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Nobutaka Hirokawa

Active 1978–2025

175
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59,104
Citations
118
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Citations

Citations per year for Nobutaka Hirokawa1899: 1 citations1951: 1 citations1952: 1 citations1957: 1 citations1967: 2 citations1968: 1 citations1969: 3 citations1970: 3 citations1972: 2 citations1973: 1 citations1976: 1 citations1978: 2 citations1979: 1 citations1980: 3 citations1981: 4 citations1982: 21 citations1983: 40 citations1984: 40 citations1985: 47 citations1986: 59 citations1987: 49 citations1988: 68 citations1989: 98 citations1990: 133 citations1991: 164 citations1992: 181 citations1993: 187 citations1994: 241 citations1995: 281 citations1996: 340 citations1997: 348 citations1998: 544 citations1999: 513 citations2000: 582 citations2001: 496 citations2002: 546 citations2003: 640 citations2004: 698 citations2005: 731 citations2006: 843 citations2007: 722 citations2008: 756 citations2009: 801 citations2010: 624 citations2011: 657 citations2012: 586 citations2013: 620 citations2014: 623 citations2015: 500 citations2016: 506 citations2017: 499 citations2018: 379 citations2019: 1,117 citations2020: 1,218 citations2021: 985 citations2022: 886 citations2023: 564 citations2024: 906 citations2025: 338 citations2026: 10 citations1900–1950: no citations, so these years are not shown1953–1956: no citations, so these years are not shown1958–1966: no citations, so these years are not shown1971: no citations, so this year is not shown1974–1975: no citations, so these years are not shown1977: no citations, so this year is not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 6,481 citing papers, 33.2% of this breakdownChina: 1,464 citing papers, 7.5% of this breakdownJapan: 1,397 citing papers, 7.1% of this breakdownGermany: 1,351 citing papers, 6.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,311 citing papers, 6.7% of this breakdownFrance: 780 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownCanada: 642 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownAustralia: 567 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownItaly: 526 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 460 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownNetherlands: 392 citing papers, 2% of this breakdownSpain: 382 citing papers, 2% of this breakdown
0%33.2%Other 19.4%

Institutions

Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology50.2%
  • Neuroscience15.9%
  • Medicine12.6%
  • Computer Science7.3%
  • Engineering4.1%
  • Psychology2.6%
  • Other7.3%

Topics

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics6.7%
  • Cellular transport and secretion4%
  • RNA Research and Splicing2.5%
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research2.2%
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research2.2%
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research2.1%
  • Other80.3%

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  1. Mitochondrial Damage Causes Inflammation via cGAS-STING Signaling in Acute Kidney Injury

    Authors: Hiroshi Maekawa, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Haruki Ouchi, Tzu‐Ming Jao, Reiko Inoue, Hiroshi Nishi, Rie Fujii, Fumiyoshi Ishidate, Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Yosuke Tanaka, Nobutaka Hirokawa, Masaomi Nangaku, Reiko Inagi - Cell Reports 2019 cited by 563

  2. Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport

    Authors: Nobutaka Hirokawa, Yasuko Noda, Yosuke Tanaka, Shinsuke Niwa - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2009 cited by 1,884

  3. Two-Process Model of Sleep Regulation

    Authors: Marc D. Binder, Nobutaka Hirokawa, Uwe Windhorst - Encyclopedia of Neuroscience 2008 cited by 3,963

