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Yoshiki Sasai

Yoshiki Sasai

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
85
Citations
41843
World Ranking
3069
National Ranking
192

Yoshiki Sasai 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 Yoshiki Sasai sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 205 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshiki Sasai 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 Yoshiki Sasai sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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: 85 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yoshiki Sasai was affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research contributions included work published in scientific journals, with a focus on stem cell biology and tissue engineering.

Among their recent publications was the paper titled "Publisher Correction: Preconditioning the Initial State of Feeder-free Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Promotes Self-formation of Three-dimensional Retinal Tissue," published in 2020 in the journal Scientific Reports.

Frequent co-authors in their research included:

  • Atsushi Kuwahara
  • Suguru Yamasaki
  • Michiko Mandai
  • Kenji Watari
  • Keizo Matsushita

Their work appeared primarily in the Scientific Reports venue, reflecting their involvement in peer-reviewed scientific discourse.

Best Publications

  • A ROCK inhibitor permits survival of dissociated human embryonic stem cells

    Kiichi Watanabe;Morio Ueno;Daisuke Kamiya;Ayaka Nishiyama

  • Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture

    Mototsugu Eiraku;Nozomu Takata;Hiroki Ishibashi;Masako Kawada

  • Induction of midbrain dopaminergic neurons from ES cells by stromal cell-derived inducing activity.

    Hiroshi Kawasaki;Kenji Mizuseki;Satomi Nishikawa;Satoshi Kaneko

  • Self-Organized Formation of Polarized Cortical Tissues from ESCs and Its Active Manipulation by Extrinsic Signals

    Mototsugu Eiraku;Kiichi Watanabe;Mami Matsuo-Takasaki;Masako Kawada

  • Self-formation of optic cups and storable stratified neural retina from human ESCs.

    Tokushige Nakano;Satoshi Ando;Nozomu Takata;Masako Kawada

  • Dorsoventral Patterning in Xenopus: Inhibition of Ventral Signals by Direct Binding of Chordin to BMP-4

    Stefano Piccolo;Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu;Eddy M De Robertis

  • Xenopus chordin: A novel dorsalizing factor activated by organizer-specific homeobox genes

    Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu;Herbert Steinbeisser;Douglas Geissert

  • A common plan for dorsoventral patterning in Bilateria

    E. M. De Robertis;Yoshiki Sasai

  • Cerberus is a head-inducing secreted factor expressed in the anterior endoderm of Spemann's organizer

    Tewis Bouwmeester;Sung-Hyun Kim;Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu

  • Directed differentiation of telencephalic precursors from embryonic stem cells

    Kiichi Watanabe;Daisuke Kamiya;Ayaka Nishiyama;Tomoko Katayama

  • Self-organization of axial polarity, inside-out layer pattern, and species-specific progenitor dynamics in human ES cell–derived neocortex

    Taisuke Kadoshima;Hideya Sakaguchi;Tokushige Nakano;Mika Soen

  • Regulation of neural induction by the Chd and Bmp-4 antagonistic patterning signals in Xenopus

    Yoshiki Sasai;Bin Lu;Herbert Steinbeisser;Eddy M. De Robertis

  • Two mammalian helix-loop-helix factors structurally related to Drosophila hairy and Enhancer of split.

    Y Sasai;R Kageyama;Y Tagawa;R Shigemoto

  • Toward the generation of rod and cone photoreceptors from mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem cells

    Fumitaka Osakada;Hanako Ikeda;Michiko Mandai;Takafumi Wataya

  • Self-Organization of Polarized Cerebellar Tissue in 3D Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Keiko Muguruma;Ayaka Nishiyama;Hideshi Kawakami;Kouichi Hashimoto

  • Retraction: Bidirectional developmental potential in reprogrammed cells with acquired pluripotency

    Haruko Obokata;Yoshiki Sasai;Hitoshi Niwa;Mitsutaka Kadota

  • Dopaminergic neurons generated from monkey embryonic stem cells function in a Parkinson primate model

    Yasushi Takagi;Jun Takahashi;Hidemoto Saiki;Asuka Morizane

  • Ectodermal Patterning in Vertebrate Embryos

    Sasai Y;Sasai Y;De Robertis Em

  • Generation of dopaminergic neurons and pigmented epithelia from primate ES cells by stromal cell-derived inducing activity

    Hiroshi Kawasaki;Hirofumi Suemori;Kenji Mizuseki;Kiichi Watanabe

  • Molecular characterization of a functional cDNA for rat substance P receptor.

    Y Yokota;Y Sasai;K Tanaka;T Fujiwara

Frequent Co-Authors

Masayo Takahashi
Masayo Takahashi Kyoto University
Kenji Mizuseki
Kenji Mizuseki Osaka Metropolitan University
Shigenobu Yonemura
Shigenobu Yonemura University of Tokushima
Shigetada Nakanishi
Shigetada Nakanishi Kyoto University
Shigeru Kinoshita
Shigeru Kinoshita Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Nobuo Hashimoto
Nobuo Hashimoto Kyoto University
Hirofumi Suemori
Hirofumi Suemori Kyoto University
Ryoichiro Kageyama
Ryoichiro Kageyama Kyoto University
Mitsuo Satoh
Mitsuo Satoh Kyowa Kirin (Japan)
Hitoshi Niwa
Hitoshi Niwa Kumamoto University

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