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Yoshinori Moriyama

Yoshinori Moriyama

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
20407
World Ranking
5304
National Ranking
345

Yoshinori Moriyama 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 Yoshinori Moriyama sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 272 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshinori Moriyama 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 Yoshinori Moriyama 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: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Yoshinori Moriyama is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on obstetrics and gynecology. Their research spans multiple intersecting subfields including pediatrics, perinatology and child health, molecular biology, surgery, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The body of work produced by Yoshinori Moriyama addresses a variety of topics, prominently featuring pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, birth and developmental health, gestational diabetes research and management, neonatal respiratory health, adenosine and purinergic signaling, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Among the recent publications associated with Moriyama are:

  • Vesicular polyamine transporter as a novel player in amine-mediated chemical transmission, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Ovarian cancer-associated mesothelial cells induce acquired platinum-resistance in peritoneal metastasis via the FN1/Akt signaling pathway, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • The mitochondrial inner membrane protein LETM1 modulates cristae organization through its LETM domain, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Shock Index and Postpartum Hemorrhage in Vaginal Deliveries: A Multicenter Retrospective Study, 2020, Shock
  • Physiopathological roles of vesicular nucleotide transporter (VNUT), an essential component for vesicular ATP release, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Moriyama frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Tomomi Kotani
  • Takafumi Ushida
  • Kenji Imai
  • Hiroaki Kajiyama
  • Tomoko Nakano-Kobayashi

Their work has been published in various scientific venues with repeated publications in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Pregnancy Hypertension
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
  • Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
  • PubMed

Best Publications

  • Molecular Anatomy of a Trafficking Organelle

    Shigeo Takamori;Matthew Holt;Katinka Stenius;Edward A. Lemke

  • Bafilomycin A1 prevents maturation of autophagic vacuoles by inhibiting fusion between autophagosomes and lysosomes in rat hepatoma cell line, H-4-II-E cells

    Akitsugu Yamamoto;Yoshihiro Tagawa;Tamotsu Yoshimori;Yoshinori Moriyama

  • ABC transporter AtABCG25 is involved in abscisic acid transport and responses

    Takashi Kuromori;Takaaki Miyaji;Hikaru Yabuuchi;Hidetada Shimizu

  • A human transporter protein that mediates the final excretion step for toxic organic cations

    Masato Otsuka;Takuya Matsumoto;Riyo Morimoto;Shigeo Arioka

  • Identification of a vesicular nucleotide transporter.

    Keisuke Sawada;Noriko Echigo;Narinobu Juge;Takaaki Miyaji

  • The MATE proteins as fundamental transporters of metabolic and xenobiotic organic cations

    Hiroshi Omote;Miki Hiasa;Takuya Matsumoto;Masato Otsuka

  • Metabolic control of vesicular glutamate transport and release.

    Narinobu Juge;John A. Gray;Hiroshi Omote;Takaaki Miyaji

  • Vacuolar transport of nicotine is mediated by a multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) transporter in Nicotiana tabacum

    Masahiko Morita;Nobukazu Shitan;Keisuke Sawada;Marc C.E. Van Montagu

  • Effects of a MATE Protein Inhibitor, Pyrimethamine, on the Renal Elimination of Metformin at Oral Microdose and at Therapeutic Dose in Healthy Subjects

    H Kusuhara;S Ito;Y Kumagai;M Jiang

  • The cytotoxic action of diphtheria toxin and its degradation in intact Vero cells are inhibited by bafilomycin A1, a specific inhibitor of vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase.

    T Umata;Y Moriyama;M Futai;E Mekada

  • The purified ATPase from chromaffin granule membranes is an anion-dependent proton pump.

    Yoshinori Moriyama;Nathan Nelson

  • AtPHT4;4 is a chloroplast-localized ascorbate transporter in Arabidopsis

    Takaaki Miyaji;Takashi Kuromori;Yu Takeuchi;Naoki Yamaji

  • Microglia release ATP by exocytosis

    Yoshio Imura;Yosuke Morizawa;Ryohei Komatsu;Keisuke Shibata

  • Luminal acidification of diverse organelles by V-ATPase in animal cells.

    Masamitsu Futai;Toshihiko Oka;Ge Hong Sun-Wada;Yoshinori Moriyama

  • Human Sodium Phosphate Transporter 4 (hNPT4/SLC17A3) as a Common Renal Secretory Pathway for Drugs and Urate

    Promsuk Jutabha;Naohiko Anzai;Kenichiro Kitamura;Atsuo Taniguchi

  • One-step purification of Escherichia coli H(+)-ATPase (F0F1) and its reconstitution into liposomes with neurotransmitter transporters.

    Y Moriyama;A Iwamoto;H Hanada;M Maeda

  • Secretory granule-mediated co-secretion of L-glutamate and glucagon triggers glutamatergic signal transmission in islets of Langerhans.

    Mitsuko Hayashi;Hiroshi Yamada;Shunsuke Uehara;Riyo Morimoto

  • A polarly localized transporter for efficient manganese uptake in rice.

    Daisei Ueno;Akimasa Sasaki;Naoki Yamaji;Takaaki Miyaji

  • Vacuolar H+-ATPase Localized in Plasma Membranes of Malaria Parasite Cells, Plasmodium falciparum, Is Involved in Regional Acidification of Parasitized Erythrocytes

    Mitsuko Hayashi;Hiroshi Yamada;Toshihide Mitamura;Toshihiro Horii

  • Identification of a vesicular aspartate transporter.

    Takaaki Miyaji;Noriko Echigo;Miki Hiasa;Shigenori Senoh

Frequent Co-Authors

Masamitsu Futai
Masamitsu Futai Osaka University
Akitsugu Yamamoto
Akitsugu Yamamoto Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology
Hiroshi Yamada
Hiroshi Yamada Okayama University
Schuichi Koizumi
Schuichi Koizumi University of Yamanashi
Masatoshi Nomura
Masatoshi Nomura Kurume University
Nathan Nelson
Nathan Nelson Tel Aviv University
Tamotsu Yoshimori
Tamotsu Yoshimori Osaka University
Tomofusa Tsuchiya
Tomofusa Tsuchiya Okayama University
Hiroyuki Kusuhara
Hiroyuki Kusuhara University of Tokyo
Yuichi Sugiyama
Yuichi Sugiyama University of Tokyo

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