Asuka Nishimura

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Asuka Nishimura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Asuka Nishimura has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Asuka Nishimura's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (9 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (7 papers). Asuka Nishimura is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (13 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (9 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (7 papers). Asuka Nishimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Taiwan. Asuka Nishimura's co-authors include Makoto Matsuoka, Motoyuki Ashikari, Hidemi Kitano, Tomonori Takashi, E. R. Angeles, Toshio Yamamoto, Shaoyang Lin, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Qian Qian and Yutaka Sato and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Asuka Nishimura

24 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Cytokinin Oxidase Regulates Rice Grain Production

2005 1.4k citations Motoyuki Ashikari, Hitoshi Sakakibara et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Asuka Nishimura Japan	15	2.4k	1.2k	979	120	116	24	2.6k
Jinjie Li China	30	2.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	129 1.1×	58 0.5×	73	3.0k
Zheping Yu China	17	2.8k 1.2×	967 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	104 0.9×	47 0.4×	41	3.0k
Alberto Cenci France	29	1.9k 0.8×	839 0.7×	491 0.5×	89 0.7×	63 0.5×	51	2.3k
E. R. Angeles Philippines	12	2.8k 1.2×	709 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	188 1.6×	42 0.4×	20	2.9k
Kevin Fengler United States	15	2.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	689 0.7×	79 0.7×	30 0.3×	27	2.5k
Zuofeng Zhu China	32	3.2k 1.3×	946 0.8×	2.0k 2.0×	152 1.3×	30 0.3×	60	3.4k
H. W. Rines United States	26	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	466 0.5×	69 0.6×	164 1.4×	57	2.0k
Tomonori Takashi Japan	14	2.0k 0.8×	672 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	100 0.8×	34 0.3×	17	2.1k
Lisa Monna Japan	13	3.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.8×	132 1.1×	25 0.2×	14	3.6k
Juan M. Debernardi United States	23	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.6×	296 0.3×	187 1.6×	67 0.6×	36	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Asuka Nishimura

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Asuka Nishimura

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Jia, Junjing, Asuka Nishimura, Kazuaki Ohara, et al.. (2023). Applications of Plant-Made Fibroblast Growth Factor for Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 33(3-4). 57–66. 2 indexed citations

Khan, Imran, Junjing Jia, Asuka Nishimura, et al.. (2023). Production and characterization of basic fibroblast growth factor protein in rice suspension cultures. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 203. 109174–109174. 2 indexed citations

Takanashi, Hideki, Hiromi Kajiya‐Kanegae, Asuka Nishimura, et al.. (2022). DOMINANT AWN INHIBITOR Encodes the ALOG Protein Originating from Gene Duplication and Inhibits AWN Elongation by Suppressing Cell Proliferation and Elongation in Sorghum. Plant and Cell Physiology. 63(7). 901–918. 17 indexed citations

Takeda, Migiwa, Seiki Baba, Asuka Nishimura, et al.. (2022). Metagenomic mining and structure-function studies of a hyper-thermostable cellobiohydrolase from hot spring sediment. Communications Biology. 5(1). 247–247. 7 indexed citations

Nishimura, Asuka. (2019). Agrobacterium Transformation in the Rice Genome. Methods in molecular biology. 2072. 207–216. 8 indexed citations

Satô, Masaru, et al.. (2017). Isolation of highly thermostable β-xylosidases from a hot spring soil microbial community using a metagenomic approach. DNA Research. 24(6). 649–656. 9 indexed citations

Sugiyama, Yuki, Asuka Nishimura, & Shigeo Ohno. (2008). Symmetrically dividing cell specific division axes alteration observed in proteasome depleted C. elegans embryo. Mechanisms of Development. 125(8). 743–755. 7 indexed citations

Nishimura, Asuka, et al.. (2006). A protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in rice. Nature Protocols. 1(6). 2796–2802. 324 indexed citations

Ashikari, Motoyuki, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Shaoyang Lin, et al.. (2005). Cytokinin Oxidase Regulates Rice Grain Production. Science. 309(5735). 741–745. 1421 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nishimura, Asuka, Motoyuki Ashikari, Tomonori Takashi, et al.. (2005). Isolation of a rice regeneration quantitative trait loci gene and its application to transformation systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(33). 11940–11944. 127 indexed citations

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Kamiya, Noriko, Asuka Nishimura, Naoki Sentoku, et al.. (2003). Rice globular embryo 4 (gle4) Mutant is Defective in Radial Pattern Formation during Embryogenesis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 44(9). 875–883. 15 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Asuka, M. Ito, Noriko Kamiya, Yutaka Sato, & Makoto Matsuoka. (2002). OsPNH1 regulates leaf development and maintenance of the shoot apical meristem in rice. The Plant Journal. 30(2). 189–201. 78 indexed citations

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Ito, M., Naoki Sentoku, Asuka Nishimura, et al.. (2002). Position dependent expression of GL2‐type homeobox gene, Roc1: significance for protoderm differentiation and radial pattern formation in early rice embryogenesis. The Plant Journal. 29(4). 497–507. 73 indexed citations

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Nomura, Mika, Asuka Nishimura, Yuji Ishida, et al.. (2000). The promoter of rbcS in a C3 plant (rice) directs organ-specific, light-dependent expression in a C4 plant (maize), but does not confer bundle sheath cell-specific expression. Plant Molecular Biology. 44(1). 99–106. 36 indexed citations

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Nomura, Mika, Naoki Sentoku, Asuka Nishimura, et al.. (2000). The evolution of C4 plants: acquisition of cis‐regulatory sequences in the promoter of C4‐type pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase gene. The Plant Journal. 22(3). 211–221. 41 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Asuka, Masanori Tamaoki, Yutaka Sato, & Makoto Matsuoka. (1999). The expression of tobacco knotted1‐type class 1 homeobox genes correspond to regions predicted by the cytohistological zonation model. The Plant Journal. 18(4). 337–337. 60 indexed citations

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Sakamoto, Tomoaki, Asuka Nishimura, Masanori Tamaoki, et al.. (1999). The Conserved KNOX Domain Mediates Specificity of Tobacco KNOTTED1-Type Homeodomain Proteins. The Plant Cell. 11(8). 1419–1431. 47 indexed citations

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Hong, Soon‐Kwan, et al.. (1999). Initiation of shoot apical meristem in rice: characterization of four SHOOTLESS genes. Development. 126(16). 3629–3636. 36 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Asuka, Masanori Tamaoki, & Makoto Matsuoka. (1998). Expression pattern of KN1-type tobacco homeobox genes. Plant and Cell Physiology. 39. 3 indexed citations

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Sentoku, Naoki, Masanori Tamaoki, Asuka Nishimura, & Makoto Matsuoka. (1998). The homeobox gene NTH23 of tobacco is expressed in the basal region of leaf primordia. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1399(2-3). 203–208. 11 indexed citations

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