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D-Index
50
Citations
19820
World Ranking
17401
National Ranking
1255

Yasuhito Arai 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 Yasuhito Arai sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 224 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yasuhito Arai 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 Yasuhito Arai sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yasuhito Arai is affiliated with the National Cancer Centre in Japan. Their research breadth spans extensive investigations within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Genetic Factors in Colorectal Cancer, RNA Modifications and Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Yasuhito Arai has published frequently in several scientific journals, with the main venues being Nature Communications, Nature Genetics, Nature, Brain Tumor Pathology, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University.

Their recent publications include:

  • The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer, 2020, Nature
  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of mitochondrial genomes in human cancers, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • The landscape of viral associations in human cancers, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • A deep learning system accurately classifies primary and metastatic cancers using passenger mutation patterns, 2020, Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yasuhito Arai include:

  • Tatsuhiro Shibata
  • Ludmil B. Alexandrov
  • Malik Alawi
  • Natsuko Hama
  • Fátima Al-Shahrour

Best Publications

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Genomic spectra of biliary tract cancer

    Hiromi Nakamura;Yasuhito Arai;Yasushi Totoki;Tomoki Shirota

  • KIF5B-RET fusions in lung adenocarcinoma.

    Takashi Kohno;Hitoshi Ichikawa;Yasushi Totoki;Kazuki Yasuda

  • Whole-genome sequencing of liver cancers identifies etiological influences on mutation patterns and recurrent mutations in chromatin regulators

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Yasushi Totoki;Tetsuo Abe;Keith A. Boroevich

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Whole-Genome and Epigenomic Landscapes of Etiologically Distinct Subtypes of Cholangiocarcinoma

    Apinya Jusakul;Apinya Jusakul;Ioana Cutcutache;Chern Han Yong;Jing Quan Lim

  • Trans-ancestry mutational landscape of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes

    Yasushi Totoki;Kenji Tatsuno;Kyle R. Covington;Hiroki Ueda

  • Whole-genome mutational landscape and characterization of noncoding and structural mutations in liver cancer

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Mayuko Furuta;Yasushi Totoki;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

  • Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 tyrosine kinase fusions define a unique molecular subtype of cholangiocarcinoma

    Yasuhito Arai;Yasushi Totoki;Fumie Hosoda;Tomoki Shirota

  • High-resolution characterization of a hepatocellular carcinoma genome

    Yasushi Totoki;Kenji Tatsuno;Shogo Yamamoto;Yasuhito Arai

  • Alteration of the structural properties of starch components by the lack of an isoform of starch branching enzyme in rice seeds.

    K. Mizuno;T. Kawasaki;Hiroaki Shimada;H. Satoh

  • The inv(11)(p15q22) Chromosome Translocation of De Novo and Therapy-Related Myeloid Malignancies Results in Fusion of the Nucleoporin Gene, NUP98, With the Putative RNA Helicase Gene, DDX10

    Yasuhito Arai;Fumie Hosoda;Hirofumi Kobayashi;Kyoko Arai

  • Activation and maturation mechanisms of boar acrosin zymogen based on the deduced primary structure

    T Baba;S Kashiwabara;K Watanabe;H Itoh

  • ROS1-rearranged lung cancer: a clinicopathologic and molecular study of 15 surgical cases.

    Akihiko Yoshida;Takashi Kohno;Koji Tsuta;Susumu Wakai

  • Genomic Sequencing Identifies ELF3 as a Driver of Ampullary Carcinoma.

    Shinichi Yachida;Laura D. Wood;Masami Suzuki;Erina Takai

  • A BAC-based STS-content map spanning a 35-Mb region of human chromosome 1p35-p36

    Ying Zhang Chen;Yasuhide Hayashi;Jian Guo Wu;Ei ichiro Takaoka

  • An acrosomal protein, sp32, in mammalian sperm is a binding protein specific for two proacrosins and an acrosin intermediate

    T. Baba;Y. Niida;Y. Michikawa;S.-I. Kashiwabara

  • Loss of NDRG2 expression activates PI3K-AKT signalling via PTEN phosphorylation in ATLL and other cancers

    Shingo Nakahata;Tomonaga Ichikawa;Phudit Maneesaay;Yusuke Saito

  • A Novel CIC-FOXO4 Gene Fusion in Undifferentiated Small Round Cell Sarcoma: A Genetically Distinct Variant of Ewing-like Sarcoma

    Shintaro Sugita;Yasuhito Arai;Akiko Tonooka;Natsuko Hama

  • Localization of tumor suppressor activity important in nonsmall cell lung carcinoma on chromosome 11q.

    Yoshinori Murakami;Takahiro Nobukuni;Kenji Tamura;Tomoko Maruyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuhiro Shibata
Tatsuhiro Shibata University of Tokyo
Fumie Hosoda
Fumie Hosoda National Cancer Centre
Yasushi Totoki
Yasushi Totoki National Cancer Centre
Misao Ohki
Misao Ohki National Cancer Research Institute, UK
Takashi Kohno
Takashi Kohno National Cancer Centre
Takuji Okusaka
Takuji Okusaka National Cancer Centre
Hiroyuki Aburatani
Hiroyuki Aburatani University of Tokyo
Masafumi Taniwaki
Masafumi Taniwaki Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Tomohiko Taki
Tomohiko Taki Kyorin University
Satoru Miyano
Satoru Miyano Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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