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Shigetada Kawabata

Shigetada Kawabata

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
56
Citations
9110
World Ranking
3745
National Ranking
151

Shigetada Kawabata 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 Shigetada Kawabata sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 182 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shigetada Kawabata 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 Shigetada Kawabata sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shigetada Kawabata is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The main topics covered in Kawabata's work include:

  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

Kawabata has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology and Immunology
  • Gastro Hep Advances
  • Journal of Oral Biosciences
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Streptococcus pyogenes upregulates arginine catabolism to exert its pathogenesis on the skin surface, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Oral mitis group streptococci: A silent majority in our oral cavity, 2022, Microbiology and Immunology
  • GP96 Drives Exacerbation of Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia following Influenza A Virus Infection, 2021, mBio
  • Performance of a Biodegradable Composite with Hydroxyapatite as a Scaffold in Pulp Tissue Repair, 2020, Polymers
  • Secondary streptococcal infection following influenza, 2022, Microbiology and Immunology

Kawabata collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • M. Yamaguchi
  • Yujiro Hirose
  • Tomoko Sumitomo
  • Masanobu Nakata
  • Victor Nizet

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of an M3 Strain of Streptococcus pyogenes Reveals a Large-Scale Genomic Rearrangement in Invasive Strains and New Insights into Phage Evolution

    Ichiro Nakagawa;Ken Kurokawa;Atsushi Yamashita;Masanobu Nakata

  • Inhibitory effect of oolong tea polyphenols on glycosyltransferases of mutans Streptococci.

    K Nakahara;S Kawabata;H Ono;K Ogura

  • Fba, a novel fibronectin-binding protein from Streptococcus pyogenes, promotes bacterial entry into epithelial cells, and the fba gene is positively transcribed under the Mga regulator.

    Yutaka Terao;Shigetada Kawabata;Eiji Kunitomo;Jumpei Murakami

  • Silkworm pathogenic bacteria infection model for identification of novel virulence genes.

    Chikara Kaito;Kenji Kurokawa;Yasuhiko Matsumoto;Yutaka Terao

  • The importance of fimbriae in the virulence and ecology of some oral bacteria.

    S. Hamada;A. Amano;S. Kimura;I. Nakagawa

  • Oolong Tea Polyphenols Inhibit Experimental Dental Caries in SPF Rats Infected with Mutatis Streptococci

    T. Ooshima;T. Minami;W. Aono;A. Izumitani

  • Functional Differences among FimA Variants of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Their Effects on Adhesion to and Invasion of Human Epithelial Cells

    Ichiro Nakagawa;Atsuo Amano;Masae Kuboniwa;Takayuki Nakamura

  • Multifunctional glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of Streptococcus pyogenes is essential for evasion from neutrophils.

    Yutaka Terao;Masaya Yamaguchi;Shigeyuki Hamada;Shigetada Kawabata

  • Oral passive immunization against dental caries in rats by use of hen egg yolk antibodies specific for cell-associated glucosyltransferase of Streptococcus mutans.

    S Hamada;T Horikoshi;T Minami;S Kawabata

  • Molecular Characterization of a Novel Fibronectin-binding Protein of Streptococcus pyogenes Strains Isolated from Toxic Shock-like Syndrome Patients*

    Yutaka Terao;Yutaka Terao;Shigetada Kawabata;Shigetada Kawabata;Masanobu Nakata;Ichiro Nakagawa

  • Identification of a new variant of fimA gene of Porphyromonas gingivalis and its distribution in adults and disabled populations with periodontitis.

    I. Nakagawa;A. Amano;Y. Ohara-Nemoto;N. Endoh

  • Contributions of Three Glucosyltransferases to Sucrose-dependent Adherence of Streptococcus mutans

    T. Ooshima;M. Matsumura;T. Hoshino;S. Kawabata

  • Distribution and molecular characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis carrying a new type of fimA gene.

    Ichiro Nakagawa;Atsuo Amano;Richard K. Kimura;Takayuki Nakamura

  • Targeted lymph-node immunization with whole inactivated simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) or envelope and core subunit antigen vaccines does not reliably protect rhesus macaques from vaginal challenge with SIVmac251.

    Xusheng Lü;Hiroshi Kiyono;Ding Lu;Shigetada Kawabata

  • Influenza A Virus-Infected Hosts Boost an Invasive Type of Streptococcus pyogenes Infection in Mice

    Shigefumi Okamoto;Shigetada Kawabata;Shigetada Kawabata;Ichiro Nakagawa;Yoshinobu Okuno

  • Novel laminin-binding protein of Streptococcus pyogenes, Lbp, is involved in adhesion to epithelial cells.

    Yutaka Terao;Shigetada Kawabata;Eiji Kunitomo;Ichiro Nakagawa

  • Group A Streptococcal Cysteine Protease Degrades C3 (C3b) and Contributes to Evasion of Innate Immunity

    Yutaka Terao;Yuka Mori;Masaya Yamaguchi;Yoshikata Shimizu

  • Systemic and Mucosal Immunizations with Fibronectin-Binding Protein FBP54 Induce Protective Immune Responses against Streptococcus pyogenes Challenge in Mice

    Shigetada Kawabata;Eiji Kunitomo;Yutaka Terao;Ichiro Nakagawa

  • α-enolase of Streptococcus pneumoniae induces formation of neutrophil extracellular traps

    Yuka Mori;Masaya Yamaguchi;Yutaka Terao;Shigeyuki Hamada

  • Streptolysin S Contributes to Group A Streptococcal Translocation across an Epithelial Barrier

    Tomoko Sumitomo;Masanobu Nakata;Miharu Higashino;Yingji Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeyuki Hamada
Shigeyuki Hamada Osaka University
Ichiro Nakagawa
Ichiro Nakagawa Kyoto University
Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo
Takashi Ooshima
Takashi Ooshima Osaka University
Kohtaro Fujihashi
Kohtaro Fujihashi University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jerry R. McGhee
Jerry R. McGhee University of Alabama at Birmingham
Atsuo Amano
Atsuo Amano Osaka University
Victor Nizet
Victor Nizet University of California, San Diego
Bernd Kreikemeyer
Bernd Kreikemeyer University of Rostock
Andreas Podbielski
Andreas Podbielski University of Rostock

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