2026 Yukihide Tomari: 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	53	2358	2123	180	164	113	18353

Yukihide Tomari 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 Yukihide Tomari sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 113 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yukihide Tomari 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 Yukihide Tomari sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yukihide Tomari is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and specializes in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on molecular biology and plant science, with additional interests in cancer research, cell biology, and neurology.

The scientist's research covers a variety of advanced topics including chromosomal and genetic variations, CRISPR and genetic engineering, plant virus research studies, RNA research and splicing, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, microRNA in disease regulation, and RNA interference and gene delivery.

Yukihide Tomari has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
RNA
Nature
Molecular Cell
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yukihide Tomari include:

"Life of RISC: Formation, action, and degradation of RNA-induced silencing complex," 2021, Molecular Cell
"Zucchini consensus motifs determine the mechanism of pre-piRNA production," 2020, Nature
"A widespread family of heat-resistant obscure (Hero) proteins protect against protein instability and aggregation," 2020, PLoS Biology
"Ribosome stalling caused by the Argonaute-microRNA-SGS3 complex regulates the production of secondary siRNAs in plants," 2021, Cell Reports
"GTSF1 accelerates target RNA cleavage by PIWI-clade Argonaute proteins," 2022, Nature

The scientist's frequent co-authors include:

Keisuke Shoji
Natsuko Izumi
Hiro-oki Iwakawa
Susumu Katsuma
Kotaro Tsuboyama

Best Publications

Cell-free translation reconstituted with purified components

Yoshihiro Shimizu;Akio Inoue;Yukihide Tomari;Tsutomu Suzuki

2075
Citations
Passenger-strand cleavage facilitates assembly of siRNA into Ago2-containing RNAi enzyme complexes

Christian B. Matranga;Yukihide Tomari;Chanseok Shin;David P. Bartel

1501
Citations
Perspective: machines for RNAi

Yukihide Tomari;Phillip D. Zamore

1342
Citations
A protein sensor for siRNA asymmetry.

Yukihide Tomari;Christian B. Matranga;Benjamin Haley;Natalia Julia Martinez

815
Citations
The Functions of MicroRNAs: mRNA Decay and Translational Repression

Hiro-oki Iwakawa;Yukihide Tomari

767
Citations
Normal microRNA Maturation and Germ-Line Stem Cell Maintenance Requires Loquacious, a Double-Stranded RNA-Binding Domain Protein

Klaus Forstemann;Yukihide Tomari;Tingting Du;Vasily V. Vagin

678
Citations
Hsc70/Hsp90 chaperone machinery mediates ATP-dependent RISC loading of small RNA duplexes.

Shintaro Iwasaki;Maki Kobayashi;Mayuko Yoda;Yuriko Sakaguchi

587
Citations
Drosophila microRNAs Are Sorted into Functionally Distinct Argonaute Complexes after Production by Dicer-1

Klaus Förstemann;Michael D. Horwich;LiangMeng Wee;Yukihide Tomari;Yukihide Tomari

521
Citations
RISC assembly defects in the Drosophila RNAi mutant armitage.

Yukihide Tomari;Tingting Du;Benjamin Haley;Dianne S Schwarz

516
Citations
Sorting of Drosophila Small Silencing RNAs

Yukihide Tomari;Tingting Du;Phillip D. Zamore

476
Citations
ATP-dependent human RISC assembly pathways

Mayuko Yoda;Tomoko Kawamata;Zain Paroo;Xuecheng Ye

448
Citations
The N domain of Argonaute drives duplex unwinding during RISC assembly

Pieter Bas Kwak;Yukihide Tomari

373
Citations
The RNA-Induced Silencing Complex Is a Mg2+-Dependent Endonuclease

Dianne S Schwarz;Yukihide Tomari;Phillip D Zamore

366
Citations
Structural determinants of miRNAs for RISC loading and slicer-independent unwinding.

Tomoko Kawamata;Hervé Seitz;Hervé Seitz;Yukihide Tomari;Yukihide Tomari

362
Citations
RISC assembly: Coordination between small RNAs and Argonaute proteins.

Hotaka Kobayashi;Yukihide Tomari

329
Citations
The microRNA pathway and cancer.

Pieter Bas Kwak;Shintaro Iwasaki;Yukihide Tomari

300
Citations
3′ End Formation of PIWI-Interacting RNAs In Vitro

Shinpei Kawaoka;Natsuko Izumi;Susumu Katsuma;Yukihide Tomari

288
Citations
Codon Usage and 3′ UTR Length Determine Maternal mRNA Stability in Zebrafish

Yuichiro Mishima;Yukihide Tomari

286
Citations
Molecular Insights into microRNA-Mediated Translational Repression in Plants

Hiro-oki Iwakawa;Yukihide Tomari

272
Citations
Recognition of the pre-miRNA structure by Drosophila Dicer-1

Akihisa Tsutsumi;Tomoko Kawamata;Natsuko Izumi;Hervé Seitz;Hervé Seitz

238
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susumu Katsuma University of Tokyo

Phillip D. Zamore University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Yutaka Suzuki University of Tokyo

Tsutomu Suzuki University of Tokyo

Sumio Sugano University of Tokyo

Hiroshi Sasaki Jikei University School of Medicine

Takuya Ueda University of Tokyo

Toru Shimada Gakushuin University

William E. Theurkauf University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Kentaro Shimizu University of Zurich

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