Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Plant Science, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (65 papers), Light effects on plants (54 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (47 papers). Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (65 papers), Light effects on plants (54 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (47 papers). Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki's co-authors include Toshinori Kinoshita, Michio Doi, Sarah M. Assmann, Atsushi Takemiya, Masamitsu Wada, Eduardo Zeiger, Noriyuki Suetsugu, Noriaki Kondo, Shin-ichiro Inoue and Takatoshi Kagawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki

112 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

phot1 and phot2 mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening

2001 716 citations Toshinori Kinoshita, Michio Doi et al. profile →
Light Regulation of Stomatal Movement

2007 714 citations Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki, Michio Doi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki Japan	48	6.6k	4.5k	595	395	311	113	7.4k
Toshinori Kinoshita Japan	54	8.4k 1.3×	5.1k 1.1×	469 0.8×	241 0.6×	500 1.6×	150	9.3k
Stanisław Karpiński Poland	45	6.7k 1.0×	4.6k 1.0×	214 0.4×	153 0.4×	330 1.1×	103	8.1k
Antony N. Dodd United Kingdom	32	4.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	232 0.4×	211 0.5×	302 1.0×	65	5.0k
Jeremy Harbinson Netherlands	42	5.3k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	524 0.9×	1.1k 2.9×	393 1.3×	103	6.6k
C. Robertson McClung United States	57	7.0k 1.1×	4.9k 1.1×	199 0.3×	199 0.5×	289 0.9×	109	8.4k
Agepati S. Raghavendra India	37	4.9k 0.8×	3.2k 0.7×	137 0.2×	357 0.9×	247 0.8×	175	6.2k
Tetsuro Mimura Japan	40	4.9k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	262 0.4×	108 0.3×	241 0.8×	154	6.5k
Anjana Jajoo India	33	4.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	256 0.4×	421 1.1×	396 1.3×	105	5.4k
Hubert Greppin Switzerland	31	4.2k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	159 0.3×	182 0.5×	335 1.1×	196	5.2k
Zhen‐Ming Pei United States	30	5.6k 0.9×	2.9k 0.6×	184 0.3×	153 0.4×	155 0.5×	69	6.8k

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Yamauchi, Shota, Naoyuki Sugiyama, Takayuki Kohchi, et al.. (2024). Light-induced stomatal opening requires phosphorylation of the C-terminal autoinhibitory domain of plasma membrane H+-ATPase. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1195–1195. 19 indexed citations

Yamauchi, Shota, et al.. (2021). A BLUS1 kinase signal and a decrease in intercellular CO2 concentration are necessary for stomatal opening in response to blue light. The Plant Cell. 33(5). 1813–1827. 45 indexed citations

Yamauchi, Shota, Shoji Mano, Kazusato Oikawa, et al.. (2019). Autophagy controls reactive oxygen species homeostasis in guard cells that is essential for stomatal opening. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(38). 19187–19192. 71 indexed citations

Iwai, Sumio, et al.. (2019). Guard cell photosynthesis is crucial in abscisic acid‐induced stomatal closure. Plant Direct. 3(5). e00137–e00137. 18 indexed citations

Sato, Tadasu, et al.. (2019). Transient receptor potential melastatin-3 in the rat sensory ganglia of the trigeminal, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 96. 116–125. 23 indexed citations

Takemiya, Atsushi, Shintaro Munemasa, Eiji Okuma, et al.. (2017). Blue light and CO2 signals converge to regulate light-induced stomatal opening. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1284–1284. 120 indexed citations

Takahashi, Yohei, et al.. (2017). Reconstitution of Abscisic Acid Signaling from the Receptor to DNA via bHLH Transcription Factors. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(2). 815–822. 33 indexed citations

Takemiya, Atsushi & Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki. (2016). Arabidopsis phot1 and phot2 phosphorylate BLUS1 kinase with different efficiencies in stomatal opening. Journal of Plant Research. 129(2). 167–174. 33 indexed citations

Yamauchi, Shota, Atsushi Takemiya, Tomoaki Sakamoto, et al.. (2016). The Plasma Membrane H⁺-ATPase AHA1 Plays a Major Role in Stomatal Opening in Response to Blue Light. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 171(4). 2731–2743. 110 indexed citations

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Takemiya, Atsushi, Naoyuki Sugiyama, Hiroshi Fujimoto, et al.. (2013). Phosphorylation of BLUS1 kinase by phototropins is a primary step in stomatal opening. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2094–2094. 164 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Yohei, Toshinori Kinoshita, Michio Doi, et al.. (2013). bHLH Transcription Factors That Facilitate K ⁺ Uptake During Stomatal Opening Are Repressed by Abscisic Acid Through Phosphorylation. Science Signaling. 6(280). ra48–ra48. 99 indexed citations

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Kinoshita, Toshinori, Yuki Hayashi, Sayuri Morimoto, et al.. (2011). FLOWERING LOCUS T Regulates Stomatal Opening. Current Biology. 21(14). 1232–1238. 177 indexed citations

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Takemiya, Atsushi, Shin-ichiro Inoue, Michio Doi, Toshinori Kinoshita, & Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki. (2005). Phototropins Promote Plant Growth in Response to Blue Light in Low Light Environments. The Plant Cell. 17(4). 1120–1127. 207 indexed citations

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Kinoshita, Toshinori, Takashi Emi, Koji Sakamoto, et al.. (2003). Blue-Light- and Phosphorylation-Dependent Binding of a 14-3-3 Protein to Phototropins in Stomatal Guard Cells of Broad Bean. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 133(4). 1453–1463. 122 indexed citations

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Shimazaki, Ken‐ichiro & Toshinori Kinoshita. (1995). Chapter 35 Analysis of the Light Signaling Pathway in Stomatal Guard Cells. Methods in cell biology. 49. 501–513. 1 indexed citations

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Sakaki, Takeshi, et al.. (1995). Lipids and fatty acids in guard-cell protoplasts from Vicia faba leaves. Phytochemistry. 40(4). 1065–1070. 9 indexed citations

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Shimazaki, Ken‐ichiro, Toshinori Kinoshita, & Mitsuo Nishimura. (1992). Involvement of Calmodulin and Calmodulin-Dependent Myosin Light Chain Kinase in Blue Light-Dependent H⁺ Pumping by Guard Cell Protoplasts from Vicia faba L.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 99(4). 1416–1421. 98 indexed citations

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Ohya, Toshihide & Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki. (1989). Profiles of Proteins in Guard-cell and Mesophyll Protoplasts from Vicia faba L. Fractionated by Sodium Dodecylsulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 30(5). 783–787. 8 indexed citations

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Shimazaki, Ken‐ichiro & Eduardo Zeiger. (1987). Red Light-Dependent CO₂ Uptake and Oxygen Evolution in Guard Cell Protoplasts of Vicia faba L.: Evidence for Photosynthetic CO₂ Fixation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 84(1). 7–9. 38 indexed citations

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Shimazaki, Ken‐ichiro & Noriaki Kondo. (1987). Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase in Guard-Cell Protoplasts from Vicia faba L.. Plant and Cell Physiology. 28(5). 893–900. 30 indexed citations

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