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Yoshiyuki Nagai

Yoshiyuki Nagai

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
72
Citations
16597
World Ranking
1772
National Ranking
53

Yoshiyuki Nagai publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 229 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Yoshiyuki Nagai D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yoshiyuki Nagai is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Engineering. Their work spans both clinical and technical disciplines, reflecting a diverse interest in health-related conditions and automotive technology.

The scientist's recent publications cover topics such as cardiovascular health, renal function, photovoltaic systems, and obesity measures. Notable papers include:

  • Lowering Uric Acid May Improve Prognosis in Patients With Hyperuricemia and Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2022, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • MPPT Operation Performance of Automotive Photovoltaic System during Driving, 2023, IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications
  • Hematocrit elevation after SGLT2 inhibitor administration may be associated with the degree of proximal tubular damage, 2022, Medicine
  • Demonstration Test of Automotive Photovoltaic System for an Electric Vehicle, 2023, SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Anterior-Posterior Abdominal Diameter and Waist Circumference Have Comparable Predictive Ability for Visceral Fat Area, 2025, Obesity Science & Practice

Yoshiyuki Nagai frequently collaborates with other researchers including Masami Nishino, Masamichi Yano, Jun Tanouchi, Takahisa Yamada, and Yoshio Yasumura, each with multiple joint publications. This indicates an ongoing engagement in multidisciplinary projects.

The scientist's main fields of study reflect a balance between clinical and engineering research:

  • Medicine
  • Engineering

Within these broader fields, subfields highlight more specialized areas of focus:

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Nephrology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Surgery

The research topics most commonly addressed in Nagai's work include:

  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Solar Cell Performance Optimization
  • Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

The publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the research:

  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications
  • Medicine
  • SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Obesity Science & Practice

Best Publications

  • Proteolytic cleavage of the viral glycoproteins and its significance for the virulence of Newcastle disease virus.

    Yoshiyuki Nagai;Hans-Dieter Klenk;Rudolf Rott

  • p60v-src causes tyrosine phosphorylation and inactivation of the N-cadherin-catenin cell adhesion system.

    M Hamaguchi;N Matsuyoshi;Y Ohnishi;B Gotoh

  • Polymorphism in RANTES chemokine promoter affects HIV-1 disease progression.

    Huanliang Liu;David Chao;Emi E. Nakayama;Hitomi Taguchi

  • A Cytoplasmic RNA Vector Derived from Nontransmissible Sendai Virus with Efficient Gene Transfer and Expression

    Hai-Ou Li;Ya-Feng Zhu;Makoto Asakawa;Hidekazu Kuma

  • Roles of toll-like receptors in C-C chemokine production by renal tubular epithelial cells

    Naotake Tsuboi;Yasunobu Yoshikai;Seiichi Matsuo;Takeshi Kikuchi

  • The paramyxovirus, Sendai virus, V protein encodes a luxury function required for viral pathogenesis.

    Atsushi Kato;Katsuhiro Kiyotani;Yuko Sakai;Tetsuya Yoshida

  • Direct Metagenomic Detection of Viral Pathogens in Nasal and Fecal Specimens Using an Unbiased High-Throughput Sequencing Approach

    Shota Nakamura;Cheng-Song Yang;Naomi Sakon;Mayo Ueda

  • Efficient gene transfer to airway epithelium using recombinant Sendai virus

    Yoshikazu Yonemitsu;Christopher Kitson;Stefano Ferrari;Raymond Farley

  • Anti-HIV-1 and chemotactic activities of human stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α) and SDF-1β are abolished by CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase IV-mediated cleavage

    Tatsuo Shioda;Hiroyuki Kato;Yukano Ohnishi;Kei Tashiro

  • Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-based control of simian immunodeficiency virus replication in a preclinical AIDS vaccine trial.

    Tetsuro Matano;Masahiro Kobayashi;Hiroko Igarashi;Akiko Takeda;Akiko Takeda

  • Recovery of Pathogenic Measles Virus from Cloned cDNA

    Makoto Takeda;Kaoru Takeuchi;Naoko Miyajima;Fumio Kobune

  • Newcastle disease virus evolution. II. Lack of gene recombination in generating virulent and avirulent strains.

    Toyoda T;Sakaguchi T;Hirota H;Gotoh B

  • Newcastle disease virus evolution: I. Multiple lineages defined by sequence variability of the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase gene

    Takemasa Sakaguchi;Tetsuya Toyoda;Bin Gotoh;Noel M. Inocencio

  • An endoprotease homologous to the blood clotting factor X as a determinant of viral tropism in chick embryo.

    B. Gotoh;T. Ogasawara;T. Toyoda;N. M. Inocencio

  • Paramyxovirus replication and pathogenesis. Reverse genetics transforms understanding.

    Yoshiyuki Nagai

  • Activation of precursors to both glycoporteins of Newcastle disease virus by proteolytic cleavage.

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  • Knockout of the Sendai virus C gene eliminates the viral ability to prevent the interferon‐α/β‐mediated responses

    Bin Gotoh;Kenji Takeuchi;Takayuki Komatsu;Junko Yokoo

  • Membrane (M) protein of HVJ (Sendai virus): its role in virus assembly.

    Tetsuya Yoshida;Yoshiyuki Nagai;Saiji Yoshii;Koichiro Maeno

  • Sendai virus C proteins are categorically nonessential gene products but silencing their expression severely impairs viral replication and pathogenesis.

    Atsushi Kurotani;Atsushi Kurotani;Katsuhiro Kiyotani;Atsushi Kato;Tatsuo Shioda

  • Impaired Processing and Presentation of Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte (CTL) Epitopes Are Major Escape Mechanisms from CTL Immune Pressure in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

    Yoshiyuki Yokomaku;Hideka Miura;Hiroko Tomiyama;Ai Kawana-Tachikawa

  • Creation of an infectious recombinant Sendai virus expressing the firefly luciferase gene from the 3' proximal first locus.

    Mohammad K. Hasan;Atsushi Kato;Tatsuo Shioda;Yuko Sakai

  • Dynamics of genome change in the E2/NS1 region of hepatitis C virus in vivo.

    Yasuyuki Higashi;Shinichi Kakumu;Kentaro Yoshioka;Takaji Wakita

  • Mammalian subtilisin-related proteinases in cleavage activation of the paramyxovirus fusion glycoprotein: superiority of furin/PACE to PC2 or PC1/PC3.

    B Gotoh;Y Ohnishi;N M Inocencio;E Esaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuo Shioda
Tatsuo Shioda Osaka University
Atsushi Kato
Atsushi Kato Northwestern University
Aikichi Iwamoto
Aikichi Iwamoto Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Mamoru Hasegawa
Mamoru Hasegawa Kyushu University
Yutaka Takebe
Yutaka Takebe National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Makoto Takeda
Makoto Takeda National Institutes of Health
Masato Tashiro
Masato Tashiro Nagasaki University
Shinichi Oka
Shinichi Oka Kumamoto University
Tetsutaro Sata
Tetsutaro Sata National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Akio Adachi
Akio Adachi Kansai Medical University

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