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D-Index
106
Citations
58201
World Ranking
592
National Ranking
1

Takashi Gojobori publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takashi Gojobori sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 545 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Takashi Gojobori D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 87th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Takashi Gojobori is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their body of work includes recent research on genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance within the context of Staphylococcus aureus in Saudi Arabia.

This research was published in 2025 in the journal Microbial Genomics under the title Genomic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus in Saudi Arabia: a nationwide study using whole-genome sequencing. The study focuses on the genetic variation and resistance patterns of a significant bacterial pathogen through the utilization of whole-genome sequencing methodologies.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Musaad A. Altammami
  • Mohammed H. Abutarboush
  • Dalal M. Alkuraithy
  • Robert Radley
  • Marwa Abdelhakim

The main publication venue noted for Takashi Gojobori's work is Microbial Genomics.

Throughout their career, Takashi Gojobori has been recognized with several awards and honors from scientific academies and organizations:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (2013)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2005)

Best Publications

  • Simple methods for estimating the numbers of synonymous and nonsynonymous nucleotide substitutions.

    M Nei;T Gojobori

  • The map-based sequence of the rice genome

    Takashi Matsumoto;Jianzhong Wu;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Yuichi Katayose

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

    Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

  • Codon usage tabulated from international DNA sequence databases: status for the year 2000

    Yasukazu Nakamura;Takashi Gojobori;Toshimichi Ikemura

  • Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection

    J. Kawai;A. Shinagawa;K. Shibata;M. Yoshino

  • The dynamic genome of Hydra

    Jarrod A. Chapman;Ewen F. Kirkness;Oleg Simakov;Oleg Simakov;Steven E. Hampson

  • Big data: The future of biocuration.

    Doug Howe;Maria Costanzo;Petra Fey;Takashi Gojobori

  • Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia

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

  • The genome sequence and structure of rice chromosome 1

    Takuji Sasaki;Takashi Matsumoto;Kimiko Yamamoto;Katsumi Sakata

  • Metabolic efficiency and amino acid composition in the proteomes of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

    Hiroshi Akashi;Takashi Gojobori

  • The genome of Chenopodium quinoa

    David Erwin Jarvis;Yung Shwen Ho;Damien Lightfoot;Sandra M. Schmöckel

  • Simple methods for estimating the numbers of synonymous and nonsynonymous nucleotide substitutions Mol Biol Evol.

    M Nei;T Gojobori

  • Codon usage tabulated from the GenBank genetic sequence data.

    Shin-ichi Aota;Takashi Gojobori;Fumie Ishibashi;Takeo Maruyama

  • Pseudogenes as a paradigm of neutral evolution

    Wen-Hsiung Li;Takashi Gojobori;Masatoshi Nei

  • Endogenous non-retroviral RNA virus elements in mammalian genomes

    Masayuki Horie;Tomoyuki Honda;Tomoyuki Honda;Yoshiyuki Suzuki;Yuki Kobayashi

  • Classification, nomenclature, and database development for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and related viruses: proposals for standardization

    B Robertson;G Myers;C Howard;T Brettin

  • Molecular cloning and expression of a member of the aquaporin family with permeability to glycerol and urea in addition to water expressed at the basolateral membrane of kidney collecting duct cells

    K Ishibashi;S Sasaki;K Fushimi;S Uchida

  • A method for detecting positive selection at single amino acid sites.

    Y Suzuki;T Gojobori

  • Biased biological functions of horizontally transferred genes in prokaryotic genomes.

    Yoji Nakamura;Yoji Nakamura;Takeshi Itoh;Hideo Matsuda;Takashi Gojobori;Takashi Gojobori

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuho Ikeo
Kazuho Ikeo National Institute of Genetics
Takeshi Itoh
Takeshi Itoh Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Masashi Mizokami
Masashi Mizokami National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Vladimir B. Bajic
Vladimir B. Bajic King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Hidetoshi Inoko
Hidetoshi Inoko Tokai University
Stefan T. Arold
Stefan T. Arold King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ivan Mijakovic
Ivan Mijakovic Chalmers University of Technology
Xin Gao
Xin Gao King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Etsuko N. Moriyama
Etsuko N. Moriyama University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Naruya Saitou
Naruya Saitou National Institute of Genetics

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