Masamitsu Wada

14.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
226 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Masamitsu Wada is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Masamitsu Wada has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 200 papers in Plant Science, 162 papers in Molecular Biology and 71 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Masamitsu Wada's work include Light effects on plants (155 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (129 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (104 papers). Masamitsu Wada is often cited by papers focused on Light effects on plants (155 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (129 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (104 papers). Masamitsu Wada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Masamitsu Wada's co-authors include Noriyuki Suetsugu, Takatoshi Kagawa, Akeo Kadota, Sam‐Geun Kong, Masahiro Kasahara, Masaki Furuya, John M. Christie, Kazusato Oikawa, Yoshikatsu Sato and Tomohiro Kiyosue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masamitsu Wada

221 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

phot1 and phot2 mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening

2001 716 citations Toshinori Kinoshita, Noriyuki Suetsugu et al. profile →
Arabidopsis nph1 and npl1: Blue light receptors that mediate both phototropism and chloroplast relocation

2001 568 citations Takatoshi Kagawa, Masahiro Kasahara et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Arabidopsis NPL1: A Phototropin Homolog Controlling the Chloroplast High-Light Avoidance Response

2001 529 citations Takatoshi Kagawa, Noriyuki Suetsugu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masamitsu Wada Japan	52	9.3k	7.9k	1.4k	1.4k	617	226	10.8k
Winslow R. Briggs United States	63	13.5k 1.4×	10.7k 1.4×	2.9k 2.1×	1.1k 0.8×	800 1.3×	247	15.7k
Takayuki Kohchi Japan	57	7.4k 0.8×	7.3k 0.9×	471 0.3×	2.2k 1.6×	608 1.0×	197	10.5k
Toshiharu Shikanai Japan	60	7.5k 0.8×	11.7k 1.5×	2.0k 1.4×	647 0.5×	1.4k 2.3×	168	13.7k
Peter H. Quail United States	86	24.9k 2.7×	21.5k 2.7×	1.1k 0.8×	714 0.5×	591 1.0×	219	27.6k
Stefan Jansson Sweden	65	9.1k 1.0×	10.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	152	14.7k
Youn‐Il Park South Korea	43	3.8k 0.4×	4.4k 0.6×	425 0.3×	409 0.3×	982 1.6×	153	6.3k
Eberhard Schäfer Germany	55	11.4k 1.2×	8.9k 1.1×	477 0.3×	417 0.3×	221 0.4×	153	12.3k
Anthony R. Cashmore United States	54	9.2k 1.0×	8.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	220 0.2×	633 1.0×	98	11.9k
Tsuyoshi Endo Japan	41	2.6k 0.3×	4.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	313 0.2×	854 1.4×	112	6.5k
Marc R. Knight United Kingdom	60	11.9k 1.3×	6.8k 0.9×	470 0.3×	351 0.3×	124 0.2×	105	13.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masamitsu Wada

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Li, Yijie, Zhiqing Wu, Tomoo Shimada, et al.. (2024). Multifaceted roles of Arabidopsis heat shock factor binding protein in plant growth, development, and heat shock response. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 226. 105878–105878. 2 indexed citations

Kong, Sam‐Geun, Atsushi Shimada, Keiko Hirose, et al.. (2023). CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING 1 is a plant-specific actin polymerization factor regulating chloroplast movement. The Plant Cell. 36(4). 1159–1181. 12 indexed citations

Ushijima, Tomokazu, Yoshiyuki Yamagata, Yukinari Tsuruda, et al.. (2020). Light-induced chloroplast movements in Oryza species. Journal of Plant Research. 133(4). 525–535. 9 indexed citations

Higa, Takeshi, Hidekazu Tanaka, Shin-ichiro Inoue, et al.. (2020). Phototropin2 Contributes to the Chloroplast Avoidance Response at the Chloroplast-Plasma Membrane Interface. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(1). 304–316. 19 indexed citations

Gotoh, Eiji, Noriyuki Suetsugu, Wataru Yamori, et al.. (2018). Chloroplast Accumulation Response Enhances Leaf Photosynthesis and Plant Biomass Production. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 178(3). 1358–1369. 84 indexed citations

Kong, Sam‐Geun & Masamitsu Wada. (2016). Molecular basis of chloroplast photorelocation movement. Journal of Plant Research. 129(2). 159–166. 37 indexed citations

Kasajima, Ichiro, Noriyuki Suetsugu, Masamitsu Wada, & Kentaro Takahara. (2015). Collective Calculation of Actual Values of Non-Photochemical Quenching from Their Apparent Values after Chloroplast Movement and Photoinhibition. American Journal of Plant Sciences. 6(11). 1792–1805. 8 indexed citations

Wada, Masamitsu. (2013). Chloroplast movement. Plant Science. 210. 177–182. 131 indexed citations

Kong, Sam‐Geun & Masamitsu Wada. (2013). Recent advances in understanding the molecular mechanism of chloroplast photorelocation movement. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1837(4). 522–530. 59 indexed citations

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Fujii, Yusuke, Kazusato Oikawa, Fumio Takahashi, et al.. (2012). CHUP1 mediates actin-based light-induced chloroplast avoidance movement in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Planta. 236(6). 1889–1897. 23 indexed citations

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Ichikawa, Satoshi, Noboru Yamada, Noriyuki Suetsugu, Masamitsu Wada, & Akeo Kadota. (2011). Red Light, Phot1 and JAC1 Modulate Phot2-Dependent Reorganization of Chloroplast Actin Filaments and Chloroplast Avoidance Movement. Plant and Cell Physiology. 52(8). 1422–1432. 29 indexed citations

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Takahashi, Fumio, Yosuke Fukamatsu, Yasunobu Ogura, et al.. (2007). AUREOCHROME, a photoreceptor required for photomorphogenesis in stramenopiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(49). 19625–19630. 203 indexed citations

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Kanegae, Takeshi, et al.. (2006). A single chromoprotein with triple chromophores acts as both a phytochrome and a phototropin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(47). 17997–18001. 36 indexed citations

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Behera, Rajendra Kumar, et al.. (2004). High Pigment1 Mutation Negatively Regulates Phototropic Signal Transduction in Tomato Seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 134(2). 790–800. 8 indexed citations

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Onda, Yayoi, et al.. (2004). Two independent light signals cooperate in the activation of the plastid psbD blue light‐responsive promoter in Arabidopsis. FEBS Letters. 571(1-3). 26–30. 39 indexed citations

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Oikawa, Kazusato, Masahiro Kasahara, Tomohiro Kiyosue, et al.. (2003). CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING1 Is Essential for Proper Chloroplast Positioning. The Plant Cell. 15(12). 2805–2815. 201 indexed citations

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Kagawa, Takatoshi & Masamitsu Wada. (2002). Blue Light-Induced Chloroplast Relocation. Plant and Cell Physiology. 43(4). 367–371. 53 indexed citations

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Kiyosue, Tomohiro & Masamitsu Wada. (2000). LKP1 (LOV kelch protein 1): a factor involved in the regulation of flowering time in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 23(6). 807–815. 71 indexed citations

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Murata, Takashi & Masamitsu Wada. (1997). Formation of a phragmosome-like structure in centrifuged protonemal cells of Adiantum capillus-veneris L.. Planta. 201(3). 273–280. 5 indexed citations

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Kadota, Akeo, et al.. (1996). PHOTOINDUCTION OF SPORE GERMINATION IN LIVERWORT, Marchantia polymorpha L.. Plant and Cell Physiology. 37. 114. 2 indexed citations

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