Kozi Asada

36.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
190 papers, 29.2k citations indexed

About

Kozi Asada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kozi Asada has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 29.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Molecular Biology, 69 papers in Plant Science and 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kozi Asada's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (89 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (37 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (29 papers). Kozi Asada is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (89 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (37 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (29 papers). Kozi Asada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Kozi Asada's co-authors include Yoshiyuki Nakano, Gongxiang Chen, M. Anwar Hossain, Chikahiro Miyake, Sumio Kanematsu, Masaaki Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Endo, Ulrich Schreiber, Jun’ichi Mano and Kuniaki Kiso and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Kozi Asada

189 papers receiving 27.8k citations

Hit Papers

Hydrogen Peroxide is Scavenged by Ascorbate-specific Pero... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 1999 2006 1992 1987 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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. Hydrogen Peroxide is Scavenged by Ascorbate-specific Peroxidase in Spinach Chloroplasts
    1981 8.9k citations Yoshiyuki Nakano, Kozi Asada Plant and Cell Physiology profile →
  2. THE WATER-WATER CYCLE IN CHLOROPLASTS: Scavenging of Active Oxygens and Dissipation of Excess Photons
    1999 3.2k citations Kozi Asada Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology profile →
  3. Production and Scavenging of Reactive Oxygen Species in Chloroplasts and Their Functions
    2006 2.0k citations Kozi Asada profile →
  4. Ascorbate peroxidase – a hydrogen peroxide‐scavenging enzyme in plants
    1992 1.2k citations Kozi Asada profile →
  5. Purification of Ascorbate Peroxidase in Spinach Chloroplasts; Its Inactivation in Ascorbate-Depleted Medium and Reactivation by Monodehydroascorbate Radical
    1987 711 citations Yoshiyuki Nakano, Kozi Asada Plant and Cell Physiology profile →
  6. Monodehydroascorbate Reductase in Spinach Chloroplasts and Its Participation in Regeneration of Ascorbate for Scavenging Hydrogen Peroxide
    1984 652 citations Yoshiyuki Nakano, Kozi Asada et al. Plant and Cell Physiology profile →
  7. Ascorbate Peroxidase in Tea Leaves: Occurrence of Two Isozymes and the Differences in Their Enzymatic and Molecular Properties
    1989 650 citations Kozi Asada et al. Plant and Cell Physiology profile →
  8. Separate Assays Specific for Ascorbate Peroxidase and Guaiacol Peroxidase and for the Chloroplastic and Cytosolic Isozymes of Ascorbate Peroxidase in Plants
    1994 467 citations Katsumi Amako, Kozi Asada et al. Plant and Cell Physiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kozi Asada Japan 66 21.2k 12.0k 1.9k 1.7k 1.3k 190 29.2k
Christine H. Foyer United Kingdom 110 45.1k 2.1× 23.2k 1.9× 1.4k 0.7× 2.1k 1.2× 2.2k 1.6× 444 55.3k
Graham Noctor France 76 24.5k 1.2× 14.6k 1.2× 897 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 141 31.0k
Neil R. Baker United Kingdom 60 16.2k 0.8× 10.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 640 0.4× 2.4k 1.7× 169 24.2k
Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler Germany 61 13.3k 0.6× 9.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 873 0.5× 2.4k 1.7× 236 22.7k
Klaus Apel Switzerland 66 17.4k 0.8× 14.9k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 419 0.2× 788 0.6× 178 23.7k
Ulrich Schreiber Germany 64 8.1k 0.4× 8.1k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 555 0.3× 1.8k 1.3× 191 15.4k
Karl‐Josef Dietz Germany 79 14.4k 0.7× 11.5k 1.0× 803 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 657 0.5× 358 22.3k
Norio Murata Japan 84 10.4k 0.5× 16.1k 1.3× 5.2k 2.8× 294 0.2× 2.0k 1.5× 247 23.1k
Giles N. Johnson United Kingdom 39 10.2k 0.5× 6.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 489 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 71 14.8k
Michel Havaux France 72 9.4k 0.4× 10.0k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 412 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 174 15.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hideg, Éva, Tamás Kálai, Péter B. Kós, Kozi Asada, & Kálmán Hideg. (2006). Singlet Oxygen in Plants—Its Significance and Possible Detection with Double (Fluorescent and Spin) Indicator Reagents. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 82(5). 1211–1218. 32 indexed citations
