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Yasuyoshi Sakai

Yasuyoshi Sakai

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
36839
World Ranking
8024
National Ranking
540

Yasuyoshi Sakai 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 Yasuyoshi Sakai sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 258 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yasuyoshi Sakai 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 Yasuyoshi Sakai 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: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

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

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

Overview

Yasuyoshi Sakai is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research contributions encompass 44 publications primarily focused on molecular biology, with additional work in plant science, biomedical engineering, epidemiology, and cell biology.

Their research interests include microbial metabolism and enzyme function, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, biofuel production and bioconversion, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, autophagy in disease and therapy, fungal and yeast genetics research, and endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease.

Yasuyoshi Sakai frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
  • KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • FEBS Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sakai include:

  • Methane monooxygenases; physiology, biochemistry and structure, 2023, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • ATG and ESCRT control multiple modes of microautophagy, 2023, FEBS Letters
  • Physiology of Methylotrophs Living in the Phyllosphere, 2021, Microorganisms
  • Siderophore for Lanthanide and Iron Uptake for Methylotrophy and Plant Growth Promotion in Methylobacterium aquaticum Strain 22A, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A peroxisome deficiency-induced reductive cytosol state up-regulates the brain-derived neurotrophic factor pathway, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry

The scientist has collaborated extensively with colleagues, including Hiroya Yurimoto, Kosuke Shiraishi, Masahide Oku, Akio Tani, and Shiori Katayama.

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 in higher eukaryotes

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

  • A Unified Nomenclature for Yeast Autophagy-Related Genes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;James M. Cregg;William A Dunn;Scott D. Emr

  • Structure, chromosomal locus, and promoter analysis of the gene encoding the mouse helix-loop-helix factor HES-1. Negative autoregulation through the multiple N box elements.

    K Takebayashi;Y Sasai;Y Sakai;T Watanabe

  • Pexophagy: the selective autophagy of peroxisomes.

    Dunn Wa;Cregg Jm;Kiel Ja;van der Klei Ij

  • Peroxisome Degradation by Microautophagy in Pichia pastoris: Identification of Specific Steps and Morphological Intermediates

    Yasuyoshi Sakai;Antonius Koller;Linda K. Rangell;Gilbert A. Keller

  • Pexophagy: autophagic degradation of peroxisomes.

    Yasuyoshi Sakai;Masahide Oku;Ida J. van der Klei;Jan A.K.W. Kiel

  • Aerobic and anaerobic toluene degradation by a newly isolated denitrifying bacterium, Thauera sp. strain DNT-1.

    Yoshifumi Shinoda;Yasuyoshi Sakai;Hiroshi Uenishi;Yasumitsu Uchihashi

  • The significance of peroxisomes in methanol metabolism in methylotrophic yeast.

    Ida J. van der Klei;Hiroya Yurimoto;Yasuyoshi Sakai;Marten Veenhuis

  • Three Distinct Types of Microautophagy Based on Membrane Dynamics and Molecular Machineries.

    Masahide Oku;Yasuyoshi Sakai

  • Wax ester production from n-alkanes by Acinetobacter sp. strain M-1: ultrastructure of cellular inclusions and role of acyl coenzyme A reductase.

    Takeru Ishige;Akio Tani;Keiji Takabe;Kazunori Kawasaki

  • Isolation and characterization of a novel oxygenase that catalyzes the first step of n-alkane oxidation in Acinetobacter sp. strain M-1.

    J H Maeng;Y Sakai;Y Tani;N Kato

  • Mitochondrial impairment triggers cytosolic oxidative stress and cell death following proteasome inhibition

    Sunita Maharjan;Masahide Oku;Masashi Tsuda;Jun Hoseki

  • Gene Structures and Regulation of the Alkane Hydroxylase Complex in Acinetobacter sp. Strain M-1

    Akio Tani;Takeru Ishige;Yasuyoshi Sakai;Nobuo Kato

  • Mitochondrial division occurs concurrently with autophagosome formation but independently of Drp1 during mitophagy

    Shun Ichi Yamashita;Xiulian Jin;Kentaro Furukawa;Maho Hamasaki

  • Propane Monooxygenase and NAD+-Dependent Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Propane Metabolism by Gordonia sp. Strain TY-5

    Tetsuya Kotani;Tazuko Yamamoto;Hiroya Yurimoto;Yasuyoshi Sakai

  • Assimilation, dissimilation, and detoxification of formaldehyde, a central metabolic intermediate of methylotrophic metabolism.

    Hiroya Yurimoto;Nobuo Kato;Yasuyoshi Sakai

  • Primary Structures of Fungal Fructosyl Amino Acid Oxidases and their Application to the Measurement of Glycated Proteins

    Nobuyuki Yoshida;Yasuyoshi Sakai;Atsuko Isogai;Hiroshi Fukuya

  • Paz2 and 13 other PAZ gene products regulate vacuolar engulfment of peroxisomes during micropexophagy.

    Hiroyuki Mukaiyama;Masahide Oku;Misuzu Baba;Takeshi Samizo

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsura Izui
Katsura Izui Kindai University
Keiji Takabe
Keiji Takabe Kyoto University
Yoshitaka Takano
Yoshitaka Takano Kyoto University
Peter F. Dunfield
Peter F. Dunfield University of Calgary
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya San Diego State University
Huub J. M. Op den Camp
Huub J. M. Op den Camp Radboud University
Martin G. Klotz
Martin G. Klotz City University of New York
Hideya Fukuzawa
Hideya Fukuzawa Kyoto University
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Yuri A. Trotsenko
Yuri A. Trotsenko Russian Academy of Sciences

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