  4. The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    Authors: Piero Carninci, Takeya Kasukawa, Shintaro Katayama, Julian Gough, Martin C. Frith, Norihiro Maeda, Rieko Oyama, Timothy Ravasi, Boris Lenhard, Christine A. Wells, Rimantas Kodzius, Koya Shimokawa, Vladimir B. Bajić, Steven E. Brenner, Serge Batalov, Alistair R. R. Forrest, Mihaela Zavolan, Melissa J. Davis, Laurens Wilming, Vassilis Aidinis, Jonathan Allen, Alberto Ambesi‐Impiombato, Rolf Apweiler, Rajith Aturaliya, Timothy L. Bailey, Mukul S. Bansal, Laura L. Baxter, Kirk W. Beisel, Tom Bersano, Hidemasa Bono, Alistair M. Chalk, Kuo Ping Chiu, Vijayata Choudhary, Alan Christoffels, D. R. Clutterbuck, Mark L. Crowe, Emiliano Dalla, Brian P. Dalrymple, Bernard de Bono, Giusy Della Gatta, Diego di Bernardo, Thomas A. Down, Pär G. Engström, Michela Fagiolini, Geoffrey J. Faulkner, Colin Fletcher, Tatsuya Fukushima, Masaaki Furuno, Sugiko Futaki, Manuela Gariboldi, Patrik Georgii‐Hemming, T Gingeras, Takashi Gojobori, Richard E. Green, Stefano Gustincich, Matthias Harbers, Yoshitaka Hayashi, Takao K. Hensch, Nobutaka Hirokawa, David E. Hill, Łukasz Huminiecki, Michele Iacono, Kazuho Ikeo, Atsushi Iwama, Takanori Ishikawa, Lars Martin Jakt, Alexander Kanapin, Masaru Katoh, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa, Janet Kelso, Hiroshi Kitamura, Hiroaki Kitano, George Kollias, Sivanand Krishnan, Adéle Kruger, Sarah Kummerfeld, Igor V. Kurochkin, Liana F. Lareau, Dejan Lazarević, Leonard Lipovich, Jinfeng Liu, Sabino Liuni, Sean McWilliam, M. Madan Babu, Martin Madera, Luigi Marchionni, Hideo Matsuda, Shu‐ichi Matsuzawa, Hiroaki Miki, Flavio Mignone, S. Miyake, Ken A. Morris, Salim Mottagui‐Tabar, Nicola Mulder, Norio Nakano, Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Patrick Ng, Roland Nilsson, Seiji Nishiguchi, Shigemichi Nishikawa and 94 more - Science 2005 cited by 3,611

  5. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

    Authors: Marc D. Binder, Nobutaka Hirokawa, Uwe Windhorst - 2008 cited by 891

  6. Molecular Motors in Neurons: Transport Mechanisms and Roles in Brain Function, Development, and Disease

    Authors: Nobutaka Hirokawa, Shinsuke Niwa, Yosuke Tanaka - Neuron 2010 cited by 1,158

  7. Kinesin Transports RNA

    Authors: Yoshimitsu Kanai, Naoshi Dohmae, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Neuron 2004 cited by 1,109

  8. Randomization of Left–Right Asymmetry due to Loss of Nodal Cilia Generating Leftward Flow of Extraembryonic Fluid in Mice Lacking KIF3B Motor Protein

    Authors: Shigenori Nonaka, Yosuke Tanaka, Yasushi Okada, Sén Takeda, Akihiro Harada, Yoshimitsu Kanai, Mizuho A. Kido, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Cell 1998 cited by 1,620

  9. Kinesin and Dynein Superfamily Proteins and the Mechanism of Organelle Transport

    Authors: Nobutaka Hirokawa - Science 1998 cited by 1,703

  10. Mathematical Theory of Communication

    Authors: Marc D. Binder, Nobutaka Hirokawa, Uwe Windhorst - Encyclopedia of Neuroscience 2008 cited by 2,331

  11. Altered microtubule organization in small-calibre axons of mice lacking tau protein

    Authors: Atsushi Harada, K Oguchi, Shigeo Okabe, Junko Kuno, Sumio Terada, Toshiyuki Ohshima, Reiko Sato-Yoshitake, Yosuke Takei, T Noda, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Nature 1994 cited by 766

