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Takashi Aoki

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
89
Citations
25066
World Ranking
736
National Ranking
24

Molecular Biology

D-Index
86
Citations
19508
World Ranking
836
National Ranking
64

Takashi Aoki 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 Takashi Aoki sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 620 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Takashi Aoki 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 Takashi Aoki sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Takashi Aoki is affiliated with Waseda University in Japan, with a research focus primarily in Social Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Transportation, Urban Studies, Immunology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics that Takashi Aoki addresses in their research include:

  • Urbanization and City Planning
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Urban and spatial planning
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Takashi Aoki has contributed to several publications in well-known venues, including:

  • Urban and Regional Planning Review
  • Cities
  • Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Confronting future urban perforation: Spatial analysis of districts in Japan with potential for being sparsely inhabited," 2021, Cities
  • "<b>New Towns in the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Area</b>," 2020, Urban and Regional Planning Review
  • "Interleukin-17A/F1 Deficiency Reduces Antimicrobial Gene Expression and Contributes to Microbiome Alterations in Intestines of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "ASC-deficiency impairs host defense against Aeromonas hydrophila infection in Japanese medaka, Oryzias latipes," 2020, Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • "Interleukin-17A/F1 from Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) stimulates the immune response in head kidney and intestinal cells," 2020, Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Takashi Aoki frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably:

  • Emiko ITAMI
  • Tomoya Kono
  • Masahiro Sakai
  • Yukihiro KADONO
  • Takashi YOKOTA

Best Publications

  • Pathogenesis of and strategies for preventing Edwardsiella tarda infection in fish.

    Seong Bin Park;Takashi Aoki;Takashi Aoki;Tae Sung Jung

  • Critical Contribution of Ox40 Ligand to T Helper Cell Type 2 Differentiation in Experimental Leishmaniasis

    Hisaya Akiba;Yasushi Miyahira;Machiko Atsuta;Kazuyoshi Takeda

  • Immune modulation and expression of cytokine genes in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss upon probiotic feeding

    A. Panigrahi;V. Kiron;S. Satoh;I. Hirono

  • Genome sequences of three koi herpesvirus isolates representing the expanding distribution of an emerging disease threatening koi and common carp worldwide

    Takashi Aoki;Ikuo Hirono;Ken Kurokawa;Hideo Fukuda

  • Cloning and expression analysis of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss tumour necrosis factor-alpha.

    Kerry J. Laing;Tiehui Wang;Jun Zou;Jason Holland

  • Pathogenesis of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp.

    Hung-Chiao Lai;Tze Hann Ng;Masahiro Ando;Chung-Te Lee

  • Molecular cloning, characterization, and expression of TNF cDNA and gene from Japanese flounder Paralychthys olivaceus.

    Ikuo Hirono;Bo-Hye Nam;Tomofumi Kurobe;Takashi Aoki

  • Characterization and function of kuruma shrimp lysozyme possessing lytic activity against Vibrio species.

    Sonomi Hikima;Jun ichi Hikima;Jiraporn Rojtinnakorn;Ikuo Hirono

  • Koi herpesvirus represents a third cyprinid herpesvirus (CyHV-3) in the family Herpesviridae

    Thomas B. Waltzek;Garry O. Kelley;David M. Stone;Keith Way

  • Gene expression in haemocytes of kuruma prawn, Penaeus japonicus, in response to infection with WSSV by EST approach.

    Jiraporn Rojtinnakorn;Ikuo Hirono;Toshiaki Itami;Yukinori Takahashi

  • Antimicrobial peptides discovered in the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon using the EST approach

    Premruethai Supungul;Sirawut Klinbunga;Rath Pichyangkura;Ikuo Hirono

  • Structure of the trypanosome cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase

    Tomoo Shiba;Yasutoshi Kido;Kimitoshi Sakamoto;Daniel Ken Inaoka

  • Identification and analysis of an interleukin 8-like molecule in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Kerry J. Laing;Jun J. Zou;Tiehui Wang;Niels Bols

  • White Spot Syndrome Virus Induces Metabolic Changes Resembling the Warburg Effect in Shrimp Hemocytes in the Early Stage of Infection

    I-Tung Chen;Takashi Aoki;Yun-Tzu Huang;Ikuo Hirono

  • Molecular cloning, genomic organization and recombinant expression of a crustin-like antimicrobial peptide from black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon

    Piti Amparyup;Piti Amparyup;Hidehiro Kondo;Ikuo Hirono;Takashi Aoki

  • Differential expression of two tumor necrosis factor genes in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    J. Zou;T. Wang;I. Hirono;T. Aoki

  • Identification of immune-related genes in hemocytes of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon).

    Premruethai Supungul;Sirawut Klinbunga;Rath Pichyangkura;Sarawut Jitrapakdee

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Amplification of DNA of Red Sea Bream Iridovirus (RSIV)

    Jun Kurita;Kazuhiro Nakajima;Ikuo Hirono;Takashi Aoki

  • Molecular cloning, expression and evolution of the Japanese flounder goose-type lysozyme gene, and the lytic activity of its recombinant protein.

    Jun-ichi Hikima;Sonomi Minagawa;Ikuo Hirono;Takashi Aoki

  • Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of bacilliform virus (RV‐PJ) DNA in Penaeus japonicus Bate and systemic ectodermal and mesodermal baculovirus (SEMBV) DNA in Penaeus monodon Fabricius

    Y Takahashi;T Itami;M Maeda;N Suzuki

  • Short Communication Koi herpesvirus represents a third cyprinid herpesvirus (CyHV-3) in the family Herpesviridae

    Thomas B. Waltzek;Garry O. Kelley;David M. Stone;Larry Hanson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ikuo Hirono
Ikuo Hirono Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Hidehiro Kondo
Hidehiro Kondo Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Anchalee Tassanakajon
Anchalee Tassanakajon Chulalongkorn University
Masahiro Sakai
Masahiro Sakai University of Miyazaki
Haruko Takeyama
Haruko Takeyama Waseda University
Goro Yoshizaki
Goro Yoshizaki Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Shuichi Satoh
Shuichi Satoh Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Yoshikazu Yuki
Yoshikazu Yuki University of Tokyo
Jorge H. Crosa
Jorge H. Crosa Oregon Health & Science University
Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo

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