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Takuji Tanaka

Takuji Tanaka

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
97
Citations
31274
World Ranking
9369
National Ranking
249

Takuji Tanaka publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 577 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Takuji Tanaka D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Takuji Tanaka is affiliated with Gifu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific work predominantly focuses on the fields of food science, molecular biology, plant science, nutrition and dietetics, and biotechnology.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Phytase and its Applications
  • Food Composition and Properties
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization

Tanaka's notable recent publications include:

  • Effect of fermentation time on the physicochemical and functional properties of pea protein-enriched flour fermented by Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus niger, 2020, published in Cereal Chemistry
  • Influence of enzymatic treatments on legume proteins for improved functional and nutritional properties: expansion of legume protein utilization as food ingredients, 2022, published in Current Opinion in Food Science
  • The improvement of the functional properties of a chickpea protein isolate through proteolysis with three proteases, 2020, published in Cereal Chemistry
  • The impact of enzymatic hydrolysis using three enzymes on the nutritional properties of a chickpea protein isolate, 2020, published in Cereal Chemistry
  • Nutritional properties of pea protein-enriched flour treated with different proteases to varying degrees of hydrolysis, 2020, published in Cereal Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in Tanaka's research include Michael T. Nickerson, Darren R. Korber, Andrea K. Stone, Dai Shi, and James D. House.

The primary venues where Tanaka has published are:

  • Cereal Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society
  • Journal of Food Measurement & Characterization
  • Food Chemistry Molecular Sciences
  • European Food Research and Technology

Best Publications

  • Prevention of second primary tumors by an acyclic retinoid, polyprenoic acid, in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatoma Prevention Study Group

    Yasutoshi Muto;Hisataka Moriwaki;Mitsuo Ninomiya;Sadashi Adachi

  • A novel inflammation-related mouse colon carcinogenesis model induced by azoxymethane and dextran sodium sulfate.

    Takuji Tanaka;Hiroyuki Kohno;Rikako Suzuki;Yasuhiro Yamada;Yasuhiro Yamada

  • Cancer Chemoprevention by Carotenoids

    Takuji Tanaka;Masahito Shnimizu;Hisataka Moriwaki

  • Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 in stem cells and cancer

    Hiroyuki Tomita;Kaori Tanaka;Takuji Tanaka;Akira Hara

  • Mouse models for the study of colon carcinogenesis

    Daniel W. Rosenberg;Charles Giardina;Takuji Tanaka

  • Fucoxanthin induces apoptosis and enhances the antiproliferative effect of the PPARγ ligand, troglitazone, on colon cancer cells

    Masashi Hosokawa;Masahiro Kudo;Hayato Maeda;Hiroyuki Kohno

  • Inhibitory effect of citrus nobiletin on phorbol ester-induced skin inflammation, oxidative stress, and tumor promotion in mice.

    Akira Murakami;Yoshimasa Nakamura;Koji Torikai;Takuji Tanaka

  • Multinuclearity and Increased Ploidy Caused by Overexpression of the Aurora- and Ipl1-like Midbody-associated Protein Mitotic Kinase in Human Cancer Cells

    Masaaki Tatsuka;Hiroshi Katayama;Takahide Ota;Takuji Tanaka

  • Inhibition of 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide-induced rat tongue carcinogenesis by the naturally occurring plant phenolics caffeic, ellagic, chlorogenic and ferulic acids

    Takuji Tanaka;Toshihiro Kojima;Toshihiko Kawamori;Aijin Wang

  • Centrosomal Kinase AIK1 Is Overexpressed in Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast

    Takuji Tanaka;Masashi Kimura;Kengo Matsunaga;Daizo Fukada

  • Chemoprevention of azoxymethane-induced rat colon carcinogenesis by the naturally occurring flavonoids, diosmin and hesperidin.

    T Tanaka;H Makita;K Kawabata;H Mori

  • Colorectal carcinogenesis: Review of human and experimental animal studies

    Takuji Tanaka

  • POMEGRANATE SEED OIL RICH IN CONJUGATED LINOLENIC ACID SUPPRESSES CHEMICALLY INDUCED COLON CARCINOGENESIS IN RATS

    Hiroyuki Kohno;Rikako Suzuki;Rikako Suzuki;Yumiko Yasui;Masashi Hosokawa

  • Ligands for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha and gamma inhibit chemically induced colitis and formation of aberrant crypt foci in rats.

    Takuji Tanaka;Hiroyuki Kohno;Shin-ichiro Yoshitani;Shigeki Takashima

  • Strain differences in the susceptibility to azoxymethane and dextran sodium sulfate-induced colon carcinogenesis in mice.

    Rikako Suzuki;Hiroyuki Kohno;Shigeyuki Sugie;Hitoshi Nakagama

  • Modifying effects of ferulic acid on azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis in F344 rats

    Kunihiro Kawabata;Tomohiro Yamamoto;Akira Hara;Masahito Shimizu

  • Dietary rutin, but not its aglycone quercetin, ameliorates dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis in mice: attenuation of pro-inflammatory gene expression

    Ki Han Kwon;Akira Murakami;Takuji Tanaka;Hajime Ohigashi

  • Sphingosine kinase 1 is up-regulated in colon carcinogenesis.

    Toshihiko Kawamori;Walid Osta;Korey R. Johnson;Benjamin J. Pettus

  • Mitotic Kinase Expression and Colorectal Cancer Progression

    Hiroshi Katayama;Takahide Ota;Fumiko Jisaki;Yoshimichi Ueda

  • Inhibitory effects of plumbagin and juglone on azoxymethane-induced intestinal carcinogenesis in rats

    Shigeyuki Sugie;Kiyohisa Okamoto;K.M.Wahidur Rahman;Takuji Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideki Mori
Hideki Mori Gifu University
Hisataka Moriwaki
Hisataka Moriwaki Gifu University
Akira Murakami
Akira Murakami Kyoto University
Kazuo Miyashita
Kazuo Miyashita Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Hajime Ohigashi
Hajime Ohigashi Kyoto University
Koichi Koshimizu
Koichi Koshimizu Kindai University
Masashi Hosokawa
Masashi Hosokawa Hokkaido University
Gary M. Williams
Gary M. Williams New York Medical College
Keiji Wakabayashi
Keiji Wakabayashi University of Shizuoka
Hiroyuki Tsuda
Hiroyuki Tsuda Nagoya City University

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