2026 Yoshizumi Ishino: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	57	2144	1929	171	157	263	12574

Overview

Yoshizumi Ishino is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, genetics, and ecology, with additional work in materials chemistry and epidemiology.

The scientist's research interests cover several specialized topics, including:

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
DNA Repair Mechanisms
Enzyme Structure and Function
RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Yoshizumi Ishino has published papers in various scientific journals. Recent notable publications include:

The replication machinery of LUCA: common origin of DNA replication and transcription (2020, BMC Biology)
Comparing PCR-generated artifacts of different polymerases for improved accuracy of DNA metabarcoding (2022, Metabarcoding and Metagenomics)
Development of a time-series shotgun metagenomics database for monitoring microbial communities at the Pacific coast of Japan (2021, Scientific Reports)
Ephedrae Herba and Cinnamomi Cortex interactions with G glycoprotein inhibit respiratory syncytial virus infectivity (2022, Communications Biology)
Three-dimensional reconstruction of a microjet with a Mach disk by Mach-Zehnder interferometers (2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)

The main publication venues for Ishino's work include:

BMC Biology
Nucleic Acids Research
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
Scientific Reports

Collaboration with other researchers is notable in Ishino's career, with frequent co-authors such as:

Sonoko Ishino
Aya Fujikane
Atsuhiko Sakamoto
Ryosuke Fujikane
Akinori Nishi

Best Publications

Nucleotide sequence of the iap gene, responsible for alkaline phosphatase isozyme conversion in Escherichia coli, and identification of the gene product.

Y Ishino;H Shinagawa;K Makino;M Amemura

2901
Citations
History of CRISPR-Cas from Encounter with a Mysterious Repeated Sequence to Genome Editing Technology.

Yoshizumi Ishino;Yoshizumi Ishino;Mart Krupovic;Patrick Forterre;Patrick Forterre

550
Citations
Expansion of the zinc metallo-hydrolase family of the β-lactamase fold

Hiromi Daiyasu;Kazuya Osaka;Yoshizumi Ishino;Hiroyuki Toh

390
Citations
Segmental isotope labeling for protein NMR using peptide splicing

Toshio Yamazaki;Takanori Otomo;Natsuko Oda;Yoshimasa Kyogoku

279
Citations
Archaeal DNA Replication: Identifying the Pieces to Solve a Puzzle

Isaac K. O. Cann;Yoshizumi Ishino

271
Citations
Crystal structure of an archaeal DNA sliding clamp: Proliferating cell nuclear antigen from Pyrococcus furiosus

Shigeki Matsumiya;Yoshizumi Ishino;Kosuke Morikawa

203
Citations
In vivo interactions of archaeal Cdc6/Orc1 and minichromosome maintenance proteins with the replication origin.

Fujihiko Matsunaga;Patrick Forterre;Yoshizumi Ishino;Hannu Myllykallio

181
Citations
Both RadA and RadB are involved in homologous recombination in Pyrococcus furiosus.

Kayoko Komori;Tomoko Miyata;Jocelyne DiRuggiero;Rhonda Holley-Shanks

177
Citations
A novel DNA polymerase in the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus: gene cloning, expression, and characterization.

Takashi Uemori;Yoshimi Sato;Ikunoshin Kato;Hirofumi Doi

168
Citations
A heterodimeric DNA polymerase: Evidence that members of Euryarchaeota possess a distinct DNA polymerase

Isaac K. O. Cann;Kayoko Komori;Hiroyuki Toh;Satoru Kanai

168
Citations
Crystal structure of an archaeal intein-encoded homing endonuclease PI-PfuI.

Kenji Ichiyanagi;Yoshizumi Ishino;Mariko Ariyoshi;Kayoko Komori

162
Citations
Role of the Escherichia coli RecQ DNA helicase in SOS signaling and genome stabilization at stalled replication forks

Takashi Hishida;Yong Woon Han;Yong Woon Han;Tatsuya Shibata;Yoshino Kubota

154
Citations
A novel DNA polymerase family found in Archaea

Yoshizumi Ishino;Kayoko Komori;Isaac K. O. Cann;Yosuke Koga

146
Citations
DNA polymerases as useful reagents for biotechnology - the history of developmental research in the field.

Sonoko Ishino;Yoshizumi Ishino

144
Citations
X-ray and biochemical anatomy of an archaeal XPF/Rad1/Mus81 family nuclease: similarity between its endonuclease domain and restriction enzymes.

Tatsuya Nishino;Kayoko Komori;Yoshizumi Ishino;Kosuke Morikawa

142
Citations
A Holliday junction resolvase from Pyrococcus furiosus: Functional similarity to Escherichia coli RuvC provides evidence for conserved mechanism of homologous recombination in Bacteria, Eukarya, and Archaea

Kayoko Komori;Shinzi Sakae;Hideo Shinagawa;Kosuke Morikawa

139
Citations
Open clamp structure in the clamp-loading complex visualized by electron microscopic image analysis.

Tomoko Miyata;Hirofumi Suzuki;Takuji Oyama;Kouta Mayanagi

137
Citations
Crystal structure of the archaeal holliday junction resolvase Hjc and implications for DNA recognition.

Tatsuya Nishino;Kayoko Komori;Daisuke Tsuchiya;Yoshizumi Ishino

134
Citations
Organization and nucleotide sequence of the DNA polymerase gene from the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

Takashi Uemori;Yoshizumi Ishino;Hiroyuki Toh;Kiyozo Asada

134
Citations
Functional interactions of a homolog of proliferating cell nuclear antigen with DNA polymerases in Archaea.

Isaac K. O. Cann;Sonoko Ishino;Ikuko Hayashi;Kayoko Komori

132
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kosuke Morikawa Kyoto University

Ikunoshin Kato Fujita Health University

Hideo Shinagawa BioAcademia

Hiroyuki Toh Kwansei Gakuin University

Daisuke Kohda Kyushu University

Toshio Ogihara Osaka University

Hiroshi Iwasaki Tokyo Institute of Technology

Patrick Forterre University of Paris-Saclay

Mart Krupovic Université Paris Cité

Satoru Kuhara Kyushu University

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