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Yoshinori Fujiyoshi

Yoshinori Fujiyoshi

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
23528
World Ranking
6406
National Ranking
416

Yoshinori Fujiyoshi publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoshinori Fujiyoshi sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 300 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Yoshinori Fujiyoshi D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoshinori Fujiyoshi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Overview

Yoshinori Fujiyoshi is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Structural Biology, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research contributions address several main topics such as:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Yoshinori Fujiyoshi has published notable papers including the following:

  • "Transport Cycle of Plasma Membrane Flippase ATP11C by Cryo-EM" (2020, Cell Reports)
  • "Cryo-EM structures of undocked innexin-6 hemichannels in phospholipids" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "Structures of human pannexin-1 in nanodiscs reveal gating mediated by dynamic movement of the N terminus and phospholipids" (2022, Science Signaling)
  • "Crystal structure of a human plasma membrane phospholipid flippase" (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • "Development of a deep learning-based method to identify "good" regions of a cryo-electron microscopy grid" (2020, Biophysical Reviews)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Fujiyoshi include:

  • Kouki Nishikawa
  • Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Christopher Teshima
  • Daniel Tham
  • Nicolas Calo

Fujiyoshi's research outputs have appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, notably:

  • Endoscopy
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Structural Biology
  • EMPIAR dataset

The scientist was awarded the Keio Medical Science Prize by Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Atomic model of plant light-harvesting complex by electron crystallography

    Werner Kühlbrandt;Da Neng Wang;Yoshinori Fujiyoshi

  • Structural determinants of water permeation through aquaporin-1.

    K Murata;K Mitsuoka;T Hirai;T Walz

  • Structure and Gating Mechanism of the Acetylcholine Receptor Pore.

    Atsuo Miyazawa;Yoshinori Fujiyoshi;Nigel Unwin

  • Aquaporin water channels – from atomic structure to clinical medicine

    Peter Agre;Landon S. King;Masato Yasui;Wm B. Guggino

  • Functional role of internal water molecules in rhodopsin revealed by X-ray crystallography.

    Tetsuji Okada;Yoshinori Fujiyoshi;Yoshinori Fujiyoshi;Maria Silow;Javier Navarro

  • Structure of the connexin 26 gap junction channel at 3.5 Å resolution

    Shoji Maeda;So Nakagawa;Michihiro Suga;Eiki Yamashita

  • Lipid-protein interactions in double-layered two-dimensional AQP0 crystals

    Tamir Gonen;Yifan Cheng;Piotr Sliz;Piotr Sliz;Yoko Hiroaki

  • Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at 4.6 A resolution: transverse tunnels in the channel wall.

    A. Miyazawa;Y. Fujiyoshi;M. Stowell;N. Unwin

  • Surface of bacteriorhodopsin revealed by high-resolution electron crystallography

    Yoshiaki Kimura;Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Dmitry G. Vassylyev;Atsuo Miyazawa;Atsuo Miyazawa;Akinori Kidera

  • Unique multipotent cells in adult human mesenchymal cell populations

    Yasumasa Kuroda;Masaaki Kitada;Shohei Wakao;Kouki Nishikawa

  • The three-dimensional structure of aquaporin-1

    Thomas Walz;Thomas Walz;Teruhisa Hirai;Kazuyoshi Murata;J. Bernard Heymann

  • Structure and function of water channels

    Yoshinori Fujiyoshi;Yoshinori Fujiyoshi;Kaoru Mitsuoka;Bert L de Groot;Ansgar Philippsen

  • Multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cells are a primary source of induced pluripotent stem cells in human fibroblasts

    Shohei Wakao;Masaaki Kitada;Yasumasa Kuroda;Taeko Shigemoto

  • The structure of bacteriorhodopsin at 3.0 A resolution based on electron crystallography: implication of the charge distribution.

    Kaoru Mitsuoka;Teruhisa Hirai;Kazuyoshi Murata;Atsuo Miyazawa

  • Activation of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Involves a Switch in Conformation of the α Subunits

    N. Unwin;A. Miyazawa;J. Li;Y. Fujiyoshi

  • The voltage-sensitive sodium channel is a bell-shaped molecule with several cavities.

    Chikara Sato;Yutaka Ueno;Kiyoshi Asai;Katsutoshi Takahashi

  • Gating movement of acetylcholine receptor caught by plunge-freezing.

    Nigel Unwin;Yoshinori Fujiyoshi

  • The structural study of membrane proteins by electron crystallography.

    Yoshinori Fujiyoshi

  • Development of a superfluid helium stage for high-resolution electron microscopy

    Y. Fujiyoshi;T. Mizusaki;K. Morikawa;H. Yamagishi

  • Activation mechanism of endothelin ET B receptor by endothelin-1

    Wataru Shihoya;Tomohiro Nishizawa;Akiko Okuta;Kazutoshi Tani

  • Corrigendum: Lipid–protein interactions in double-layered two-dimensional AQP0 crystals

    Tamir Gonen;Yifan Cheng;Piotr Sliz;Yoko Hiroaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Walz
Thomas Walz Rockefeller University
Andreas Engel
Andreas Engel University of Basel
Mari Dezawa
Mari Dezawa Tohoku University
Yifan Cheng
Yifan Cheng University of California, San Francisco
Sachiko Tsukita
Sachiko Tsukita Osaka University
Shinya Yoshikawa
Shinya Yoshikawa University of Hyogo
Ralf Morgenstern
Ralf Morgenstern Karolinska Institute
Peter Agre
Peter Agre Johns Hopkins University
Osamu Nureki
Osamu Nureki University of Tokyo
Keiichi Namba
Keiichi Namba Osaka University

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