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Researcher · Tokyo Medical and Dental University · Japan

Masaki Shirakata

Masaki Shirakata publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Oncology, on topics such as Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, Viral-associated cancers and disorders and RNA Research and Splicing.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,455,164
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#128,480
of 383,136
Works
27
Citations
815
Citations per work
30.2
h-index
17
i10-index 20Top 42% in Molecular Biology
Masaki Shirakata

What does Masaki Shirakata research?

Masaki Shirakata's work is mostly in Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (31%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%).

Health Sciences: 12 works · 42.6% of their workMedicine: 12 works · 42.6% of their workEpidemiology: 5 works · 17.3% of their workOncology: 4 works · 13.3% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 works · 8.0% of their workPhysiology: 1 works · 4.0% of their workLife Sciences: 10 works · 38.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 works · 30.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 8 works · 30.7% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 works · 8.0% of their workImmunology: 2 works · 8.0% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 18.7% of their workTHEIR WORKMasaki Shirakata27works
Life Sciences39%Health Sciences43%

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. Medicine1242.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology830.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology28.0%
  3. Everything else518.7%
  1. 1Molecular Biology31% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology17% of their works
  3. 3Oncology13% of their works
  4. 4Immunology8% of their works
  5. 5Pathology and Forensic Medicine8% of their works
  6. 6Physiology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Masaki Shirakata's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Transplant Recipients, Cytomegalovirus, Infection, Epstein-Barr Virus, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Alternative Splicing, Classification and Herpes Zoster.

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. Transplant Recipients152 topics
  2. Cytomegalovirus81 topic
  3. Infection81 topic
  4. Epstein-Barr Virus71 topic
  5. Kaposi's Sarcoma71 topic
  6. Alternative Splicing51 topic
  7. Classification51 topic
  8. Herpes Zoster51 topic
  9. Herpesviruses51 topic
  10. Lymphoma51 topic
  11. RNA-Binding Proteins51 topic
  12. Muscle Regeneration41 topic
  13. Skeletal Muscle Atrophy41 topic
  14. Erdheim-Chester Disease31 topic
  15. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis31 topic
  16. Ribosome21 topic
  17. Translation21 topic

Where does Masaki Shirakata work?

Masaki Shirakata's main affiliation in the publication record is Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Masaki Shirakata have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 815 citations for Masaki Shirakata, an h-index of 17, ranking #4,455,164 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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