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Shintaro Okada

Shintaro Okada

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
11160
World Ranking
11526
National Ranking
794

Shintaro Okada 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 Shintaro Okada sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 299 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shintaro Okada 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 Shintaro Okada sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shintaro Okada is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work focuses on subfields including Oncology and Immunology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods

Okada has contributed to scientific literature with recent publications such as:

  • Development of chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting cancer-expressing podocalyxin, 2025, Regenerative Therapy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Okada include:

  • Yuta Mishima
  • Akihiro Ishikawa
  • Bo Wang
  • Masazumi Waseda
  • Mika K. Kaneko

Their research is published in venues including:

  • Regenerative Therapy

Best Publications

  • Tay-sachs disease. Detection of heterozygotes and homozygotes by serum hexosaminidase assay.

    John S. O'Brien;Shintaro Okada;Agnes Chen;Dorothy L. Fillerup

  • Cytokine production regulating Th1 and Th2 cytokines in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

    Yuko Osugi;Junichi Hara;Shinichi Tagawa;Kenji Takai

  • Human herpesvirus 7: Another causal agent for roseola (exanthem subitum)☆☆☆★

    Keiko Tanaka;Toshio Kondo;Sadayoshi Torigoe;Shintaro Okada

  • Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is transmitted from parent to child in an integrated form and characterization of cases with chromosomally integrated HHV-6 DNA

    Keiko Tanaka-Taya;Keiko Tanaka-Taya;Junji Sashihara;Hiroki Kurahashi;Kiyoko Amo

  • Molecular cloning and expression of cDNA for murine galactocerebrosidase and mutation analysis of the twitcher mouse, a model of Krabbe's disease.

    Norio Sakai;Koji Inui;Naoko Tatsumi;Hisao Fukushima

  • Increased IL-6-production by cells isolated from the fibrous bone dysplasia tissues in patients with McCune-Albright syndrome.

    T Yamamoto;K Ozono;S Kasayama;K Yoh

  • Mitochondrial tRNAlle mutation in fatal cardiomyopathy

    M. Taniike;H. Fukushima;I. Yanagihara;H. Tsukamoto

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor Is Constitutively Produced by Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells and Indirectly Promotes Hematopoiesis

    Kenji Takai;Junichi Hara;Kunio Matsumoto;Gaku Hosoi

  • High incidence of human herpesvirus 6 infection with a high viral load in cord blood stem cell transplant recipients

    Junji Sashihara;Keiko Tanaka-Taya;Shinya Tanaka;Kiyoko Amo

  • Structure of serum transferrin in carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome.

    Yoshinao Wada;Atsushi Nishikawa;Nobuhiko Okamoto;Koji Inui

  • Seroepidemiological study of human herpesvirus‐6 and ‐7 in children of different ages and detection of these two viruses in throat swabs by polymerase chain reaction

    Keiko Tanaka-Taya;Toshio Kondo;Tetsu Mukai;Hiroko Miyoshi

  • Genomic organization and mutational analysis of KVLQT1, a gene responsible for familial long QT syndrome.

    Toshio Itoh;T. Tanaka;Ryozo Nagai;Kenjiro Kikuchi

  • An apoptotic depletion of oligodendrocytes in the twitcher, a murine model of globoid cell leukodystrophy.

    Masako Taniike;Ikuko Mohri;Naomi Eguchi;Daisuke Irikura

  • Urinary oligosaccharides of mannosidosis.

    K Yamashita;Y Tachibana;K Mihara;S Okada

  • Advanced Glycation Endproducts Stimulate Interleukin‐6 Production by Human Bone‐Derived Cells

    Miki Takagi;Soji Kasayama;Takehisa Yamamoto;Takashi Motomura

  • Ganciclovir is effective for prophylaxis and treatment of human herpesvirus-6 in allogeneic stem cell transplantation

    S Tokimasa;J Hara;Y Osugi;H Ohta

  • Differentiation between dysmyelination and demyelination using magnetic resonance diffusional anisotropy

    Jiro Ono;Koushi Harada;Masaya Takahashi;Mitsuyo Maeda

  • Prospective study of mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus.

    Hitoshi Tajiri;Yoko Miyoshi;Shunpei Funada;Yuri Etani

  • Clonal lymphoproliferation following chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection and hypersensitivity to mosquito bites

    Shigehiko Ishihara;Shintaro Okada;Hiroshi Wakiguchi;Takanobu Kurashige

  • NPC1 gene mutations in Japanese patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C.

    Toshiyuki Yamamoto;Eiji Nanba;Haruaki Ninomiya;Katsumi Higaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Koichi Yamanishi
Koichi Yamanishi Osaka University
Hiroki Kurahashi
Hiroki Kurahashi Fujita Health University
Yoichi Matsuda
Yoichi Matsuda Nagoya University
Hikaru Matsuda
Hikaru Matsuda Osaka University
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
John S. O'Brien
John S. O'Brien University of California, San Diego
Nobuyuki Amino
Nobuyuki Amino Center for Excellence in Education
Takeshi Honda
Takeshi Honda Osaka University
Yu-ichi Goto
Yu-ichi Goto University of Tsukuba
Akira Kobata
Akira Kobata University of Tokyo

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