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Tohru Minamino

Tohru Minamino

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
28265
World Ranking
2229
National Ranking
133

Tohru Minamino 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 Tohru Minamino sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 474 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tohru Minamino 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 Tohru Minamino sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tohru Minamino is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, conducting research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work integrates numerous subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Ecology, and Cell Biology.

Their research topics cover diverse areas including:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Minamino has published extensively, contributing to 100 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and 41 in Medicine. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 11 publications
  • Biomolecules with 7 publications
  • Communications Biology with 5 publications
  • mBio with 4 publications
  • Circulation Reports with 4 publications

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Tree of motility - A proposed history of motility systems in the tree of life", 2020, Genes to Cells
  • "Structural and Functional Comparison of Salmonella Flagellar Filaments Composed of FljB and FliC", 2020, Biomolecules
  • "Native flagellar MS ring is formed by 34 subunits with 23-fold and 11-fold subsymmetries", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Structure of the molecular bushing of the bacterial flagellar motor", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Structure, Assembly, and Function of Flagella Responsible for Bacterial Locomotion", 2023, EcoSal Plus

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Keiichi Namba
  • Miki Kinoshita
  • Katsumi Imada
  • Yusuke V. Morimoto
  • Tomoko Miyata

Best Publications

  • A crucial role for adipose tissue p53 in the regulation of insulin resistance

    Tohru Minamino;Tohru Minamino;Masayuki Orimo;Ippei Shimizu;Takeshige Kunieda

  • Mechanical stress activates angiotensin II type 1 receptor without the involvement of angiotensin II

    Yunzeng Zou;Hiroshi Akazawa;Yingjie Qin;Masanori Sano

  • G-CSF prevents cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction by activating the Jak-Stat pathway in cardiomyocytes

    Mutsuo Harada;Yingjie Qin;Hiroyuki Takano;Tohru Minamino

  • Common variants at SCN5A-SCN10A and HEY2 are associated with Brugada syndrome, a rare disease with high risk of sudden cardiac death

    Connie R Bezzina;Julien Barc;Yuka Mizusawa;Carol Ann Remme

  • Targeted expression of heme oxygenase-1 prevents the pulmonary inflammatory and vascular responses to hypoxia

    Tohru Minamino;Helen Christou;Chung Ming Hsieh;Yuxiang Liu

  • Components of the Salmonella Flagellar Export Apparatus and Classification of Export Substrates

    Tohru Minamino;Robert M. Macnab

  • Complement C1q Activates Canonical Wnt Signaling and Promotes Aging-Related Phenotypes

    Atsuhiko T. Naito;Tomokazu Sumida;Seitaro Nomura;Mei-Lan Liu

  • Distinct roles of the FliI ATPase and proton motive force in bacterial flagellar protein export

    Tohru Minamino;Keiichi Namba

  • Flagella-Driven Motility of Bacteria.

    Shuichi Nakamura;Tohru Minamino

  • IGFBP-4 is an inhibitor of canonical Wnt signalling required for cardiogenesis

    Weidong Zhu;Ichiro Shiojima;Yuzuru Ito;Zhi Li

  • Molecular motors of the bacterial flagella.

    Tohru Minamino;Katsumi Imada;Keiichi Namba

  • The bacterial flagellar motor and its structural diversity.

    Tohru Minamino;Katsumi Imada

  • Interactions among components of the Salmonella flagellar export apparatus and its substrates.

    Tohru Minamino;Robert M. Macnab

  • Critical Roles of Muscle-Secreted Angiogenic Factors in Therapeutic Neovascularization

    Kaoru Tateno;Tohru Minamino;Haruhiro Toko;Hiroshi Akazawa

  • Excessive cardiac insulin signaling exacerbates systolic dysfunction induced by pressure overload in rodents

    Ippei Shimizu;Tohru Minamino;Haruhiro Toko;Sho Okada

  • p53-Induced Adipose Tissue Inflammation Is Critically Involved in the Development of Insulin Resistance in Heart Failure

    Ippei Shimizu;Yohko Yoshida;Taro Katsuno;Kaoru Tateno

  • Mechanisms of type III protein export for bacterial flagellar assembly

    Tohru Minamino;Katsumi Imada;Keiichi Namba

  • Peptidoglycan-hydrolyzing activity of the FlgJ protein, essential for flagellar rod formation in Salmonella typhimurium.

    Takayuki Nambu;Tohru Minamino;Robert M. Macnab;Kazuhiro Kutsukake

  • Domain Structure of Salmonella FlhB, a Flagellar Export Component Responsible for Substrate Specificity Switching

    Tohru Minamino;Robert M. Macnab

  • Stator assembly and activation mechanism of the flagellar motor by the periplasmic region of MotB

    Seiji Kojima;Katsumi Imada;Mayuko Sakuma;Yuki Sudo

Frequent Co-Authors

Keiichi Namba
Keiichi Namba Osaka University
Katsumi Imada
Katsumi Imada Osaka University
Robert M. Macnab
Robert M. Macnab Yale University
Seiji Kojima
Seiji Kojima Nagoya University
Michio Homma
Michio Homma Nagoya University
Kelly T. Hughes
Kelly T. Hughes University of Utah
Kazuhiro Kutsukake
Kazuhiro Kutsukake Okayama University
James P. Keener
James P. Keener University of Utah
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Shin-Ichi Aizawa
Shin-Ichi Aizawa Prefectural University of Hiroshima

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