Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Researcher · Keio University · Japan

Rika Obata

Rika Obata publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, on topics such as bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research and Marine Sponges and Natural Products.

ORCID 0000-0002-0384-5389 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,974,139
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#220,852
of 383,136
Works
97
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
19.0
h-index
25
i10-index 40Top 22% in Molecular Biology
Rika Obata

What does Rika Obata research?

Rika Obata's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (33%), Chemistry (20%), Neuroscience (4%).

Life Sciences: 36 works · 37.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 32 works · 32.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 28 works · 29.0% of their workBiotechnology: 3 works · 3.6% of their workNeuroscience: 4 works · 4.4% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 works · 4.4% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 36.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 22 works · 23.0% of their workChemistry: 20 works · 20.2% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 20 works · 20.2% of their workEngineering: 3 works · 2.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 2.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 3 works · 3.6% of their workMedicine: 3 works · 3.6% of their workPharmacology: 3 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRika Obata97works
Life Sciences37%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences4%

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 Biology3232.6%
    2. Neuroscience44.4%
  2. Everything else3536.4%
    1. Chemistry2020.2%
    2. Engineering32.8%
    1. Medicine33.6%
  1. 1Molecular Biology29% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry20% of their works
  3. 3Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience4% of their works
  4. 4Biotechnology4% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rika Obata's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Bioluminescence, Reporter Genes, Channelrhodopsin, Optogenetics, Isoprenoid Pathway, Marine Natural Products, Sponge-Associated Microorganisms and Terpenoid Biosynthesis.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Bioluminescence171 topic
  2. Reporter Genes171 topic
  3. Channelrhodopsin111 topic
  4. Optogenetics111 topic
  5. Isoprenoid Pathway81 topic
  6. Marine Natural Products81 topic
  7. Sponge-Associated Microorganisms81 topic
  8. Terpenoid Biosynthesis81 topic
  9. Cholesterol71 topic
  10. Metabolism71 topic
  11. Olefin Metathesis71 topic
  12. Ruthenium Catalysts71 topic
  13. Drug Discovery61 topic
  14. Peptide Synthesis61 topic
  15. Saponins51 topic
  16. Triterpenoids51 topic

Where does Rika Obata work?

Rika Obata's main affiliation in the publication record is Keio University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Rika Obata have?

OpenAlex counts 97 works and 1,844 citations for Rika Obata, an h-index of 25, ranking #5,974,139 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics have tabs of their own, above. Is this your page? Claim it with your ORCID iD, or request a correction or removal.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Rika Obata. Posts are plain text and can be reported.