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Researcher · Tokushima University · Japan

Katsuhiko Hirota

Katsuhiko Hirota publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Periodontics, on topics such as Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,681,844
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#93,305
of 383,136
Works
76
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
21.6
h-index
25
i10-index 34Top 22% in Molecular Biology
Katsuhiko Hirota

What does Katsuhiko Hirota research?

Katsuhiko Hirota's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Medicine (15%), Dentistry (9%).

Everything else: 41 works · 53.4% of their workHealth Sciences: 18 works · 24.0% of their workMedicine: 12 works · 15.4% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 works · 10.4% of their workEpidemiology: 4 works · 5.0% of their workDentistry: 7 works · 8.6% of their workPeriodontics: 7 works · 8.6% of their workLife Sciences: 17 works · 22.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 works · 17.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 10 works · 12.6% of their workGenetics: 4 works · 5.0% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 works · 5.0% of their workImmunology: 4 works · 5.0% of their workTHEIR WORKKatsuhiko Hirota76works
Life Sciences23%Health Sciences24%

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. Everything else4153.4%
    1. Medicine1215.4%
    2. Dentistry78.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1317.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology45.0%
  1. 1Molecular Biology13% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health10% of their works
  3. 3Periodontics9% of their works
  4. 4Immunology5% of their works
  5. 5Epidemiology5% of their works
  6. 6Genetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Katsuhiko Hirota's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Antibiotic Resistance, Epidemiology, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Streptococcus Pyogenes, Oral Microbiome, Periodontal Diseases, Bacteria and Biofilms.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Antibiotic Resistance323 topics
  2. Epidemiology262 topics
  3. Necrotizing Fasciitis201 topic
  4. Streptococcus Pyogenes201 topic
  5. Oral Microbiome161 topic
  6. Periodontal Diseases161 topic
  7. Bacteria131 topic
  8. Biofilms131 topic
  9. ESKAPE Pathogens101 topic
  10. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria101 topic
  11. Bacterial Physiology91 topic
  12. Gene Regulation91 topic
  13. Diagnosis61 topic
  14. Glycans61 topic
  15. Glycosylation61 topic
  16. Infective Endocarditis61 topic
  17. Pattern Recognition Receptors51 topic
  18. Toll-like Receptors51 topic

Where does Katsuhiko Hirota work?

Katsuhiko Hirota's main affiliation in the publication record is Tokushima University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Katsuhiko Hirota have?

OpenAlex counts 76 works and 1,642 citations for Katsuhiko Hirota, an h-index of 25, ranking #3,681,844 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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