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Yukinori Okada

Yukinori Okada

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
93
Citations
41673
World Ranking
959
National Ranking
36

Medicine

D-Index
94
Citations
41962
World Ranking
10316
National Ranking
285

Yukinori Okada publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 274 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Yukinori Okada D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yukinori Okada is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's research spans several key subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

Okada's work covers multiple main topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Frequent co-authors of Okada include:

  • Yoichiro Kamatani (67 collaborations)
  • Masahiro Kanai (61 collaborations)
  • Koichi Matsuda (55 collaborations)
  • Kyuto Sonehara (54 collaborations)
  • Ho Namkoong (51 collaborations)

Okada has published in various scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 41 publications
  • Nature Communications with 26 publications
  • Nature Genetics with 19 publications
  • UNC Libraries with 12 publications
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases with 11 publications

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Yukinori Okada include:

  • "A cross-population atlas of genetic associations for 220 human phenotypes," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Genome-wide association studies," 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19," 2021, Nature
  • "Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries," 2022, Nature

Best Publications

  • Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

    Yukinori Okada;Yukinori Okada;Di Wu;Di Wu;Di Wu;Gosia Trynka;Gosia Trynka;Towfique Raj;Towfique Raj

  • Partitioning heritability by functional annotation using genome-wide association summary statistics.

    Hilary K Finucane;Hilary K Finucane;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Alexander Gusev;Gosia Trynka

  • A cross-population atlas of genetic associations for 220 human phenotypes

    Saori Sakaue;Masahiro Kanai;Yosuke Tanigawa;Juha Karjalainen

  • Clinical use of current polygenic risk scores may exacerbate health disparities.

    Alicia R. Martin;Masahiro Kanai;Yoichiro Kamatani;Yukinori Okada

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association studies

    Emil Uffelmann;Qin Qin Huang;Nchangwi Syntia Munung;Jantina de Vries

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Genetic analysis of quantitative traits in the Japanese population links cell types to complex human diseases

    Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Masato Akiyama;Atsushi Takahashi;Nana Matoba

  • The polygenic and monogenic basis of blood traits and diseases

    Dragana Vuckovic;Erik L. Bao;Parsa Akbari;Caleb A. Lareau

  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations.

    Ming-Huei Chen;Laura M Raffield;Abdou Mousas;Saori Sakaue

  • Genome-wide association study of hematological and biochemical traits in a Japanese population

    Yoichiro Kamatani;Koichi Matsuda;Yukinori Okada;Michiaki Kubo

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases

    Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Kazuyoshi Ishigaki;Masato Akiyama;Masahiro Kanai;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Polarization of the effects of autoimmune and neurodegenerative risk alleles in leukocytes.

    Towfique Raj;Katie Rothamel;Sara Mostafavi;Chun Ye

  • New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation

    Christian Gieger;Aparna Radhakrishnan;Ana Cvejic;Weihong Tang

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 112 new loci for body mass index in the Japanese population

    Masato Akiyama;Yukinori Okada;Masahiro Kanai;Atsushi Takahashi

  • Meta-analysis identifies common variants associated with body mass index in east Asians

    Wanqing Wen;Yoon Shin Cho;Wei Zheng;Rajkumar Dorajoo;Rajkumar Dorajoo

  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases

    Dragana Vuckovic;Dragana Vuckovic;Erik L. Bao;Erik L. Bao;Parsa Akbari;Caleb A. Lareau;Caleb A. Lareau

  • Polarization of the Effects of Autoimmune and Neurodegenerative Risk Alleles in Leukocytes

    T. Raj;K. Rothamel;S. Mostafavi;C. Ye

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoichiro Kamatani
Yoichiro Kamatani University of Tokyo
Koichi Matsuda
Koichi Matsuda University of Tokyo
Soumya Raychaudhuri
Soumya Raychaudhuri Brigham and Women's Hospital
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Robert M. Plenge
Robert M. Plenge Bristol Myers Squibb
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center

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