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Yoshifumi Takeda

Yoshifumi Takeda

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
18114
World Ranking
5646
National Ranking
365

Yoshifumi Takeda 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 Yoshifumi Takeda sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 292 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshifumi Takeda 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 Yoshifumi Takeda sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Yoshifumi Takeda is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields including Endocrinology, Immunology, and Food Science. The scientist's work mainly centers around topics such as Vibrio bacteria research studies, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, and the epidemiology of Salmonella and Campylobacter.

Takeda has contributed to notable publications in recognized venues. Their recent papers include:

  • "Vibrio cholerae O139 genomes provide a clue to why it may have failed to usher in the eighth cholera pandemic" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Acknowledgements" (2020, Vaccine)

Their collaborations involve multiple frequent co-authors, which include:

  • G. Balakrish Nair
  • Thandavarayan Ramamurthy
  • Agila Kumari Pragasam
  • Alyce Taylor-Brown
  • Robert C. Will

Takeda's research has appeared particularly in journals such as Nature Communications and Vaccine, each featuring at least one of their publications. The topics covered in these venues align with their scientific expertise and reflect a focus on infectious disease dynamics and immunological studies.

The investigations into Vibrio bacteria address bacterial genomics and epidemiological patterns, specifically elucidating aspects of the Vibrio cholerae O139 strain. The scope of work on aquaculture diseases and microbiota potentially contributes to understanding microbial interactions influencing disease outcomes in aquaculture systems.

In summary, Yoshifumi Takeda's scientific output and collaborations highlight ongoing contributions to microbiology and immunology fields, with a measurable presence in respected international journals through research focused on bacterial pathogens and their ecological and clinical implications.

Best Publications

  • Site of action of a Vero toxin (VT2) from Escherichia coli O157:H7 and of Shiga toxin on eukaryotic ribosomes. RNA N-glycosidase activity of the toxins.

    Yaeta Endo;Kunio Tsurugi;Takashi Yutsudo;Yoshifumi Takeda

  • Probiotic Bifidobacteria Protect Mice from Lethal Infection with Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Takashi Asahara;Kensuke Shimizu;Koji Nomoto;Takashi Hamabata

  • Virulence genes in environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae.

    Soumen Chakraborty;Asish K. Mukhopadhyay;Rupak Kumar Bhadra;Amar Nath Ghosh

  • Inhibition of in vitro growth of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 by probiotic Lactobacillus strains due to production of lactic acid.

    Michinaga Ogawa;Kensuke Shimizu;Koji Nomoto;Ryuichiro Tanaka

  • Emergence and evolution of Vibrio cholerae O139

    Shah M. Faruque;David A. Sack;R. Bradley Sack;Rita R. Colwell

  • Amino-acid sequence of a heat-stable enterotoxin produced by human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

    Saburo Aimoto;Toshifumi Takao;Yasutsugu Shimonishi;Saburo Hara

  • Spread of Vibrio cholerae 0139 Bengal in India

    G. Balakrish Nair;T. Ramamurthy;S. K. Bhattacharya;Asish K. Mukhopadhyay

  • Antibiotic Resistance, Virulence Gene, and Molecular Profiles of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Diverse Sources in Calcutta, India

    Asis Khan;S. C. Das;T. Ramamurthy;A. Sikdar

  • Protective effect of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in infant rabbits.

    Michinaga Ogawa;Kensuke Shimizu;Koji Nomoto;Masatoshi Takahashi

  • Amino acid sequence of a heat-stable enterotoxin isolated from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain 18D

    Toshifumi Takao;Tetsuo Hitouji;Saburo Aimoto;Yasutsugu Shimonishi

  • Clonal Diversity among Recently Emerged Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Associated With Pandemic Spread

    Prasanta K Bag;Suvobroto Nandi;Rupak K Bhadra;Thandavarayan Ramamurthy

  • Characterization of VPI Pathogenicity Island and CTXφ Prophage in Environmental Strains of Vibrio cholerae

    Asish K. Mukhopadhyay;Soumen Chakraborty;Yoshifumi Takeda;G. Balakrish Nair

  • Expanding multiple antibiotic resistance among clinical strains of Vibrio cholerae isolated from 1992-7 in Calcutta, India.

    P Garg;S Chakraborty;I Basu;S Datta

  • Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 serogroups and cholera-like diarrhea, Kolkata, India

    Devarati Dutta;Goutam Chowdhury;Gururaja P. Pazhani;Sucharita Guin

  • Bacterial exotoxins downregulate cathelicidin (hCAP‐18/LL‐37) and human β‐defensin 1 (HBD‐1) expression in the intestinal epithelial cells

    Krishnendu Chakraborty;Shubhamoy Ghosh;Hemanta Koley;Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay

  • Prevalence of the pandemic genotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Dhaka, Bangladesh and significance of its distribution across different serotypes

    N. A. Bhuiyan;M. Ansaruzzaman;M. Kamruzzaman;Khorshed Alam

  • Essential structure for full enterotoxigenic activity of heat-stable enterotoxin produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

    Shoko Yoshimura;Haruo Ikemura;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Saburo Aimoto

  • Prevalence and genetic profiling of virulence determinants of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from cattle, beef, and humans, Calcutta, India.

    Asis Khan;Shinji Yamasaki;Toshio Sato;Thandavarayan Ramamurthy

  • A Nontoxic Chimeric Enterotoxin Adjuvant Induces Protective Immunity in Both Mucosal and Systemic Compartments with Reduced IgE Antibodies

    Mi-Na Kweon;Masafumi Yamamoto;Masafumi Yamamoto;Fumiko Watanabe;Shinichi Tamura

  • Purification and some properties of a Vero toxin from a human strain of Escherichia coli that is immunologically related to Shiga-like toxin II (VT2).

    Yuichi Oku;Takashi Yutsudo;Toshiya Hirayama;Alison D. O'Brien;Alison D. O'Brien

Frequent Co-Authors

G. Balakrish Nair
G. Balakrish Nair National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo
Gopinath Balakrish Nair
Gopinath Balakrish Nair Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
Thandavarayan Ramamurthy
Thandavarayan Ramamurthy National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
Shah M. Faruque
Shah M. Faruque Independent University
Jerry R. McGhee
Jerry R. McGhee University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kohtaro Fujihashi
Kohtaro Fujihashi University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mitsuaki Nishibuchi
Mitsuaki Nishibuchi Kyoto University
David A. Sack
David A. Sack Johns Hopkins University
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell University of Maryland, College Park

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