Gaku Takimoto

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Gaku Takimoto is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaku Takimoto has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Gaku Takimoto's work include Plant and animal studies (23 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers). Gaku Takimoto is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (23 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (15 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers). Gaku Takimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Gaku Takimoto's co-authors include David M. Post, D. Albrey Arrington, Craig A. Layman, Norio Yamamura, Masahiko Higashi, Jukka Jokela, Denis Roy, Ole Seehausen, Maiko Kagami and Takeshi Miki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Gaku Takimoto

45 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Getting to the fat of the matter: models, methods and ass... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Getting to the fat of the matter: models, methods and assumptions for dealing with lipids in stable isotope analyses
    2007 2.1k citations David M. Post, Gaku Takimoto et al. Oecologia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gaku Takimoto Japan 20 3.3k 1.5k 1.4k 757 735 46 4.3k
Carol Eunmi Lee United States 28 2.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 934 0.7× 941 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 47 4.4k
Chris Harrod Chile 35 3.1k 0.9× 2.1k 1.4× 1.6k 1.1× 304 0.4× 642 0.9× 150 4.5k
Adam Petrusek Czechia 39 3.8k 1.1× 831 0.6× 577 0.4× 528 0.7× 642 0.9× 176 4.9k
Igor A. Grigorovich Canada 22 2.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.2× 855 0.6× 766 1.0× 310 0.4× 34 3.7k
Eric P. Palkovacs United States 32 2.1k 0.6× 2.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.7× 1.3k 1.8× 90 4.6k
Cynthia S. Kolar United States 14 2.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.3× 833 0.6× 832 1.1× 401 0.5× 19 3.5k
Simon Goldsworthy Australia 37 3.2k 1.0× 920 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 716 0.9× 317 0.4× 139 3.8k
Vincent Ridoux France 46 5.2k 1.6× 1.1k 0.7× 2.7k 2.0× 1.1k 1.4× 256 0.3× 139 5.9k
Göran Englund Sweden 33 2.6k 0.8× 2.0k 1.3× 957 0.7× 1.4k 1.8× 480 0.7× 84 4.4k
Márcio S. Araújo Brazil 24 3.6k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 1.8k 2.4× 817 1.1× 53 5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Gaku Takimoto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gaku Takimoto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gaku Takimoto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gaku Takimoto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gaku Takimoto 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 Gaku Takimoto. Gaku Takimoto 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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Ikeda, Hiroshi, et al.. (2024). A theory of spawning habitat selection in anurans. Journal of Ethology. 43(1). 13–20.
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Takimoto, Gaku, et al.. (2023). Range expansions of sexual versus asexual organisms: Effects of reproductive assurance and migration load. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 36(4). 698–708. 2 indexed citations
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Barabás, György, et al.. (2023). Towards a mechanistic understanding of variation in aquatic food chain length. Ecology Letters. 26(11). 1926–1939. 3 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku, et al.. (2022). Increased Floral Rewards due to Local Adaptation Drives Plant Ecological Speciation via Learned Preferences of Pollinators. The American Naturalist. 200(6). 834–845. 3 indexed citations
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Sato, Takuya, et al.. (2021). The effects of resource subsidy duration in a detritus‐based stream ecosystem: A mesocosm experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology. 90(5). 1142–1151. 8 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku & Takuya Sato. (2020). Phenology in a community context: Toward a better understanding of the causes and consequences of phenology in seasonal environments. Ecological Research. 35(3). 442–444. 4 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Jonathan B., Gaku Takimoto, Daniel E. Schindler, Matthew M. Hayes, & Matthew J. Kauffman. (2016). Resource waves: phenological diversity enhances foraging opportunities for mobile consumers. Ecology. 3 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku, et al.. (2015). Inaccurate Color Discrimination by Pollinators Promotes Evolution of Discrete Color Polymorphism in Food-Deceptive Flowers. The American Naturalist. 187(2). 194–204. 17 indexed citations
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Kagami, Maiko, Takeshi Miki, & Gaku Takimoto. (2014). Mycoloop: chytrids in aquatic food webs. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 166–166. 218 indexed citations
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Nishijima, Shota, Gaku Takimoto, & Tadashi Miyashita. (2014). Roles of Alternative Prey for Mesopredators on Trophic Cascades in Intraguild Predation Systems: A Theoretical Perspective. The American Naturalist. 183(5). 625–637. 11 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku, et al.. (2013). Predation on Pollinators Promotes Coevolutionary Divergence in Plant-Pollinator Mutualisms. The American Naturalist. 183(2). 229–242. 6 indexed citations
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Piovia‐Scott, Jonah, David A. Spiller, Gaku Takimoto, et al.. (2013). The effect of chronic seaweed subsidies on herbivory: plant-mediated fertilization pathway overshadows lizard-mediated predator pathways. Oecologia. 172(4). 1129–1135. 17 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku, David A. Spiller, & David M. Post. (2008). ECOSYSTEM SIZE, BUT NOT DISTURBANCE, DETERMINES FOOD‐CHAIN LENGTH ON ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS. Ecology. 89(11). 3001–3007. 74 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku, Tomoya Iwata, & Masashi Murakami. (2008). Timescale Hierarchy Determines the Indirect Effects of Fluctuating Subsidy Inputs on In Situ Resources. The American Naturalist. 173(2). 200–211. 54 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku, Takeshi Miki, & Maiko Kagami. (2007). Intraguild predation promotes complex alternative states along a productivity gradient. Theoretical Population Biology. 72(2). 264–273. 23 indexed citations
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Seehausen, Ole, Gaku Takimoto, Denis Roy, & Jukka Jokela. (2007). Speciation reversal and biodiversity dynamics with hybridization in changing environments. Molecular Ecology. 17(1). 30–44. 384 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku. (2003). Adaptive Plasticity in Ontogenetic Niche Shifts Stabilizes Consumer‐Resource Dynamics. The American Naturalist. 162(1). 93–109. 36 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku, Tomoya Iwata, & Masashi Murakami. (2002). Seasonal subsidy stabilizes food web dynamics: Balance in a heterogeneous landscape. Ecological Research. 17(4). 433–439. 107 indexed citations
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Takimoto, Gaku, Masahiko Higashi, & Norio Yamamura. (2000). A DETERMINISTIC GENETIC MODEL FOR SYMPATRIC SPECIATION BY SEXUAL SELECTION. Evolution. 54(6). 1870–1870. 3 indexed citations
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Higashi, Masahiko, Gaku Takimoto, & Norio Yamamura. (1999). Sympatric speciation by sexual selection. Nature. 402(6761). 523–526. 295 indexed citations

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