2026 Shuichi Asakawa: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	62	2937	2785	127	123	246	31578

Overview

Shuichi Asakawa is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, focusing on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Cancer Research.

The main topics of Shuichi Asakawa's research include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, MicroRNA in Disease Regulation, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Frequently publishing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Marine Biotechnology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, RNA Biology, and Mitochondrial DNA Part B, Asakawa has contributed a range of papers reflecting these interests.

Environmental DNA study on aquatic ecosystem monitoring and management: Recent advances and prospects, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management
A Review of Discovery Profiling of PIWI-Interacting RNAs and Their Diverse Functions in Metazoans, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Development of a time-series shotgun metagenomics database for monitoring microbial communities at the Pacific coast of Japan, 2021, Scientific Reports
Estimation of tuna population by the improved analytical pipeline of unique molecular identifier-assisted HaCeD-Seq (haplotype count from eDNA), 2021, Scientific Reports
Zebrafish Danio rerio myotomal muscle structure and growth from a spatial transcriptomics perspective, 2022, Genomics

Shuichi Asakawa collaborates frequently with a set of coauthors who have contributed jointly to many publications. These include Kazutoshi Yoshitake, Shigeharu Kinoshita, Ryo Yonezawa, Shugo Watabe, and Yoji Igarashi.

Best Publications

Mutations in the parkin gene cause autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism

Tohru Kitada;Shuichi Asakawa;Nobutaka Hattori;Hiroto Matsumine

7880
Citations
Familial Parkinson disease gene product, parkin, is a ubiquitin-protein ligase

Hideki Shimura;Nobutaka Hattori;Shin-ichiro Kubo;Yoshikuni Mizuno

2995
Citations
Positional cloning of the APECED gene

Kentaro Nagamine;Pärt Peterson;Hamish S. Scott;Jun Kudoh

1638
Citations
DMY is a Y-specific DM-domain gene required for male development in the medaka fish

Masaru Matsuda;Yoshitaka Nagahama;Ai Shinomiya;Tadashi Sato

1564
Citations
The medaka draft genome and insights into vertebrate genome evolution

Masahiro Kasahara;Kiyoshi Naruse;Shin Sasaki;Yoichiro Nakatani

1277
Citations
Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

Motomichi Matsuzaki;Osami Misumi;Tadasu Shin-I;Shinichiro Maruyama

1190
Citations
Role of TBX1 in human del22q11.2 syndrome

Hisato Yagi;Yoshiyuki Furutani;Hiromichi Hamada;Takashi Sasaki

956
Citations
A duplicated copy of DMRT1 in the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome of the medaka, Oryzias latipes

Indrajit Nanda;Mariko Kondo;Ute Hornung;Shuichi Asakawa

922
Citations
A physical map of the human genome.

John Douglas Mcpherson;Marco Marra;Marco Marra;La Deana Hillier;Robert H. Waterston

846
Citations
A novel myosin-like protein (myocilin) expressed in the connecting cilium of the photoreceptor: Molecular cloning, tissue expression, and chromosomal mapping

Ryo Kubota;Setsuko Noda;Yimin Wang;Shinsei Minoshima

444
Citations
Molecular genetic analysis of a novel Parkin gene in Japanese families with autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism: evidence for variable homozygous deletions in the Parkin gene in affected individuals.

Nobutaka Hattori;Tohru Kitada;Tohru Kitada;Hiroto Matsumine;Shuichi Asakawa

427
Citations
Molecular cloning of a novel putative Ca2+ channel protein (TRPC7) highly expressed in brain.

Kentaro Nagamine;Jun Kudoh;Shinsei Minoshima;Kazuhiko Kawasaki

383
Citations
Immunohistochemical and subcellular localization of parkin protein: Absence of protein in autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism patients

Hideki Shimura;Nobutaka Hattori;Shin-Ichiro Kubo;Mutsuko Yoshikawa

379
Citations
Novel PINK1 mutations in early-onset parkinsonism.

Yasuko Hatano;Yuanzhe Li;Kenichi Sato;Shuichi Asakawa

355
Citations
Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

Takeshi Takeuchi;Takeshi Kawashima;Ryo Koyanagi;Fuki Gyoja

331
Citations
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 31 Is Associated with “Inserted” Penta-Nucleotide Repeats Containing (TGGAA)n

Nozomu Sato;Takeshi Amino;Kazuhiro Kobayashi;Shuichi Asakawa

330
Citations
Insertion of β-satellite repeats identifies a transmembrane protease causing both congenital and childhood onset autosomal recessive deafness

Hamish S. Scott;Hamish S. Scott;Jun Kudoh;Marie Wattenhofer;Kazunori Shibuya

278
Citations
Human BAC library: construction and rapid screening

Shuichi Asakawa;Izumi Abe;Yoshiki Kudoh;Noriyuki Kishi

272
Citations
The Human Ribosomal Protein Genes: Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of 73 Genes

Maki Yoshihama;Tamayo Uechi;Shuichi Asakawa;Kazuhiko Kawasaki

261
Citations
Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding

T. Takeuchi;T. Kawashima;R. Koyanagi;F. Gyoja

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuyoshi Shimizu Keio University

Shugo Watabe Kitasato University

Shinsei Minoshima Hamamatsu University

Jun Kudoh Keio University

Yoshikuni Mizuno Juntendo University

Nobutaka Hattori Juntendo University

Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo

Akihiro Shima University of Tokyo

Stylianos E. Antonarakis University of Geneva

Manfred Schartl University of Würzburg

External Links

Personal website of Shuichi Asakawa

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