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Researcher · Saitama University · Japan

Junichi Nakai

Junichi Nakai publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience, on topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Ion channel regulation and function and Neural dynamics and brain function.

ORCID 0000-0001-9963-2603 OpenAlex
World rank
#190,788
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#1,430
of 383,136
Works
185
Citations
15k
Citations per work
80.2
h-index
56
i10-index 103Top 2.6% in Molecular Biology
Junichi Nakai

What does Junichi Nakai research?

Junichi Nakai's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (35%), Neuroscience (27%), Medicine (3%).

Life Sciences: 113 works · 61.3% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 64 works · 34.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 49 works · 26.6% of their workBiophysics: 9 works · 4.7% of their workCell Biology: 6 works · 3.4% of their workNeuroscience: 49 works · 26.6% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 33 works · 18.1% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 works · 8.5% of their workEverything else: 66 works · 35.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 6 works · 3.0% of their workMedicine: 6 works · 3.0% of their workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 works · 3.0% of their workTHEIR WORKJunichi Nakai185works
Life Sciences61%Health Sciences3%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6434.7%
    2. Neuroscience4926.6%
  2. Everything else6635.7%
    1. Medicine63.0%
  1. 1Molecular Biology27% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience18% of their works
  3. 3Cognitive Neuroscience8% of their works
  4. 4Biophysics5% of their works
  5. 5Cell Biology3% of their works
  6. 6Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Junichi Nakai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cell Signaling, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity, Ion Channels, Voltage-Gated Channels, Cortical Networks, Neuronal Oscillations and Channelrhodopsin.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Cell Signaling492 topics
  2. Neurotransmission371 topic
  3. Synaptic Plasticity371 topic
  4. Ion Channels321 topic
  5. Voltage-Gated Channels321 topic
  6. Cortical Networks241 topic
  7. Neuronal Oscillations241 topic
  8. Channelrhodopsin231 topic
  9. Optogenetics231 topic
  10. Electrode Arrays211 topic
  11. Neural Stimulation211 topic
  12. Crystal Structure171 topic
  13. Fluorescent Proteins171 topic
  14. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors171 topic
  15. Super-Resolution Imaging171 topic
  16. Gene Therapy131 topic
  17. Retinitis Pigmentosa131 topic

Where does Junichi Nakai work?

Junichi Nakai's main affiliation in the publication record is Saitama University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Junichi Nakai have?

OpenAlex counts 185 works and 14,845 citations for Junichi Nakai, an h-index of 56, ranking #190,788 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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