Ko Hirano

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Ko Hirano is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ko Hirano has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ko Hirano's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (18 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (11 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers). Ko Hirano is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (18 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (11 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers). Ko Hirano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Philippines and China. Ko Hirano's co-authors include Makoto Matsuoka, Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka, Hidemi Kitano, Koichiro Aya, Kenji Yano, Mayuko Kawamura, Kenji Asano, Reynante Lacsamana Ordonio, Shinya Yoshida and Eiji Yamamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ko Hirano

40 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice

2016 461 citations Kenji Yano, Eiji Yamamoto et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ko Hirano Japan	30	2.7k	1.4k	796	389	281	41	3.3k
Samuel P. Hazen United States	30	2.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	400 0.5×	216 0.6×	308 1.1×	47	3.1k
Hai‐Chun Jing China	26	1.8k 0.7×	956 0.7×	442 0.6×	448 1.2×	206 0.7×	58	2.3k
Gurmukh S. Johal United States	30	3.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	668 0.8×	241 0.6×	93 0.3×	64	3.9k
Tim Langdon United Kingdom	27	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	475 0.6×	92 0.2×	198 0.7×	51	2.7k
Meixian Yan China	16	3.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	164 0.4×	252 0.9×	24	3.5k
Yongrui Wu China	32	1.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	598 0.8×	256 0.7×	255 0.9×	64	2.5k
Matthew R. Tucker Australia	34	3.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	457 0.6×	268 0.7×	134 0.5×	94	3.5k
Guosheng Xiong China	24	4.4k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.9×	181 0.5×	121 0.4×	45	5.0k
Catherine Feuillet France	38	4.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	215 0.6×	77 0.3×	76	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ko Hirano

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Yoshida, Hideki, Ko Hirano, Kenji Yano, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide association study identifies a gene responsible for temperature-dependent rice germination. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5665–5665. 37 indexed citations

Yoshida, Hideki, Kenji Yano, Eriko Koketsu, et al.. (2017). OsIDD2, a zinc finger and INDETERMINATE DOMAIN protein, regulates secondary cell wall formation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 60(2). 130–143. 36 indexed citations

Hirano, Ko, Mayuko Kawamura, Miki Yamaguchi, et al.. (2017). Sorghum DW1 positively regulates brassinosteroid signaling by inhibiting the nuclear localization of BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 2. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 126–126. 58 indexed citations

Hirano, Ko, Hideki Yoshida, Koichiro Aya, et al.. (2017). SMALL ORGAN SIZE 1 and SMALL ORGAN SIZE 2/DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING Form a Complex to Integrate Auxin and Brassinosteroid Signaling in Rice. Molecular Plant. 10(4). 590–604. 112 indexed citations

Yano, Kenji, Eiji Yamamoto, Koichiro Aya, et al.. (2016). Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice. Nature Genetics. 48(8). 927–934. 461 indexed citations breakdown →

Yamaguchi, Miki, Ko Hirano, Akihiro Fujii, et al.. (2016). Sorghum Dw1, an agronomically important gene for lodging resistance, encodes a novel protein involved in cell proliferation. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28366–28366. 77 indexed citations

Petti, Carloalberto, Ko Hirano, Jozsef Stork, & Seth DeBolt. (2015). Mapping of a Cellulose-Deficient Mutant Named dwarf1-1 in Sorghum bicolor to the Green Revolution Gene gibberellin20-oxidase Reveals a Positive Regulatory Association between Gibberellin and Cellulose Biosynthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 169(1). 705–716. 27 indexed citations

Yano, Kenji, Taiichiro Ookawa, Koichiro Aya, et al.. (2015). Isolation of a Novel Lodging Resistance QTL Gene Involved in Strigolactone Signaling and Its Pyramiding with a QTL Gene Involved in Another Mechanism. Molecular Plant. 8(2). 303–314. 104 indexed citations

Kawaguchi, Hideo, Kengo Sasaki, Yota Tsuge, et al.. (2015). 3-Amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid production from sweet sorghum juice by recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum. Bioresource Technology. 198. 410–417. 22 indexed citations

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Kawaguchi, Hideo, Hiroshi Teramura, Kiyotaka Y. Hara, et al.. (2015). Phenyllactic acid production by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of pretreated sorghum bagasse. Bioresource Technology. 182. 169–178. 31 indexed citations

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Hirano, Ko, Tokunori Hobo, Reynante Lacsamana Ordonio, et al.. (2014). Utilization of Stiff Culm Trait of Rice smos1 Mutant for Increased Lodging Resistance. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e96009–e96009. 30 indexed citations

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Yano, Kenji, Taiichiro Ookawa, Koichiro Aya, et al.. (2014). Isolation of a novel lodging resistance QTL gene involved in strigolactone signaling and its pyramiding with a QTL gene involved in another mechanism. Molecular Plant. 29 indexed citations

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Hirano, Ko & Kiyomi Takahashi. (2012). Trends of Japan's Giant Leisure Industry: Pachinko. UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal. 7(2).

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Hirano, Ko, et al.. (2012). The suppressive function of the rice DELLA protein SLR1 is dependent on its transcriptional activation activity. The Plant Journal. 71(3). 443–453. 98 indexed citations

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Hirano, Ko, Koichiro Aya, Makoto Matsuoka, & Miyako Ueguchi‐Tanaka. (2012). Molecular Determinants that Convert Hormone Sensitive Lipase into Gibberellin Receptor. Protein and Peptide Letters. 19(2). 180–185. 4 indexed citations

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Hirano, Ko, et al.. (2011). OsCAD2 is the major CAD gene responsible for monolignol biosynthesis in rice culm. Plant Cell Reports. 31(1). 91–101. 83 indexed citations

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Hirano, Ko, Kenji Asano, Hiroyuki Tsuji, et al.. (2010). Characterization of the Molecular Mechanism Underlying Gibberellin Perception Complex Formation in Rice . The Plant Cell. 22(8). 2680–2696. 154 indexed citations

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Hirano, Ko, Toshihisa Kotake, Tsutomu Aohara, et al.. (2010). Rice BRITTLE CULM 3 (BC3) encodes a classical dynamin OsDRP2B essential for proper secondary cell wall synthesis. Planta. 232(1). 95–108. 68 indexed citations

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Hirano, Ko, Koichiro Aya, Tokunori Hobo, et al.. (2008). Comprehensive Transcriptome Analysis of Phytohormone Biosynthesis and Signaling Genes in Microspore/Pollen and Tapetum of Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology. 49(10). 1429–1450. 166 indexed citations

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Hirano, Ko, Masatoshi Nakajima, Kenji Asano, et al.. (2007). The GID1-Mediated Gibberellin Perception Mechanism Is Conserved in the Lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii but Not in the Bryophyte Physcomitrella patens. The Plant Cell. 19(10). 3058–3079. 166 indexed citations

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