Akihiko Ito

20.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
244 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Akihiko Ito is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihiko Ito has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 143 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 55 papers in Atmospheric Science and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Akihiko Ito's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (106 papers), Climate variability and models (54 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (49 papers). Akihiko Ito is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (106 papers), Climate variability and models (54 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (49 papers). Akihiko Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Akihiko Ito's co-authors include Motoko Inatomi, Takehisa Oikawa, Kazuya Nishina, Rota Wagai, Tomohiro Hajima, Shoji Hashimoto, Michio Kawamiya, Akinori Ito, Nuno Carvalhais and Nobuko Saigusa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Akihiko Ito

225 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Development of the MIROC-ES2L Earth system model and the evaluation of biogeochemical processes and feedbacks

2020 337 citations Tomohiro Hajima, Akihiko Ito et al. Geoscientific model development profile →
The enduring world forest carbon sink

2024 202 citations Akihiko Ito, Shoji Hashimoto et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Harmonized global soil carbon and respiration datasets with derived turnover time and temperature sensitivity 2025 ·Scientific Data ·Shoji Hashimoto, Akihiko Ito, Kazuya Nishina	0
2	Historical trends and controlling factors of isoprene emissions in CMIP6 Earth system models 2025 ·Geoscientific model development ·(unknown), Kengo Sudo, Akihiko Ito, L. K. Emmons, Vaishali Naïk, Kostas Tsigaridis, Øyvind Seland, Gerd Folberth, Douglas I. Kelley	2
3	Amazon dieback beyond the 21st century under high-emission scenarios by Earth System models 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Irina Melnikova, Tomohiro Hajima, Hideo Shiogama, Michiya Hayashi, Akihiko Ito, Kazuya Nishina, Kaoru Tachiiri, Tokuta Yokohata	0
4	Fundamental Study on Evacuation Guidance Assistance Robots in Disasters: A Measurement Method for Evacuation Routes Using 3D-LiDAR 2024 ·International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering ·Zixuan Zhang, (unknown), Nobutaka TSUJIUCHI, Akihiko Ito	0
5	Careful selection of forest types in afforestation can increase carbon sequestration by 25% without compromising sustainability 2024 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Tomoko Hasegawa, Shinichiro Fujimori, Akihiko Ito, Kiyoshi Takahashi	9
6	Global net climate effects of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen 2024 ·Nature ·Cheng Gong, Hanqin Tian, Hong Liao, Naiqing Pan, Shufen Pan, Akihiko Ito, Atul K. Jain, Sian Kou‐Giesbrecht, Fortunat Joos, Qing Sun, Hao Shi, Nicolas Vuichard, Qing Zhu, Changhui Peng, Federico Maggi, Fiona H. M. Tang, Sönke Zaehle	38
7	Impact of climate and socioeconomic changes on fire carbon emissions in the future: Sustainable economic development might decrease future emissions 2023 ·Global Environmental Change ·Chae Yeon Park, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Fang Li, Jun’ya Takakura, Shinichiro Fujimori, Tomoko Hasegawa, Akihiko Ito, Dong Kun Lee, Wim Thiery	20
8	Divergent data-driven estimates of global soil respiration 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Shoji Hashimoto, Akihiko Ito, Kazuya Nishina	29
9	Deficiencies of Phenology Models in Simulating Spatial and Temporal Variations in Temperate Spring Leaf Phenology 2022 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Shihua Li, Ying‐Ping Wang, Philippe Ciais, Stephen Sitch, Hisashi Sato, Miaogen Shen, Xiuzhi Chen, Akihiko Ito, Chaoyang Wu, Christopher J. Kucharik, Wenping Yuan	10
10	Saturation of Global Terrestrial Carbon Sink Under a High Warming Scenario 2021 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Hao Shi, Hanqin Tian, Naiqing Pan, Christopher Reyer, Philippe Ciais, Jinfeng Chang, Matthew Forrest, Katja Frieler, Bojie Fu, Anne Gädeke, Thomas Hickler, Akihiko Ito, Sebastian Ostberg, Shufen Pan, Miodrag Stevanović, Jia Yang	22
