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Toshikazu Nakamura

Toshikazu Nakamura

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2023
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Medicine
Japan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
147
Citations
74863
World Ranking
1298
National Ranking
25

Toshikazu Nakamura 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 Toshikazu Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 823 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Toshikazu Nakamura 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 Toshikazu Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 147 D-Index — 94th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Toshikazu Nakamura is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has a significant body of research primarily within the field of Materials Science, contributing strongly to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Biophysics.

Their research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Electron Spin Resonance Studies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Nakamura's work has been published frequently in several scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Nature Communications

Among the recent papers associated with Nakamura are:

  • "Controlled Dimerization and Bonding Scheme of Icosahedral M@Au12 (M=Pd, Pt) Superatoms" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Understanding Doping Effects on Electronic Structures of Gold Superatoms: A Case Study of Diphosphine-Protected M@Au12 (M = Au, Pt, Ir)" (2020), published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Ambient-pressure Dirac electron system in the quasi-two-dimensional molecular conductor α−(BETS)2I3" (2021), published in Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • "Clarifying the Electronic Structure of Anion-Templated Silver Nanoclusters by Optical Absorption Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculation" (2023), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Supervalence Bonding in Bi-icosahedral Cores of [M1Au37(SC2H4Ph)24] (M = Pd and Pt): Fusion-Mediated Synthesis and Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy" (2022), published in JACS Au

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, among them:

  • Shinjiro Takano
  • Tatsuya Tsukuda
  • Shunsuke Kitou
  • Hiroshi Sawa
  • Emi Ito

Best Publications

  • Molecular cloning and expression of human hepatocyte growth factor

    Toshikazu Nakamura;Tsutomu Nishizawa;Mitchio Hagiya;Tatsuya Seki

  • Identification of a fibroblast-derived epithelial morphogen as hepatocyte growth factor

    R. Montesano;K. Matsumoto;T. Nakamura;L. Orci

  • Emerging Multipotent Aspects of Hepatocyte Growth Factor

    Kunio Matsumoto;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Hepatocyte growth factor gene therapy of liver cirrhosis in rats.

    Takahiro Ueki;Yasufumi Kaneda;Hiroko Tsutsui;Kenji Nakanishi

  • Hepatocyte Growth Factor Induces Gefitinib Resistance of Lung Adenocarcinoma with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor–Activating Mutations

    Seiji Yano;Wei Wang;Qi Li;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Aryl hydrocarbon receptor control of a disease tolerance defence pathway

    Alban Bessede;Alban Bessede;Marco Gargaro;Maria T. Pallotta;Davide Matino

  • Myocardial protection from ischemia/reperfusion injury by endogenous and exogenous HGF

    Teruya Nakamura;Shinya Mizuno;Kunio Matsumoto;Yoshiki Sawa

  • The discovery of Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) and its significance for cell biology, life sciences and clinical medicine

    Toshikazu Nakamura;Shinya Mizuno

  • Hepatocyte growth factor prevents acute renal failure and accelerates renal regeneration in mice

    Kouichi Kawaida;Kunio Matsumoto;Hisaaki Shimazu;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Development of safe and efficient novel nonviral gene transfer using ultrasound: enhancement of transfection efficiency of naked plasmid DNA in skeletal muscle

    Y Taniyama;K Tachibana;K Hiraoka;M Aoki

  • Hepatocyte growth factor twenty years on: Much more than a growth factor

    Takahiro Nakamura;Katsuya Sakai;Toshikazu Nakamura;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Cofilin Phosphorylation and Actin Cytoskeletal Dynamics Regulated by Rho- and Cdc42-Activated Lim-Kinase 2

    Tomoyuki Sumi;Kunio Matsumoto;Yoshimi Takai;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) as a tissue organizer for organogenesis and regeneration

    Kunio Matsumoto;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Radiation to Stromal Fibroblasts Increases Invasiveness of Pancreatic Cancer Cells through Tumor-Stromal Interactions

    Kenoki Ohuchida;Kazuhiro Mizumoto;Mitsuhiko Murakami;Li Wu Qian

  • Direct evidence that hepatocyte growth factor is a hepatotrophic factor for liver regeneration and has a potent antihepatitis effect in vivo.

    Yoshihide Ishiki;Hiroo Ohnishi;Yasutoshi Muto;Kunio Matsumoto

  • Hepatocyte growth factor: Renotropic role and potential therapeutics for renal diseases

    Kunio Matsumoto;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Deduced primary structure of rat hepatocyte growth factor and expression of the mRNA in rat tissues.

    Kosuke Tashiro;Mitchio Hagiya;Tsutomu Nishizawa;Tatsuya Seki

  • Hepatocyte growth factor: molecular structure, roles in liver regeneration, and other biological functions.

    Matsumoto K;Nakamura T

  • Induction of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Fibroblasts by Tumor-derived Factors Affects Invasive Growth of Tumor Cells: In Vitro Analysis of Tumor-Stromal Interactions

    T Nakamura;K Matsumoto;A Kiritoshi;Y Tano

  • Therapeutic effect of transplanting HGF-treated bone marrow mesenchymal cells into CCl4-injured rats

    Suguru Oyagi;Motohiro Hirose;Midori Kojima;Makiko Okuyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Kunio Matsumoto
Kunio Matsumoto Kanazawa University
Akira Ichihara
Akira Ichihara University of Tokushima
Ryuichi Morishita
Ryuichi Morishita Osaka University
Toshio Ogihara
Toshio Ogihara Osaka University
Yasufumi Kaneda
Yasufumi Kaneda Osaka University
Motokuni Aoki
Motokuni Aoki Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences
C. W. Walter
C. W. Walter Duke University
Kate Scholberg
Kate Scholberg Duke University
Takaaki Kajita
Takaaki Kajita University of Tokyo
Y. Hayato
Y. Hayato University of Tokyo

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