Kinya Toriyama

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Kinya Toriyama is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kinya Toriyama has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Molecular Biology, 89 papers in Plant Science and 20 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Kinya Toriyama's work include Plant Reproductive Biology (56 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (51 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (43 papers). Kinya Toriyama is often cited by papers focused on Plant Reproductive Biology (56 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (51 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (43 papers). Kinya Toriyama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and United States. Kinya Toriyama's co-authors include Kokichi Hinata, Tohru Ariizumi, Tomohiko Kazama, Sota Fujii, Sachie Kishitani, Masao Watanabe, Yukihiro Ito, Xiaolan Wu, Hirofumi Uchimiya and Katsunori Hatakeyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Biotechnology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kinya Toriyama

139 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic Regulation of Sporopollenin Synthesis and Pollen ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Genetic Regulation of Sporopollenin Synthesis and Pollen Exine Development
    2011 514 citations Kinya Toriyama et al. profile →

Peers

Kinya Toriyama
Frans A. Krens Netherlands
Celestina Mariani Netherlands
David Twell United Kingdom
Joseph P. Mascarenhas United States
Francisco Madueño Spain
Mieke Van Lijsebettens Belgium
Kokichi Hinata Japan
Félix Ortego Spain
Daniel P. Matton Canada
Makoto Kusaba Japan
Frans A. Krens Netherlands
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Countries citing papers authored by Kinya Toriyama

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kinya Toriyama

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kinya Toriyama

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kinya Toriyama. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kinya Toriyama 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 Kinya Toriyama. Kinya Toriyama 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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Mireau, Hakim, Tomohiko Kazama, Hiroyuki Ichida, et al.. (2025). A Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Restores Fertility in Tadukan‐Type Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Rice via the Cleavage of the Mitochondrial orf312RNA. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(3). e70308–e70308.
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Toriyama, Kinya, Keisuke Igarashi, Tomoyuki Furuta, et al.. (2024). Cryptic cytoplasmic male sterility‐causing gene in the mitochondrial genome of common japonica rice. The Plant Journal. 120(3). 941–949. 5 indexed citations
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Ichida, Hiroyuki, Tomohiko Kazama, Shin‐ichi Arimura, & Kinya Toriyama. (2023). The mitochondrial and plastid genomes of <i>Oryza sativa</i> L. cv. Taichung 65. Plant Biotechnology. 40(1). 109–112. 2 indexed citations
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Arimura, Shin‐ichi, et al.. (2021). Disruption of mitochondrial open reading frame 352 partially restores pollen development in cytoplasmic male sterile rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 187(1). 236–246. 33 indexed citations
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Kazama, Tomohiko, et al.. (2021). Cytoplasmic Male Sterility-Associated Mitochondrial Gene orf312 Derived from Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivar Tadukan. Rice. 14(1). 46–46. 12 indexed citations
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Kitomi, Yuka, Eiko Hanzawa, Noriyuki Kuya, et al.. (2020). Root angle modifications by the DRO1 homolog improve rice yields in saline paddy fields. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(35). 21242–21250. 162 indexed citations
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Murakami, T., Tomohiko Kazama, & Kinya Toriyama. (2018). Genetic analysis of male sterility obtained from a rice cultivar Lebed backcrossed with Taichung 65. Rice. 11(1). 30–30. 1 indexed citations
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Toriyama, Kinya, et al.. (2013). Re-sequencing of mitochondrial genes in a standard rice cultivar Nipponbare. Rice. 6(1). 2–2. 3 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki, Kazuko, Kazuo Shinozaki, Kinya Toriyama, K. L. Heong, & B. Hardy. (2005). Improving drought and cold-stress tolerance in transgenic rice.. 94–97. 4 indexed citations
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Okuzaki, Ayako, Kinya Toriyama, K. L. Heong, & B. Hardy. (2005). Producing rice plants with a site-specific base change in the acetolactate synthase gene by chimeraplast-directed gene targeting.. 105–108.
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Hipólito, Lucía, et al.. (2005). Harnessing molecular markers in hybrid rice commercialization in the Philippines.. 166–169.
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Kadowaki, Kohmei, Akito Kaga, ‍Norihiko Tomooka, et al.. (2005). Eco-genetic diversification in the genus Oryza: implications for sustainable rice production.. 44–46. 2 indexed citations
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Takasaki, Takeshi, Katsunori Hatakeyama, Masao Watanabe, et al.. (1999). Introduction of SLG (S locus glycoprotein) alters the phenotype of endogenous S haplotype, but confers no new S haplotype specificity in Brassica rapa L.. Plant Molecular Biology. 40(4). 659–668. 34 indexed citations
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Okada, Takashi, Ines Swoboda, Prem L. Bhalla, Kinya Toriyama, & Mohan B. Singh. (1998). Engineering of hypoallergenic mutants of the Brassica pollen allergen, Bra r 1, for immunotherapy. FEBS Letters. 434(3). 255–260. 60 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Go, Masao Watanabe, Nobuyuki Matsuda, et al.. (1997). Three members of the S multigene family are linked to the S locus of Brassica. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 256(3). 257–264. 19 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Go, Masao Watanabe, Kinya Toriyama, Akira Isogai, & Kokichi Hinata. (1996). EXPRESSION OF SLG^9 AND SRK^9 GENOMIC CLONES IN TRANSGENIC TOBACCO. Plant and Cell Physiology. 37. 116. 3 indexed citations
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Tsuchiya, Tohru, et al.. (1994). Molecular characterization of rice genes specifically expressed in the anther tapetum. Plant Molecular Biology. 26(6). 1737–1746. 76 indexed citations

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