11	MIROC-INTEG-LAND version 1: a global biogeochemical land surface model with human water management, crop growth, and land-use change 2020 ·Geoscientific model development ·Tokuta Yokohata, Tsuguki Kinoshita, Gen Sakurai, Yadu Pokhrel, Akihiko Ito, Masashi Okada, Yusuke Satoh, Etsushi Kato, Tomoko Nitta, Shinichiro Fujimori, Farshid Felfelani, Yoshimitsu Masaki, Toshichika Iizumi, Motoki Nishimori, Naota Hanasaki, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Yoshiki Yamagata, Seita Emori	27
12	Impacts of land use change and elevated CO ₂ on the interannual variations and seasonal cycles of gross primary productivity in China 2020 ·Earth System Dynamics ·Binghao Jia, Xin Luo, Ximing Cai, Atul K. Jain, D. N. Huntzinger, Zhenghui Xie, Ning Zeng, Jiafu Mao, Xiaoying Shi, Akihiko Ito, Yaxing Wei, Hanqin Tian, Benjamin Poulter, Daniel J. Hayes, Kevin Schaefer	21
13	MIROC-INTEG1: A global bio-geochemical land surface model with human water management, crop growth, and land-use change 2019 ·Tokuta Yokohata, Tsuguki Kinoshita, Gen Sakurai, Yadu Pokhrel, Akihiko Ito, Masashi Okada, Yusuke Satoh, Etsushi Kato, Tomoko Nitta, Shinichiro Fujimori, Farshid Felfelani, Yoshimitsu Masaki, Toshichika Iizumi, Motoki Nishimori, Naota Hanasaki, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Yoshiki Yamagata, Seita Emori	6
14	Response of Water Use Efficiency to Global Environmental Change Based on Output From Terrestrial Biosphere Models 2017 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Sha Zhou, Bofu Yu, Christopher R. Schwalm, Philippe Ciais, Yao Zhang, Joshua B. Fisher, A. M. Michalak, Weile Wang, Benjamin Poulter, D. N. Huntzinger, Shuli Niu, Jiafu Mao, Atul K. Jain, Daniel Ricciuto, Xiaoying Shi, Akihiko Ito, Yaxing Wei, Yuefei Huang, Guangqian Wang	79
15	Role of CO ₂ , climate and land use in regulating the seasonal amplitudeincrease of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems: a multimodel analysis 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Fang Zhao, Ning Zeng, Ghassem Asrar, Pierre Friedlingstein, Akihiko Ito, Atul K. Jain, Eugenia Kalnay, Etsushi Kato, Charles D. Koven, Benjamin Poulter, Rashid Rafique, Stephen Sitch, Shijie Shu, Benjamin D. Stocker, Nicolas Viovy, Andy Wiltshire, Sönke Zaehle	26
16	Regional carbon fluxes from land use and land cover change in Asia, 1980–2009 2016 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Leonardo Calle, Josep G. Canadell, Prabir K. Patra, Philippe Ciais, Kazuhito Ichii, Hanqin Tian, Masayuki Kondo, Shilong Piao, Almut Arneth, Anna Harper, Akihiko Ito, Etsushi Kato, Charles D. Koven, Stephen Sitch, Benjamin D. Stocker, (unknown), Andy Wiltshire, Sönke Zaehle, Benjamin Poulter	34
17	Decomposing uncertainties in the future terrestrial carbon budget associated with emission scenarios, climate projections, and ecosystem simulations using the ISI-MIP results 2015 ·Earth System Dynamics ·Kazuya Nishina, Akihiko Ito, Pete Falloon, A. D. Friend, David J. Beerling, Philippe Ciais, Douglas B. Clark, Ron Kahana, Etsushi Kato, Wolfgang Lucht, M. Lomas, Ryan Pavlick, Sibyll Schaphoff, (unknown), Tokuta Yokohata	39
18	Quantifying uncertainties in soil carbon responses to changes in global mean temperature and precipitation 2014 ·Earth System Dynamics ·Kazuya Nishina, Akihiko Ito, David J. Beerling, Patricia Cadule, Philippe Ciais, Douglas B. Clark, Pete Falloon, A. D. Friend, Ron Kahana, Etsushi Kato, Rozenn Keribin, Wolfgang Lucht, M. Lomas, Tim Rademacher, Ryan Pavlick, Sibyll Schaphoff, Nicolas Vuichard, (unknown), Tokuta Yokohata	43
19	Global soil organic carbon stock projection uncertainties relevant to sensitivity of global mean temperature and precipitation changes 2013 ·Kazuya Nishina, Akihiko Ito, David J. Beerling, Patricia Cadule, Philippe Ciais, Douglas B. Clark, Pete Falloon, A. D. Friend, Ron Kahana, Etsushi Kato, Rozenn Keribin, Wolfgang Lucht, M. Lomas, Tim Rademacher, Ryan Pavlick, Sibyll Schaphoff, Nicolas Vuichard, (unknown), Tokuta Yokohata	5
20	1A1-H19 Performance Evaluation of the Thin Type Four-Axis Force/Moment Sensor as Two-Times Model for the Robot Hand's Fingertip 2008 ·The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) ·Yuichiro Hayashi, Nobutaka TSUJIUCHI, Takayuki KOIZUMI, (unknown), Akihiko Ito, (unknown)	1

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