Kunio Kaiho

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Kunio Kaiho is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kunio Kaiho has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Paleontology, 72 papers in Atmospheric Science and 29 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Kunio Kaiho's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (90 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (69 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers). Kunio Kaiho is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (90 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (69 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers). Kunio Kaiho collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and Australia. Kunio Kaiho's co-authors include Zhong‐Qiang Chen, Yoshimichi Kajiwara, Hodaka Kawahata, Marcos A. Lamolda, Satoshi Takahashi, Annette D. George, Masahiro Oba, Paul Gorjan, David S. Jones and Jinnan Tong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kunio Kaiho

120 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Benthic foraminiferal dissolved-oxygen index and dissolve... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 200 400 600
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. Benthic foraminiferal dissolved-oxygen index and dissolved-oxygen levels in the modern ocean
    1994 615 citations Kunio Kaiho profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kunio Kaiho Japan 41 3.4k 2.6k 1.3k 1.1k 1.1k 123 4.9k
Axel Munnecke Germany 35 4.4k 1.3× 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 158 5.2k
Uwe Brand Canada 38 4.1k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 867 0.8× 1.7k 1.6× 122 5.4k
Rodolfo Coccioni Italy 45 3.3k 1.0× 3.7k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 933 0.9× 155 5.7k
Birger Schmitz Sweden 47 3.2k 0.9× 4.1k 1.6× 1.8k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 866 0.8× 186 6.5k
Yannick Donnadieu France 43 3.3k 1.0× 3.5k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 717 0.6× 938 0.9× 121 5.5k
Richard M. Corfield United Kingdom 30 2.5k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 641 0.6× 669 0.6× 51 3.7k
Jörg Mutterlose Germany 44 4.9k 1.4× 3.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 751 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 185 5.9k
Bas van de Schootbrugge Netherlands 41 3.8k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 489 0.4× 1.4k 1.3× 79 4.8k
Frank A. Corsetti United States 39 3.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 450 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 126 4.4k
Dieter Buhl Germany 34 3.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.4× 444 0.4× 1.6k 1.5× 58 5.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kunio Kaiho

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kunio Kaiho

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kaiho, Kunio & Naga Oshima. (2025). The significance of impact-induced hydrocarbon soot aerosols in global climate change and extinctions. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 678. 113237–113237.
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Kaiho, Kunio. (2024). Role of volcanism and impact heating in mass extinction climate shifts. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 9946–9946. 3 indexed citations
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Saito, Ryosuke, Kunio Kaiho, Li Tian, & Satoshi Takahashi. (2023). Frequent high-temperature volcanic combustion events delayed biotic recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 614. 118194–118194. 9 indexed citations
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Saito, Ryosuke, Lars Wörmer, Heidi Taubner, et al.. (2023). Centennial scale sequences of environmental deterioration preceded the end-Permian mass extinction. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2113–2113. 7 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Satoshi, et al.. (2022). Maleimide index: a paleo-redox index based on fragmented fossil-chlorophylls obtained by chromic acid oxidation. RSC Advances. 12(48). 31061–31067. 1 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio. (2022). Extinction magnitude of animals in the near future. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19593–19593. 8 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio. (2022). Relationship between extinction magnitude and climate change during major marine and terrestrial animal crises. Biogeosciences. 19(14). 3369–3380. 13 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio & Naga Oshima. (2017). Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life on Earth: the low probability of mass extinction. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14855–14855. 26 indexed citations
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Jones, David S., Anna M. Martini, & Kunio Kaiho. (2016). DID VOLCANISM TRIGGER THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION? MERCURY DATA FROM SOUTH CHINA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 4 indexed citations
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Saito, Ryosuke, Masahiro Oba, Kunio Kaiho, Satoshi Takahashi, & Fumiko Watanabe Nara. (2013). Marine euxinia during the late Early Triassic in Chaohu, South China: A cause of delay of recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction. 360. 1 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio, Ryosuke Saito, Takuya Mizukami, et al.. (2013). Devastation and recovery of terrestrial vegetation during three mass extinctions: Evidence from biomarkers. 256. 1 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio & Seizi Koga. (2013). Impacts of a massive release of methane and hydrogen sulfide on oxygen and ozone during the late Permian mass extinction. Global and Planetary Change. 107. 91–101. 8 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio, et al.. (2002). Spherules with Fe,Ni-bearing Grains of Meishan Permian-Triassic Boundary in China. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2052. 1 indexed citations
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Kajiwara, Yoshimichi, Kunio Kaiho, & Naohiko Ohkouchi. (1997). An invitation to the sulfur isotope study of marine sediments : implications and constraints for the exogenic sulfur cycle. 23. 69–74. 6 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio. (1992). Elphidium wakkanabense, new name for Elphidium asanoi Kaiho, 1984 (preoccupied). The science reports of the Tohoku University. 62(1). 143. 1 indexed citations
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Kajiwara, Yoshimichi & Kunio Kaiho. (1991). Sulfur isotopic data from the Cretaceous/Tartiary boundary sediments in the eastern Hokkaido, Japan. 17. 69–73. 2 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio. (1991). 923. CAMPANIAN INTERMEDIATE WATER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM CENTRAL HOKKAIDO, JAPAN. 1991(163). 828–851. 3 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio. (1986). Haplophragmoides apertiumbilicatus, new name for Haplophragmoides umbilicatus Kaiho, 1984 (preoccupied). The science reports of the Tohoku University. 56(1). 41–41. 1 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio. (1984). Paleogene Foraminifera from Hokkaido, Japan Part 2. Correlation of the Paleogene System in Hokkaido and Systematic Paleontology. The science reports of the Tohoku University. 55(1). 10 indexed citations
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Kaiho, Kunio. (1984). Paleogene Foraminifera from Hokkaido, Japan Part 1. Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy including Description of New Species. The science reports of the Tohoku University. 54(2). 95–139. 14 indexed citations

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