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Munné‐Bosch, Sergi, Toshiharu Shikanai, & Kozi Asada. (2005). Enhanced ferredoxin-dependent cyclic electron flow around photosystem I and α-tocopherol quinone accumulation in water-stressed ndhB-inactivated tobacco mutants. Planta. 222(3). 502–511. 62 indexed citations
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Munné‐Bosch, Sergi, et al.. (2004). Detection of singlet oxygen by using fluorescence probe DPAX in photosystem. Plant and Cell Physiology. 45. 194. 2 indexed citations
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Kawano, Tomonori, Reinhard Pinontoan, Nobuyuki Uozumi, et al.. (2000). Aromatic Monoamine-Induced Immediate Oxidative Burst Leading to an Increase in Cytosolic Ca2+ Concentration in Tobacco Suspension Culture. Plant and Cell Physiology. 41(11). 1251–1258. 41 indexed citations
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Sakihama, Yasuko, Jun’ichi Mano, Satoshi Sano, Kozi Asada, & Hideo Yamasaki. (2000). Reduction of Phenoxyl Radicals Mediated by Monodehydroascorbate Reductase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 279(3). 949–954. 80 indexed citations
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Kanematsu, Sumio, Setsuko Sato, & Kozi Asada. (1999). CLONING OF Azotobacter vinelandii Fe-SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE GENE AND ITS REGULATED EXPRESSION IN E. coli CELLS. Plant and Cell Physiology. 40. 1 indexed citations
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Asada, Kozi. (1999). THE WATER-WATER CYCLE IN CHLOROPLASTS: Scavenging of Active Oxygens and Dissipation of Excess Photons. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology. 50(1). 601–639. 3222 indexed citations breakdown →
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Endo, Tsuyoshi, Toshiharu Shikanai, Atsushi Takabayashi, Kozi Asada, & Fumihiko Sato. (1999). The role of chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in photoprotection. FEBS Letters. 457(1). 5–8. 193 indexed citations
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Wada, Naoki, Shigeru Kinoshita, Michinori Matsuo, et al.. (1998). Purification and Molecular Properties of Ascorbate Peroxidase from Bovine Eye. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 242(2). 256–261. 22 indexed citations
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Endo, Tsuyoshi, et al.. (1997). CYCLIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT MEDIATED BY NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE IN TOBACCO CHLOROPLASTS. Plant and Cell Physiology. 38. 1 indexed citations
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Asada, Kozi. (1997). The Role of Ascorbate Peroxidase and Monodehydroascorbate Reductase in H 2 O 2 Scavenging in Plants. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 34. 715–735. 117 indexed citations
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Endo, Tsuyoshi, Sumio Kanematsu, Ryouichi Tanaka, et al.. (1997). TOBACCO CHLOROPLASTIC CuZn-SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT ITS LOCALIZATION AT THE SITE OF SUPEROXIDE GENERATION (PS I). Plant and Cell Physiology. 38. 4 indexed citations
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Miyake, Chikahiro, et al.. (1996). Monodehydroascorbate radical reductase-dependent photoreduction of oxygen in chloroplast thylakoids. Plant and Cell Physiology. 37. 79. 1 indexed citations
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Sano, Satoshi, Chikahiro Miyake, Bunzo Mikami, & Kozi Asada. (1995). Molecular Characterization of Monodehydroascorbate Radical Reductase from Cucumber Highly Expressed in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(36). 21354–21361. 61 indexed citations
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Kitagawa, Yasuyuki, Nobuo Tanaka, Yasuo Hata, et al.. (1991). Three-Dimensional Structure of Cu,Zn-Superoxide Dismutase from Spinach at 2.0 Å Resolution1. The Journal of Biochemistry. 109(3). 477–485. 87 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Masaaki & Kozi Asada. (1988). Superoxide production in aprotic interior of chloroplast thylakoids. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 267(2). 714–722. 118 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Masaaki, Takuo Shiraishi, & Kozi Asada. (1988). COOH‐terminal residues of D1 and the 44 kDa CPa‐2 at spinach photosystem II core complex. FEBS Letters. 240(1-2). 6–8. 57 indexed citations
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Kanematsu, Sumio, et al.. (1985). Purification and characterization of thylakoid-bound Mn-superoxide dismutase in spinach chloroplasts. Planta. 166(1). 111–116. 46 indexed citations
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Nakano, Yoshiyuki & Kozi Asada. (1981). Hydrogen Peroxide is Scavenged by Ascorbate-specific Peroxidase in Spinach Chloroplasts. Plant and Cell Physiology. 22(5). 867–880. 8949 indexed citations breakdown →

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