Masaru Fujimoto

4.6k total citations
54 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Masaru Fujimoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaru Fujimoto has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Plant Science and 18 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Masaru Fujimoto's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (23 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (16 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (14 papers). Masaru Fujimoto is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (23 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (16 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (14 papers). Masaru Fujimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Poland and United States. Masaru Fujimoto's co-authors include Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Takashi Ueda, Akihiko Nakano, Shin‐ichi Arimura, Tomohiro Uemura, Mikio Nakazono, Emi Ito, Kazuo Ebine, Makoto Kusaba and Hirohiko Hirochika and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Masaru Fujimoto

54 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masaru Fujimoto Japan	33	2.3k	2.2k	594	151	146	54	3.4k
John Runions United Kingdom	26	3.2k 1.4×	3.2k 1.5×	601 1.0×	76 0.5×	159 1.1×	37	4.5k
Joop E. M. Vermeer Switzerland	32	3.4k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	514 0.9×	106 0.7×	268 1.8×	47	4.1k
Jing Bo Jin China	34	4.1k 1.8×	3.6k 1.6×	475 0.8×	69 0.5×	252 1.7×	50	5.4k
Enrique Rojo Spain	32	3.2k 1.4×	2.6k 1.2×	712 1.2×	185 1.2×	121 0.8×	51	4.3k
Ying Fu China	38	4.5k 1.9×	4.1k 1.8×	573 1.0×	297 2.0×	163 1.1×	85	5.2k
Eugenia Russinova Belgium	47	6.2k 2.7×	4.7k 2.1×	776 1.3×	151 1.0×	96 0.7×	105	7.4k
Nan Yao China	24	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	319 0.5×	95 0.6×	122 0.8×	62	3.4k
László Bögre United Kingdom	46	5.1k 2.2×	4.0k 1.8×	690 1.2×	106 0.7×	139 1.0×	94	6.0k
Oliver Batistič Germany	19	5.4k 2.3×	3.5k 1.6×	232 0.4×	89 0.6×	126 0.9×	20	6.3k
Hirofumi Nakagami Germany	35	4.4k 1.9×	2.9k 1.3×	420 0.7×	157 1.0×	72 0.5×	89	5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masaru Fujimoto

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Fujimoto, Masaru, Yoko Ito, Kazuo Ebine, et al.. (2025). Neofunctionalization of VAMP7 opened up a plant-unique vacuolar transport pathway. Current Biology. 35(11). 2630–2641.e10. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Feng, Takehiro Kamiya, Toru Fujiwara, et al.. (2024). A Comparison of Rice Root Microbial Dynamics in Organic and Conventional Paddy Fields. Microorganisms. 13(1). 41–41. 2 indexed citations

Fujimoto, Masaru, Kazuo Ebine, Kohji Nishimura, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, & Takashi Ueda. (2020). Longin R-SNARE is retrieved from the plasma membrane by ANTH domain-containing proteins inArabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(40). 25150–25158. 20 indexed citations

Shimada, Takashi, Shigeyuki Betsuyaku, Noriko Inada, et al.. (2019). Enrichment of Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate in the Extra-Invasive Hyphal Membrane Promotes Colletotrichum Infection of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology. 60(7). 1514–1524. 36 indexed citations

Yamashita, Akihiro, Masaru Fujimoto, Kenta Katayama, et al.. (2016). Formation of Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Derived Protrusions and Vesicles in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0146717–e0146717. 32 indexed citations

Yoshinari, Akira, Masaru Fujimoto, Takashi Ueda, et al.. (2016). DRP1-Dependent Endocytosis is Essential for Polar Localization and Boron-Induced Degradation of the Borate Transporter BOR1 inArabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology. 57(9). 1985–2000. 67 indexed citations

Kanazawa, Takehiko, Atsuko Era, Naoki Minamino, et al.. (2015). SNARE Molecules inMarchantia polymorpha: Unique and Conserved Features of the Membrane Fusion Machinery. Plant and Cell Physiology. 57(2). 307–324. 56 indexed citations

Fujimoto, Masaru & Nobuhiro Tsutsumi. (2014). Dynamin-related proteins in plant post-Golgi traffic. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5. 408–408. 32 indexed citations

Huang, Jiahe, Masaru Fujimoto, Masayuki Fujiwara, et al.. (2014). Arabidopsis dynamin-related proteins, DRP2A and DRP2B, function coordinately in post-Golgi trafficking. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 456(1). 238–244. 24 indexed citations

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Ito, Yoko, Tomohiro Uemura, Keiko Shoda, et al.. (2012). cis-Golgi proteins accumulate near the ER exit sites and act as the scaffold for Golgi regeneration after brefeldin A treatment in tobacco BY-2 cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(16). 3203–3214. 78 indexed citations

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Ito, Emi, Masaru Fujimoto, Kazuo Ebine, et al.. (2011). Dynamic behavior of clathrin in Arabidopsis thaliana unveiled by live imaging. The Plant Journal. 69(2). 204–216. 101 indexed citations

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Fujimoto, Masaru, Shin‐ichi Arimura, Takashi Ueda, et al.. (2010). Arabidopsis dynamin-related proteins DRP2B and DRP1A participate together in clathrin-coated vesicle formation during endocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(13). 6094–6099. 111 indexed citations

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Yamaoka, Shohei, Masaki Nakajima, Masaru Fujimoto, & Nobuhiro Tsutsumi. (2010). MIRO1 influences the morphology and intracellular distribution of mitochondria during embryonic cell division in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Reports. 30(2). 239–244. 26 indexed citations

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Fujimoto, Masaru, et al.. (2010). Fusion of mitochondria in tobacco suspension cultured cells is dependent on the cellular ATP level but not on actin polymerization. Plant Cell Reports. 29(10). 1139–1145. 7 indexed citations

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Bashir, Khurram, Yasuhiro Ishimaru, Masaru Fujimoto, et al.. (2009). Characterization of a rice Mitochondrial Iron Transporter (OsMIT). eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Ishimaru, Yasuhiro, Khurram Bashir, Masaru Fujimoto, et al.. (2009). Rice-Specific Mitochondrial Iron-Regulated Gene (MIR) Plays an Important Role in Iron Homeostasis. Molecular Plant. 2(5). 1059–1066. 47 indexed citations

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Fujimoto, Masaru, Shin‐ichi Arimura, Shoji Mano, et al.. (2009). Arabidopsis dynamin‐related proteins DRP3A and DRP3B are functionally redundant in mitochondrial fission, but have distinct roles in peroxisomal fission. The Plant Journal. 58(3). 388–400. 78 indexed citations

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Saika, Hiroaki, Masanori Okamoto, Keita Miyoshi, et al.. (2006). Ethylene Promotes Submergence-Induced Expression of OsABA8ox1, a Gene that Encodes ABA 8'-Hydroxylase in Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology. 48(2). 287–298. 208 indexed citations

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Ueda, Minoru, Masaru Fujimoto, Shin‐ichi Arimura, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, & Kohmei Kadowaki. (2006). Evidence for Transit Peptide Acquisition through Duplication and Subsequent Frameshift Mutation of a Preexisting Protein Gene in Rice. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(12). 2405–2412. 7 indexed citations

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Fujimoto, Masaru, Shin‐ichi Arimura, Mikio Nakazono, & Nobuhiro Tsutsumi. (2004). A Rice Dynamin-like Protein, OsDRP3A, Is Involved in Mitochondrial Fission. Breeding Science. 54(4). 367–372. 8 indexed citations

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