2026 Sumio Sugano: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	93	955	901	35	33	438	44975
Molecular Biology	93	665	592	47	43	438	44975
Medicine	92	11102	10432	318	301	444	44154

Sumio Sugano publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sumio Sugano sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 438 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Sumio Sugano D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Sumio Sugano is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research background spanning multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their work primarily addresses topics related to cancer biology, genomics, and molecular mechanisms underlying cellular processes.

The scientist's recent publications include:

MCM10 compensates for Myc-induced DNA replication stress in breast cancer stem-like cells, 2020, Cancer Science
FXYD3 functionally demarcates an ancestral breast cancer stem cell subpopulation with features of drug-tolerant persisters, 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation
The Origin and Composition of Korean Ethnicity Analyzed by Ancient and Present-Day Genome Sequences, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution
Comparative genomic analyses illuminate the distinct evolution of megabats within Chiroptera, 2020, DNA Research
Networking and Specificity-Changing DNA Methyltransferases in Helicobacter pylori, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Sumio Sugano's research contribution spans the following main fields:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Their work is further detailed in subfields such as:

Molecular Biology
Genetics
Oncology
Infectious Diseases
Cell Biology

Key research topics frequently addressed include:

Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
DNA Repair Mechanisms
Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
RNA modifications and cancer

Sumio Sugano has collaborated extensively with colleagues in their research community. Frequent co-authors include:

Yutaka Suzuki
Masahide Seki
Tatsunori Nishimura
Yasuto Takeuchi
Asako Sasahara

Research output by venue highlights Sumio Sugano's involvement in several scientific journals, notably:

Frontiers in Microbiology
Scientific Reports
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Cancer Science

Best Publications

Frequent pathway mutations of splicing machinery in myelodysplasia

Kenichi Yoshida;Masashi Sanada;Yuichi Shiraishi;Daniel Nowak

2311
Citations
The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

2104
Citations
The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum

L. Eichinger;J. A. Pachebat;J. A. Pachebat;G. Glöckner;M.-A. Rajandream

1653
Citations
The medaka draft genome and insights into vertebrate genome evolution

Masahiro Kasahara;Kiyoshi Naruse;Shin Sasaki;Yoichiro Nakatani

1277
Citations
Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

1245
Citations
Integrated molecular analysis of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.

Yusuke Sato;Tetsuichi Yoshizato;Yuichi Shiraishi;Shigekatsu Maekawa

1193
Citations
Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

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

1190
Citations
Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs

Toshio Ota;Yutaka Suzuki;Tetsuo Nishikawa;Tetsuji Otsuki

1134
Citations
A transcription factor response element for gene expression during circadian night

Hiroki R. Ueda;Wenbin Chen;Akihito Adachi;Hisanori Wakamatsu

1049
Citations
Collection, Mapping, and Annotation of Over 28,000 cDNA Clones from japonica Rice

Shoshi Kikuchi;Kouji Satoh;Toshifumi Nagata;Nobuyuki Kawagashira

1029
Citations
Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides.

K Maruyama;S Sugano

968
Citations
Phosphate-activated glutaminase (GLS2), a p53-inducible regulator of glutamine metabolism and reactive oxygen species

Sawako Suzuki;Tomoaki Tanaka;Masha V. Poyurovsky;Hidekazu Nagano

879
Citations
Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia

Mahmood Ameen Abdulla;Ikhlak Ahmed;Anunchai Assawamakin;Anunchai Assawamakin;Jong Bhak

792
Citations
Efficient gene activation in mammalian cells by using recombinant adenovirus expressing site-specific Cre recombinase.

Y Kanegae;G Lee;Y Sato;M Tanaka

730
Citations
The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)

Daniela S. Gerhard;Lukas Wagner;Elise A. Feingold;Carolyn M. Shenmen

690
Citations
DKK1, a negative regulator of Wnt signaling, is a target of the beta-catenin/TCF pathway.

Atsushi Niida;Takatoshi Hiroko;Mana Kasai;Yoichi Furukawa

636
Citations
Draft Assembly of the Symbiodinium minutum Nuclear Genome Reveals Dinoflagellate Gene Structure

Eiichi Shoguchi;Chuya Shinzato;Takeshi Kawashima;Fuki Gyoja

607
Citations
Diversification of transcriptional modulation: Large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes

Kouichi Kimura;Ai Wakamatsu;Yutaka Suzuki;Toshio Ota

597
Citations
Thyrotrophin in the pars tuberalis triggers photoperiodic response

Nobuhiro Nakao;Hiroko Ono;Takashi Yamamura;Tsubasa Anraku

568
Citations
Frequent Pathway Mutations of Splicing Machinery in Myelodysplasia

Kenichi Yoshida;Masashi Sanada;Yuichi Shiraishi;Daniel Nowak

13
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo

Kenta Nakai University of Tokyo

Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics

Susumu Katsuma University of Tokyo

Shin-ichi Hashimoto Kanazawa University

Shinichi Morishita University of Tokyo

Mikako Shirouzu RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics

Toru Shimada Gakushuin University

Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

External Links

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