Miho Hirai

2.2k total citations
49 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Miho Hirai is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Miho Hirai has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Miho Hirai's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (22 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). Miho Hirai is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (22 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). Miho Hirai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Miho Hirai's co-authors include Takuro Nunoura, Yoshihiro Takaki, Ken Takai, Junichi Miyazaki, Michinari Sunamura, Osamu Koide, Manabu Nishizawa, Shigeru Shimamura, Tohru Kikuchi and Akiko Makabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Miho Hirai

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Miho Hirai Japan	22	992	583	579	233	192	49	1.5k
Violetta La Cono Italy	24	1.2k 1.2×	788 1.4×	572 1.0×	287 1.2×	159 0.8×	55	1.6k
Anne Godfroy France	25	1.0k 1.0×	880 1.5×	617 1.1×	248 1.1×	205 1.1×	72	1.8k
Kyle R. Frischkorn United States	17	1.3k 1.3×	926 1.6×	516 0.9×	304 1.3×	273 1.4×	23	2.0k
Tatsuhiko Hoshino Japan	21	822 0.8×	553 0.9×	487 0.8×	132 0.6×	154 0.8×	47	1.4k
Karine Alain France	24	1.2k 1.2×	953 1.6×	669 1.2×	195 0.8×	164 0.9×	72	1.8k
Maria Pachiadaki United States	25	1.5k 1.5×	961 1.6×	490 0.8×	563 2.4×	187 1.0×	55	2.0k
Patricia Pignet France	22	785 0.8×	641 1.1×	489 0.8×	168 0.7×	143 0.7×	38	1.5k
Andrew D. Steen United States	20	1.3k 1.3×	667 1.1×	749 1.3×	540 2.3×	187 1.0×	49	2.1k
Dimitri V. Meier Germany	16	728 0.7×	348 0.6×	418 0.7×	246 1.1×	120 0.6×	27	1.1k
В. М. Горленко Russia	26	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	503 0.9×	295 1.3×	143 0.7×	101	1.9k

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Sun, Jiarui, Miho Hirai, Yoshihiro Takaki, et al.. (2025). Metagenomic insights into taxonomic and functional patterns in shallow coastal and deep subseafloor sediments in the Western Pacific. Microbial Genomics. 11(3).

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

Shiozaki, Takuhei, Miho Hirai, Takuya Sato, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous Diazotroph Communities in the Subtropical‐Subantarctic Transition and Aphotic Zones Off the Coast of Patagonia, Eastern South Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(12). 1 indexed citations

Kawagucci, Shinsuke, Sanae Sakai, Eiji Tasumi, et al.. (2023). Deep Subseafloor Biogeochemical Processes and Microbial Populations Potentially Associated with the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake at the Japan Trench Accretionary Wedge (IODP Expedition 343). Microbes and Environments. 38(2). n/a–n/a.

Urayama, Syun‐ichi, Takuro Nunoura, Miho Hirai, et al.. (2022). The Intrapopulation Genetic Diversity of RNA Virus May Influence the Sensitivity of Chlorine Disinfection. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 839513–839513. 5 indexed citations

Hirai, Miho, et al.. (2021). Diversity in principal constituents of plants with a lemony scent and the predominance of citral. Journal of Natural Medicines. 76(1). 254–258. 19 indexed citations

Hiraoka, Satoshi, Tomomi Sumida, Miho Hirai, et al.. (2021). Diverse DNA modification in marine prokaryotic and viral communities. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(3). 1531–1550. 13 indexed citations

Kerou, Melina, Rafael I. Ponce-Toledo, Rui Zhao, et al.. (2021). Genomes of Thaumarchaeota from deep sea sediments reveal specific adaptations of three independently evolved lineages. The ISME Journal. 15(9). 2792–2808. 34 indexed citations

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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Uehara‐Ichiki, Tamaki, Syun‐ichi Urayama, Miho Hirai, et al.. (2021). Complete genome sequence of Sikte (Sitke) waterborne virus, a member of the genus Tombusvirus. Archives of Virology. 166(3). 991–994. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, Takuro Nunoura, Daisuke Nishiura, et al.. (2020). A single-molecule counting approach for convenient and ultrasensitive measurement of restriction digest efficiencies. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0244464–e0244464. 4 indexed citations

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Tomaru, Yuji, Hiromori Shimabukuro, Kei Kimura, et al.. (2020). Viral RNA Genomes Identified from Marine Macroalgae and a Diatom. Microbes and Environments. 35(3). n/a–n/a. 15 indexed citations

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Hiraoka, Satoshi, Miho Hirai, Yohei Matsui, et al.. (2019). Microbial community and geochemical analyses of trans-trench sediments for understanding the roles of hadal environments. The ISME Journal. 14(3). 740–756. 108 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Mitsuhiro, Tomohiro Mochizuki, Syun‐ichi Urayama, et al.. (2018). Quantitative Viral Community DNA Analysis Reveals the Dominance of Single-Stranded DNA Viruses in Offshore Upper Bathyal Sediment from Tohoku, Japan. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 75–75. 23 indexed citations

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Nakagawa, Satoshi, et al.. (2017). Microbiota in the coelomic fluid of two common coastal starfish species and characterization of an abundant Helicobacter-related taxon. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8764–8764. 32 indexed citations

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Yanagawa, Katsunori, Akira Ijiri, Anja Breuker, et al.. (2016). Defining boundaries for the distribution of microbial communities beneath the sediment-buried, hydrothermally active seafloor. The ISME Journal. 11(2). 529–542. 20 indexed citations

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Nunoura, Takuro, Yoshihiro Takaki, Miho Hirai, et al.. (2015). Hadal biosphere: Insight into the microbial ecosystem in the deepest ocean on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(11). E1230–6. 230 indexed citations

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Nunoura, Takuro, Yoshihiro Takaki, Hiromi Kazama, et al.. (2014). Physiological and Genomic Features of a Novel Sulfur-Oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium Belonging to a Previously Uncultivated Symbiotic Lineage Isolated from a Hydrothermal Vent. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e104959–e104959. 30 indexed citations

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Yanagawa, Katsunori, Takuro Nunoura, Shinsuke Kawagucci, et al.. (2012). Structural and functional diversity of microbial communities beneath the hydrothermal vent at the Iheya North field of the Mid-Okinawa Trough (IODP Expedition 331). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Ichikawa, Yaeko, Jun Goto, Masahira Hattori, et al.. (2001). The genomic structure and expression of MJD, the Machado-Joseph disease gene. Journal of Human Genetics. 46(7). 413–422. 58 indexed citations

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