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Yukio Fujiki

Yukio Fujiki

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
81
Citations
27158
World Ranking
956
National Ranking
73

Yukio Fujiki 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 Yukio Fujiki sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 240 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yukio Fujiki 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 Yukio Fujiki sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yukio Fujiki is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily focuses on molecular biology, physiology, and biochemistry, with a particular emphasis on peroxisomes and related cellular mechanisms.

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

Fujiki's scholarly output includes multiple notable publications, especially in the area of peroxisome biology and cellular oxidative stress. Some of the recent papers are:

  • "Peroxisome: Metabolic Functions and Biogenesis," 2020, published in Advances in experimental medicine and biology
  • "Systematic Identification of Regulators of Oxidative Stress Reveals Non-canonical Roles for Peroxisomal Import and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway," 2020, published in Cell Reports
  • "The peroxisome counteracts oxidative stresses by suppressing catalase import via Pex14 phosphorylation," 2020, published in eLife
  • "Recent insights into peroxisome biogenesis and associated diseases," 2020, published in Journal of Cell Science
  • "A New Paradigm in Catalase Research," 2021, published in Trends in Cell Biology

Fujiki's frequent co-authors include:

  • Masanori Honsho
  • Kanji Okumoto
  • Yuichi Abe
  • Shigehiko Tamura
  • Yuuta Imoto

Regarding publication venues, Fujiki has contributed multiple articles to:

  • Advances in experimental medicine and biology
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • A human gene responsible for Zellweger syndrome that affects peroxisome assembly.

    Nobuyuki Shimozawa;Toshiro Tsukamoto;Yasuyuki Suzuki;Tadao Orii

  • A unified nomenclature for peroxisome biogenesis factors.

    B. Distel;R. Erdmann;S. J. Gould;G. Blobel

  • Amino-terminal presequence of the precursor of peroxisomal 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase is a cleavable signal peptide for peroxisomal targeting

    Takashi Osumi;Toshiro Tsukamoto;Shingo Hata;Sadaki Yokota

  • Restoration by a 35K membrane protein of peroxisome assembly in a peroxisome-deficient mammalian cell mutant

    Toshiro Tsukamoto;Satoshi Miura;Yukio Fujiki

  • Isolation and characterization of Chinese hamster ovary cell mutants defective in assembly of peroxisomes.

    Toshiro Tsukamoto;Sadaki Yokota;Yukio Fujiki

  • The mammalian peroxin Pex5pL, the longer isoform of the mobile peroxisome targeting signal (PTS) type 1 transporter, translocates the Pex7p.PTS2 protein complex into peroxisomes via its initial docking site, Pex14p.

    Hidenori Otera;Tomoyuki Harano;Masanori Honsho;Kamran Ghaedi

  • Human PEX19: cDNA cloning by functional complementation, mutation analysis in a patient with Zellweger syndrome, and potential role in peroxisomal membrane assembly

    Yuji Matsuzono;Naohiko Kinoshita;Shigehiko Tamura;Nobuyuki Shimozawa

  • Peroxisome Targeting Signal Type 1 (PTS1) Receptor Is Involved in Import of Both PTS1 and PTS2: Studies with PEX5-Defective CHO Cell Mutants

    Hidenori Otera;Kanji Okumoto;Keita Tateishi;Yuka Ikoma

  • Peroxisomal targeting signal receptor Pex5p interacts with cargoes and import machinery components in a spatiotemporally differentiated manner: conserved Pex5p WXXXF/Y motifs are critical for matrix protein import.

    Hidenori Otera;Kiyoko Setoguchi;Maho Hamasaki;Toshitaka Kumashiro

  • Shuttling mechanism of peroxisome targeting signal type 1 receptor Pex5: ATP-independent import and ATP-dependent export.

    Non Miyata;Yukio Fujiki

  • Dark-inducible genes from Arabidopsis thaliana are associated with leaf senescence and repressed by sugars.

    Yuki Fujiki;Yoko Yoshikawa;Tokuyuki Sato;Noriko Inada

  • Synthesis of a major integral membrane polypeptide of rat liver peroxisomes on free polysomes

    Yukio Fujiki;Richard A. Rachubinski;Paul B. Lazarow

  • Peroxisome targeting signal of rat liver acyl-coenzyme A oxidase resides at the carboxy terminus.

    S Miyazawa;T Osumi;T Hashimoto;K Ohno

  • The pathogenic peroxin Pex26p recruits the Pex1p-Pex6p AAA-ATPase complexes to peroxisomes

    Naomi Matsumoto;Shigehiko Tamura;Yukio Fujiki

  • An Arabidopsis Homolog of Yeast ATG6/VPS30 Is Essential for Pollen Germination

    Yuki Fujiki;Kohki Yoshimoto;Yoshinori Ohsumi

  • Mutation in PEX16 is causal in the peroxisome-deficient Zellweger syndrome of complementation group D.

    Masanori Honsho;Shigehiko Tamura;Nobuyuki Shimozawa;Yasuyuki Suzuki

  • Fis1, DLP1, and Pex11p coordinately regulate peroxisome morphogenesis.

    Shinta Kobayashi;Atsushi Tanaka;Yukio Fujiki

  • Multiple genes, including a member of the AAA family, are essential for degradation of unassembled subunit 2 of cytochrome c oxidase in yeast mitochondria.

    Toshiki Nakai;Toshimasa Yasuhara;Yukio Fujiki;Andakira Ohashi

  • The Peroxin Pex14p cDNA CLONING BY FUNCTIONAL COMPLEMENTATION ON A CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELL MUTANT, CHARACTERIZATION, AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

    Nobuhiro Shimizu;Ryota Itoh;Yoko Hirono;Hidenori Otera

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuyuki Shimozawa
Nobuyuki Shimozawa Gifu University
Naomi Kondo
Naomi Kondo Gifu University
Takashi Osumi
Takashi Osumi University of Hyogo
Yasuyuki Suzuki
Yasuyuki Suzuki Gifu University
Tadao Orii
Tadao Orii Gifu University
Ronald J.A. Wanders
Ronald J.A. Wanders University of Amsterdam
Takashi Hashimoto
Takashi Hashimoto Shinshu University
Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa
Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa Japan Women's University
Toshihide Yamashita
Toshihide Yamashita Osaka University
Hidetaka Kosako
Hidetaka Kosako University of Tokushima

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