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Tamotsu Yoshimori

Tamotsu Yoshimori

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
120
Citations
127105
World Ranking
617
National Ranking
25

Tamotsu Yoshimori publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tamotsu Yoshimori sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 310 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Tamotsu Yoshimori D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Tamotsu Yoshimori is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has produced a significant body of research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Epidemiology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Neurology.

The primary focus areas of Yoshimori's research include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

They have published extensively across several prominent scientific journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Autophagy
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Cell Biology

Yoshimori's recent publications illustrate their involvement in autophagy and related cellular processes. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Autophagy in major human diseases," 2021, The EMBO Journal
  • "The mechanisms and roles of selective autophagy in mammals," 2022, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "LC3 lipidation is essential for TFEB activation during the lysosomal damage response to kidney injury," 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • "A BET family protein degrader provokes senolysis by targeting NHEJ and autophagy in senescent cells," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Alternative mitochondrial quality control mediated by extracellular release," 2020, Autophagy

They frequently collaborate with other researchers, with the most common coauthors being Shuhei Nakamura, Maho Hamasaki, Satoshi Minami, Keisuke Tabata, and Takayuki Shima.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • LC3, a mammalian homologue of yeast Apg8p, is localized in autophagosome membranes after processing

    Yukiko Kabeya;Noboru Mizushima;Noboru Mizushima;Takashi Ueno;Akitsugu Yamamoto

  • Methods in Mammalian Autophagy Research

    Noboru Mizushima;Tamotsu Yoshimori;Beth Levine

  • The role of autophagy during the early neonatal starvation period

    Akiko Kuma;Masahiko Hatano;Makoto Matsui;Makoto Matsui;Akitsugu Yamamoto

  • The Role of Atg Proteins in Autophagosome Formation

    Noboru Mizushima;Tamotsu Yoshimori;Yoshinori Ohsumi

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • How to Interpret LC3 Immunoblotting

    Noboru Mizushima;Tamotsu Yoshimori

  • In Vivo Analysis of Autophagy in Response to Nutrient Starvation Using Transgenic Mice Expressing a Fluorescent Autophagosome Marker

    Noboru Mizushima;Akitsugu Yamamoto;Makoto Matsui;Makoto Matsui;Tamotsu Yoshimori

  • Dissection of the Autophagosome Maturation Process by a Novel Reporter Protein, Tandem Fluorescent-Tagged LC3

    Shunsuke Kimura;Takeshi Noda;Tamotsu Yoshimori

  • Loss of the autophagy protein Atg16L1 enhances endotoxin-induced IL-1beta production.

    Tatsuya Saitoh;Naonobu Fujita;Myoung Ho Jang;Satoshi Uematsu

  • A protein conjugation system essential for autophagy

    Noboru Mizushima;Takeshi Noda;Tamotsu Yoshimori;Yae Tanaka

  • Inhibition of macroautophagy triggers apoptosis.

    Patricia Boya;Rosa-Ana González-Polo;Noelia Casares;Jean-Luc Perfettini

  • Autophagosomes form at ER–mitochondria contact sites

    Maho Hamasaki;Nobumichi Furuta;Atsushi Matsuda;Atsushi Matsuda;Akiko Nezu

  • Dissection of Autophagosome Formation Using Apg5-Deficient Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

    Noboru Mizushima;Noboru Mizushima;Akitsugu Yamamoto;Masahiko Hatano;Yoshinori Kobayashi;Yoshinori Kobayashi

  • LC3, GABARAP and GATE16 localize to autophagosomal membrane depending on form-II formation.

    Yukiko Kabeya;Noboru Mizushima;Noboru Mizushima;Akitsugu Yamamoto;Satsuki Oshitani-Okamoto

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Bafilomycin A1 prevents maturation of autophagic vacuoles by inhibiting fusion between autophagosomes and lysosomes in rat hepatoma cell line, H-4-II-E cells

    Akitsugu Yamamoto;Yoshihiro Tagawa;Tamotsu Yoshimori;Yoshinori Moriyama

  • Bafilomycin A1, a specific inhibitor of vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase, inhibits acidification and protein degradation in lysosomes of cultured cells.

    T Yoshimori;A Yamamoto;Y Moriyama;M Futai

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Noda
Takeshi Noda Osaka University
Noboru Mizushima
Noboru Mizushima University of Tokyo
Akitsugu Yamamoto
Akitsugu Yamamoto Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tatsuya Saitoh
Tatsuya Saitoh Osaka University
Atsuo Amano
Atsuo Amano Osaka University
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
Ichiro Nakagawa
Ichiro Nakagawa Kyoto University
James H. Hurley
James H. Hurley University of California, Berkeley
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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