Akifumi S. Tanabe

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Akifumi S. Tanabe is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akifumi S. Tanabe has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Insect Science and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Akifumi S. Tanabe's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (19 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (11 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (11 papers). Akifumi S. Tanabe is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (19 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (11 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (11 papers). Akifumi S. Tanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Indonesia. Akifumi S. Tanabe's co-authors include Hirokazu Toju, Hirotoshi Sato, Satoshi Yamamoto, Kohmei Kadowaki, Hiroshi S. Ishii, Amane Hidaka, Wataru Makino, Gregory S. Gilbert, Teiji Sota and Takema Fukatsu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Akifumi S. Tanabe

40 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

High-Coverage ITS Primers for the DNA-Based Identification of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes in Environmental Samples

2012 891 citations Hirokazu Toju, Akifumi S. Tanabe et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Kakusan4 and Aminosan: two programs for comparing nonpartitioned, proportional and separate models for combined molecular phylogenetic analyses of multilocus sequence data

2011 606 citations Akifumi S. Tanabe Molecular Ecology Resources profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akifumi S. Tanabe Japan	23	1.4k	912	804	754	694	40	3.2k
Tobias Guldberg Frøslev Denmark	23	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	893 1.1×	699 0.9×	397 0.6×	71	2.7k
Ingo Michalak Germany	10	1.2k 0.8×	751 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.8×	634 0.9×	12	3.6k
Hirokazu Toju Japan	33	2.5k 1.7×	943 1.0×	875 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	893 1.3×	65	4.3k
Trude Vrålstad Norway	29	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	698 0.9×	606 0.8×	740 1.1×	55	3.1k
Yoshihisa Suyama Japan	33	1.3k 0.9×	970 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	317 0.5×	228	3.9k
Taizo Hogetsu Japan	36	3.0k 2.1×	698 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	783 1.1×	136	4.4k
Teresita M. Porter Canada	26	754 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	424 0.6×	513 0.7×	47	2.6k
Dirk Krüger Germany	27	1.4k 0.9×	586 0.6×	424 0.5×	546 0.7×	407 0.6×	48	2.3k
Gábor M. Kovács Hungary	32	2.0k 1.4×	416 0.5×	823 1.0×	725 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	139	3.2k
Miroslav Kolařík Czechia	36	2.3k 1.6×	1.7k 1.8×	839 1.0×	987 1.3×	2.0k 2.9×	205	4.8k

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Suzuki‐Ohno, Yukari, Akifumi S. Tanabe, Akihide Kasai, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of community science monitoring with environmental DNA for marine fish species: “Fish survey project using environmental DNA”. Environmental DNA. 5(3). 613–623. 11 indexed citations

Kadowaki, Kohmei, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hirotoshi Sato, Akifumi S. Tanabe, & Hirokazu Toju. (2021). Aboveground herbivores drive stronger plant species-specific feedback than belowground fungi to regulate tree community assembly. Oecologia. 195(3). 773–784. 2 indexed citations

Suetsugu, Kenji, et al.. (2020). Mycorrhizal communities of two closely related species, Pyrola subaphylla and P. japonica, with contrasting degrees of mycoheterotrophy in a sympatric habitat. Mycorrhiza. 31(2). 219–229. 9 indexed citations

Suetsugu, Kenji, Takashi Haraguchi, Akifumi S. Tanabe, & Ichiro Tayasu. (2020). Specialized mycorrhizal association between a partially mycoheterotrophic orchid Oreorchis indica and a Tomentella taxon. Mycorrhiza. 31(2). 243–250. 25 indexed citations

Kadowaki, Kohmei, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hirotoshi Sato, et al.. (2018). Mycorrhizal fungi mediate the direction and strength of plant–soil feedbacks differently between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal communities. Communications Biology. 1(1). 196–196. 77 indexed citations

Toju, Hirokazu, Hirotoshi Sato, Satoshi Yamamoto, & Akifumi S. Tanabe. (2018). Structural diversity across arbuscular mycorrhizal, ectomycorrhizal, and endophytic plant–fungus networks. BMC Plant Biology. 18(1). 292–292. 14 indexed citations

Toju, Hirokazu, Akifumi S. Tanabe, & Hirotoshi Sato. (2018). Network hubs in root-associated fungal metacommunities. Microbiome. 6(1). 116–116. 119 indexed citations

Soejima, Akiko, et al.. (2017). Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Stevia (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae): an example of diversification in the Asteraceae in the new world. Journal of Plant Research. 130(6). 953–972. 20 indexed citations

Sato, Hirotoshi, Akifumi S. Tanabe, & Hirokazu Toju. (2015). Contrasting Diversity and Host Association of Ectomycorrhizal Basidiomycetes versus Root-Associated Ascomycetes in a Dipterocarp Rainforest. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0125550–e0125550. 22 indexed citations

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Yabuki, Akinori, Ryoma Kamikawa, Sohta A. Ishikawa, et al.. (2014). Palpitomonas bilix represents a basal cryptist lineage: insight into the character evolution in Cryptista. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4641–4641. 50 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Satoshi, Hirotoshi Sato, Akifumi S. Tanabe, et al.. (2014). Spatial Segregation and Aggregation of Ectomycorrhizal and Root-Endophytic Fungi in the Seedlings of Two Quercus Species. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96363–e96363. 33 indexed citations

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Toju, Hirokazu, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hirotoshi Sato, & Akifumi S. Tanabe. (2013). Sharing of Diverse Mycorrhizal and Root-Endophytic Fungi among Plant Species in an Oak-Dominated Cool–Temperate Forest. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e78248–e78248. 60 indexed citations

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Tanabe, Akifumi S. & Hirokazu Toju. (2013). Two New Computational Methods for Universal DNA Barcoding: A Benchmark Using Barcode Sequences of Bacteria, Archaea, Animals, Fungi, and Land Plants. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76910–e76910. 217 indexed citations

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Toju, Hirokazu, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hirotoshi Sato, et al.. (2013). Community composition of root‐associated fungi in a Quercus‐dominated temperate forest: “codominance” of mycorrhizal and root‐endophytic fungi. Ecology and Evolution. 3(5). 1281–1293. 103 indexed citations

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Toju, Hirokazu, et al.. (2013). Diversification of endosymbiosis: replacements, co-speciation and promiscuity of bacteriocyte symbionts in weevils. The ISME Journal. 7(7). 1378–1390. 80 indexed citations

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Toju, Hirokazu, Akifumi S. Tanabe, Satoshi Yamamoto, & Hirotoshi Sato. (2012). High-Coverage ITS Primers for the DNA-Based Identification of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes in Environmental Samples. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40863–e40863. 891 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tanabe, Akifumi S.. (2011). Kakusan4 and Aminosan: two programs for comparing nonpartitioned, proportional and separate models for combined molecular phylogenetic analyses of multilocus sequence data. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(5). 914–921. 606 indexed citations breakdown →

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Okuyama, Yudai, Akifumi S. Tanabe, & Masashi Kato. (2011). Entangling Ancient Allotetraploidization in Asian Mitella: An Integrated Approach for Multilocus Combinations. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(1). 429–439. 16 indexed citations

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Makino, Wataru & Akifumi S. Tanabe. (2009). Extreme population genetic differentiation and secondary contact in the freshwater copepod Acanthodiaptomus pacificus in the Japanese Archipelago. Molecular Ecology. 18(17). 3699–3713. 29 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Akihisa, et al.. (2003). Sedimentary Facies and Depositional Rates of Submarine Cave Sediment in a Coral Reef of Okinawa. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 42(2). 99–104. 8 indexed citations

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