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D-Index
69
Citations
14482
World Ranking
2090
National Ranking
64

Saburo Sone publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 400 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Saburo Sone D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 122 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 93 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Saburo Sone is affiliated with the University of Tokushima in Japan. Their academic work is situated within the context of this institution, contributing to the body of research emerging from the university.

There are no recorded publications listed in the recent papers section, so specific works by Saburo Sone cannot be detailed at this time.

There is no available data on frequent co-authors, which suggests either solitary work or a lack of documented collaboration networks in the source data provided.

The record does not include frequent publication venues, leaving the typical journals or conferences for Saburo Sone unspecified.

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Saburo Sone is not deceased, so their profile remains in the present tense, reflecting a current or recent scientific career.

Best Publications

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor Induces Gefitinib Resistance of Lung Adenocarcinoma with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Activating Mutations

    Seiji Yano;Wei Wang;Qi Li;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Macrophage infiltration correlates with tumor stage and angiogenesis in human malignant melanoma: Possible involvement of TNFα and IL‐1α

    Hitoe Torisu;Mayumi Ono;Hiromaro Kiryu;Masutaka Furue

  • Abnormally high expression of proteasomes in human leukemic cells.

    A Kumatori;K Tanaka;N Inamura;S Sone

  • Crosstalk to stromal fibroblasts induces resistance of lung cancer to epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

    Wei Wang;Qi Li;Tadaaki Yamada;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Notch2 integrates signaling by the transcription factors RBP-J and CREB1 to promote T cell cytotoxicity

    Yoichi Maekawa;Yoshiaki Minato;Chieko Ishifune;Takeshi Kurihara

  • Serum levels of interleukin 6 in patients with lung cancer.

    H Yanagawa;S Sone;Y Takahashi;T Haku

  • In vitro activation of tumoricidal properties in rat alveolar macrophages by synthetic muramyl dipeptide encapsulated in liposomes.

    Saburo Sone;Isaiah J. Fidler

  • Prediction of sensitivity of advanced non-small cell lung cancers to gefitinib (Iressa, ZD1839)

    Soji Kakiuchi;Yataro Daigo;Nobuhisa Ishikawa;Chiyuki Furukawa

  • Plakophilin 3 Oncogene as Prognostic Marker and Therapeutic Target for Lung Cancer

    Chiyuki Furukawa;Yataro Daigo;Nobuhisa Ishikawa;Tatsuya Kato

  • ATP-dependent reversible association of proteasomes with multiple protein components to form 26S complexes that degrade ubiquitinated proteins in human HL-60 cells

    Etsuko Orino;Keiji Tanaka;Tomohiro Tamura;Saburo Sone

  • Chymase is a potent chemoattractant for human monocytes and neutrophils.

    Kenji Tani;Fumitaka Ogushi;Hiroshi Kido;Tetsuya Kawano

  • Genome-wide analysis of organ-preferential metastasis of human small cell lung cancer in mice.

    Soji Kakiuchi;Yataro Daigo;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda;Seiji Yano

  • Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 4 on Dendritic Cells Is Significant for Anticancer Effect of Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy in Combination with an Active Component of OK-432, a Streptococcal Preparation

    Masato Okamoto;Sachiko Furuichi;Yasuhiko Nishioka;Tetsuya Oshikawa

  • Intrinsic cooperation between p16INK4a and p21Waf1/Cip1 in the onset of cellular senescence and tumor suppression in vivo.

    Shinji Takeuchi;Akiko Takahashi;Noriko Motoi;Shin Yoshimoto

  • The neuromedin U-growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1b/neurotensin receptor 1 oncogenic signaling pathway as a therapeutic target for lung cancer.

    Koji Takahashi;Chiyuki Furukawa;Atsushi Takano;Nobuhisa Ishikawa

  • Transient PI3K Inhibition Induces Apoptosis and Overcomes HGF-Mediated Resistance to EGFR-TKIs in EGFR Mutant Lung Cancer

    Ivan S Donev;Wei Wang;Tadaaki Yamada;Qi Li

  • Regulation of gene expression of proteasomes (multi-protease complexes) during growth and differentiation of human hematopoietic cells.

    N Shimbara;E Orino;S Sone;T Ogura

  • Hepatocyte growth factor reduces susceptibility to an irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor in EGFR-T790M mutant lung cancer

    Tadaaki Yamada;Kunio Matsumoto;Wei Wang;Qi Li

  • Antiangiogenic Effect by SU5416 Is Partly Attributable to Inhibition of Flt-1 Receptor Signaling 1 Supported by grant-in-aid for Cancer Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.1

    Takashi Itokawa;Hiroki Nokihara;Yasuhiko Nishioka;Saburo Sone

  • MYO18B, a candidate tumor suppressor gene at chromosome 22q12.1, deleted, mutated, and methylated in human lung cancer

    Michiho Nishioka;Takashi Kohno;Masachika Tani;Nozomu Yanaihara

  • Retreatment of lung adenocarcinoma patients with gefitinib who had experienced favorable results from their initial treatment with this selective epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor: a report of three cases.

    Seiji Yano;Emiko Nakataki;Shinsaku Ohtsuka;Mami Inayama

  • Phosphorylation, but not overexpression, of epidermal growth factor receptor is associated with poor prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer patients.

    Takanori Kanematsu;Seiji Yano;Hisanori Uehara;Yoshimi Bando

Frequent Co-Authors

Takashi Tsuruo
Takashi Tsuruo Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Kunio Matsumoto
Kunio Matsumoto Kanazawa University
Kouji Matsushima
Kouji Matsushima Tokyo University of Science
Naofumi Mukaida
Naofumi Mukaida Kanazawa University
Yoshitaka Sekido
Yoshitaka Sekido Nagoya University
Hirofumi Hamada
Hirofumi Hamada Sapporo Medical University
Shin-ichi Akiyama
Shin-ichi Akiyama Kagoshima University
Tetsuya Mitsudomi
Tetsuya Mitsudomi Kindai University
Tatsuhiko Furukawa
Tatsuhiko Furukawa Kagoshima University

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