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Satoshi Inouye

Satoshi Inouye

JNC (Japan)
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
12250
World Ranking
10919
National Ranking
747

Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
10270
World Ranking
13058
National Ranking
983

Satoshi Inouye 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 Satoshi Inouye sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 202 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Satoshi Inouye 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 Satoshi Inouye sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Satoshi Inouye is a researcher primarily affiliated with JNC in Japan, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans various interconnected fields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, cell biology, and organic chemistry.

The core topics of their research concentrate on bioluminescence and chemiluminescence, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, biosensors and analytical detection, neurobiology and insect physiology research, molecular communication and nanonetworks, radical photochemical reactions, and biotin-related studies.

Recent publications by Satoshi Inouye include the following:

  • "Reverse mutants of the catalytic 19 kDa mutant protein (nanoKAZ/nanoLuc) from Oplophorus luciferase with coelenterazine as preferred substrate," 2022, published in PLoS ONE
  • "Enzymatic conversion of dehydrocoelenterazine to coelenterazine using FMN-bound flavin reductase of NAD(P)H:FMN oxidoreductase," 2021, published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • "Chiral deaza-coelenterazine analogs for probing a substrate-binding site in the Ca2+-binding photoprotein aequorin," 2021, published in PLoS ONE
  • "Formation of Coelenteramine from 2-Peroxycoelenterazine in the Ca2+-Binding Photoprotein Aequorin," 2021, published in Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • "Expression, purification, and characterization of recombinant apoPholasin," 2020, published in Protein Expression and Purification

The venues where Satoshi Inouye frequently publishes include:

  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Protein Expression and Purification
  • YAKUGAKU ZASSHI

Collaboration is evident in their frequent coauthorship with other researchers including Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Takamitsu Hosoya, Yuiko Sahara-Miura, Junichi Sato, and Takahiro Suzuki.

Best Publications

  • Aequorea green fluorescent protein. Expression of the gene and fluorescence characteristics of the recombinant protein.

    Satoshi Inouye;Frederick I. Tsuji

  • CHEMICAL NATURE OF THE LIGHT EMITTER OF THE AEQUOREA GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN

    Haruki Niwa;Satoshi Inouye;Takashi Hirano;Tatsuki Matsuno

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for the luminescent protein aequorin

    S Inouye;M Noguchi;Y Sakaki;Y Takagi

  • The crystal structure of the photoprotein aequorin at 2.3 Å resolution

    James F. Head;Satoshi Inouye;Katsunori Teranishi;Osamu Shimomura;Osamu Shimomura

  • FOLLISTATIN BINDS TO BOTH ACTIVIN AND INHIBIN THROUGH THE COMMON BETA-SUBUNIT

    Motoyuki Shimonaka;Satoshi Inouye;Shunichi Shimasaki;Nicholas Ling

  • Localization, trafficking, and temperature-dependence of the Aequorea green fluorescent protein in cultured vertebrate cells.

    Hidesato Ogawa;Satoshi Inouye;Frederick I. Tsuji;Kunio Yasuda

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of the metapyrocatechase gene on the TOI plasmid of Pseudomonas putida mt-2.

    C Nakai;H Kagamiyama;M Nozaki;T Nakazawa

  • A fluorescent indicator for visualizing cAMP-induced phosphorylation in vivo.

    Yasuo Nagai;Masami Miyazaki;Ryoko Aoki;Takeru Zama

  • Identification of the coding sequence for a reverse transcriptase-like enzyme in a transposable genetic element in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Kaoru Saigo;Wataru Kugimiya;Yoshinori Matsuo;Satoshi Inouye

  • Recombinant expression of human follistatin with 315 and 288 amino acids: chemical and biological comparison with native porcine follistatin.

    Satoshi Inouye;Yili Guo;Louis Depaolo;Motoyuki Shimonaka

  • Close structural resemblance between putative polymerase of a Drosophila transposable genetic element 17.6 and pol gene product of Moloney murine leukaemia virus.

    H Toh;R Kikuno;H Hayashida;T Miyata

  • Evidence for redox forms of the Aequorea green fluorescent protein

    Satoshi Inouye;Frederick I. Tsuji

  • The use of Renilla luciferase, Oplophorus luciferase, and apoaequorin as bioluminescent reporter protein in the presence of coelenterazine analogues as substrate.

    Satoshi Inouye;Osamu Shimomura

  • Secretional luciferase of the luminous shrimp Oplophorus gracilirostris: cDNA cloning of a novel imidazopyrazinone luciferase

    Satoshi Inouye;Ken Watanabe;Hideshi Nakamura;Osamu Shimomura

  • Light-emitting properties of recombinant semisynthetic aequorins and recombinant fluorescein-conjugated aequorin for measuring cellular calcium

    O. Shimomura;O. Shimomura;B. Musicki;Y. Kishi;S. Inouye

  • Recombinant aequorin and recombinant semi-synthetic aequorins. Cellular Ca2+ ion indicators.

    O Shimomura;O Shimomura;S Inouye;B Musicki;Y Kishi

  • Site-specific cleavage of double-strand DNA by hydroperoxide of linoleic acid.

    Satoshi Inouye

  • Fluorescent properties of model chromophores of tyrosine-66 substituted mutants of Aequorea green fluorescent protein (GEP)

    Satoshi Kojima;Hiroko Ohkawa;Takashi Hirano;Shojiro Maki

  • Molecular cloning of regulatory gene xylR and operator-promoter regions of the xylABC and xylDEGF operons of the TOL plasmid.

    S Inouye;A Nakazawa;T Nakazawa

  • Molecular cloning of gene xylS of the TOL plasmid: evidence for positive regulation of the xylDEGF operon by xylS.

    S Inouye;A Nakazawa;T Nakazawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Makoto Ojika
Makoto Ojika Nagoya University
Yoshiyuki Sakaki
Yoshiyuki Sakaki Toyohashi University of Technology
Yoshiyuki Sakaki
Yoshiyuki Sakaki Toyohashi University of Technology
Osamu Shimomura
Osamu Shimomura Marine Biological Laboratory
Nicholas Ling
Nicholas Ling Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Shunichi Shimasaki
Shunichi Shimasaki University of California, San Diego
Yoshihiro Ohmiya
Yoshihiro Ohmiya National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Teruko Nakazawa
Teruko Nakazawa Yamaguchi University
Mikako Shirouzu
Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Takashi Ito
Takashi Ito Kyushu University

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