical progression classified by two different N markers using total tau and neurofilament light chain in cerebrospinal fluid, 2022, BMJ Neurology Open
Validation of the Japanese version of the Dementia Screening Questionnaire for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, 2020, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
Sensitivity to gene dosage and gene expression affects genes with copy number variants observed among neuropsychiatric diseases, 2020, BMC Medical Genomics

Ryozo Kuwano's research covers several main topics, such as:

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Frailty in Older Adults
Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Chronic Disease Management Strategies
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Main fields of study where Kuwano has contributed include:

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields frequently addressed in their work are:

Molecular Biology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Physiology

Collaborations play a notable role in Kuwano's work, with frequent co-authors including:

Norikazu Hara
Akinori Miyashita
Takeshi Ikeuchi
Shintaro Takenoshita
Seishi Terada

Best Publications

A new amyloid β variant favoring oligomerization in Alzheimer's-type dementia

Takami Tomiyama;Tetsu Nagata;Hiroyuki Shimada;Rie Teraoka

605
Citations
Association of HTRA1 mutations and familial ischemic cerebral small-vessel disease

Shoji Tsuji;Osamu Onodera

603
Citations
Molecular cloning of cDNA coding for brain-specific 14-3-3 protein, a protein kinase-dependent activator of tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases

Tohru Ichimura;Toshiaki Isobe;Tsuneo Okuyama;Nobuhiro Takahashi

470
Citations
Mutations in COQ2 in familial and sporadic multiple-system atrophy the multiple-system atrophy research collaboration

Jun Mitsui;Takashi Matsukawa;Hiroyuki Ishiura;Yoko Fukuda;Yoko Fukuda

429
Citations
CSF biomarker variability in the Alzheimer's Association quality control program

Niklas Mattsson;Niklas Mattsson;Ulf Andreasson;Staffan Persson;Maria C. Carrillo

393
Citations
The coxsackievirus-adenovirus receptor protein as a cell adhesion molecule in the developing mouse brain

Takao Honda;Hiroshi Saitoh;Masayoshi Masuko;Takako Katagiri-Abe

324
Citations
Expression of Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor in Hearts of Rats With Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis

Masahiro Ito;Makoto Kodama;Masayoshi Masuko;Masayuki Yamaura

193
Citations
Genetic association study on in and around the APOE in late-onset Alzheimer disease in Japanese.

Norihiro Takei;Akinori Miyashita;Tamao Tsukie;Hiroyuki Arai

187
Citations
SORL1 is genetically associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Japanese, Koreans and Caucasians

Akinori Miyashita;Asako Koike;Gyungah Jun;Li-San Wang

183
Citations
Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci

Gyungah R. Jun;Gyungah R. Jun;Jaeyoon Chung;Jesse Mez;Robert Barber

181
Citations
Molecular cloning and the complete nucleotide sequence of cDNA to mRNA for S-100 protein of rat brain

Ryozo Kuwano;Hiroshi Usui;Toshinaga Maeda;Toshikazu Fukui

157
Citations
AlzPathway: a comprehensive map of signaling pathways of Alzheimer’s disease

Satoshi Mizuno;Risa Iijima;Soichi Ogishima;Masataka Kikuchi

151
Citations
Distinct forms of the protein kinase-dependent activator of tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases

Toshiaki Isobe;Tohru Ichimura;Toshiyuki Sunaya;Tsuneo Okuyama

149
Citations
S100A6 and S100A11 are specific targets of the calcium- and zinc-binding S100B protein in vivo.

Jean Christophe Deloulme;Nicole Assard;Gaëlh Ouengue Mbele;Carole Mangin

135
Citations
Serum microRNA miR-501-3p as a potential biomarker related to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease

Norikazu Hara;Masataka Kikuchi;Akinori Miyashita;Hiroyuki Hatsuta

132
Citations
A wide spectrum of clinical and brain MRI findings in patients with SLC19A3 mutations

Kenichiro Yamada;Kiyokuni Miura;Kenju Hara;Motomasa Suzuki

126
Citations
A mutant PSEN1 causes dementia with Lewy bodies and variant Alzheimer's disease.

Atsushi Ishikawa;Yue-Shan Piao;Akinori Miyashita;Ryozo Kuwano

124
Citations
Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in capillary hemangioblastoma

K. Morii;R. Tanaka;K. Washiyama;T. Kumanishi

123
Citations
Distinct molecular mechanisms of HTRA1 mutants in manifesting heterozygotes with CARASIL

Hiroaki Nozaki;Taisuke Kato;Megumi Nihonmatsu;Yohei Saito

118
Citations
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association scans for genetic susceptibility to endometriosis in Japanese population.

Sosuke Adachi;Atsushi Tajima;Jinhua Quan;Kazufumi Haino

116
Citations