Mikiko Abe

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Mikiko Abe is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mikiko Abe has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mikiko Abe's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (55 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (32 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (18 papers). Mikiko Abe is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (55 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (32 papers) and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (18 papers). Mikiko Abe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Mikiko Abe's co-authors include Shiro Higashi, Toshiki Uchiumi, Akihiro Suzuki, Ken‐ichi Kucho, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Maki Nagata, Akinori Amemura, John E. Sherwood, Frank B. Dazzo and Rawle I. Hollingsworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Mikiko Abe

69 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Plant Peptides Govern Terminal Differentiation of Bacteria in Symbiosis

2010 417 citations Willem Van de Velde, Grigor Zehirov et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mikiko Abe Japan	24	1.8k	435	326	197	83	69	2.1k
Jacques Vasse France	27	3.0k 1.7×	772 1.8×	345 1.1×	320 1.6×	112 1.3×	40	3.2k
Francisco Javier Ollero Spain	31	2.4k 1.4×	535 1.2×	416 1.3×	441 2.2×	85 1.0×	84	2.8k
Anna Skorupska Poland	24	1.4k 0.8×	383 0.9×	212 0.7×	243 1.2×	17 0.2×	105	1.7k
Toshiki Uchiumi Japan	24	2.1k 1.2×	555 1.3×	308 0.9×	265 1.3×	96 1.2×	69	2.3k
T. V. Bhuvaneswari United States	20	1.5k 0.8×	569 1.3×	185 0.6×	140 0.7×	25 0.3×	43	1.8k
Ramakrishnan Karunakaran United Kingdom	21	1.6k 0.9×	362 0.8×	346 1.1×	304 1.5×	39 0.5×	32	1.9k
Guillermo Dávila Mexico	26	1.6k 0.9×	299 0.7×	559 1.7×	427 2.2×	39 0.5×	69	2.0k
Michael Göttfert Germany	28	1.7k 1.0×	459 1.1×	303 0.9×	369 1.9×	55 0.7×	52	2.0k
Prasad Gyaneshwar United States	19	1.4k 0.8×	166 0.4×	662 2.0×	305 1.5×	97 1.2×	31	2.1k
D. A. Gaudet Canada	26	1.7k 0.9×	244 0.6×	365 1.1×	57 0.3×	257 3.1×	95	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Mikiko Abe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mikiko Abe

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

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Hashimoto, Shun, Akihiro Suzuki, Ken‐ichi Kucho, et al.. (2016). Gene expression and localization of a β-1,3-glucanase of Lotus japonicus. Journal of Plant Research. 129(4). 749–758. 2 indexed citations

Kucho, Ken‐ichi, et al.. (2013). Codon-optimized antibiotic resistance gene improves efficiency of transient transformation in Frankia. Journal of Biosciences. 38(4). 713–717. 10 indexed citations

Arima, Susumu, Tatsuya Sakai, Sayaka Inada, et al.. (2012). Additional cause for reduced JA-Ile in the root of a Lotus japonicus phyB mutant. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 7(7). 746–748. 9 indexed citations

Murakami, Eiichi, Maki Nagata, Yoshikazu Shimoda, et al.. (2011). Nitric Oxide Production Induced in Roots of Lotus japonicus by Lipopolysaccharide from Mesorhizobium loti. Plant and Cell Physiology. 52(4). 610–617. 22 indexed citations

Velde, Willem Van de, Grigor Zehirov, Ágnes Szatmári, et al.. (2010). Plant Peptides Govern Terminal Differentiation of Bacteria in Symbiosis. Science. 327(5969). 1122–1126. 417 indexed citations breakdown →

Nagata, Maki, Toshiki Uchiumi, Mikiko Abe, et al.. (2009). Enhanced Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation in the Abscisic Acid Low-Sensitive Mutant enhanced nitrogen fixation1 of Lotus japonicus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 151(4). 1965–1976. 46 indexed citations

Nagata, Maki, Eiichi Murakami, Yoshikazu Shimoda, et al.. (2008). Expression of a Class 1 Hemoglobin Gene and Production of Nitric Oxide in Response to Symbiotic and Pathogenic Bacteria in Lotus japonicus. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 21(9). 1175–1183. 84 indexed citations

Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Ken‐ichi Kucho, Norihito Kanamori, et al.. (2008). Overexpression of class 1 plant hemoglobin genes enhances symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity between Mesorhizobium loti and Lotus japonicus. The Plant Journal. 57(2). 254–263. 82 indexed citations

Banba, Mari, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Svetlana A. Chechetka, et al.. (2007). Transcriptome Profiling of Lotus japonicus Roots During Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Development and Comparison with that of Nodulation. DNA Research. 14(3). 117–133. 52 indexed citations

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Uchiumi, Toshiki, et al.. (2006). A Class 1 Hemoglobin Gene from Alnus firma Functions in Symbiotic and Nonsymbiotic Tissues to Detoxify Nitric Oxide. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 19(4). 441–450. 69 indexed citations

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Yamashita, Kenji, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Toshiki Uchiumi, et al.. (2005). Suppression of Root Nodule Formation by Artificial Expression of the TrEnodDR1 (Coat Protein of White clover cryptic virus 1) Gene in Lotus japonicus. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 18(10). 1069–1080. 50 indexed citations

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Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Maki Nagata, Akihiro Suzuki, et al.. (2005). Symbiotic Rhizobium and Nitric Oxide Induce Gene Expression of Non-symbiotic Hemoglobin in Lotus japonicus. Plant and Cell Physiology. 46(1). 99–107. 99 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Akihiro, Mari Kogiso, Toshiki Uchiumi, et al.. (2004). Control of Nodule Number by the Phytohormone Abscisic Acid in the Roots of Two Leguminous Species. Plant and Cell Physiology. 45(7). 914–922. 97 indexed citations

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Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi, Hiroyuki Sawada, Junzo Tsukahara, et al.. (2004). A novel symbiotic nitrogen-fixing member of the Ochrobactrum clade isolated from root nodules of Acacia mangiu. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 50(1). 17–27. 82 indexed citations

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Uchiumi, Toshiki, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Tomoko Tsuruta, et al.. (2002). Expression of Symbiotic and Nonsymbiotic Globin Genes Responding to Microsymbionts on Lotus japonicus. Plant and Cell Physiology. 43(11). 1351–1358. 33 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Takaaki, Atsushi Suzuki, Itsuo Yokoyama, et al.. (2000). Immunogenicity of Hanganutziu-Deicher antigens in pig-to-human xenotransplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 32(5). 874–874. 5 indexed citations

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Abe, Mikiko, et al.. (1998). Transfer of the symbiotic plasmid from Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii to Agrobacterium tumefaciens.. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 44(1). 65–74. 15 indexed citations

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Uchiumi, Toshiki, Mikiko Abe, & Shiro Higashi. (1998). Integration of the temperate phage .PHI.U into the putative tRNA gene on the chromosome of its host Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii.. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 44(1). 93–99. 7 indexed citations

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Abe, Mikiko, et al.. (1997). Characterization of Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from soybean cultivation in Thailand.. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 43(3). 183–187. 21 indexed citations

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Abe, Mikiko, et al.. (1996). Potential Use of Pseudomonas as Food for Brine Shrimp Artemia. Aquaculture Science. 44(3). 315–323. 3 indexed citations

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