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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Metabolomics of clinical samples reveal the treatment mechanism of lanthanum hydroxide on vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease	134
Progress in 50 years of viroid research—Molecular structure, pathogenicity, and host adaptation	58
Clinical epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology studies with real-world databases	42
On the occasion of the 100th volume of the Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B (PJA-B)	38
Invention of the split-anode magnetron	32
Establishment of immune suppression by cancer cells in the tumor microenvironment	25
Developments of GNSS buoy for a synthetic geohazard monitoring system	25
Correction to “Dynamics of the nucleoside diphosphate kinase protein DYNAMO2 correlates with the changes in the global GTP level during the cell cycle of <i>Cyanidioschyzon merolae</i>”	22
Origin of an orbiting star around the galactic supermassive black hole	21
Cloning of human Type I interferon cDNAs	19
The potential health risks of exposure to environmental chemicals ― Global implications for future generations	18
Possibilities and challenges of small molecule organic compounds for the treatment of repeat diseases	17
Complementary use of visual and olfactory cues to assess capture of <i>Bactrocera dorsalis</i> (Hendel): Implementation and field verification via an IoT-based automatic monitoring system	16
Polyphosphate-dependent nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) kinase: A novel missing link in human mitochondria	15
Bacteria with a mouth: Discovery and new insights into cell surface structure and macromolecule transport	14
Development and present status of seismic evaluation and seismic retrofit of existing reinforced concrete buildings in Japan	14
Incorporation of photosynthetically active algal chloroplasts in cultured mammalian cells towards photosynthesis in animals	14
Therapeutic siRNA targeting the cancer cell stemness regulator PRDI-BF1 and RIZ domain zinc finger protein 14	14
Perturbed maternal microbiota shapes offspring microbiota during early colonization period in mice	13
Kawai-type multianvil ultrahigh-pressure technology	11
Optical coupling of individual air-suspended carbon nanotubes to silicon microcavities	10
Developments of inverse analysis by Kalman filters and Bayesian methods applied to geotechnical engineering	10
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene in <i>Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii</i> strains inhabiting in cold and warm sea waters	10
Recent volcanic activity at the Asama volcano and long-period seismic signals	10
Copolymerization of ethylene with non-vinyl polar monomers	9

Studies on “Ascites sarcoma”	9
Subaru Telescope —History, active/adaptive optics, instruments, and scientific achievements—	8
Pursuing the identity of a natural medicine licorice by Dr. Shoji Shibata that he firstly investigated half a century before	8
A new era of isotope ecology: Nitrogen isotope ratio of amino acids as an approach for unraveling modern and ancient food web	8
Development of liquid crystal displays and related improvements to their performances	8
The discovery of acatalasemia (lack of catalase in the blood) and its significance in human genetics	7
Environmental catalysts advance focused on lattice oxygen for the decomposition of harmful organic compounds	7
Erratum to “Development of liquid crystal displays and related improvements to their performances”	6
Intravenous immunoglobulin preparations attenuate lysolecithin-induced peripheral demyelination in mice and comprise anti-large myelin protein zero antibody	6
Implications of glutathione-S transferase P1 in MAPK signaling as a CRAF chaperone: In memory of Dr. Irving Listowsky	6
Conformational dynamics and molecular interactions of natural products: unveiling functional structures in biological membranes	5
Common and distinct features of diverse macrophage populations in the central nervous system	5
Recent progress in the chemistry of heavy aromatics	5
Kaonic nuclear clusters― a new paradigm of particle and nuclear physics ―	5
Kimura’s contributions on Earth polar motion studies	4
<i>f</i><sub>4</sub>-statistics-based ancestry profiling and convolutional neural network phenotyping shed new light on the structure of genetic and spike shape diversity in &l	4
Improvement of patient care using cancer genomic profiling: SCRUM-/CIRCULATE-Japan experience	4
Thirty-five years since the discovery of chemotactic cytokines, interleukin-8 and MCAF: A historical overview	4
Thrombomodulin: A key regulator of intravascular blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and inflammation, and a treatment for disseminated intravascular coagulation	4
Imaging-based chemogenetics for dissecting neural circuits in nonhuman primates	4
RET receptor signaling: Function in development, metabolic disease, and cancer	4
Proceedings of the Japan Academy — History, database, and trend —	3
Chemical characterization of heavy actinides and light transactinides – Experimental achievements at JAEA	3
Tracing the genealogy of research on the mechanism of blue flower coloration by anthocyanin based on Keita Shibata’s work	3
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4: An attractive target for antibody-based immunotherapy	3
Structural determination of mugineic acid, an iron(III)-chelating substance secreted from graminaceous plants for efficient iron uptake	3
The UHRF protein family in epigenetics, development, and carcinogenesis	2
Genome-wide changes of protein translation levels for cell and organelle proliferation in a simple unicellular alga	2
Re-recognized universality of Kozai oscillation on three-body dynamics	2
Control of interface functions in solid-state biosensors for stable detection of molecular recognition	2
Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in Japan and East Asian populations: Basic and clinical explorations	2
New insights into the regulation of synaptic transmission and plasticity by the endoplasmic reticulum and its membrane contacts	2
Effect of vaccination against COVID-19 spreading	2
Research overview of L-DOPA production using a bacterial enzyme, tyrosine phenol-lyase	2
Synthesis and applications of high-performance P-chiral phosphine ligands	2
Crystals of taka-amylase A, a cornerstone of protein chemistry in Japan	2
Functional genomics in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance: From gene discovery to complex regulatory networks and their application in breeding	1
Aromatic micelles: toward a third-generation of micelles	1
Biomimetic polymers with phosphorylcholine groups as biomaterials for medical devices	1
Human gastric cancer risk screening: From rat pepsinogen studies to the ABC method	1
Diffuse neutrino background from past core collapse supernovae	1
Chemical biology research in RIKEN NPDepo aimed at agricultural applications	1
Glancing at the birth of a galaxy of scientists from Rikō Majima	1
Geochemical studies of low molecular weight organic acids in the atmosphere: sources, formation pathways, and gas/particle partitioning	1
The shifting paradigm of chromatin structure: from the 30-nm chromatin fiber to liquid-like organization	1
Cellular senescence as a source of chronic microinflammation that promotes the aging process	1
An interpretation of COVID-19 in Tokyo using a combination of SIR models	1
Chemical elucidation of acute encephalopathy by ingestion of angel-wing mushroom (<i>Pleurocybella porrigens</i>) — involvement of three constituents in onset —	1
Discovery of internal rotation and conformers of 1,2-dichloroethane: the dawn of the concept of conformation	1
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of developmental synapse elimination in the cerebellum: Involvement of autism spectrum disorder-related genes	1

Mechanism of puberulic acid contamination in red yeast rice tablets that caused a serious food poisoning outbreak in Japan	1
Radical reactions on interstellar icy dust grains: Experimental investigations of elementary processes	1
Mechanisms of autophagosome formation	1