Makoto Kimura

345 papers and 62.6k indexed citations i.

About

Makoto Kimura is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Makoto Kimura has authored 345 papers receiving a total of 62.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Molecular Biology, 139 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Makoto Kimura’s work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (100 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (75 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (46 papers). Makoto Kimura is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (100 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (75 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (46 papers). Makoto Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Makoto Kimura's co-authors include James F. Crow, Tomoko Ohta, Ashwin Narayan Jayanarayanan, George H. Weiss, Takeo Maruyama, Takehiro Ohta, Akira Ishihama, Jack Lester King, Naoyuki Takahata and Naoko Imamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Makoto Kimura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Makoto Kimura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Makoto Kimura 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 Makoto Kimura. Makoto Kimura is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Makoto Kimura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Makoto Kimura. 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 Makoto Kimura. The network helps show where Makoto Kimura may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Makoto Kimura

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This map shows the geographic impact of Makoto Kimura's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Makoto Kimura with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Makoto Kimura more than expected).

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