Akinori Ito

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
79 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Akinori Ito is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Akinori Ito has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Atmospheric Science, 58 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Akinori Ito's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (58 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (35 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (26 papers). Akinori Ito is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (58 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (35 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (26 papers). Akinori Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Akinori Ito's co-authors include Joyce E. Penner, Sanford Sillman, Zongbo Shi, Jasper F. Kok, Yan Feng, Tami C. Bond, Paul Ginoux, Guangxing Lin, Michio Kawamiya and N. M. Mahowald and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Akinori Ito

77 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Emissions of primary aerosol and precursor gases in the years 2000 and 1750 prescribed data-sets for AeroCom

2006 673 citations Frank Dentener, Stefan Kinne et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Development of the MIROC-ES2L Earth system model and the evaluation of biogeochemical processes and feedbacks

2020 337 citations Tomohiro Hajima, Michio Watanabe et al. Geoscientific model development profile →
Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust

2021 218 citations Jasper F. Kok, Adeyemi A. Adebiyi et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akinori Ito Japan	34	3.3k	2.7k	995	649	369	79	4.4k
Chao Luo United States	26	2.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	456 0.5×	1.1k 1.7×	359 1.0×	44	3.9k
Daniel Joswiak China	24	3.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	541 0.5×	232 0.4×	164 0.4×	37	4.6k
C. Moulin France	33	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	471 0.5×	1.5k 2.3×	158 0.4×	50	3.9k
Anna Àvila Spain	33	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	854 0.9×	209 0.3×	361 1.0×	74	3.1k
Huabiao Zhao China	21	3.9k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	363 0.4×	278 0.4×	165 0.4×	54	4.9k
Xiaomei Xu United States	37	2.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	279 0.3×	498 0.8×	828 2.2×	172	5.0k
Jocelyn Turnbull United States	28	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	515 0.5×	121 0.2×	430 1.2×	86	3.9k
Xiaoxin Yang China	20	3.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	170 0.2×	292 0.4×	129 0.3×	38	4.7k
Andrew J. Schauer United States	30	1.5k 0.5×	991 0.4×	180 0.2×	390 0.6×	267 0.7×	93	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akinori Ito

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Wang, Guochen, Liang Xu, Keliang Li, et al.. (2025). How Acid Iron Dissolution in Aged Dust Particles Responds to the Buffering Capacity of Carbonate Minerals during Asian Dust Storms. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(12). 6167–6178. 3 indexed citations

Perron, Morgane M. G., Susanne Fietz, Douglas S. Hamilton, et al.. (2024). Preface to the inter-journal special issue “RUSTED: Reducing Uncertainty in Soluble aerosol Trace Element Deposition”. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 17(1). 165–166. 3 indexed citations

Ito, Akinori, Yuzo Miyazaki, Fumikazu Taketani, Yoko Iwamoto, & Yugo Kanaya. (2023). Marine aerosol feedback on biogeochemical cycles and the climate in the Anthropocene: lessons learned from the Pacific Ocean. Environmental Science Atmospheres. 3(5). 782–798. 4 indexed citations

Baldo, Clarissa, Akinori Ito, Michael D. Krom, et al.. (2022). Iron from coal combustion particles dissolves much faster than mineral dust under simulated atmospheric acidic conditions. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(9). 6045–6066. 22 indexed citations

Myriokefalitakis, Stelios, Marı́a Gonçalves Ageitos, Carlos Pérez García‐Pando, et al.. (2021). Multiphase processes in the EC-Earth Earth System model and their relevance to the atmospheric oxalate, sulfate, and iron cycles. 3 indexed citations

Kurisu, Minako, Kohei Sakata, Mitsuo Uematsu, Akinori Ito, & Yoshio Takahashi. (2021). Contribution of combustion Fe in marine aerosols over the northwestern Pacific estimated by Fe stable isotope ratios. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(20). 16027–16050. 37 indexed citations

Ito, Akinori, Adeyemi A. Adebiyi, Yue Huang, & Jasper F. Kok. (2021). Less atmospheric radiative heating by dust due to the synergy of coarser size and aspherical shape. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(22). 16869–16891. 25 indexed citations

Hajima, Tomohiro, Michio Watanabe, A. Yamamoto, et al.. (2020). Development of the MIROC-ES2L Earth system model and the evaluation of biogeochemical processes and feedbacks. Geoscientific model development. 13(5). 2197–2244. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

Adebiyi, Adeyemi A., Jasper F. Kok, Yang Wang, et al.. (2020). Dust Constraints from joint Observational-Modelling-experiMental analysis (DustCOMM): comparison with measurements and model simulations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(2). 829–863. 29 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chao, Akinori Ito, Zongbo Shi, et al.. (2019). Fertilization of the Northwest Pacific Ocean by East Asia Air Pollutants. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 33(6). 690–702. 34 indexed citations

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Hajima, Tomohiro, Michio Watanabe, A. Yamamoto, et al.. (2019). Description of the MIROC-ES2L Earth system model andevaluation of its climate–biogeochemical processes and feedbacks. 30 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, A., Ayako Abe‐Ouchi, Rumi Ohgaito, Akinori Ito, & Akira Oka. (2019). Glacial CO ₂ decrease and deep-water deoxygenation by iron fertilization from glaciogenic dust. Climate of the past. 15(3). 981–996. 36 indexed citations

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Myriokefalitakis, Stelios, Akinori Ito, Maria Kanakidou, et al.. (2018). The GESAMP atmospheric iron deposition model intercomparison study. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 5 indexed citations

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Ohgaito, Rumi, Ayako Abe‐Ouchi, Ryouta O’ishi, et al.. (2018). Effect of high dust amount on surface temperature during the Last Glacial Maximum: a modelling study using MIROC-ESM. Climate of the past. 14(11). 1565–1581. 18 indexed citations

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Saeki, Tazu, Prabir K. Patra, E. J. Dlugokencky, et al.. (2015). Regional emission and loss budgets of atmospheric methane (2002-2012). 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Ito, Akinori & Li Xu. (2014). Response of acid mobilization of iron-containing mineral dust to improvement of air quality projected in the future. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(7). 3441–3459. 48 indexed citations

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Ito, Akinori. (2012). Contrasting the Effect of Iron Mobilization on Soluble Iron Deposition to the Ocean in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 90A(0). 167–188. 21 indexed citations

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Ito, Akinori. (2011). Mega fire emissions in Siberia: potential supply of bioavailable iron from forests to the ocean. Biogeosciences. 8(6). 1679–1697. 55 indexed citations

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Inatomi, Motoko & Akinori Ito. (2008). Estimation for Global Terrestrial Methane Budget Using A Coupled Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles Model VISIT. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Dentener, Frank, Stefan Kinne, Tami C. Bond, et al.. (2006). Emissions of primary aerosol and precursor gases in the years 2000 and 1750 prescribed data-sets for AeroCom. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 6(12). 4321–4344. 673 indexed citations breakdown →

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