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Yoshitaka Fukada

Yoshitaka Fukada

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
14146
World Ranking
7916
National Ranking
535

Yoshitaka Fukada 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 Yoshitaka Fukada sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 279 publications — 74th percentile

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

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

Yoshitaka Fukada 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 Yoshitaka Fukada sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yoshitaka Fukada is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, specializing in neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including endocrine and autonomic systems, plant science, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and aging.

The central themes in Fukada's research involve circadian rhythm and melatonin, light effects on plants, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, retinal development and disorders, estrogen and related hormone effects, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on molecular and neurobiological mechanisms behind circadian rhythms and related topics. Key papers include:

  • Rhythmic transcription of Bmal1 stabilizes the circadian timekeeping system in mammals, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Mutation of a PER2 phosphodegron perturbs the circadian phosphoswitch, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Comprehensive analysis of a novel mouse model of the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a model with the most common 3.0-Mb deletion at the human 22q11.2 locus, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Molecular encoding and synaptic decoding of context during salt chemotaxis in C. elegans, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Foxq2 determines blue cone identity in zebrafish, 2021, Science Advances

Fukada's frequent collaborators include Hikari Yoshitane, Kimiko Shimizu, Atsu Aiba, Michinori Koebis, and Jae Kyoung Kim. Together, they have produced numerous publications contributing to the understanding of neurobiological and molecular mechanisms.

The researcher has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Nature Communications (3 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 publications)
  • Communications Biology (3 publications)
  • Science Advances (2 publications)
  • eLife (2 publications)

Fukada's work has advanced knowledge in areas related to circadian rhythm regulation, molecular biology, and neuroscience, focusing on processes relevant to both fundamental biological systems and clinical syndromes.

Best Publications

  • Pinopsin is a chicken pineal photoreceptive molecule

    Toshiyuki Okano;Toru Yoshizawa;Yoshitaka Fukada

  • Primary structures of chicken cone visual pigments: Vertebrate rhodopsins have evolved out of cone visual pigments

    Toshiyuki Okano;Daisuke Kojima;Yoshitaka Fukada;Yoshinori Shichida

  • Farnesylated gamma-subunit of photoreceptor G protein indispensable for GTP-binding.

    Yoshitaka Fukada;Toshifumi Takao;Hiroshi Ohguro;Tôru Yoshizawa

  • Glucose down-regulates Per1 and Per2 mRNA levels and induces circadian gene expression in cultured rat-1 fibroblasts

    Tsuyoshi Hirota;Toshiyuki Okano;Koichi Kokame;Hiroko Shirotani-Ikejima

  • Resetting mechanism of central and peripheral circadian clocks in mammals.

    Tsuyoshi Hirota;Yoshitaka Fukada

  • FBXL21 Regulates Oscillation of the Circadian Clock through Ubiquitination and Stabilization of Cryptochromes

    Arisa Hirano;Kanae Yumimoto;Ryosuke Tsunematsu;Masaki Matsumoto

  • Lipid modification at the N terminus of photoreceptor G-protein α-subunit

    Koichi Kokame;Yoshitaka Fukada;Tôru Yoshizawa;Toshifumi Takao

  • The circadian clock regulates rhythmic activation of the NRF2/glutathione-mediated antioxidant defense pathway to modulate pulmonary fibrosis

    Vanja Pekovic-Vaughan;Julie Gibbs;Hikari Yoshitane;Nan Yang

  • Ser-557-phosphorylated mCRY2 Is Degraded upon Synergistic Phosphorylation by Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β

    Yuko Harada;Mihoko Sakai;Nobuhiro Kurabayashi;Tsuyoshi Hirota

  • UV-Sensitive Photoreceptor Protein OPN5 in Humans and Mice

    Daisuke Kojima;Suguru Mori;Masaki Torii;Akimori Wada

  • Vertebrate Ancient-Long Opsin: A Green-Sensitive Photoreceptive Molecule Present in Zebrafish Deep Brain and Retinal Horizontal Cells

    Daisuke Kojima;Hiroaki Mano;Yoshitaka Fukada

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylates and negatively regulates basic helix-loop-helix-PAS transcription factor BMAL1

    Kamon Sanada;Toshiyuki Okano;Yoshitaka Fukada

  • Exo-rhodopsin: a novel rhodopsin expressed in the zebrafish pineal gland

    Hiroaki Mano;Daisuke Kojima;Yoshitaka Fukada

  • The chondrocyte clock gene Bmal1 controls cartilage homeostasis and integrity

    Michal Dudek;Nicole Gossan;Nan Yang;Hee-Jeong Im

  • Carboxyl methylation and farnesylation of transducin gamma-subunit synergistically enhance its coupling with metarhodopsin II.

    H. Ohguro;Y. Fukada;T. Takao;Y. Shimonishi

  • Circadian Clock Gene Regulation of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein Gene Expression in Preovulatory Ovarian Follicles

    Nobuhiro Nakao;Shinobu Yasuo;Atsuko Nishimura;Takashi Yamamura

  • Cone visual pigments are present in gecko rod cells

    Daisuke Kojima;Toshiyuki Okano;Yoshitaka Fukada;Yoshinori Shichida

  • DYRK1A and Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β, a Dual-Kinase Mechanism Directing Proteasomal Degradation of CRY2 for Circadian Timekeeping

    Nobuhiro Kurabayashi;Tsuyoshi Hirota;Mihoko Sakai;Kamon Sanada

  • Roles of CLOCK phosphorylation in suppression of E-box-dependent transcription.

    Hikari Yoshitane;Toshifumi Takao;Yoshinori Satomi;Ngoc Hien Du

  • Purification of Cone Visual Pigments from Chicken Retina

    Toshiyuki Okano;Yoshitaka Fukada;Igor D. Artamonov;Tôru Yoshizawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinori Shichida
Yoshinori Shichida Ritsumeikan University
Tôru Yoshizawa
Tôru Yoshizawa Osaka Sangyo University
Toshifumi Takao
Toshifumi Takao Osaka University
Tatsuya Haga
Tatsuya Haga Gakushuin University
Hideki Kandori
Hideki Kandori Nagoya Institute of Technology
David M. Virshup
David M. Virshup Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Yasutsugu Shimonishi
Yasutsugu Shimonishi Osaka University
Koichi Kokame
Koichi Kokame National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Yutaka Suzuki
Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo

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