Hidemi Kitano

27.4k citations

166 papers · 21.0k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 70

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.01%
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant responses to water stress
Genetics top 0.1%
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Papers in

Plant Science 151
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 104
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement 33
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls 26
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism 21
- Plant responses to water stress 20
Genetics 44
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals 44

Co-authors: Makoto Matsuoka Motoyuki Ashikari Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka Hironori Itoh Yoshiaki Inukai Shozo Fujioka Masatomo Kobayashi Yasuo Nagato
Journals: The Plant Cell (21 papers)Breeding Science (18 papers)The Plant Journal (13 papers)Plant and Cell Physiology (12 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (9 papers)
Partner nations: Japan China United States

In The Last Decade

Hidemi Kitano

166 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

13 papers align trajectories log scale

Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice 2016 · 461 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Nature Genetics
2010 Nature Genetics
2009 Nature
2005 Science
2005 Nature
2005 Plant and Cell Physiology
2005 Nature Biotechnology
2004 PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
2003 Science
2003 The Plant Journal
2002 Nature
2001 The Plant Cell
2000 The Plant Cell

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Hidemi Kitano, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Florigen and cytokinin signaling antagonistically regulate FLOWERING LOCUS T-LIKE1 to drive a florigen relay that facilitates inflorescence development in rice Science Advances ·Amir Faravar, Yukiya Sakamoto, Hongling Di, Ga hyun Son, Yuko Nomura, Y Morishita, Ken‐ichiro Taoka, Masafumi Mikami, M. Endo, Hidemi Kitano, Sachihiro Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Tsuji	2025	1
2	Independent control of organ number and distribution pattern in rice panicle Frontiers in Plant Science ·Eiji Yamamoto, Shiori Yabe, Huzaidah Muhammad Shahar, Hideki Yoshida, Yoichi Morinaka, Makoto Matsuoka, Hidemi Kitano	2023	2
3	Evolutionary alterations in gene expression and enzymatic activities of gibberellin 3-oxidase 1 in Oryza Communications Biology ·Naïma Bouchry, Sayaka Takehara, Peter Ziribagwa Sabakaki, K. Lakshmireddy, Monika A.M. Kedziorek, Shavkat Buriboev, Aya Ito, Martin Gerbert, Yosuke Toda, Mikiko Kojima, Yumiko Takebayashi, Hiroyasu Furuumi, Ken–Ichi Nonomura, Bunzo Mikami, Takashi Akagi, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka, Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka	2022	13
4	Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice Nature Genetics ·Kenji Yano, Eiji Yamamoto, Koichiro Aya, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Ya. L. Naumenava, Li Hu, Masanori Yamasaki, Shinya Yoshida, Hidemi Kitano, Ko Hirano, Makoto Matsuoka Hit paper breakdown →	2016	461
5	A Mathematical Model of Phloem Sucrose Transport as a New Tool for Designing Rice Panicle Structure for High Grain Yield Plant and Cell Physiology ·M. Seki, François G. Feugier, Zhu Nanjie, Motoyuki Ashikari, Haruka Nakamura, Keiki Ishiyama, Tomoyuki Yamaya, Huzaidah Muhammad Shahar, Hidemi Kitano, Akiko Satake	2014	25
6	Gibberellin deficiency pleiotropically induces culm bending in sorghum: an insight into sorghum semi-dwarf breeding Scientific Reports ·Reynante Lacsamana Ordonio, Yusuke Ito, Neil D. Springate, 治嶋田, Shigemitsu Kasuga, Tsuyoshi Tokunaga, Hiroshi Mizuno, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka, Takashi Sazuka	2014	40
7	Utilization of Stiff Culm Trait of Rice smos1 Mutant for Increased Lodging Resistance PLoS ONE ·Ko Hirano, Odette Saavedra, Tokunori Hobo, Reynante Lacsamana Ordonio, Svein Erik Aasen, Kenji Asano, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka	2014	30
8	Auxin signal transcription factor regulates expression of the brassinosteroid receptor gene in rice The Plant Journal ·Tomoaki Sakamoto, Yoichi Morinaka, Yoshiaki Inukai, Hidemi Kitano, Shozo Fujioka	2012	80
9	Artificial selection for a green revolution gene during japonica rice domestication Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kenji Asano, Masanori Yamasaki, Shohei Takuno, Kotaro Miura, Satoshi Katagiri, Tomoko Ito, Kazuyuki Doi, Jian Wu, Kaworu Ebana, Takashi Matsumoto, Hideki Innan, Hidemi Kitano, Motoyuki Ashikari, Makoto Matsuoka	2011	148
