2026 Yoshihide Hayashizaki: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	138	192	187	4	4	769	138508
Molecular Biology	138	135	120	11	11	769	138508
Medicine	138	1784	1658	35	34	760	138620

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in Japan Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yoshihide Hayashizaki is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine. Within these fields, their specialization extends to several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Hematology, Genetics, and Infectious Diseases.

The key topics addressed in their research include:

RNA Research and Splicing
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
RNA modifications and cancer
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
MicroRNA in disease regulation

The scientist has published extensively, with notable papers including:

FANTOM enters 20th year: expansion of transcriptomic atlases and functional annotation of non-coding RNAs, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
CDK1 dependent phosphorylation of hTERT contributes to cancer progression, 2020, Nature Communications
Comparative transcriptomics of primary cells in vertebrates, 2020, Genome Research
Cancer-associated fibroblast migration in non-small cell lung cancers is modulated by increased integrin α11 expression, 2021, Molecular Oncology
Deep phenotyping of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in Japanese population, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

Scientific Reports
Nature Communications
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Genome Research
Blood

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, some of whom have been frequent contributors to their research projects. These co-authors include:

Hideya Kawaji
Masayoshi Itoh
Piero Carninci
Michihira Tagami
Shohei Noma

Best Publications

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

31093
Citations
Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome.

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

8732
Citations
Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

6099
Citations
Landscape of transcription in human cells

Sarah Djebali;Carrie A. Davis;Angelika Merkel;Alex Dobin

5524
Citations
The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

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

4200
Citations
An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

2824
Citations
An atlas of active enhancers across human cell types and tissues

Robin Andersson;Claudia Gebhard;Irene Miguel-Escalada;Ilka Hoof

2635
Citations
Monitoring the expression profiles of 7000 Arabidopsis genes under drought, cold and high-salinity stresses using a full-length cDNA microarray.

Motoaki Seki;Mari Narusaka;Junko Ishida;Tokihiko Nanjo

2490
Citations
Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

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

2121
Citations
A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas

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

2045
Citations
Antisense Transcription in the Mammalian Transcriptome

S. Katayama;Y. Tomaru;T. Kasukawa;K. Waki

2025
Citations
Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

1777
Citations
Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution

Piero Carninci;Albin Sandelin;Boris Lenhard;Boris Lenhard;Shintaro Katayama

1612
Citations
A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

Richard M. Myers;John Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ian Dunham

1560
Citations
Monitoring the Expression Pattern of 1300 Arabidopsis Genes under Drought and Cold Stresses by Using a Full-Length cDNA Microarray

Motoaki Seki;Mari Narusaka;Hiroshi Abe;Mie Kasuga

1496
Citations
Comprehensive Analysis of NAC Family Genes in Oryza sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana

Hisako Ooka;Kouji Satoh;Koji Doi;Toshifumi Nagata

1144
Citations
Empirical analysis of transcriptional activity in the Arabidopsis genome.

Kayoko Yamada;Jun Lim;Joseph M. Dale;Huaming Chen;Huaming Chen

1076
Citations
Collection, Mapping, and Annotation of Over 28,000 cDNA Clones from japonica Rice

Shoshi Kikuchi;Kouji Satoh;Toshifumi Nagata;Nobuyuki Kawagashira

1029
Citations
An atlas of human long non-coding RNAs with accurate 5′ ends

Chung Chau Hon;Jordan A. Ramilowski;Jayson Harshbarger;Nicolas Bertin;Nicolas Bertin

987
Citations
Cap analysis gene expression for high-throughput analysis of transcriptional starting point and identification of promoter usage.

Toshiyuki Shiraki;Shinji Kondo;Shintaro Katayama;Kazunori Waki

957
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Piero Carninci RIKEN

Yasushi Okazaki Juntendo University

Hideya Kawaji RIKEN

Harukazu Suzuki RIKEN

Jun Kawai RIKEN

Masayoshi Itoh RIKEN

Alistair R. R. Forrest Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research

Timo Lassmann Telethon Kids Institute

Carsten O. Daub Karolinska Institute

David A. Hume University of Queensland

External Links

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