Kentaro Ito

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Kentaro Ito is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Biomedical Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kentaro Ito has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kentaro Ito's work include Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research (9 papers), Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (6 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (6 papers). Kentaro Ito is often cited by papers focused on Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research (9 papers), Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (6 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (6 papers). Kentaro Ito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and France. Kentaro Ito's co-authors include Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Ryo Kobayashi, Atsushi Tero, Mark D. Fricker, Tetsu Saigusa, Daniel P. Bebber, Seiji Takagi, Yukio Hinatsu, Makoto Wakeshima and Yoshihiro Doi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kentaro Ito

27 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Rules for Biologically Inspired Adaptive Network Design 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Rules for Biologically Inspired Adaptive Network Design
    2010 557 citations Atsushi Tero, Seiji Takagi et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kentaro Ito Japan 12 537 333 233 188 157 27 1.3k
Michael Leitner Austria 21 268 0.5× 112 0.3× 81 0.3× 101 0.5× 86 0.5× 95 1.3k
Takashi Amemiya Japan 26 351 0.7× 207 0.6× 76 0.3× 52 0.3× 159 1.0× 183 2.5k
Eleni Katifori United States 16 278 0.5× 202 0.6× 249 1.1× 39 0.2× 67 0.4× 40 1.1k
Nicholas W. Roberts United Kingdom 27 829 1.5× 599 1.8× 86 0.4× 597 3.2× 33 0.2× 92 2.9k
Derek E. Moulton United Kingdom 20 417 0.8× 139 0.4× 201 0.9× 33 0.2× 106 0.7× 66 1.5k
Silas Alben United States 23 528 1.0× 86 0.3× 107 0.5× 72 0.4× 579 3.7× 65 2.6k
Takeshi Inoue Japan 31 371 0.7× 103 0.3× 572 2.5× 58 0.3× 58 0.4× 164 2.8k
Juzhong Zhang China 21 376 0.7× 41 0.1× 250 1.1× 59 0.3× 26 0.2× 75 1.9k
David Armitage United States 23 225 0.4× 132 0.4× 69 0.3× 471 2.5× 16 0.1× 120 1.5k
Xavier Noblin France 15 410 0.8× 93 0.3× 157 0.7× 22 0.1× 79 0.5× 32 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kentaro Ito

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kentaro Ito

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kentaro Ito. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kentaro Ito. The network helps show where Kentaro Ito may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kentaro Ito

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kentaro Ito. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kentaro Ito 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 Kentaro Ito. Kentaro Ito 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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Yamada, Yasufumi, et al.. (2020). Modulation of acoustic navigation behaviour by spatial learning in the echolocating bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum nippon. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10751–10751. 8 indexed citations
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Ito, Kentaro, Yuuki Watanabe, Nobuo Kokubun, & Akinori Takahashi. (2020). Inter‐colony foraging area segregation quantified in small colonies of Adélie Penguins. Ibis. 163(1). 90–98. 12 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Yuuki, Kentaro Ito, Nobuo Kokubun, & Akinori Takahashi. (2020). Foraging behavior links sea ice to breeding success in Antarctic penguins. Science Advances. 6(26). eaba4828–eaba4828. 38 indexed citations
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Ito, Kentaro & Ryo Kobayashi. (2017). Searching strategy of slime mold and its mathematical model. 10–11. 1 indexed citations
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Thiébot, Jean-Baptiste, John P. Y. Arnould, Agustina Gómez‐Laich, et al.. (2017). Jellyfish and other gelata as food for four penguin species – insights from predator‐borne videos. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 15(8). 437–441. 60 indexed citations
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Yamada, Yasufumi, Kentaro Ito, Ryo Kobayashi, & Shizuko Hiryu. (2017). Obstacle avoidance navigation system for cheap design sensing inspired by bio-sonar navigation of bats. 216. 3–6. 2 indexed citations
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Ito, Kentaro, et al.. (2016). Synchronization of Two Self-Oscillating Gels Based on Chemo-Mechanical Coupling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 120(11). 2977–2983. 10 indexed citations
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Umedachi, Takuya, Kentaro Ito, & Akio Ishiguro. (2015). Soft-bodied amoeba-inspired robot that switches between qualitatively different behaviors with decentralized stiffness control. Adaptive Behavior. 23(2). 97–108. 9 indexed citations
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Hashimoto, Shingo, Chifumi Fujii, Shigeaki Hida, et al.. (2015). NFκB2 Gene as a Novel Candidate that Epigenetically Responds to Interval Walking Training. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 36(9). 769–775. 28 indexed citations
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Umedachi, Takuya, et al.. (2013). True-slime-mould-inspired hydrostatically coupled oscillator system exhibiting versatile behaviours. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 8(3). 35001–35001. 14 indexed citations
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Latty, Tanya, Kai Ramsch, Kentaro Ito, et al.. (2011). Structure and formation of ant transportation networks. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 8(62). 1298–1306. 59 indexed citations
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Owaki, Dai, et al.. (2011). An Oscillator Model That Enables Motion Stabilization and Motion Exploration by Exploiting Multi-Rhythmicity. Advanced Robotics. 25(9-10). 1139–1158. 1 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yoshimi, Kentaro Ito, Toshiyuki Nakagaki, & Ryo Kobayashi. (2011). Mechanics of peristaltic locomotion and role of anchoring. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(67). 222–233. 86 indexed citations
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Tero, Atsushi, Seiji Takagi, Tetsu Saigusa, et al.. (2010). Rules for Biologically Inspired Adaptive Network Design. Science. 327(5964). 439–442. 557 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ito, Kentaro, David J. T. Sumpter, & Toshiyuki Nakagaki. (2010). Risk management in spatio-temporally varying field by true slime mold. Nonlinear Theory and Its Applications IEICE. 1(1). 26–36. 10 indexed citations
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Tasaka, Yuji, Kentaro Ito, & Makoto Iima. (2008). Visualization of a rotating flow under large-deformed free surface using anisotropic flakes. Journal of Visualization. 11(2). 163–172. 9 indexed citations
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Ito, Kentaro & Yasumasa Nishiura. (2008). Intermittent switching for three repulsively coupled oscillators. Physical Review E. 77(3). 36224–36224. 10 indexed citations
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Tasaka, Yuji, Makoto Iima, & Kentaro Ito. (2008). Rotating flow transition related to surface switching. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 137. 12030–12030. 3 indexed citations
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Sato, Kaiji, Kentaro Ito, Seiichi Hata, & Akira Shimokohbe. (2002). Self-alignment of microparts using liquid surface tension—behavior of micropart and alignment characteristics. Precision Engineering. 27(1). 42–50. 63 indexed citations
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Ito, Kentaro, Keitaro Tezuka, & Yukio Hinatsu. (2001). Preparation, Magnetic Susceptibility, and Specific Heat on Interlanthanide Perovskites ABO3 (A=La–Nd, B=Dy–Lu). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 157(1). 173–179. 77 indexed citations

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