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Researcher · National Institutes of Natural Sciences · Japan

Makoto Tominaga

Makoto Tominaga publishes mostly in Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as Ion Channels and Receptors, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques.

ORCID 0000-0003-3111-3772 OpenAlex
World rank
#390,685
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#3,623
of 383,136
Works
608
Citations
42k
Citations per work
68.5
h-index
83
i10-index 314Top 0.2% in Sensory Systems
Makoto Tominaga

What does Makoto Tominaga research?

Makoto Tominaga's work is mostly in Neuroscience (28%), Medicine (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%).

Everything else: 257 works · 42.3% of their workLife Sciences: 233 works · 38.3% of their workNeuroscience: 171 works · 28.2% of their workSensory Systems: 119 works · 19.5% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 53 works · 8.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 61 works · 10.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 61 works · 10.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 118 works · 19.4% of their workMedicine: 86 works · 14.1% of their workPhysiology: 48 works · 7.9% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 38 works · 6.2% of their workNursing: 32 works · 5.3% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 works · 5.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMakoto Tominaga608works
Life Sciences38%Health Sciences19%

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 else25742.3%
    1. Neuroscience17128.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6110.1%
    1. Medicine8614.1%
    2. Nursing325.3%
  1. 1Sensory Systems20% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology10% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience9% of their works
  4. 4Physiology8% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Makoto Tominaga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nociception, Ion Channels, Calcium Signaling, TRP Channels, Drosophila, Neuroscience, Sweet Taste and Taste Receptors.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Nociception3442 topics
  2. Ion Channels3402 topics
  3. Calcium Signaling2861 topic
  4. TRP Channels2861 topic
  5. Drosophila1011 topic
  6. Neuroscience1011 topic
  7. Sweet Taste631 topic
  8. Taste Receptors631 topic
  9. Central Sensitization581 topic
  10. Neuropathic Pain581 topic
  11. Calcium Channels541 topic
  12. Voltage-Gated Channels541 topic
  13. Cardiovascular Disease291 topic
  14. Metabolic Syndrome291 topic
  15. Circadian Clock271 topic
  16. Melatonin271 topic
  17. Cardiovascular Outcomes241 topic
  18. Type 2 Diabetes241 topic

Where does Makoto Tominaga work?

Makoto Tominaga's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Makoto Tominaga have?

OpenAlex counts 608 works and 41,644 citations for Makoto Tominaga, an h-index of 83, ranking #390,685 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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