What did Satoshi Omera publish and is it peer-reviewed or retracted?
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Executive summary
Satoshi Ōmura is a Japanese biochemist credited with discovering hundreds of bioactive compounds and winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work leading to ivermectin; his long publication record and profiles are documented on pages such as PubMed and his personal website [1] [2] [3]. Available sources do not mention any person named “Satoshi Omera”; search results instead point to Satoshi Ōmura (spelled Omura/Ōmura) and to unrelated “Satoshi” entries [4] [1] [3].
1. Who the sources actually describe: a Nobel-winning microbiologist
Reporting and professional profiles identify Satoshi Ōmura (Japanese: 大村 智) as a career biochemist who discovered and developed many microorganism-derived pharmaceuticals and was co-awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that produced ivermectin; PubMed summarizes his four-decade career and contribution to ivermectin [1] and a Wikipedia profile lists his birth date, career highlights and key publications [4] [2].
2. What Ōmura published — volume and impact
Available profiles emphasize a very large corpus: PubMed notes more than 330 bioactive compounds discovered during his career and links his work directly to ivermectin and other commercially significant compounds [1]. Wikipedia cites specific peer-reviewed papers from his lab, for example articles in The Journal of Antibiotics and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that document biosynthetic gene clusters and natural-product chemistry [4].
3. Peer review status: much of Ōmura’s work appears in peer‑reviewed journals
The cited items in Wikipedia and PubMed are conventionally peer‑reviewed journals — The Journal of Antibiotics and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences are standard peer‑reviewed outlets, and PubMed profiles typically index peer‑reviewed literature [4] [1] [2]. Specific article listings in the available sources indicate peer‑review publication for many of his works [4].
4. Retraction status: available sources do not report retractions
The sources provided do not mention any retractions of Ōmura’s papers. PubMed and Wikipedia entries describe his career and publications without noting retractions [1] [4]. Therefore, based on the current reporting, there is no mention of any retracted work associated with Satoshi Ōmura [4] [1].
5. Name confusion and possible misperception
Search results reveal multiple “Satoshi” entries, including cryptocurrency-related items (Satoshi Nakamoto/Satoshi Roundtable) and other individuals with similar romanizations; the user query’s spelling “Satoshi Omera” does not match the authoritative profiles for Ōmura, suggesting a likely misspelling or conflation [5] [6] [3]. Research sites like Research.com and ResearchGate show variants of “Satoshi Omura” across institutional pages but do not confirm an individual named “Satoshi Omera” [7] [8] [9].
6. How to verify individual papers and their review status
To confirm peer review or check for retractions, consult journal pages and databases such as PubMed or the journal’s website for each listed article; the PubMed profile and Wikipedia bibliography in the sources provide citations you can follow to original journals where peer‑review status and any notices (corrections or retractions) would be recorded [1] [4]. The personal website listed among the results includes an updated publication list that can be cross‑checked with journal records [3].
7. Competing viewpoints and limitations of the available reporting
The sources present a consistent narrative of Ōmura as a prolific, Nobel‑winning scientist [1] [2] [4]. They do not present critiques, allegations of misconduct, or retraction notices; absence of such reporting in these sources does not prove none exist elsewhere — it only indicates current sources do not mention them [1] [4]. For allegations or contested claims you should search retraction databases (not provided here) and individual journal records.
8. Practical next steps for the reader
If you meant Satoshi Ōmura, use the PubMed and Wikipedia citations and the personal website to identify specific papers and then check the journals’ pages for peer‑review statements or retraction notices [1] [4] [3]. If you intended someone named “Satoshi Omera,” available sources do not mention that spelling and you should confirm the correct name before proceeding [3] [4].
Limitations: This article relies only on the provided search results and does not include outside databases or retraction registries; claims about missing information are stated as “available sources do not mention…” per source coverage [1] [4].