Akio Kanai

86 papers and 2.2k indexed citations
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About

Akio Kanai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Akio Kanai has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Akio Kanai’s work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (36 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (32 papers). Akio Kanai is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (36 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (32 papers). Akio Kanai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Akio Kanai's co-authors include Masaru Tomita, Kosuke Fujishima, Junichi Sugahara, Yuka Watanabe, Nozomu Yachie, Shunji Natori, Koji Numata, Asako Sato, Michinori Kohara and Haruyuki Atomi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akio Kanai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akio Kanai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akio Kanai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akio Kanai. Akio Kanai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Akio Kanai

80 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Akio Kanai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Akio Kanai

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