Masashi Tsuchiya

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Masashi Tsuchiya is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Masashi Tsuchiya has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, 30 papers in Oceanography and 26 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Masashi Tsuchiya's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (25 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Masashi Tsuchiya is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (25 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers). Masashi Tsuchiya collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Masashi Tsuchiya's co-authors include Hiroshi Kitazato, Hidetaka Nomaki, Tomo Kitahashi, Takashi Toyofuku, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Katsunori Fujikura, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Kiyotaka Takishita, Tadashi Maruyama and Hodaka Kawahata and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Masashi Tsuchiya

68 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Microbial decomposition of biodegradable plastics on the deep-sea floor

2024 94 citations Taku Omura, Noriyuki Isobe et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masashi Tsuchiya Japan	26	874	605	543	416	288	72	1.8k
Hidetaka Nomaki Japan	25	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.7×	733 1.3×	267 0.6×	117 0.4×	88	2.0k
Paul A. Broady New Zealand	31	1.6k 1.8×	675 1.1×	385 0.7×	111 0.3×	170 0.6×	85	2.8k
Daniel C. O. Thornton United States	23	742 0.8×	1.2k 2.0×	428 0.8×	263 0.6×	70 0.2×	46	2.0k
Christian Lott Germany	26	1.4k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	116 0.2×	473 1.1×	232 0.8×	40	2.5k
Morten Larsen Denmark	26	804 0.9×	581 1.0×	89 0.2×	487 1.2×	138 0.5×	40	2.2k
Rupert Perkins United Kingdom	28	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	310 0.6×	116 0.3×	367 1.3×	68	2.7k
Gilles Vétion France	23	790 0.9×	835 1.4×	192 0.4×	279 0.7×	92 0.3×	44	1.5k
Nianzhi Jiao China	33	1.9k 2.2×	1.2k 2.0×	192 0.4×	331 0.8×	53 0.2×	116	3.0k
Peng Yao China	26	966 1.1×	855 1.4×	514 0.9×	247 0.6×	62 0.2×	100	2.2k
Bo‐Ping Han China	27	1.2k 1.3×	748 1.2×	162 0.3×	96 0.2×	124 0.4×	140	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Masashi Tsuchiya

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masashi Tsuchiya

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

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Tsuchiya, Masashi, Takao Yoshida, Yoshito Chikaraishi, et al.. (2025). Nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids reveals a variety of trophic ecology of organisms inhabiting chemosynthesis-based ecosystems. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 12(1).

Isobe, Noriyuki, Keiko Tanaka, Shun’ichi Ishii, et al.. (2025). Fully circular shapable transparent paperboard with closed-loop recyclability and marine biodegradability across shallow to deep sea. Science Advances. 11(15). eads2426–eads2426.

Omura, Taku, Noriyuki Isobe, Takamasa Miura, et al.. (2024). Microbial decomposition of biodegradable plastics on the deep-sea floor. Nature Communications. 15(1). 568–568. 94 indexed citations breakdown →

Okada, Satoshi, Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Katsuyuki Uematsu, et al.. (2024). Composite calcite and opal test in Foraminifera (Rhizaria). Biogeosciences. 21(14). 3271–3288. 2 indexed citations

Kise, Hiroki, et al.. (2023). Three species of Fauveliopsidae (Annelida) from the northwestern Pacific including a new species. Plankton and Benthos Research. 18(4). 178–184. 1 indexed citations

Tsuchiya, Masashi, et al.. (2023). The Abyssal Parasitic Flatworm Fecampia cf. abyssicola: New Records, Anatomy, and Molecular Phylogeny, with a Discussion on Its Systematic Position. Biological Bulletin. 245(2). 77–87.

Tame, Akihiro, Tadashi Maruyama, Tetsuro Ikuta, et al.. (2023). mTORC1 regulates phagosome digestion of symbiotic bacteria for intracellular nutritional symbiosis in a deep-sea mussel. Science Advances. 9(34). eadg8364–eadg8364. 10 indexed citations

Bouchet, Vincent M. P., Laurent Seuront, Akira Tsujimoto, et al.. (2023). Foraminifera and plastic pollution: Knowledge gaps and research opportunities. Environmental Pollution. 324. 121365–121365. 8 indexed citations

Fujita, Kazuhiko, et al.. (2022). Trophic niche separation of two non-spinose planktonic foraminifers Neogloboquadrina dutertrei and Pulleniatina obliquiloculata. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 9(1). 4 indexed citations

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Nomaki, Hidetaka, Eugenio Rastelli, Nanako O. Ogawa, et al.. (2021). In situ experimental evidences for responses of abyssal benthic biota to shifts in phytodetritus compositions linked to global climate change. Global Change Biology. 27(23). 6139–6155. 13 indexed citations

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Kitahashi, Tomo, R. Nakajima, Hidetaka Nomaki, et al.. (2021). Development of robust models for rapid classification of microplastic polymer types based on near infrared hyperspectral images. Analytical Methods. 13(19). 2215–2222. 10 indexed citations

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Ikuta, Tetsuro, R. Nakajima, Masashi Tsuchiya, Sanae Chiba, & Katsunori Fujikura. (2021). Interdecadal Distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Bivalves. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 5 indexed citations

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Tsuchiya, Masashi, K. Oguri, Takashi Toyofuku, et al.. (2020). Acquisition, Maintenance, and Ecological Roles of Kleptoplasts in Planoglabratella opercularis (Foraminifera, Rhizaria). Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 9 indexed citations

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Nakajima, R., Dhugal J. Lindsay, Masashi Tsuchiya, et al.. (2019). A small, stainless-steel sieve optimized for laboratory beaker-based extraction of microplastics from environmental samples. MethodsX. 6. 1677–1682. 25 indexed citations

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Tsuchiya, Masashi, Hidetaka Nomaki, Tomo Kitahashi, R. Nakajima, & Katsunori Fujikura. (2019). Sediment sampling with a core sampler equipped with aluminum tubes and an onboard processing protocol to avoid plastic contamination. MethodsX. 6. 2662–2668. 15 indexed citations

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Kitahashi, Tomo, et al.. (2018). A new method for acquiring images of meiobenthic images using the FlowCAM. MethodsX. 5. 1330–1335. 16 indexed citations

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Chikaraishi, Yoshito, Masashi Tsuchiya, Hiromi Watanabe, et al.. (2012). Does the symbiotic scale-worm feed on the host mussel in deep-sea vent fields?. 28. 23–26. 8 indexed citations

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Maeda, Taro, Euichi Hirose, Yoshito Chikaraishi, et al.. (2012). Algivore or Phototroph? Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda) Continuously Acquires Kleptoplasts and Nutrition from Multiple Algal Species in Nature. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e42024–e42024. 56 indexed citations

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Takishita, Kiyotaka, Yuji Inagaki, Masashi Tsuchiya, Miako Sakaguchi, & Tadashi Maruyama. (2005). A close relationship between Cercozoa and Foraminifera supported by phylogenetic analyses based on combined amino acid sequences of three cytoskeletal proteins (actin, α-tubulin, and β-tubulin). Gene. 362. 153–160. 17 indexed citations

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Mukai, Hideo, et al.. (1984). Fusion of ancestrulae germinated from statoblasts in plumatellid freshwater bryozoans. Journal of Morphology. 179(2). 197–202. 10 indexed citations

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