Ken Naito

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Ken Naito is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Naito has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Plant Science, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ken Naito's work include Agricultural pest management studies (23 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (19 papers) and Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies (14 papers). Ken Naito is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural pest management studies (23 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (19 papers) and Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies (14 papers). Ken Naito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Thailand and United States. Ken Naito's co-authors include Yutaka Toyoda, Kazuo Fujikawa, Y. Fukuda, Takatoshi Tanisaka, Yutaka Okumoto, ‍Norihiko Tomooka, Susan R. Wessler, Hiroki Saito, Yu Takahashi and Takuji Tsukiyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ken Naito

102 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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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.

Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Naito Japan	31	2.0k	1.4k	834	577	376	106	4.0k
H.T. Meryman United States	21	325 0.2×	592 0.4×	773 0.9×	432 0.7×	165 0.4×	59	2.8k
Masaru Murakami Japan	31	139 0.1×	1.4k 1.0×	193 0.2×	236 0.4×	462 1.2×	237	3.7k
Mylène Docquier Switzerland	21	381 0.2×	636 0.5×	189 0.2×	131 0.2×	275 0.7×	42	1.7k
Hiroshi Imai Japan	35	412 0.2×	2.6k 1.9×	1.5k 1.8×	872 1.5×	950 2.5×	154	4.1k
Hans‐Werner Lahm Switzerland	23	274 0.1×	1.8k 1.3×	210 0.3×	63 0.1×	304 0.8×	32	3.8k
Junko Stevens United States	5	376 0.2×	2.6k 1.9×	202 0.2×	33 0.1×	552 1.5×	9	5.0k
Timothy M. Rose United States	31	369 0.2×	2.2k 1.6×	143 0.2×	47 0.1×	749 2.0×	77	5.2k
Runsheng Li China	29	237 0.1×	1.4k 1.0×	141 0.2×	145 0.3×	303 0.8×	114	3.1k
R.J. Wall United States	40	312 0.2×	3.7k 2.6×	964 1.2×	513 0.9×	3.4k 9.1×	110	5.8k
T Sekiya Japan	20	298 0.2×	2.0k 1.4×	160 0.2×	38 0.1×	826 2.2×	53	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Naito

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Shimomura, Koichiro, Ryoichi Yano, Yoichi Kawazu, et al.. (2025). Chromosome-level assembly of <i>Cucumis sativus</i> cv. ‘Tokiwa’ as a reference genome of Japanese cucumber. Breeding Science. 75(2). 85–92. 2 indexed citations

Matsuda, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2025). Solid–liquid equilibria of selected ternary systems containing diphenyl carbonate, alcohol, dialkyl carbonate, and phenol. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 595. 114420–114420.

Wang, Fanmiao, Sompong Chankaew, H Ariga, et al.. (2025). Diurnal Regulation of SOS Pathway and Sodium Excretion Underlying Salinity Tolerance of Vigna marina. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(6). 3925–3938. 2 indexed citations

Ito, Miho, Chiaki Muto, Eri Ogiso‐Tanaka, et al.. (2024). Single candidate gene for salt tolerance of <i>Vigna nakashimae</i> (Ohwi) Ohwi & Ohashi identified by QTL mapping, whole genome sequencing and triplicated RNA-seq analyses. Breeding Science. 74(2). 93–102. 2 indexed citations

Kouzai, Yusuke, Reika Watanabe, Hideyuki Kajiwara, et al.. (2024). BglaTNB6, a tailocin produced by a plant-associated nonpathogenic bacterium, prevents rice seed-borne bacterial diseases. PLoS Pathogens. 20(10). e1012645–e1012645.

Naito, Ken. (2023). How to Sequence and Assemble Plant Genomes. Methods in molecular biology. 2632. 57–77. 6 indexed citations

Ogiso‐Tanaka, Eri, Sompong Chankaew, Takehisa Isemura, et al.. (2020). Whole genome sequencing data of Vigna nakashimae var. Ukushima and G418. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29. 105131–105131. 1 indexed citations

Hirose, Aya, Ippei Takahashi, Masafumi Mikami, et al.. (2018). Simultaneous site-directed mutagenesis of duplicated loci in soybean using a single guide RNA. Plant Cell Reports. 37(3). 553–563. 63 indexed citations

Iseki, Kohtaro, Yu Takahashi, Chiaki Muto, Ken Naito, & ‍Norihiko Tomooka. (2018). Diversity of Drought Tolerance in the Genus Vigna. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 729–729. 43 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Yu, Prakit Somta, Chiaki Muto, et al.. (2016). Novel Genetic Resources in the Genus Vigna Unveiled from Gene Bank Accessions. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0147568–e0147568. 66 indexed citations

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Chankaew, Sompong, Takehisa Isemura, Ken Naito, et al.. (2013). QTL mapping for salt tolerance and domestication-related traits in Vigna marina subsp. oblonga, a halophytic species. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 127(3). 691–702. 44 indexed citations

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Naito, Ken, Feng Zhang, Takuji Tsukiyama, et al.. (2009). Unexpected consequences of a sudden and massive transposon amplification on rice gene expression. Nature. 461(7267). 1130–1134. 357 indexed citations

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Tsukiyama, Takuji, et al.. (2006). Distribution, structure, organ-specific expression, and phylogenic analysis of the pathogenesis-related protein-3 chitinase gene family in rice (Oryza sativaL.). Genome. 49(6). 619–630. 24 indexed citations

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Matsumoto, S, et al.. (2000). Management of suspected nosocomial infection: an audit of 19 hospitalized patients with septicemia caused by Bacillus species.. PubMed. 53(5). 196–202. 35 indexed citations

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Kato, Masashi, et al.. (1997). Effects of Adriamycin on Sperm Motility Using CASA (HTM-IVOS) System : Poster Sessions. Congenital Anomalies. 37(3). 312. 1 indexed citations

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Naito, Ken, Masakane Yamashita, Yoshitaka Nagahama, et al.. (1995). Association of p34cdc2 and Cyclin B1 during Meiotic Maturation in Porcine Oocytes. Developmental Biology. 168(2). 627–634. 64 indexed citations

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Naito, Ken & Yutaka Toyoda. (1991). Fluctuation of histone H1 kinase activity during meiotic maturation in porcine oocytes. Reproduction. 93(2). 467–473. 117 indexed citations

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Fukuda, Y., et al.. (1990). Birth of Normal Calves Resulting from Bovine Oocytes Matured, Fertilized, and Cultured with Cumulus Cells in Vitro up to the Blastocyst Stage1. Biology of Reproduction. 42(1). 114–119. 126 indexed citations

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Hamano, Seizo, Ken Naito, Y. Fukuda, & Yutaka Toyoda. (1989). In vitro capacitation of boar ejaculated spermatozoa: Effect of conditioned media prepared from preincubated sperm suspension. Gamete Research. 24(4). 483–489. 16 indexed citations

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Naito, Ken, Y. Fukuda, & Yutaka Toyoda. (1988). Effects of porcine follicular fluid on male pronucleus formation in porcine oocytes matured in vitro. Gamete Research. 21(3). 289–295. 139 indexed citations

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