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Yukihiko Kitamura

Yukihiko Kitamura

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Biology and Biochemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
100
Citations
53446
World Ranking
1484
National Ranking
83

Yukihiko Kitamura publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yukihiko Kitamura sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 457 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Yukihiko Kitamura D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Yukihiko Kitamura is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, an award received in the year 2000.

The research profile of Yukihiko Kitamura does not currently show listed recent papers, frequent co-authors, or specific publication venues. Similarly, there are no recorded book publications, main fields of study, subfields, or main topics available from the provided data.

Despite the limited publicly available metadata on publications and specific research contributions, the association with Osaka University situates Yukihiko Kitamura within a prominent academic environment known for various areas of scientific inquiry.

The awarding of the Sloan Foundation Fellowship indicates engagement with significant scientific endeavors, as this fellowship is historically granted to early-career researchers with the potential to contribute to their fields meaningfully.

Best Publications

  • Gain-of-function mutations of c-kit in human gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

    Seiichi Hirota;Koji Isozaki;Yasuhiro Moriyama;Koji Hashimoto

  • Targeted Disruption of Cbfa1 Results in a Complete Lack of Bone Formation owing to Maturational Arrest of Osteoblasts

    T Komori;H Yagi;S Nomura;A Yamaguchi

  • Defects of B-cell lymphopoiesis and bone-marrow myelopoiesis in mice lacking the CXC chemokine PBSF/SDF-1

    Takashi Nagasawa;Seiichi Hirota;Kazunobu Tachibana;Nobuyuki Takakura

  • Lethal effect of the anti-Fas antibody in mice

    Jun Ogasawara;Rie Watanabe-Fukunaga;Masashi Adachi;Akio Matsuzawa

  • The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is essential for vascularization of the gastrointestinal tract.

    Kazunobu Tachibana;Seiichi Hirota;Hisashi Iizasa;Hisahiro Yoshida

  • Decrease of mast cells in w/wv mice and their increase by bone marrow transplantation.

    Y Kitamura;S Go;K Hatanaka

  • Gain-of-function mutations of platelet-derived growth factor receptor α gene in gastrointestinal stromal tumors

    Seiichi Hirota;Akiko Ohashi;Toshirou Nishida;Koji Isozaki

  • Maturational disturbance of chondrocytes in Cbfa1-deficient mice.

    Masahiko Inada;Takahiro Yasui;Takahiro Yasui;Shintaro Nomura;Seigou Miyake

  • Effect of c-kit mutation on prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

    Masahiko Taniguchi;Toshirou Nishida;Seiichi Hirota;Koji Isozaki

  • FAMILIAL GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOURS WITH GERMLINE MUTATION OF THE KIT GENE

    Toshirou Nishida;Seiichi Hirota;Masahiko Taniguchi;Koji Hashimoto

  • Fate of bone marrow-derived cultured mast cells after intracutaneous, intraperitoneal, and intravenous transfer into genetically mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice. Evidence that cultured mast cells can give rise to both connective tissue type and mucosal mast cells.

    T Nakano;T Sonoda;C Hayashi;A Yamatodani

  • Heterogeneity of Mast Cells and Phenotypic Change Between Subpopulations

    Y Kitamura

  • Cbfa1 is a positive regulatory factor in chondrocyte maturation.

    Hirayuki Enomoto;Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto;Masahiro Iwamoto;Shintaro Nomura

  • Decreased production of mast cells in S1/S1d anemic mice

    Y Kitamura;S Go

  • Transient and localized expression of bone morphogenetic protein 4 messenger RNA during fracture healing

    Takanobu Nakase;Shintaro Nomura;Hideki Yoshikawa;Jun Hashimoto

  • Targeting of both mouse neuropilin-1 and neuropilin-2 genes severely impairs developmental yolk sac and embryonic angiogenesis

    Seiji Takashima;Masafumi Kitakaze;Masanori Asakura;Hiroshi Asanuma

  • Constitutively activating mutations of c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase confer factor-independent growth and tumorigenicity of factor-dependent hematopoietic cell lines.

    H Kitayama;Y Kanakura;T Furitsu;T Tsujimura

  • Development of mast cells from grafted bone marrow cells in irradiated mice.

    Y Kitamura;M Shimada;K Hatanaka;Y Miyano

  • Transcriptional regulation of osteopontin gene in vivo by PEBP2alphaA/CBFA1 and ETS1 in the skeletal tissues

    Motohiko Sato;Eiichi Morii;Toshihisa Komori;Hirohisa Kawahata

  • Mechanical Tension-Stress Induces Expression of Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-2 and BMP-4, but Not BMP-6, BMP-7, and GDF-5 mRNA, During Distraction Osteogenesis

    Motohiko Sato;Takahiro Ochi;Takanobu Nakase;Seiichi Hirota

Frequent Co-Authors

Shintaro Nomura
Shintaro Nomura Nomura Holdings (Japan)
Eiichi Morii
Eiichi Morii Osaka University
Akihiko Ito
Akihiko Ito Kindai University
Yuzuru Kanakura
Yuzuru Kanakura Osaka University
Hiroshi Matsuda
Hiroshi Matsuda Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Young-Mi Lee
Young-Mi Lee Ewha Womans University
Toru Nakano
Toru Nakano Osaka University
Yoshitake Nishimune
Yoshitake Nishimune Osaka University
Hiroshi Nojima
Hiroshi Nojima Osaka University
Yasuhisa Shinomura
Yasuhisa Shinomura Sapporo Medical University

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