2026 Yoshitaka Fukada: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	68	7916	7301	535	501	279	14146

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

476
Citations
Primary structures of chicken cone visual pigments: Vertebrate rhodopsins have evolved out of cone visual pigments

Toshiyuki Okano;Daisuke Kojima;Yoshitaka Fukada;Yoshinori Shichida

474
Citations
Farnesylated gamma-subunit of photoreceptor G protein indispensable for GTP-binding.

Yoshitaka Fukada;Toshifumi Takao;Hiroshi Ohguro;Tôru Yoshizawa

462
Citations
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

376
Citations
Resetting mechanism of central and peripheral circadian clocks in mammals.

Tsuyoshi Hirota;Yoshitaka Fukada

326
Citations
FBXL21 Regulates Oscillation of the Circadian Clock through Ubiquitination and Stabilization of Cryptochromes

Arisa Hirano;Kanae Yumimoto;Ryosuke Tsunematsu;Masaki Matsumoto

279
Citations
Lipid modification at the N terminus of photoreceptor G-protein α-subunit

Koichi Kokame;Yoshitaka Fukada;Tôru Yoshizawa;Toshifumi Takao

268
Citations
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

265
Citations
Ser-557-phosphorylated mCRY2 Is Degraded upon Synergistic Phosphorylation by Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β

Yuko Harada;Mihoko Sakai;Nobuhiro Kurabayashi;Tsuyoshi Hirota

239
Citations
UV-Sensitive Photoreceptor Protein OPN5 in Humans and Mice

Daisuke Kojima;Suguru Mori;Masaki Torii;Akimori Wada

219
Citations
Vertebrate Ancient-Long Opsin: A Green-Sensitive Photoreceptive Molecule Present in Zebrafish Deep Brain and Retinal Horizontal Cells

Daisuke Kojima;Hiroaki Mano;Yoshitaka Fukada

211
Citations
Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylates and negatively regulates basic helix-loop-helix-PAS transcription factor BMAL1

Kamon Sanada;Toshiyuki Okano;Yoshitaka Fukada

205
Citations
Exo-rhodopsin: a novel rhodopsin expressed in the zebrafish pineal gland

Hiroaki Mano;Daisuke Kojima;Yoshitaka Fukada

200
Citations
The chondrocyte clock gene Bmal1 controls cartilage homeostasis and integrity

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

188
Citations
Carboxyl methylation and farnesylation of transducin gamma-subunit synergistically enhance its coupling with metarhodopsin II.

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

183
Citations
Circadian Clock Gene Regulation of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein Gene Expression in Preovulatory Ovarian Follicles

Nobuhiro Nakao;Shinobu Yasuo;Atsuko Nishimura;Takashi Yamamura

179
Citations
Cone visual pigments are present in gecko rod cells

Daisuke Kojima;Toshiyuki Okano;Yoshitaka Fukada;Yoshinori Shichida

170
Citations
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

170
Citations
Roles of CLOCK phosphorylation in suppression of E-box-dependent transcription.

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

152
Citations
Purification of Cone Visual Pigments from Chicken Retina

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

150
Citations