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Osamu Shirota

Osamu Shirota publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Complementary and alternative medicine and Pharmacology, on topics such as Natural product bioactivities and synthesis, Phytochemical compounds biological activities and Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology.

World rank
#514,800
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#19,599
of 114,622
Works
25
Citations
71
Citations per work
2.8

What does Osamu Shirota research?

Molecular Biology: 44.4%Complementary and alternative medicine: 13.9%Pharmacology: 8.3%Plant Science: 8.3%other fields: 25.1%44%top field
Molecular Biology44.4%Complementary and alternative medicine13.9%Pharmacology8.3%Plant Science8.3%other fields25.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Molecular Biology44% of their works
  2. 2Complementary and alternative medicine14% of their works
  3. 3Pharmacology8% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science8% of their works
  5. 5Biochemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Toxicology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Osamu Shirota's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Anti-inflammatory, Biological Activities, Antioxidant, Saponins, Triterpenoids, Medicinal Plants, Pharmacology and Traditional Medicine.

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 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Anti-inflammatory103 topics
  2. Biological Activities103 topics
  3. Antioxidant82 topics
  4. Saponins61 topic
  5. Triterpenoids61 topic
  6. Medicinal Plants52 topics
  7. Pharmacology52 topics
  8. Traditional Medicine52 topics
  9. Antioxidants42 topics
  10. Isolation42 topics
  11. Alkaloids31 topic
  12. Bioactivity31 topic
  13. Celastrol31 topic
  14. Kratom31 topic
  15. Limonoids31 topic
  16. Triptolide31 topic
  17. Acetogenins21 topic
  18. Annonaceae21 topic
  19. Enzyme Inhibition21 topic
  20. Iridoids21 topic
  21. Isoprenoid Pathway21 topic
  22. Phytochemistry21 topic
  23. Prenylated Flavonoids21 topic
  24. Terpenoid Biosynthesis21 topic

Where does Osamu Shirota work?

Osamu Shirota's main affiliation in the publication record is Tokushima Bunri University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Osamu Shirota have?

Science Explorer counts 25 works and 71 citations for Osamu Shirota, ranking #514,800 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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