Akira Mine

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Akira Mine is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Mine has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Akira Mine's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (20 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (12 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (12 papers). Akira Mine is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (20 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (12 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (12 papers). Akira Mine collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Akira Mine's co-authors include Kenichi Tsuda, Matthias L. Berens, Hannah M. Berry, Cristiana T. Argueso, Tetsuro Okuno, D. E. Becker, Kazuyuki Mise, Masanori Kaido, Tatsuya Nobori and Kiwamu Hyodo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Akira Mine

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Evolution of Hormone Signaling Networks in Plant Defense 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2025 100 200 300
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.

  1. Evolution of Hormone Signaling Networks in Plant Defense
    2017 385 citations Akira Mine, Kenichi Tsuda et al. profile →
  2. A rare PRIMER cell state in plant immunity
    2025 30 citations Tatsuya Nobori, Alexander Monell et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akira Mine Japan 21 1.6k 464 193 146 90 37 1.8k
Nathan Pumplin United States 16 2.5k 1.5× 553 1.2× 148 0.8× 145 1.0× 54 0.6× 20 2.6k
Valérie Nicaise France 11 1.3k 0.8× 509 1.1× 120 0.6× 163 1.1× 51 0.6× 13 1.5k
Jinping Zhao China 23 1.6k 1.0× 685 1.5× 261 1.4× 173 1.2× 30 0.3× 45 1.9k
Rugang Li United States 17 1.3k 0.8× 624 1.3× 138 0.7× 207 1.4× 46 0.5× 37 1.5k
Rae‐Dong Jeong South Korea 18 1.1k 0.7× 349 0.8× 112 0.6× 173 1.2× 77 0.9× 95 1.3k
Sophie Haupt United Kingdom 14 1.3k 0.8× 553 1.2× 68 0.4× 137 0.9× 77 0.9× 17 1.5k
Masoud Shams‐Bakhsh Iran 21 1.1k 0.7× 297 0.6× 169 0.9× 105 0.7× 59 0.7× 145 1.3k
Mikhail Schepetilnikov France 19 1.3k 0.8× 810 1.7× 114 0.6× 168 1.2× 60 0.7× 25 1.6k
Nieves Capote Spain 21 962 0.6× 281 0.6× 169 0.9× 209 1.4× 130 1.4× 56 1.2k
Lianhui Xie China 17 874 0.5× 227 0.5× 348 1.8× 109 0.7× 46 0.5× 63 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akira Mine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Mine

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akira Mine. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akira Mine 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 Akira Mine. Akira Mine is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Ru, et al.. (2025). CERK1 is required for chitin-triggered reactive oxygen species generation in melon and is broadly conserved in cucurbits. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 20(1). 2578279–2578279.
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Nobori, Tatsuya, Alexander Monell, Travis Lee, et al.. (2025). A rare PRIMER cell state in plant immunity. Nature. 638(8049). 197–205. 30 indexed citations breakdown →
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Takeda, Naoya, Chihiro Miura, Mayumi Egusa, et al.. (2024). Chitin nanofibers promote rhizobial symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 278(Pt 3). 134910–134910. 4 indexed citations
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Han, Xiaowei, et al.. (2024). Commensal lifestyle regulated by a negative feedback loop between Arabidopsis ROS and the bacterial T2SS. Nature Communications. 15(1). 456–456. 35 indexed citations
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Aihara, Yusuke, et al.. (2023). Image-Based Quantification of Arabidopsis thaliana Stomatal Aperture from Leaf Images. Plant and Cell Physiology. 64(11). 1301–1310. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Huan, Yi‐Ju Lu, Pai Li, et al.. (2022). Overexpression of NDR1 leads to pathogen resistance at elevated temperatures. New Phytologist. 235(3). 1146–1162. 19 indexed citations
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Egusa, Mayumi, Yoko Nishizawa, Yuri Kanno, et al.. (2022). Chitin-induced systemic disease resistance in rice requires both OsCERK1 and OsCEBiP and is mediated via perturbation of cell-wall biogenesis in leaves. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1064628–1064628. 13 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Ayumi, et al.. (2021). A versatile Tn7 transposon-based bioluminescence tagging tool for quantitative and spatial detection of bacteria in plants. Plant Communications. 3(1). 100227–100227. 17 indexed citations
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Iwakawa, Hiro‐oki, Akira Mine, Tomoya Fujita, et al.. (2021). Ribosome stalling caused by the Argonaute-microRNA-SGS3 complex regulates the production of secondary siRNAs in plants. Cell Reports. 35(13). 109300–109300. 40 indexed citations
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Miura, Chihiro, et al.. (2021). Conservation and Diversity in Gibberellin-Mediated Transcriptional Responses Among Host Plants Forming Distinct Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Morphotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 795695–795695. 14 indexed citations
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Mine, Akira, et al.. (2017). An incoherent feed‐forward loop mediates robustness and tunability in a plant immune network. EMBO Reports. 18(3). 464–476. 44 indexed citations
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Kaido, Masanori, Akira Mine, Kiwamu Hyodo, et al.. (2014). GAPDH-A Recruits a Plant Virus Movement Protein to Cortical Virus Replication Complexes to Facilitate Viral Cell-to-Cell Movement. PLoS Pathogens. 10(11). e1004505–e1004505. 53 indexed citations
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Mine, Akira, Masanao Sato, & Kenichi Tsuda. (2014). Toward a systems understanding of plant–microbe interactions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5. 423–423. 36 indexed citations
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Tsuda, Kenichi, Akira Mine, Gerit Bethke, et al.. (2013). Dual Regulation of Gene Expression Mediated by Extended MAPK Activation and Salicylic Acid Contributes to Robust Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics. 9(12). e1004015–e1004015. 198 indexed citations
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Mine, Akira & Tetsuro Okuno. (2012). Composition of plant virus RNA replicase complexes. Current Opinion in Virology. 2(6). 669–675. 46 indexed citations
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Mine, Akira & Tetsuro Okuno. (2008). Viruses and RNA silencing. Uirusu. 58(1). 61–68. 1 indexed citations

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