Masaya Morita

1.5k total citations
66 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Masaya Morita is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaya Morita has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 20 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Masaya Morita's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (34 papers), Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (20 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (19 papers). Masaya Morita is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (34 papers), Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (20 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (19 papers). Masaya Morita collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and United States. Masaya Morita's co-authors include Akihiro Takemura, Makoto Okuno, Akira Iguchi, Kazuhiko Sakai, Ayako Nakajima, Masako Nakamura, Kazuaki Shimada, Ryota Suwa, Atsushi Suzuki and Saki Harii and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Current Biology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Masaya Morita

61 papers receiving 1000 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masaya Morita Japan 18 529 387 368 268 192 66 1.0k
Thomas F. Hourigan United States 15 405 0.8× 170 0.4× 364 1.0× 225 0.8× 51 0.3× 24 840
Victoria Metcalf New Zealand 14 254 0.5× 151 0.4× 161 0.4× 169 0.6× 62 0.3× 15 906
Shuhei Matsuura Japan 23 521 1.0× 206 0.5× 573 1.6× 433 1.6× 44 0.2× 73 1.2k
Li-Hsueh Wang Taiwan 16 424 0.8× 221 0.6× 96 0.3× 172 0.6× 26 0.1× 40 709
Michio Yoneda Japan 20 288 0.5× 57 0.1× 686 1.9× 324 1.2× 179 0.9× 69 1.2k
Ofer Gon South Africa 13 588 1.1× 123 0.3× 467 1.3× 76 0.3× 30 0.2× 57 1.1k
Chester R. Figiel United States 14 215 0.4× 51 0.1× 214 0.6× 168 0.6× 113 0.6× 26 544
Quinn P. Fitzgibbon Australia 27 1.4k 2.6× 227 0.6× 544 1.5× 149 0.6× 28 0.1× 107 2.0k
Åse Jespersen Denmark 16 220 0.4× 129 0.3× 105 0.3× 127 0.5× 41 0.2× 33 543
Kevin J. Eckelbarger United States 26 786 1.5× 1.0k 2.7× 674 1.8× 140 0.5× 26 0.1× 55 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masaya Morita

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masaya Morita

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

All Works

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Ohki, Shun, et al.. (2025). Introgression and adaptive potential following heavy bleaching events in Acropora corals. Current Biology. 35(13). 3064–3075.e5.
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Nakamura, Takashi, et al.. (2024). Susceptibility of Acropora tenuis to consecutive thermal stress. Coral Reefs. 43(4). 1097–1107. 4 indexed citations
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Sinniger, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Plasticity of shallow reef corals across a depth gradient. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 197. 115792–115792. 7 indexed citations
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Morita, Masaya, et al.. (2023). Positive selection on ADAM10 builds species recognition in the synchronous spawning coral Acropora. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1171495–1171495. 2 indexed citations
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Sinniger, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Variability in thermal stress thresholds of corals across depths. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 10 indexed citations
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Sinniger, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Acclimation potential of Acropora to mesophotic environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 188. 114698–114698. 5 indexed citations
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Fukami, Hironobu, Kenji Iwao, Naoki H. Kumagai, Masaya Morita, & Naoko Isomura. (2019). Maternal inheritance of F1 hybrid morphology and colony shape in the coral genus Acropora. PeerJ. 7. e6429–e6429. 7 indexed citations
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Morita, Masaya, et al.. (2019). Reproductive strategies in the intercrossing corals Acropora donei and A. tenuis to prevent hybridization. Coral Reefs. 38(6). 1211–1223. 11 indexed citations
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Kowalska, Agata, et al.. (2018). Application of Glucose-Methanol Extender to Cryopreservation of Mozambique Tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus ) Sperm. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 19(1). 41–50. 4 indexed citations
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Hill, Richard W., Eric Armstrong, Kazuo Inaba, et al.. (2018). Acid secretion by the boring organ of the burrowing giant clam, Tridacna crocea. Biology Letters. 14(6). 20180047–20180047. 10 indexed citations
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Kowalska, Agata, et al.. (2018). . Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 19(1). 1 indexed citations
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Endo, Daisuke, et al.. (2017). Sperm motility initiating substance may be insufficient to induce forward motility of Cynops ensicauda sperm. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 84(8). 686–692. 5 indexed citations
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Isomura, Naoko, Kenji Iwao, Masaya Morita, & Hironobu Fukami. (2016). Spawning and fertility of F1 hybrids of the coral genus Acropora in the Indo-Pacific. Coral Reefs. 35(3). 851–855. 17 indexed citations
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Awata, Satoshi, et al.. (2014). Sneaker males are not necessarily similar to females in colour in a sexually monochromatic cichlid. Journal of Zoology. 293(1). 63–70. 3 indexed citations
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Aibara, Mitsuto, et al.. (2012). Alternative Reproductive Tactics in the Shell-Brooding Lake Tanganyika CichlidNeolamprologus brevis. PubMed. 2012. 1–10. 5 indexed citations
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Morita, Masaya, Satoshi Awata, Tetsumi Takahashi, Akihiro Takemura, & Masanori Kohda. (2010). Sperm motility adaptation to ion‐differing aquatic environments in the Tanganyikan cichlid, Astatotilapia burtoni. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 313A(3). 169–177. 6 indexed citations
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Morita, Masaya, Akihiro Takemura, Ayako Nakajima, & Makoto Okuno. (2006). Microtubule sliding movement in tilapia sperm flagella axoneme is regulated by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphorylation. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 63(8). 459–470. 41 indexed citations
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Morita, Masaya, Akihiro Takemura, Ayako Nakajima, & Makoto Okuno. (2005). INTERACTION OF CALAXIN, A NOVEL FLAGELLAR CALCIUM-BINDONG PROTEIN, WITH THE OUTER ARM DYNEIN IN THE ASCIDIAN CIONA INTESTINALIS(Cell Biology and Morphology,Abstracts of papers presented at the 76^ Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 22(12). 1445–1446. 2 indexed citations
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Rahman, Md Saydur, Masaya Morita, Akihiro Takemura, & Kazunori Takano. (2003). Hormonal changes in relation to lunar periodicity in the testis of the forktail rabbitfish, Siganus argenteus. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 131(3). 302–309. 26 indexed citations

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