Hiroshi Maéda

16.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
451 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Maéda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Maéda has authored 451 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Molecular Biology, 110 papers in Organic Chemistry and 54 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Maéda's work include Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (72 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (41 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers). Hiroshi Maéda is often cited by papers focused on Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (72 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (41 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers). Hiroshi Maéda collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Hiroshi Maéda's co-authors include Natalia Dudareva, Hideya Kawasaki, Dean DellaPenna, Shigeo Sasaki, Shogo Takashiba, Nakao Ishida, Shôichi Ikeda, Rie Kakehashi, Craig A. Schenck and Fusanori Nishimura and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Maéda

433 papers receiving 11.5k 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.

  1. The Shikimate Pathway and Aromatic Amino Acid Biosynthesis in Plants
    2012 1.1k citations Hiroshi Maéda, Natalia Dudareva profile →
  2. Specificity of Binding of Hexopyranosyl Polysaccharides with Fluorescent Brightener
    1967 314 citations Hiroshi Maéda et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hiroshi Maéda Japan 55 5.1k 2.6k 2.2k 795 752 451 11.9k
Hiroshi Noguchi Japan 51 4.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 242 0.3× 394 10.0k
Isao Saito Japan 54 7.2k 1.4× 3.4k 1.3× 791 0.4× 612 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 593 13.5k
Robert C. Hider United Kingdom 73 5.6k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 655 0.8× 113 0.2× 457 20.2k
Mahendra Kumar Jain United States 58 8.6k 1.7× 978 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.8k 2.2× 308 0.4× 273 13.1k
Toshio Tanaka Japan 62 4.5k 0.9× 3.6k 1.4× 812 0.4× 570 0.7× 603 0.8× 824 22.4k
Andrea Scaloni Italy 63 7.4k 1.5× 871 0.3× 2.6k 1.2× 407 0.5× 269 0.4× 403 13.5k
Amit Kumar India 51 3.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 840 1.1× 131 0.2× 461 10.5k
Stephen E. Harding United Kingdom 57 4.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 2.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 292 0.4× 416 12.0k
Reinhard H.H. Neubert Germany 52 3.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 598 0.3× 1.2k 1.5× 211 0.3× 346 10.7k
David F. Smith United States 68 12.9k 2.5× 2.1k 0.8× 587 0.3× 432 0.5× 621 0.8× 215 17.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Maéda

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All Works

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Yobi, Abou, Ryo Yokoyama, Shan Wu, et al.. (2025). Maize big embryo 6 reveals roles of plastidial and cytosolic prephenate aminotransferases in seed and plant development. The Plant Cell. 37(6). 2 indexed citations
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Maéda, Hiroshi, et al.. (2025). Soybean Cyst Nematode‐Resistant Protein AATRhg1 Affects Amino Acid Homeostasis and Betalain Accumulation. Plant Direct. 9(8). e70098–e70098.
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Busta, Lucas, et al.. (2024). Mapping of specialized metabolite terms onto a plant phylogeny using text mining and large language models. The Plant Journal. 120(1). 406–419. 9 indexed citations
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Moore, Bethany M., et al.. (2023). Coordinated regulation of the entry and exit steps of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis supports the dual lignin pathway in grasses. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7242–7242. 26 indexed citations
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Maéda, Hiroshi, et al.. (2022). An automated workflow that generates atom mappings for large‐scale metabolic models and its application to Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 111(5). 1486–1500. 8 indexed citations
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Han, Sang‐Woo, et al.. (2022). Evolutionary origin and functional diversification of aminotransferases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(8). 102122–102122. 56 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Ryo, Marcos V. V. de Oliveira, Yuri Takeda, et al.. (2022). Point mutations that boost aromatic amino acid production and CO 2 assimilation in plants. Science Advances. 8(23). eabo3416–eabo3416. 21 indexed citations
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Yoo, Heejin, Joseph H. Lynch, Xingqi Huang, et al.. (2021). Overexpression of arogenate dehydratase reveals an upstream point of metabolic control in phenylalanine biosynthesis. The Plant Journal. 108(3). 737–751. 20 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Ryo, et al.. (2020). The entry reaction of the plant shikimate pathway is subjected to highly complex metabolite-mediated regulation. The Plant Cell. 33(3). 671–696. 84 indexed citations
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Naake, Thomas, Hiroshi Maéda, Sebastian Proost, Takayuki Tohge, & Alisdair R. Fernie. (2020). Kingdom-wide analysis of the evolution of the plant type III polyketide synthase superfamily. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(3). 857–875. 23 indexed citations
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Maéda, Hiroshi, Shigeo Sasaki, Hideya Kawasaki, & Rie Kakehashi. (2018). A Simple Method of Interpretating the Effects of Electric Charges on the Volume Phase Transition of Thermosensitive Gels. Gels. 4(1). 24–24. 3 indexed citations
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Yamashiro, Keisuke, et al.. (2017). Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans regulates the expression of integrins and reduces cell adhesion via integrin α5 in human gingival epithelial cells. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 436(1-2). 39–48. 10 indexed citations
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Lopez‐Nieves, Samuel, Ya Yang, Alfonso Timoneda, et al.. (2017). Relaxation of tyrosine pathway regulation underlies the evolution of betalain pigmentation in Caryophyllales. New Phytologist. 217(2). 896–908. 83 indexed citations
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Hikita, Tomoya, Akira Minami, Kiyoshi Suzuki, et al.. (2015). Isolation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific for chondroitin sulfate E. Glycobiology. 25(9). 953–962. 14 indexed citations
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Weisberg, Alexandra J., et al.. (2014). Phylobiochemical Characterization of Class-Ib Aspartate/Prephenate Aminotransferases Reveals Evolution of the Plant Arogenate Phenylalanine Pathway. The Plant Cell. 26(7). 3101–3114. 34 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Tadashi, Yoshihiro Iwamoto, Nobuyuki Shiomi, et al.. (2011). Chronic periodontitis with multiple risk factor syndrome: a case report.. PubMed. 13(2). 40–7. 5 indexed citations
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Maéda, Hiroshi, Wan Song, Tammy L. Sage, & Dean DellaPenna. (2006). Tocopherols Play a Crucial Role in Low-Temperature Adaptation and Phloem Loading in Arabidopsis  . The Plant Cell. 18(10). 2710–2732. 196 indexed citations

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