Masafumi Matsui

7.1k total citations
350 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Masafumi Matsui is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Masafumi Matsui has authored 350 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 295 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 176 papers in Genetics and 113 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Masafumi Matsui's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (294 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (111 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (93 papers). Masafumi Matsui is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (294 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (111 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (93 papers). Masafumi Matsui collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia. Masafumi Matsui's co-authors include Kanto Nishikawa, Toshiaki Hirai, Hidetoshi Ota, A Tominaga, Wichase Khonsue, Yasuchika Misawa, Tomohiko Shimada, Koshiro Eto, Shingo Tanabe and Amir Hamidy and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masafumi Matsui

337 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masafumi Matsui Japan 36 4.3k 2.5k 1.6k 1.5k 1.2k 350 5.2k
Franky Bossuyt Belgium 30 3.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 914 0.8× 60 4.4k
L. Lee Grismer United States 33 3.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 521 0.4× 315 4.4k
Indraneil Das Malaysia 28 2.8k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.3× 886 0.7× 283 5.6k
David R. Vieites Spain 34 3.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 110 5.6k
Taran Grant Brazil 28 3.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 669 0.6× 111 4.7k
Julián Faivovich Argentina 28 4.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 681 0.6× 126 4.7k
Jonathan A. Campbell United States 23 3.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 494 0.4× 115 4.1k
Theodore J. Papenfuss United States 34 3.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 94 5.2k
Célio F. B. Haddad Brazil 42 4.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 2.0k 1.2× 2.1k 1.4× 758 0.6× 213 5.9k
Darrel R. Frost United States 25 5.6k 1.3× 1.7k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 2.5k 1.6× 841 0.7× 49 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Masafumi Matsui

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masafumi Matsui

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masafumi Matsui

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masafumi Matsui. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masafumi Matsui 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 Masafumi Matsui. Masafumi Matsui 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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Matsui, Masafumi, et al.. (2025). Description of a new music frog (Anura, Ranidae, Nidirana) critically endangered in Taiwan. ZooKeys. 1229. 245–273. 1 indexed citations
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Nishikawa, Kanto, et al.. (2024). Discovery of ex situ individuals of Andrias sligoi, an extremely endangered species and one of the largest amphibians worldwide. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2575–2575. 2 indexed citations
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Tominaga, A, Masafumi Matsui, & Kanto Nishikawa. (2019). Two new species of lotic breeding salamanders (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae) from western Japan. Zootaxa. 4550(4). 525–544. 8 indexed citations
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Nishikawa, Kanto, Tatjana N. Dujsebayeva, Masafumi Matsui, Natsuhiko Yoshikawa, & A Tominaga. (2017). Historical Demography of an Endangered Salamander, Ranodon sibiricus (Amphibia, Urodela, Hynobiidae): A Reassessment. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 34(1). 18–18. 1 indexed citations
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Matsui, Masafumi, et al.. (2013). Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of the Tohoku Salamander, Hynobius Lichenatus (Amphibia, Caudata). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 30(3). 167–173. 17 indexed citations
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Yoshikawa, Natsuhiko, Masafumi Matsui, & Kanto Nishikawa. (2012). Genetic Structure and Cryptic Diversity ofOnychodactylus japonicus(Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae) in Northeastern Honshu, Japan, as Revealed by Allozymic Analysis. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 29(4). 229–237. 10 indexed citations
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Matsuki, Takashi & Masafumi Matsui. (2011). A Skeletochronological Study of Breeding Females in a Population of Japanese Clouded Salamanders (Hynobius nebulosus). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 28(3). 175–179. 2 indexed citations
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Bülbül, Ufuk, Masafumi Matsui, Bilal Kutrup, & Koshiro Eto. (2011). Taxonomic Relationships among Turkish Water Frogs as Revealed by Phylogenetic Analyses using mtDNA Gene Sequences. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 28(12). 930–936. 12 indexed citations
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Yoshikawa, Natsuhiko, Masafumi Matsui, & Kanto Nishikawa. (2010). Allozymic Variation and Phylogeography of Two Genetic Types ofOnychodactylus japonicus(Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae) Sympatric in the Kinki District, Japan. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 27(4). 344–355. 5 indexed citations
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Tominaga, A, et al.. (2009). Phylogeography ofHynobius yatsui(Amphibia: Caudata) in Kyushu, Japan. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 26(1). 35–47. 9 indexed citations
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Matsui, Masafumi, et al.. (2008). Reduced genetic variation in the Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49(1). 318–326. 32 indexed citations
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Tominaga, A & Masafumi Matsui. (2008). Taxonomic Status of a Salamander Species Allied to Hynobius naevius and a Reevaluation of Hynobius naevius yatsui Oyama, 1947 (Amphibia, Caudata). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 25(1). 107–114. 11 indexed citations
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Tominaga, A, Masafumi Matsui, Kanto Nishikawa, Shingo Tanabe, & Shinichi Sato. (2005). Morphological Discrimination of Two Genetic Groups of a Japanese Salamander, Hynobius naevius (Amphibia, Caudata). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 22(11). 1229–1244. 16 indexed citations
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Tominaga, A, Masafumi Matsui, Kanto Nishikawa, & Shingo Tanabe. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships of Hynobius naevius (Amphibia: Caudata) as revealed by mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38(3). 677–684. 42 indexed citations
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Tominaga, A, Masafumi Matsui, Kanto Nishikawa, & Shinichi Sato. (2003). Occurrence of Two Types of Hynobius naevius in Northern Kyushu, Japan (Amphibia: Urodela). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 20(12). 1467–1476. 18 indexed citations
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Matsui, Masafumi, et al.. (2002). Estimation of Age Structure by Skeletochronology of a Population of Hynobius nebulosus in a Breeding Season (Amphibia, Urodela). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 19(2). 241–247. 36 indexed citations
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Matsui, Masafumi, et al.. (1994). ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TREEFROGS FROM SICHUAN, CHINA, WITH COMMENTS ON SYSTEMATIC RELATIONSHIP OF POLYPEDATES AND RHACOPHORUS (ANURA, RHACOPHORIDAE). ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 11(3). 485–490. 13 indexed citations
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Matsui, Masafumi, et al.. (1994). Morphological comparisons of brown frogs (genus Rana) from Sakhalin, Hokkaido and Primorsk. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 1 indexed citations

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