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Yoshikazu Tanaka

Yoshikazu Tanaka

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
25884
World Ranking
2974
National Ranking
187

Yoshikazu Tanaka 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 Yoshikazu Tanaka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 523 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshikazu Tanaka 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 Yoshikazu Tanaka 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
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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yoshikazu Tanaka is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research focuses on molecular biology and related subfields, particularly exploring mechanisms related to RNA, protein synthesis, and plant biology.

The scientist's publication record includes numerous papers with a strong presence in notable journals and repositories such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, FEBS Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), and Scientific Reports.

Tanaka's recent papers demonstrate a range of topics and applications. Selected recent works include:

  • "An ancestral function of strigolactones as symbiotic rhizosphere signals," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "RPL3L-containing ribosomes determine translation elongation dynamics required for cardiac function," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "The [4Fe-4S] cluster of sulfurtransferase TtuA desulfurizes TtuB during tRNA modification in Thermus thermophilus," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "A straightforward approach to antibodies recognising cancer specific glycopeptidic neoepitopes," 2020, Chemical Science
  • "The difference in the cellular uptake of tocopherol and tocotrienol is influenced by their affinities to albumin," 2023, Scientific Reports

Their frequent coauthors include Takeshi Yokoyama, Takashi Matsui, Min Yao, Kazuhiko Ochiai, and Tomohisa Ogawa, indicating collaborative work across multiple projects.

The primary topics of Tanaka's research cover a broad spectrum, centering on:

  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Their subfields of study highlight specific focuses within the broader biological sciences, including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Genetics, and Immunology.

Overall, Yoshikazu Tanaka's scholarly output reflects involvement in diverse biomedical and biochemical research areas, supported by frequent collaborations and placements in multidisciplinary scientific journals. This body of work contributes towards understanding molecular and cellular processes in both plant and medical science contexts.

Best Publications

  • Suppression of protein interactions by arginine: a proposed mechanism of the arginine effects.

    Tsutomu Arakawa;Daisuke Ejima;Kouhei Tsumoto;Noriyuki Obeyama

  • Cloning and expression of cytochrome p450 genes controlling flower colour

    Timothy A. Holton;Filippa Brugliera;Diane R. Lester;Yoshikazu Tanaka

  • Cloning and expression of flavonol synthase from Petunia hybrida

    Timothy A. Holton;Filippa Brugliera;Yoshikazu Tanaka

  • Yellow flowers generated by expression of the aurone biosynthetic pathway

    Eiichiro Ono;Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani;Noriko Nakamura;Yuko Fukui

  • An X-ray scattering beamline for studying dynamics

    A.Q.R Baron;Y Tanaka;S Goto;K Takeshita

  • Flower colour and cytochromes P450

    Yoshikazu Tanaka;Filippa Brugliera

  • Why green fluorescent fusion proteins have not been observed in the vacuoles of higher plants

    Kentaro Tamura;Tomoo Shimada;Eiichiro Ono;Yoshikazu Tanaka

  • Convergent evolution in the BAHD family of acyl transferases: identification and characterization of anthocyanin acyl transferases from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Jie Luo;Yasutaka Nishiyama;Yasutaka Nishiyama;Christine Fuell;Goro Taguchi

  • Recent Progress of Flower Colour Modification by Biotechnology

    Yoshikazu Tanaka;Filippa Brugliera;Steve Chandler

  • Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Novel UDP-Glucose:Anthocyanin 3′-O-Glucosyltransferase, a Key Enzyme for Blue Anthocyanin Biosynthesis, from Gentian

    Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani;Hiroaki Okuhara;Yuko Fukui;Masahiro Nakao

  • Genes encoding the vacuolar Na+/H+ exchanger and flower coloration.

    Toshio Yamaguchi;Sachiko Fukada-Tanaka;Yoshishige Inagaki;Norio Saito

  • cDNA cloning, gene expression and subcellular localization of anthocyanin 5-aromatic acyltransferase from Gentiana triflora.

    Hiroyuki Fujiwara;Yoshikazu Tanaka;Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara;Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani

  • Reaction Mechanism from Leucoanthocyanidin to Anthocyanidin 3-Glucoside, a Key Reaction for Coloring in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis

    Jun-ichiro Nakajima;Yoshikazu Tanaka;Mami Yamazaki;Kazuki Saito

  • Dynamic modification of sphingomyelin in lipid microdomains controls development of obesity, fatty liver, and type 2 diabetes.

    Susumu Mitsutake;Kota Zama;Hazuki Yokota;Tetsuya Yoshida

  • Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Three Anthocyanin Synthetic Enzymes from Gentiana triflora

    Yoshikazu Tanaka;Keiko Yonekura;Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani;Yuko Fukui

  • Cloning and molecular analysis of structural genes involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis and expressed in a forma-specific manner in Perilla frutescens

    Zhizhong Gong;Mami Yamazaki;Mitsuyo Sugiyama;Yoshikazu Tanaka

  • Human NAT10 Is an ATP-dependent RNA Acetyltransferase Responsible for N4-Acetylcytidine Formation in 18 S Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

    Satoshi Ito;Sayuri Horikawa;Tateki Suzuki;Hiroki Kawauchi

  • Japanese morning glory dusky mutants displaying reddish-brown or purplish-gray flowers are deficient in a novel glycosylation enzyme for anthocyanin biosynthesis, UDP-glucose:anthocyanidin 3-O-glucoside-2''-O-glucosyltransferase, due to 4-bp insertions in the gene.

    Yasumasa Morita;Atsushi Hoshino;Yasumasa Kikuchi;Hiroaki Okuhara

  • Molecular Cloning and Biochemical Characterization of a Novel Anthocyanin 5-O-Glucosyltransferase by mRNA Differential Display for Plant Forms Regarding Anthocyanin

    Mami Yamazaki;Zhizhong Gong;Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani;Yuko Fukui

  • Flower Color Modification by Engineering of the Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway: Practical Perspectives

    Yoshikazu Tanaka;Filippa Brugliera;Gianna Kalc;Mick Senior

Frequent Co-Authors

Min Yao
Min Yao Hokkaido University
Kouhei Tsumoto
Kouhei Tsumoto University of Tokyo
Isao Tanaka
Isao Tanaka Hokkaido University
Izumi Kumagai
Izumi Kumagai Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Shigeru Iida
Shigeru Iida University of Shizuoka
Makoto Kuroda
Makoto Kuroda National Institutes of Health
Toru Nakayama
Toru Nakayama Tohoku University
Shik Shin
Shik Shin University of Tokyo
Mami Yamazaki
Mami Yamazaki Chiba University

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