OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B-Physical and Biological Scie is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Therapeutic siRNA targeting the cancer cell stemness regulator PRDI-BF1 and RIZ domain zinc finger protein 14	124
Metabolomics of clinical samples reveal the treatment mechanism of lanthanum hydroxide on vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease	50
Genetic variations in medical research in the past, at present and in the future	44
Optical manipulation of molecular function by chromophore-assisted light inactivation	31
Progress in 50 years of viroid research—Molecular structure, pathogenicity, and host adaptation	31
Human gastric cancer risk screening: From rat pepsinogen studies to the ABC method	30
Production scheme for diagnostic-therapeutic radioisotopes by accelerator neutrons	28
Development of a cell-free protein synthesis system for practical use	23
An interpretation of COVID-19 in Tokyo using a combination of SIR models	20
Thirty-five years since the discovery of chemotactic cytokines, interleukin-8 and MCAF: A historical overview	18
Whole-genome sequencing analysis of volvocine green algae reveals the molecular genetic basis for the diversity and evolution of sex	17
Imaging-based chemogenetics for dissecting neural circuits in nonhuman primates	15
Key contributions of a glycolipid to membrane protein integration	14
Aromatic micelles: toward a third-generation of micelles	14
Kimura’s contributions on Earth polar motion studies	14
Perturbed maternal microbiota shapes offspring microbiota during early colonization period in mice	12
Molecular mechanisms of self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae and Solanaceae	12
RET receptor signaling: Function in development, metabolic disease, and cancer	11
SOCS, SPRED, and NR4a: Negative regulators of cytokine signaling and transcription in immune tolerance	11
Clinical epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology studies with real-world databases	11
Kawai-type multianvil ultrahigh-pressure technology	10
On the occasion of the 100th volume of the Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B (PJA-B)	10
Central regulation of body fluid homeostasis	10
Chemical biology research in RIKEN NPDepo aimed at agricultural applications	10
Recent volcanic activity at the Asama volcano and long-period seismic signals	9

Biomedical advances and future prospects of high-precision three-dimensional radiotherapy and four-dimensional radiotherapy	8
Cohesin organization, dynamics, and subdomain functions revealed by genetic suppressor screening	8
Chemical elucidation of acute encephalopathy by ingestion of angel-wing mushroom (<i>Pleurocybella porrigens</i>) — involvement of three constituents in onset —	8
Projection mapping technologies: A review of current trends and future directions	8
Invention of the split-anode magnetron	7
Developments of inverse analysis by Kalman filters and Bayesian methods applied to geotechnical engineering	7
Physical mechanism of core-collapse supernovae that neutrinos drive	7
Motonori Matuyama and reversals of geomagnetic field	6
Improvement of patient care using cancer genomic profiling: SCRUM-/CIRCULATE-Japan experience	6
Developments of GNSS buoy for a synthetic geohazard monitoring system	6
Thrombomodulin: A key regulator of intravascular blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and inflammation, and a treatment for disseminated intravascular coagulation	6
Functional genomics in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance: From gene discovery to complex regulatory networks and their application in breeding	6
Unraveling the mysteries of dendritic spine dynamics: Five key principles shaping memory and cognition	6
Synthesis and applications of helical polymers with dynamic and static memories of helicity	5
Mannose-binding analysis and biological application of pradimicins	4
Lipid hydroperoxides in nutrition, health, and diseases	4
Structural determination of mugineic acid, an iron(III)-chelating substance secreted from graminaceous plants for efficient iron uptake	4
Synthesis and applications of high-performance P-chiral phosphine ligands	4
Generation and manipulation of current-induced spin-orbit torques	4
Corrigenda to “LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination: a crucial regulator of immune signaling”	4
Copolymerization of ethylene with non-vinyl polar monomers	4
Origin of an orbiting star around the galactic supermassive black hole	3
Geochemical studies of low molecular weight organic acids in the atmosphere: sources, formation pathways, and gas/particle partitioning	3
Proceedings of the Japan Academy — History, database, and trend —	3
Cloning of human Type I interferon cDNAs	3
Glancing at the birth of a galaxy of scientists from Rikō Majima	2
Optical coupling of individual air-suspended carbon nanotubes to silicon microcavities	2
Development of liquid crystal displays and related improvements to their performances	2
Chemical characterization of heavy actinides and light transactinides – Experimental achievements at JAEA	2
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4: An attractive target for antibody-based immunotherapy	2
Studies on “Ascites sarcoma”	2
Establishment of immune suppression by cancer cells in the tumor microenvironment	2
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene in <i>Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii</i> strains inhabiting in cold and warm sea waters	2
Multiple roles of endocytosis and autophagy in intracellular remodeling during oocyte-to-embryo transition	2
Tracing the genealogy of research on the mechanism of blue flower coloration by anthocyanin based on Keita Shibata’s work	2
Changes in the expression of <i>mexB</i>, <i>mexY</i>, and <i>oprD</i> in clinical <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> isolates	1
Relationship between typical fall patterns and fall-related fractures in older Japanese adults	1
Direct conversion of a general antibody to its catalytic antibody and corresponding applications —Importance and role of Pro95 in CDR-3—	1
Analysis of the spatial distribution of the landslides triggered by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, Japan	1
At the dawn of novel aromatics: “On the Synthesis of Hinokitiol” by Tetsuo Nozoe <i>et al.</i>	1
Research overview of L-DOPA production using a bacterial enzyme, tyrosine phenol-lyase	1
Recent methodological advances towards single-cell proteomics	1
Peaks in weak lensing mass maps for cluster astrophysics and cosmology	1
Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in Japan and East Asian populations: Basic and clinical explorations	1
Discovery of internal rotation and conformers of 1,2-dichloroethane: the dawn of the concept of conformation	1
Report on the mutagenicity of flavone derivatives and their contribution to advancing scientific knowledge	1
A new era of isotope ecology: Nitrogen isotope ratio of amino acids as an approach for unraveling modern and ancient food web	1
Calmodulin: a highly conserved and ubiquitous Ca<sup>2+</sup> sensor	1
Phenine design for nanocarbon molecules	1
Design and synthesis of biologically active carbaglycosylamines: From glycosidase inhibitors to pharmacological chaperones	1

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of developmental synapse elimination in the cerebellum: Involvement of autism spectrum disorder-related genes	1
First report on a series of food-derived mutagenic and carcinogenic heterocyclic amines	1
Possibilities and challenges of small molecule organic compounds for the treatment of repeat diseases	1