10	The expression of pectin methylesterase in onion flower buds is associated with the dominant male‐fertility restoration allele Plant Breeding ·H.V. Kehiaian, Jun Miao, 문정환, S. Ezzemouri, Yihui Zhang, Godfried Meesters, Qingwei Meng, Tian Cai-xian, Hidemi Kitano, Wu Xiong	2011	16
11	Characterization of the Molecular Mechanism Underlying Gibberellin Perception Complex Formation in Rice The Plant Cell ·Ko Hirano, Kenji Asano, Hiroyuki Tsuji, Mayuko Kawamura, Hitoshi Mori, Hidemi Kitano, Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka, Makoto Matsuoka	2010	154
12	A metastable DWARF1 epigenetic mutant affecting plant stature in rice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kotaro Miura, Masakazu Agetsuma, Hidemi Kitano, Atsushi Yoshimura, Makoto Matsuoka, Steven E. Jacobsen, Motoyuki Ashikari	2009	145
13	Involvement of C-22-Hydroxylated Brassinosteroids in Auxin-Induced Lamina Joint Bending in Rice Plant and Cell Physiology ·Ayako Nakamura, Satoko Fujioka, Suguru Takatsuto, M. Tsujimoto, Hidemi Kitano, Shigeo Yoshida, Tadao Asami, Takeshi Nakano	2009	45
14	The GID1-Mediated Gibberellin Perception Mechanism Is Conserved in the Lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii but Not in the Bryophyte Physcomitrella patens The Plant Cell ·Ko Hirano, Masatoshi Nakajima, Kenji Asano, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Mikiko Kojima, Etsuko Katoh, Hongyu Xiang, Takako Tanahashi, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Jo Ann Banks, Motoyuki Ashikari, Hidemi Kitano, Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka, Makoto Matsuoka	2007	166
15	The small interfering RNA production pathway is required for shoot meristem initiation in rice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hiroshi Nagasaki, J. Itoh, 秀樹池上, Ken‐ichiro Hibara, Namiko Satoh‐Nagasawa, M.B.F. Chaves, Alexander Morton, Motoyuki Ashikari, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka, Yasuo Nagato, Yutaka Sato	2007	203
16	Crown rootless1 , Which Is Essential for Crown Root Formation in Rice, Is a Target of an AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR in Auxin Signaling The Plant Cell ·Yoshiaki Inukai, Tomoaki Sakamoto, Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka, Roberto de Guglielmo, Kenji Gomi, Harichandra Parbat, Yasuko Hasegawa, Motoyuki Ashikari, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka	2005	393
17	Cytokinin Oxidase Regulates Rice Grain Production Science ·Motoyuki Ashikari, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Shaoyang Lin, Toshio Yamamoto, Tomonori Takashi, Asuka Nishimura, E. R. Angeles, Qian Qian, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka Hit paper breakdown →	2005	1421
18	The ectopic expression of phenylalanine ammonia lyase with ectopic accumulation of polysaccharide-linked hydroxycinnamoyl esters in internode parenchyma of rice mutant Fukei 71 Plant Cell Reports ·Autry Bull, Jayanth Bisa, Yoshimi Nakano, Nobuyuki Nishikubo, Yuuri Tsuboi, Jin‐Mei Zhou, Hidemi Kitano, Yoshihiro Katayama	2005	9
19	Accumulation of Phosphorylated Repressor for Gibberellin Signaling in an F-box Mutant Science ·英範久原, Hironori Itoh, Kenji Gomi, Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka, Kanako Ishiyama, Masatomo Kobayashi, Dong‐Hoon Jeong, Gynheung An, Hidemi Kitano, Motoyuki Ashikari, Makoto Matsuoka Hit paper breakdown →	2003	531
20	SLENDER RICE, A CONSTITUTIVE GIBBERELLIN RESPONSE MUTANT Plant and Cell Physiology ·Akira Ikeda, Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka, Hidemi Kitano, Masaji Koshioka, Yuzo FUTSUHARA, Makoto Matsuoka, Junji Yamaguchi	1999	69

About Hidemi Kitano

Hidemi Kitano is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 166 papers that have together received 21.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (104 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (67 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (44 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (33 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (26 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (22 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (21 papers) and Plant responses to water stress (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (19.6k citations), Genetics (5.7k citations), Molecular Biology (9.9k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (940 citations) and Horticulture (88 citations). Hidemi Kitano has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Makoto Matsuoka, Motoyuki Ashikari, Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka, Hironori Itoh, Yoshiaki Inukai, Shozo Fujioka, Masatomo Kobayashi, Yasuo Nagato, Suguru Takatsuto and Hitoshi Sakakibara. Their work appears in journals such as The Plant Cell, Breeding Science, The Plant Journal, Plant and Cell Physiology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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