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Yasushi Okazaki

Yasushi Okazaki

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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Japan
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
78
Citations
36009
World Ranking
1668
National Ranking
61

Yasushi Okazaki publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 381 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Yasushi Okazaki D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yasushi Okazaki is affiliated with Juntendo University in Japan and has a prolific publication record primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Medicine. Their research output spans 254 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside 131 in medicine.

Their work is situated within several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Genetics, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Surgery. This diverse subfield engagement reflects a broad approach to biomedical research.

Key research topics that Yasushi Okazaki has contributed to include:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Their publication venues illustrate a focus on both foundational biological sciences and clinical studies. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports
  • Journal of the Anus Rectum and Colon
  • International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Among recent scientific papers associated with or coauthored in collaboration with Yasushi Okazaki, notable titles include:

  • "Functional annotation of human long noncoding RNAs via molecular phenotyping," 2020, Genome Research
  • "Clinical implementation of RNA sequencing for Mendelian disease diagnostics," 2022, Genome Medicine
  • "Fatal Perinatal Mitochondrial Cardiac Failure Caused by Recurrent De Novo Duplications in the ATAD3 Locus," 2020, Med
  • "Mortality of Japanese patients with Leigh syndrome: Effects of age at onset and genetic diagnosis," 2020, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
  • "Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome in Children and Adults," 2023, Digestion

Yasushi Okazaki maintains frequent collaborations with researchers including:

  • Kei Murayama
  • Akira Ohtake
  • Yoshihito Kishita
  • Yukiko Yatsuka
  • Hidetaka Eguchi

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

    Robert H. Waterston;Kerstin Lindblad-Toh;Ewan Birney;Jane Rogers

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

    Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

  • A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

    Alistair R.R. Forrest;Hideya Kawaji;Michael Rehli;J. Kenneth Baillie

  • Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection

    J. Kawai;A. Shinagawa;K. Shibata;M. Yoshino

  • Transcribed enhancers lead waves of coordinated transcription in transitioning mammalian cells

    Erik Arner;Carsten O. Daub;Kristoffer Vitting-Seerup;Robin Andersson

  • The transcriptional network that controls growth arrest and differentiation in a human myeloid leukemia cell line

    Harukazu Suzuki;Alistair R.R. Forrest;Erik Van Nimwegen;Carsten O. Daub

  • Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

    Tadashi Imanishi;Takeshi Itoh;Yutaka Suzuki;Claire O'Donovan

  • High-Efficiency Full-Length cDNA Cloning by Biotinylated CAP Trapper

    Piero Carninci;Catrine Kvam;Catrine Kvam;Akiko Kitamura;Tomoya Ohsumi

  • Normalization and subtraction of cap-trapper-selected cDNAs to prepare full-length cDNA libraries for rapid discovery of new genes.

    Piero Carninci;Yuko Shibata;Norihito Hayatsu;Yuichi Sugahara

  • miR-125b inhibits osteoblastic differentiation by down-regulation of cell proliferation.

    Yosuke Mizuno;Ken Yagi;Yoshimi Tokuzawa;Yukiko Kanesaki-Yatsuka

  • Thermostabilization and thermoactivation of thermolabile enzymes by trehalose and its application for the synthesis of full length cDNA

    Piero Carninci;Yoko Nishiyama;Arthur Westover;Masayoshi Itoh

  • Identification of the Syrian Hamster Cardiomyopathy Gene

    Vincenzo Nigro;Yasushi Okazaki;Angela Belsito;Giulio Piluso

  • A Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Reveals the Genetic Landscape of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complex Deficiencies.

    Masakazu Kohda;Yoshimi Tokuzawa;Yoshihito Kishita;Hiromi Nyuzuki

  • miR-210 promotes osteoblastic differentiation through inhibition of AcvR1b.

    Yosuke Mizuno;Yoshimi Tokuzawa;Yuichi Ninomiya;Ken Yagi

  • The Mouse Zic Gene Family HOMOLOGUES OF THE DROSOPHILA PAIR-RULE GENE odd-paired

    Jun Aruga;Takeharu Nagai;Tsutomu Tokuyama;Yoshihide Hayashizaki

  • Identification of an imprinted U2af binding protein related sequence on mouse chromosome 11 using the RLGS method

    Y. Hayashizaki;H. Shibata;S. Hirotsune;H. Sugino

  • Delineating developmental and metabolic pathways in vivo by expression profiling using the RIKEN set of 18,816 full-length enriched mouse cDNA arrays

    Rika Miki;Koji Kadota;Hidemasa Bono;Yosuke Mizuno

  • Single-cell transcriptomics reveals expansion of cytotoxic CD4 T cells in supercentenarians.

    Kosuke Hashimoto;Tsukasa Kouno;Tomokatsu Ikawa;Norihito Hayatsu

  • Identification of Grf1 on mouse chromosome 9 as an imprinted gene by RLGS-M

    Christoph Plass;Hideo Shibata;Iveta Kalcheva;Linda Mullins

Frequent Co-Authors

Masami Muramatsu
Masami Muramatsu Saitama Medical University
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland
Yosuke Mizuno
Yosuke Mizuno Yokohama National University
Christine A. Wells
Christine A. Wells University of Melbourne

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