  12. A standardized kinesin nomenclature

    Authors: Carolyn J. Lawrence, R. Kelly Dawe, Karen Christie, Don W. Cleveland, Scott C. Dawson, Sharyn A. Endow, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Holly V. Goodson, Nobutaka Hirokawa, Jonathon Howard, Russell L. Malmberg, J. Richard McIntosh, Harukata Miki, Timothy J. Mitchison, Yasushi Okada, Anireddy S. N. Reddy, William M. Saxton, Manfred Schliwa, Jonathan M. Scholey, Ronald D. Vale, Claire Walczak, Linda Wordeman - The Journal of Cell Biology 2004 cited by 767

  13. Analysis of the kinesin superfamily: insights into structure and function

    Authors: Harukata Miki, Yasushi Okada, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Trends in Cell Biology 2005 cited by 752

  14. Intracellular Transport and Kinesin Superfamily Proteins, KIFs: Structure, Function, and Dynamics

    Authors: Nobutaka Hirokawa, Yasuko Noda - Physiological Reviews 2008 cited by 509

  15. All kinesin superfamily protein, KIF, genes in mouse and human

    Authors: Harukata Miki, Mitsutoshi Setou, Kiyofumi Kaneshiro, Nobutaka Hirokawa - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2001 cited by 689

  16. Targeted Disruption of Mouse Conventional Kinesin Heavy Chain kif5B, Results in Abnormal Perinuclear Clustering of Mitochondria

    Authors: Yosuke Tanaka, Yoshimitsu Kanai, Yasushi Okada, Shigenori Nonaka, Sén Takeda, Akihiro Harada, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Cell 1998 cited by 664

  17. The neuron-specific kinesin superfamily protein KIF1A is a uniqye monomeric motor for anterograde axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors

    Authors: Yasushi Okada, Hiroto Yamazaki, Yoko Sekine‐Aizawa, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Cell 1995 cited by 698

  18. Kinesin-binding–triggered conformation switching of microtubules contributes to polarized transport

    Authors: Tomohiro Shima, Manatsu Morikawa, Junichi Kaneshiro, Taketoshi Kambara, Shinji Kamimura, Toshiki Yagi, Hiroyuki Iwamoto, Sotaro Uemura, Hideki Shigematsu, Mikako Shirouzu, Taro Ichimura, Tomonobu M. Watanabe, Ryo Nitta, Yasushi Okada, Nobutaka Hirokawa - The Journal of Cell Biology 2018 cited by 134

  19. KIF5C, a Novel Neuronal Kinesin Enriched in Motor Neurons

    Authors: Yoshimitsu Kanai, Yasushi Okada, Yosuke Tanaka, Akihiro Harada, Sumio Terada, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Journal of Neuroscience 2000 cited by 335

  20. Kinesin superfamily proteins (KIFs): Various functions and their relevance for important phenomena in life and diseases

    Authors: Nobutaka Hirokawa, Yosuke Tanaka - Experimental Cell Research 2015 cited by 262

  21. Molecular motors and mechanisms of directional transport in neurons

    Authors: Nobutaka Hirokawa, Reiko Takemura - Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2005 cited by 828

  22. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2A Caused by Mutation in a Microtubule Motor KIF1Bβ

    Authors: Chunjie Zhao, Junko Takita, Yosuke Tanaka, Mitsutoshi Setou, Terunaga Nakagawa, Sén Takeda, Hong Wei Yang, Sumio Terada, Takao Nakata, Yosuke Takei, Masaaki Saito, Shoji Tsuji, Yasuhide Hayashi, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Cell 2001 cited by 765

  23. FGF-induced vesicular release of Sonic hedgehog and retinoic acid in leftward nodal flow is critical for left–right determination

    Authors: Yosuke Tanaka, Yasushi Okada, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Nature 2005 cited by 528

  24. Mechanism of Nodal Flow: A Conserved Symmetry Breaking Event in Left-Right Axis Determination

    Authors: Yasushi Okada, Sén Takeda, Yosuke Tanaka, Juan-Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Nobutaka Hirokawa - Cell 2005 cited by 491