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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 59 1995 159 226 26640

Youji Mitsui publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Youji Mitsui between 1975 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Youji Mitsui published across 50 years, from 1975 to 2024, averaging 4.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 1991. 1 of the 243 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 1991. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 4 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 2 publications 1980: 9 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 6 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 11 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 16 publications 1992: 12 publications 1993: 12 publications 1994: 14 publications 1995: 14 publications 1996: 15 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 12 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 5 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 1 publication 2015: 1 publication 2016: 0 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication
1975 2024

243 publications in total across all disciplines

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Youji Mitsui: publications per year, 1975 to 2024
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 4
1977 1
1978 1
1979 2
1980 9
1981 3
1982 6
1983 5
1984 5
1985 6
1986 3
1987 2
1988 11
1989 7
1990 5
1991 16
1992 12
1993 12
1994 14
1995 14
1996 15
1997 11
1998 12
1999 15
2000 11
2001 10
2002 8
2003 5
2004 1
2005 2
2006 2
2007 2
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 1
2012 5
2013 1
2014 1
2015 1
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0
2020 0
2021 0
2022 0
2023 0
2024 1
Total 243
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Youji Mitsui publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Youji Mitsui sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 217–226 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 226 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98 226
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Youji Mitsui D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58–59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129 59
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Youji Mitsui is affiliated with Tokushima Bunri University in Japan. Their research spans several fields including neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with a focus on both broad and specific subfields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these fields, Mitsui has contributed to subfields such as:

  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Social Psychology

The core topics addressed in their research include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

One recent paper authored by Mitsui focuses on the effects of prenatal stress, titled "Social-defeat stress exposure during pregnancy induces abnormalities in spontaneous activity, sociality, and resilience to stress in offspring of mice", published in 2024 in the journal Behavioural Brain Research.

Frequent collaborators in this work include:

  • Tomokuni Yabe
  • Rena Tanikawa
  • Mitsuki Tanizaki
  • Rei Sugiyama
  • Niina Kiriyama

Most of Mitsui's publications appear in Behavioural Brain Research, indicating a consistent engagement with this venue.

Best Publications

  • A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells.

    Masashi Yanagisawa;Hiroki Kurihara;Hiroki Kurihara;Sadao Kimura;Yoko Tomobe

  • The relationship between in vitro cellular aging and in vivo human age.

    Edward L. Schneider;Youji Mitsui

  • The human preproendothelin-1 gene. Complete nucleotide sequence and regulation of expression.

    A. Inoue;Masashi Yanagisawa;Y. Takuwa;Y. Mitsui

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA encoding the precursor of a human endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide, endothelin: Identity of human and porcine endothelin

    Yasuaki Itoh;Masashi Yanagisawa;Shoichi Ohkubo;Chiharu Kimura

  • A novel peptide, vasoactive intestinal contractor, of a new (endothelin) peptide family. Molecular cloning, expression, and biological activity.

    K Saida;Y Mitsui;N Ishida

  • cDNA cloning, sequence analysis and tissue distribution of rat preproendothelin-1 mRNA

    Takeshi Sakurai;Masashi Yanagisawa;Akihiro Inoue;Una S. Ryan

  • Inactivation of tumor suppressor p53 by mot-2, a hsp70 family member

    Renu Wadhwa;Syuichi Takano;Martin Robert;Akiko Yoshida

  • Endothelin-1 is produced and secreted by neonatal rat cardiac myocytes in vitro.

    T. Suzuki;T. Kumazaki;Y. Mitsui

  • Extended longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans by knocking in extra copies of hsp70F, a homolog of mot-2 (mortalin)/mthsp70/Grp75

    Ken Yokoyama;Keiji Fukumoto;Tatsuya Murakami;Shin-ichi Harada

  • The human preproendothelin-1 gene: possible regulation by endothelial phosphoinositide turnover signaling.

    Masashi Yanagisawa;Akihiro Inoue;You Takuwa;Youji Mitsui

  • Hsp70 family member, mot-2/mthsp70/GRP75, binds to the cytoplasmic sequestration domain of the p53 protein.

    Renu Wadhwa;Tomoko Yaguchi;Md.K. Hasan;Youji Mitsui

  • A new human diploid cell strain, TIG-1, for the research on cellular aging

    M. Ohashi;S. Aizawa;H. Ooka;T. Ohsawa

  • mdm2 and bax, downstream mediators of the p53 response, are degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.

    Y C Chang;Y S Lee;T Tejima;K Tanaka

  • Relationship between cell replication and volume in senescent human diploid fibroblasts.

    Youji Mitsui;Edward L. Schneider

  • 5-Bromodeoxyuridine induces senescence-like phenomena in mammalian cells regardless of cell type or species.

    Michishita Eriko;Kazuhiko Nakabayashi;Toshikazu Suzuki;Sunil C. Kaul

  • Increased nuclear sizes in senescent human diploid fibroblast cultures.

    Y. Mitsui;E.L. Schneider

  • Tissue factor, osteopontin, αvβ3 integrin expression in microvasculature of gliomas associated with vascular endothelial growth factor expression

    S Takano;K Tsuboi;Y Tomono;Y Mitsui

  • Differential Regulation of Human RecQ Family Helicases in Cell Transformation and Cell Cycle

    Tamae Kawabe;Naohiro Tsuyama;Saori Kitao;Kaori Nishikawa

  • Endothelin stimulates hypertrophy and contractility of neonatal rat cardiac myocytes in a serum-free medium.

    Takahiko Suzuki;Hiroyoshi Hoshi;Youji Mitsui

  • Tissue-specific differences in cultured human diploid fibroblasts

    E.L. Schneider;Y. Mitsui;K.S. Au;S. Stuart Shorr

Frequent Co-Authors

Renu Wadhwa
Renu Wadhwa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Sunil C. Kaul
Sunil C. Kaul National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Norio Ishida
Norio Ishida National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Roger R. Reddel
Roger R. Reddel Children's Medical Research Institute
Shinichi Aizawa
Shinichi Aizawa Kumamoto University
Masashi Yanagisawa
Masashi Yanagisawa University of Tsukuba
Edward L. Schneider
Edward L. Schneider University of Southern California
Tomoh Masaki
Tomoh Masaki Kyoto University
Sei-itsu Murota
Sei-itsu Murota Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Katsutoshi Goto
Katsutoshi Goto University of Tsukuba

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