Masaya Yago

591 total citations
36 papers, 274 citations indexed

About

Masaya Yago is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaya Yago has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 274 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Genetics, 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Masaya Yago's work include Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (25 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (8 papers). Masaya Yago is often cited by papers focused on Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (25 papers), Plant and animal studies (24 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (8 papers). Masaya Yago collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Masaya Yago's co-authors include David J. Lohman, Akito Y. Kawahara, Yoshiko Sakamoto, Kelly M. Dexter, Andrew Warren, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Min Wang, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Tsutomu Hikida and Minoru Ishii and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masaya Yago

33 papers receiving 268 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 Yago Japan 10 190 166 66 45 40 36 274
Ryan A. St Laurent United States 8 308 1.6× 302 1.8× 71 1.1× 33 0.7× 40 1.0× 43 365
Carlos E. Sarmiento Colombia 10 147 0.8× 201 1.2× 106 1.6× 43 1.0× 19 0.5× 45 289
Lenka Petráková Czechia 10 200 1.1× 171 1.0× 109 1.7× 22 0.5× 48 1.2× 16 323
Patricio A. Salazar United Kingdom 10 273 1.4× 237 1.4× 30 0.5× 23 0.5× 62 1.6× 16 377
Lenka Sentenská Czechia 12 232 1.2× 204 1.2× 118 1.8× 28 0.6× 37 0.9× 24 381
Cerisse E. Allen United States 6 209 1.1× 233 1.4× 56 0.8× 44 1.0× 30 0.8× 9 348
Clarissa F. de Carvalho United States 8 311 1.6× 166 1.0× 59 0.9× 60 1.3× 81 2.0× 16 408
Winifred Hallwachs United States 5 230 1.2× 217 1.3× 112 1.7× 19 0.4× 80 2.0× 7 313
Marie Djernæs Denmark 9 292 1.5× 299 1.8× 39 0.6× 18 0.4× 44 1.1× 20 370
Shayla Salzman United States 12 104 0.5× 251 1.5× 98 1.5× 29 0.6× 72 1.8× 24 374

Countries citing papers authored by Masaya Yago

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masaya Yago

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masaya Yago

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

All Works

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Naka, Hideshi, Hideo Nakajima, Yusuke Sakamoto, et al.. (2023). Cell death and wing reduction during the metamorphosis of sex‐specific flightless morphs in winter geometrid moths. Journal of Morphology. 284(8). e21616–e21616.
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Li, Xueyan, et al.. (2022). Admixture of evolutionary rates across a butterfly hybrid zone. eLife. 11(4). 46–48. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Pei‐Ju, Primož Pirih, Andrej Meglič, et al.. (2022). Simple and complex, sexually dimorphic retinal mosaic of fritillary butterflies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1862). 20210276–20210276. 13 indexed citations
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Sato, Daisuke, et al.. (2020). Development of microsatellite markers for the endangered butterfly Zizina emelina (de l’Orza, 1869) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). 31(1). 21–26. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Li‐Jun, Yuan Zhang, David J. Lohman, et al.. (2020). A phylogenomic tree inferred with an inexpensive PCR ‐generated probe kit resolves higher‐level relationships among Neptis butterflies (Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae). Systematic Entomology. 45(4). 924–934. 10 indexed citations
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Guo, Dong, et al.. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Parnara butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139. 106545–106545. 6 indexed citations
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Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A., Jesse W. Breinholt, Chandra Earl, et al.. (2018). Anchored phylogenomics illuminates the skipper butterfly tree of life. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18(1). 101–101. 48 indexed citations
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Yago, Masaya, et al.. (2015). Theclini butterflies from Weixi, China, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa. 3985(1). 142–50. 1 indexed citations
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Yago, Masaya, et al.. (2015). Curious Oviposition Behavior inPhyllium westwoodii(Phasmatodea: Phylliidae): Preliminary Observations. Journal of Insect Science. 15(1). 135–135. 3 indexed citations
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Sakamoto, Yoshiko, et al.. (2014). Population genetic structure andWolbachiainfection in an endangered butterfly,Zizina emelina(Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), in Japan. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 105(2). 152–165. 10 indexed citations
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Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai, Masaya Yago, & Tsutomu Hikida. (2013). Sexual dimorphism and intraspecific variation in wing size and shape of Tongeia fischeri (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomological Science. 17(3). 342–353. 8 indexed citations
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Itioka, Takao, et al.. (2012). Timing of butterfly parasitization of a plant–ant–scale symbiosis. Ecological Research. 27(2). 437–443. 3 indexed citations
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Daimon, Takaaki, Masaya Yago, Yu‐Feng Hsu, et al.. (2012). Molecular Phylogeny, Laboratory Rearing, and Karyotype of the Bombycid Moth,Trilocha varians. Journal of Insect Science. 12(49). 1–17. 18 indexed citations
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Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai, Masaya Yago, Tateo Itoh, et al.. (2012). Phylogeography of Fischer’s blue, Tongeia fischeri, in Japan: Evidence for introgressive hybridization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66(1). 316–326. 18 indexed citations
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Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai, et al.. (2011). Life History and Morphology of the Black Cupid Butterfly,Tongeia kala(De Nicéville)(Lycaenidae), from Myanmar. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 65(3). 167–174.
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Yamamoto, Takuji, et al.. (2009). Butterflies collected in and around Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia in Borneo. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University). 30(1). 25–68. 2 indexed citations

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